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EWL on International Women’s Day 2019

Posted on 8 March 2019 |

[Brussels, 8 March 2019] It is March 8 and today is International Women’s Day! #IWD2019 Across Europe, our members are participating in varieties of exciting activities, and in Brussels, we are speaking, marching and striking to get more women in the European Parliament, abolish the sexual exploitation of women, making the digital, social and physical sphere safe for women and girls, end objectification and realise equality and lots more. However, for us at the European Women’s Lobby every (...) Read more
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EWL and its members are ready for CSW63!

Posted on 4 March 2019 |

[Brussels, 1 March 2019] The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. The priority theme is ‘Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls’, and the review theme is ‘Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development’. As always, the EWL will attend with a delegation composed of our (...) Read more
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EWL submits amendments to the CSW63 draft Conclusions

Posted on 28 February 2019 |

[New York, 14 February 2011] The European Women’s Lobby is currently actively contributing to the debate on the draft conclusions of the UN 2019 Commission on the Status of Women conclusions. Please find below the EWL amendments to the conclusions on “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls”.
Draft presented by: Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women, 30 January 2019.
Commission on (...) Read more
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EWL welcomes new full member from Iceland during Board Meeting in Vilnius

Icelandic Women’s Rights Association joins EWL as full member

Posted on 26 February 2019 |

[Brussels, 26 February 2019] EWL members and staff recently gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, to join the European Institute for General Equality, now in its third edition, took place on 30 and 31 January. It brought together representatives from EWL, Social Platform, Men Engage Europe Network and the European Economic and Social Committee to exchange information with EIGE and explore cooperation on future work.
Following the EIGE event, the Board of EWL, gathering 40 members from all over (...) Read more
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Women Object! Ending stereotypes and hypersexualisation of women and girls

8 March 2019, Brussels

Posted on 21 February 2019 |

[Brussels 21 February 2019] This year, on International Women’s Day, we organise an evening hosted together with the City of Brussels and isala asbl
[Find here the event on Facebook->https://www.facebook.com/events/301425483903510.
Walking through the city, reading a magazine, watching TV or scrolling online – no matter where you look, you will be bombarded with images of hypersexualized young women. Whether it be to sell a product, an idea, or a story – the impact of the message is the (...) Read more
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OBR 2019: Rising in solidarity to end violence against women

Posted on 18 February 2019 |

[Brussels, 18 February 2019] Last week, as part of One Billion Rising’s Global campaign emphasises and recognises that violence against women is a human rights violation, a form of discrimination and a cause of consequence of inequality between women and men. Today we RISE, RESIST & UNITE with V-Day #RISE2019 #INeedtheIstanbulConvention #OneBillionRising
Find here a video explaining Why We need the Istanbul Convention! We need a long lasting change to turn revolution into a reality for (...) Read more
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Statement for the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Posted on 15 January 2019 |

[Brussels, 15 January 2019] The sixty-third session of the global Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are expected to attend the session. We will be there too! Read our statement here.
Social protection systems, access to social services and sustainable (...) Read more
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Looking Backwards - Moving forwards: discussing the destiny of the Women on Company Boards

Posted on 18 December 2018 |

[Brussels, 22 November 2018] On 6 November, the European Women’s Lobby and PwC organized the lunch-time event ‘Looking Backwards - Moving forwards: Women on Company Boards - what has been achieved and how to move forward in the future?’, hosted by Angelika Mlinar MEP from the ALDE Group.
The aim of the event was to discuss women’s leadership, primarily in the business sector, where women are still underrepresented in top positions. In particular, as the end of the European institutional (...) Read more
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The Sustainable Development Goals can shape the future of Europe

Posted on 14 December 2018 |

The EWL joins SDG Watch Europe in the call for the EU to fully implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
To the attention of: The President of the European Council The EU Heads of State and Government The President of the European Commission The Secretary-General of the European Commission The Members of the European Commission The Spitzenkandidaten The President of the European Parliament The European Parliament Political Groups Chairs
Dear European Leaders , Over the coming (...) Read more
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Call to put gender equality at the heart of the future budget of the EU

Posted on 12 December 2018 |

In view of the forthcoming European Council, the European Women’s Lobby together with Women in Development Europe (WIDE+), CARE International and COFACE Families Europe call on European leaders to put gender equality at the heart of the future budget of the EU. At a time where European societies are confronted with a severe backlash against women’s rights, it is of utmost importance that the EU does not take a step backwards.
The European Women’s Lobby, Women in Development Europe (WIDE+), (...) Read more