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  Voice of Courage 2016 Mina Jaf

  Posted on 8 March 2016 |

  

  [Brussels, 8 March 2016] Last week, EWL Secretary General Joanna Maycock met with Mina Jaf, winner of the Women’s Refugee Commission Voices of Courage Award 2016. Mina was born in Kurdistan. When she was 11 years old, she and her family were forced to flee to Denmark as refugees. Since coming to Europe, she has worked tirelessly on refugee issues and on women’s rights issues, bringing her personal experience and perspective to her vocal advocacy.
  Most recently, she has been responsible for (...) Read more

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  Joint statement to #CSW60 on women and girls refugees and asylum seekers

  Joint statement of the EWL together with other European and national women’s organisations

  Posted on 24 October 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 24 October 2015] Ahead of the 2016 meeting of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) joins other European and national women’s organisations in a joint statement on women and girls refugees and asylum seekers.
  Together with the Swedish Women’s Lobby (which initiated the statement), the Slovak Women´s Lobby, the Cyprus Women’s Lobby, the Women’s NGOs Cooperation Network of Latvia, the International Alliance of Women, and the (...) Read more

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  Protecting the rights of LGBTI asylum seekers: new guidelines published by ILGA-Europe

  Posted on 14 October 2014 |

  

  [Brussels, 10 October 2014] ILGA-Europe, the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, launched a new publication package on the protection of the rights of LGBTI asylum seekers in the EU.
  The first publication "Laying the ground for LGBTI sensitive asylum decision-making in Europe: transposition of the recast asylum procedures Directive and of the recast reception Directive" provides guidelines to decision makers for the general (...) Read more

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  ENoMW launches first publication on ‘Family Reunion Legislation in Europe: Is it Discriminatory for Migrant Women?’

  Posted on 10 November 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 10 November 2011] EWL Associate Member Organisation, the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW), has today launched its first publication on the occasion of a Public Hearing in the European Parliament co-organised with the EWL on the theme: ‘Family Reunion Legislation in Europe: Is it Discriminatory for Migrant Women?’
  This paper, drafted for the ENoMW by expert Professor Eleonore Kofman from Middlesex University, UK, presents the current state of affairs as regards (...) Read more

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  Protecting the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers in the EU

  Posted on 11 June 2010 |

  The human rights of the EU’s migrants and asylum seekers, an increasing proportion of whom are women, have been a case of particular concern for the EWL.
  Asylum has been a key area of EWL work since 2001 as women’s experience of political activities and persecution may differ from those of men. The concept of both politics and persecution have historically been interpreted by States through a framework of male experience, thus often excluding women’s political opinions on gender roles as well (...) Read more

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