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#20yrsEndDemand with Viviane Teitelbaum

Posted on 15 November 2018 |

In summer 1998 the General Assembly of the European Women’s Lobby passed a landmark motion, where we affirmed that “prostitution and trafficking in women constitute a fundamental violation of women’s human rights”. Since that time, we have continued to assert that no woman should be faced with such a lack of financial choice that she must risk her safety, wellbeing and long-term health for survival. To mark this 20 years of an abolitionist stance on prostitution, we are highlighting the (...) Read more
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Equal Pay Day: the European Women’s Lobby calls for improved gender equality in the workplace

Posted on 31 October 2018 |

[Brussels, 31 October 2018] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), marks the ninth European Equal Pay Day by calling for increased efforts to end the gender pay gap. Even though the principle of equal pay for equal work was enshrined in the 1957 founding Treaty of the EU, European women continue to face discrimination in the job market and to earn less than men. For this reason, more than sixty years later, the European Equal Pay Day was established to illustrate the persistent wage inequality (...) Read more
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#20yrsEndDemand with Colette De Troy

Posted on 24 October 2018 |

In summer 1998 the General Assembly of the European Women’s Lobby passed a landmark motion, where we affirmed that “prostitution and trafficking in women constitute a fundamental violation of women’s human rights”. Since that time, we have continued to assert that no woman should be faced with such a lack of financial choice that she must risk her safety, wellbeing and long-term health for survival. To mark this 20 years of an abolitionist stance on prostitution, we are highlighting the (...) Read more
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EWL calls on EU Member States and EU institutions to do MORE to protect women & girls’ victims of human trafficking

EU Anti-Trafficking Day

Posted on 18 October 2018 |

[Brussels 18 October 2018] Trafficking in human beings (THB) is the world’s fastest growing crime. Though TBH is recognised in Europe by Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and Council of 5 April 2011 (on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting its Victims) as a serious human rights violation, European Union (EU) member states have failed to identify and adequately combat the evident trafficking crisis happening across Europe.
Trafficking in human (...) Read more
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European Women’s Lobby marks 20 Years Together for a Europe Free from Prostitution

Launch of #20yrsEndDemand campaign!

Posted on 17 October 2018 |

[Brussels 17 October 2018] In summer 1998 the General Assembly of the European Women’s Lobby passed a landmark motion, where we affirmed that “prostitution and trafficking in women constitute a fundamental violation of women’s human rights”. Since that time, we have continued to assert that no woman should be faced with such a lack of financial choice that she must risk her safety, wellbeing and long-term health for survival. To mark this 20 years of an abolitionist stance on prostitution, we (...) Read more
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Women on Company Boards: Looking Backwards - Moving forwards

What has been achieved and how to move forward in the future?

Posted on 12 October 2018 |

[Brussels 12 October 2018] The European Women’s Lobby and PwC are delighted to invite you to join us at our event ‘Looking Backwards - Moving forwards’ that is being hosted by Angelika Mlinar MEP from the ALDE Group.
Date and venue: Tuesday 6 November 2018 between 12:30 (following a sandwich lunch from 11:30) to 14:00 in room P5B001 in the European Parliament
On the 20 November 2013 the European Parliament supported a proposal, from the European Commission, to address under representation (...) Read more
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EWL joins the “Ageing Equal” campaign and calls for the empowerment of older women across Europe

Posted on 8 October 2018 |

[Brussels, 8 October 2018] On 10 December, the international community celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. This powerful instrument is as relevant as it was seventy years ago and remains an important reminder that human rights have no age. Ageism continues to be pervasive worldwide and has serious consequences for the health and well-being of old people, leading to marginalization, poverty and abuse. (...) Read more
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EWL Observatory on Violence Against Women Meets in Brussels

Posted on 21 September 2018 |

[Brussels, September 12 2018] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) Observatory on Violence against Women (VAW), came together in Brussels for two days to discuss burning issues on VAW and to develop our working priorities for 2019.
The EWL Observatory on Violence against Women is a unique structure in Europe which brings together a dynamic group of women from more than 30 countries in Europe (professionals, women’s rights defenders, front-line NGOs activists, etc.) with outstanding experience (...) Read more
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EXIT Prostitution International Conference

21 September, Lisbon

Posted on 31 August 2018 |

[Brussels 31 August 2018] The Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights in cooperation with the European Women’s Lobby invite you to the EXIT Conference.
Date: 21 September 2018 Location: Lisbon Youth Centre Rua de Moscavide, 1998, Lisboa Expo, Portugal
In the framework of women’s human rights and gender equality, the objectives of the conference are: to promote knowledge and debate on the most recent developments in public policies regarding the system of prostitution; to contribute to a (...) Read more
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Implementing Norms, Changing Minds: EWL meets with Women’s Organisations from the Western Balkans and Turkey

Posted on 27 July 2018 |

[Brussels, July 27 2018] From July 23rd-25th, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) met with over 20 representatives from civil society and grassroots organisations combatting violence against women and girls in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.
Under the EWL collaboration with UN Women under the regional programme, Implementing Norms Changing Minds, the EWL organised a participatory meeting of women’s organisations from the Western Balkans and Turkey. Bringing together activists, lawyers, service providers (...) Read more