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(Brussels, 24 May) Over the last 23 years, the EWL has worked to promote women’s rights with women’s organisations throughout Europe.

Our members and supporters of the EWL sent letters and e-mails, made telephone calls and engaged in media activity and online mobilisation, and convinced Members of the European Parliament - against all the odds - to vote in favour of stronger maternity and paternity leave rights for all new parents in Europe in 2010!

In 2013 we’re campaigning for action in (...)

(Brussels 17 May) With one week to go, the EWL team running for HERstory are almost ready for the final long runs, and the pasta eating that the 20kms needs. 40 runners from across Europe and beyond, aged 16-54 years, will come together to run for women’s rights and be part of HERstory – here’s how you can support them!

Make their hard work, passion and dedication count by donating to their fundraising total –

By making a gift to the European Women’s Lobby you make a vital contribution to the (...)

(Brussels, 16 May 2013) 22-year-old Beatriz, mother of a one year-old-boy, living in San Salvador, is at high risk of death due to life threatening complications during her second pregnancy. She has lupus, an auto-immune disease which causes the body’s immune system to attack its own tissue, and is therefore at "high risk of death" if the pregnancy continues. Moreover, the foetus is unviable since it is missing a large part of the brain and skull.

In order to save Beatriz’s life, doctors (...)

(Brussels 10 May) It’s the 10th of May. D-day is the 26th of May. We haven’t quite got to the final countdown, and some of our training sessions have been held up by Belgian thunderstorms, but that won’t get our spirits down. The EWL running team is raring to go for the Brussels 20kms, and we’d love your help in sponsoring their efforts. We’ve spoken about this every week for the last few weeks, but your donations and contributions really do make a difference.

If you’d like to support people (...)

(Brussels 10 May) The International Canoe Federation and the International Olympic Committee are not adding women’s canoeing events to the 2016 Olympics because the sport is “not developed enough”. But by not having the sport represented at the Olympic games, whose adage is “sport is a human right” - how can this do anything buy discourage the development of a sport that is in fact thriving?

Why the Ban? The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has stated that Women’s Canoe is not developed (...)

(Brussels 03 May) With under a month left, we hope that your training for the 20kms of Brussels is coming along well. Our fourty-strong team of runners are getting ready for the 10.00am departure time in the Parc Cinquantennaire on Sunday the 26th of May the heart of Brussels. For those of you who won’t be running with us, but would like to support us, please see the end of the page. Your support is greatly appreciated.

More practical information will follow closer to the date, but should (...)

(30 avril 2013) Face à un rejet important du système démocratique en France les associations Parité et Les Marianne de la diversité ont lancé une pétition sur la limitation du cumul des mandats des député-e-s. Jusqu’à présent, 60.000 citoyen-ne-s ont signé le texte y compris Olga Trostiansky, la présidente de la Coordination française du Lobby Européen des femmes.

L’hostilité des citoyen-ne-s vis-à-vis de deux essentiels acteurs du jeu démocratique : les politicien-ne-s et les medias, atteint des sommets (...)

(Brussels 26 April 2013) The EWL running team will take to the streets of Brussels in exactly one months time to run to support the work and actions of the European Women’s Lobby. A 40 strong team of men and women, wearing our lovely bright lime green, will pounding the pavements for 20kms to prove to themselves and their supporters that change is possible.

With the recent tragic attacks on the Boston marathon fresh in our minds, the attacks have highlighted the resilience and the tenacity (...)

(Brussels, 12 April 2013) Women in Black (WIB) is a worldwide resistance movement against war, all kinds of violence, homophobia, sexism, nationalism, as well as militarism and the militarization of society. The first international conference of WIB was held in 2011 in Bogota by women from Colombia. The Women in Black Leuven plan to hold a conference in Belgium in May 2014.

Recognising the need to maintain contact with European groups, WIB in Leuven have decided to organize a second (...)

(Brussels, 12 April 2013) Last Sunday, the news that the Danish government decided to cut funding to KVINFO’s mentor network arrived. The mentoring network, one of the most successful integration projects ever in Denmark, will now lose its public funding. Please sign the petition to help save an outstanding project. http://www.skrivunder.net/bevar_kvi... (in Danish!)

Our article on the programme can be found (...)