Other news

  • Other news

    EWL policy paper: The EU Must Protect Rights of Migrant and Asylum-Seeking Women and Girls

    Posted on 15 September 2020 |

    EWL policy paper: The EU Must Protect Rights of Migrant and Asylum-Seeking Women and Girls

    [Brussels, 11 September 2020] Equality between women and men is the cornerstone of a peaceful, safe and just society. All women and girls have the right to live a quality life that is free from all forms of violence, irrespective of their legal migration status. We stand in solidarity with the 13,000 asylum seekers, many of whom are women and girls, who have been devastated by the tragic fire at the Moria camp in Greece last week. It is a stark reminder that the migration and asylum (...) Read more

  • Other news

    Voice of Courage 2016 Mina Jaf

    Posted on 8 March 2016 |

    Voice of Courage 2016 Mina Jaf

    [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

  • Other news

    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 |

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

    [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

  • Other news

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

    Posted on 14 October 2014 |

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

    [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

  • Other news

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

    Posted on 10 November 2011 |

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

    [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

  • Other news

    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

Latest video

Loud and United to end violence against women and girls, European Women’s Lobby Conference, 6 December 2017, Brussels.

Find more videos on our Youtube channel

Agenda

Facebook Feed

Get Involved