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EWL organises Regional Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women

Posted on 21 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 21 June 2011] On 17 June 2011, the European Women’s Lobby had the honour of organising a regional consultation meeting with Ms Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women. The meeting, held in Brussels, gathered representatives of 27 European-wide organisations, and took place in UN House thanks to the support of the Brussels office of UN Women.
Consultations with civil society is an integral part of the work of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against (...) Read more
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EWL Annual Conference aims to provide EU Institutions and NGOs with a coherent approach to combating Violence Against Women

Posted on 18 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 18 June 2011] This year’s EWL Annual Conference was dedicated to violence against women, the most widespread violation of human rights in Europe. On 18 June 2011, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, EWL Members, experts to the EWL Observatory on VAW, EU policy-makers, activists, experts and NGO representatives gathered in Brussels to discuss the current political and sociological framework on violence against women (VAW) and the challenges NGOs and activists face (...) Read more
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EWL analysis of country-specific recommendations for National Reform Programmes - where is gender equality?

Posted on 16 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 14 June 2011] On 7 June, the European Commission adopted 27 sets of "country-specific recommendations" that Member States should take into account in their economic, employment, and social policies next year. The EWL welcomes the fact that the Commission asks the Member States to do more to increase women’s employment rate and to improve child care services, but regrets that the recommendations do not sufficiently address the low quality of women’s work, including the gender pay (...) Read more
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European Women’s Lobby launches campaign to put an end to prostitution with video clip calling for a change of perspective

Posted on 16 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 17 June 2011] ‘If I had to have sex ten times a day with strangers for a living, at what point would I start to feel sick? From the beginning surely.’ So concludes the voice-over of a thought-provoking video clip launched today by the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) as part of its campaign to put an end to prostitution in Europe, which it considers a form of violence against women.
Prostitution version ENG from Black Moon prod on Vimeo.
The one-minute clip is the work of French film (...) Read more
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EWL publishes inaugural edition of e-magazine, the European Women’s Voice, dedicated to Violence against Women

Posted on 16 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 17 June 2011] The EWL has published the inaugural edition of its e-magazine, the European Women’s Voice. The fist issue of this thematic publication is dedicated to Violence against Women, and its dissemination corresponds with the Annual Conference of the EWL on this same theme.
Editorial by Rada Boric, member of the Executive Committee of the EWL
It is a great pleasure for me, on behalf of all members of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), to introduce to you the very first (...) Read more
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World Refugee Day: EWL and NGO partners call for new EU asylum agency to end discrimination

Posted on 16 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 17 June 2011] On the eve of World Refugee Day, which is marked on 20 June, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) is taking charge of supporting the asylum processes of the EU. The current discriminatory and incoherent provision of protection across the EU and the lack of expertise on gender-related persecutions are putting individuals at risk.
If the EASO is to ensure that the EU fulfils its obligations to protecting all those at risk whether man, woman, gay, lesbian or (...) Read more
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EU Commission calls on the Hungarian authorities to stop anti-abortion campaign

Posted on 9 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 10 June 2011] The European Commission in Strasbourg made a clear statement that the outrageous Hungarian anti-abortion ad campaign, partly financed by the EU, needs to be withdrawn. After several NGOs, among which the Hungarian Women’s Lobby, expressed their sharp critiques and issued complaints, the ad showing a foetus with the words ‘Let me live’ attracted the attention of MEPs. Sylvie Guillaume, an S&D MEP, issued her concern and raised the case during a plenary debate with (...) Read more
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EWL awarded for advancing equality

Posted on 7 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 7 June 2011] The European Women’s Lobby has been awarded with the annual recognition prize of the the Federation of Public Services in the Valencian Region (FSP-UGT PV) “Advancing equality”. The award ceremony took place on 2 June 2011 at the Bancaja Cultural Centre (Valencia, Span). Brigitte Triems, president of the organization, received the award in the name of the European Women’s Lobby. The lobby works in close collaboration with the European Union, the Council of Europe and the (...) Read more
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EWL publishes Priorities for the Polish Presidency of the European Union

Posted on 6 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 30 May 2011] On 01 July 2011, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) will pass from Hungary to Poland. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), with more than 2500 member organisations the largest association of women’s organisations in the EU, calls on the Polish Presidency to continue to be a driving force for women’s rights in Europe and, in particular, to ensure progress in the adoption of gender-related legislation which is currently on the table, to ensure the full (...) Read more
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Budgetary decisions have a strong impact on gender equality - EWL publishes Joint Statement on the EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework

Posted on 6 June 2011 |

[Brussels, 31 May 2011] The Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) is the EU’s budget that determines the spending ceilings for each policy category in the EU for a seven-year interval. As the upcoming MFF (2014-2020) is starting to pervade the European agenda, it is important to give voice to some crucial points in this debate. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), WIDE Network, and the Gender Working Group of CONCORD – the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs, call on European (...) Read more