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    Upcoming EWL seminar to address "The other half of gender - Masculinities and men’s role towards equality"

    Posted on 7 October 2011 |

    Upcoming EWL seminar to address "The other half of gender - Masculinities and men's role towards equality"

    [Brussels, 07 October 2011] Recent developments have shown that policies and work towards gender equality face new challenges related to men’s role and demands. Reflecting on men, masculinities and men’s movements is therefore of crucial need for women’s organisations. The European Women’s Lobby is delighted to organise a European debate on how to work with men and involve them in the struggle for gender equality.
    The other half of gender – Masculinities and men’s role towards equality (...) Read more

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    EWL prepares debate on trafficking in women and girls and screening of documentary "Not For Sale"

    Posted on 6 October 2011 |

    EWL prepares debate on trafficking in women and girls and screening of documentary "Not For Sale"

    [Brussels, 06 October 2011] To celebrate the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the EWL will on 27 October co-host with UNRIC and UN Women a presentation of the engaging documentary Not for Sale and a welcomes EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator Myria Vassiliadou to discuss trafficking in women for sexual exploitation.
    This event takes place around the exhibition of the finalists of the United Nations ad competition “No to Violence Against Women”.
    The film challenges the traditional views and myths on (...) Read more

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    EWL joins Asylum Aid’s call for a strong gender perspective in the work of the UK Border Agency

    Posted on 5 October 2011 |

    EWL joins Asylum Aid's call for a strong gender perspective in the work of the UK Border Agency

    [Brussels, 05 October 2011] The European Women’s Lobby has given its support to a letter addressed to the new Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency calling for implementation of commitments made in the Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum. The letter, drafted by Asylum Aid, has the backing of 160 other organisations.
    In the letter, Asylum Aid appeals for commitments made by Ministers and Senior Officials to be reflected in a change of culture throughout the UK Border Agency. The (...) Read more

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    EWL welcomes election of first man to Chair of the EP’s Women’s Rights Committee and calls for continuity in strong and progressive leadership

    Posted on 4 October 2011 |

    EWL welcomes election of first man to Chair of the EP's Women's Rights Committee and calls for continuity in strong and progressive leadership

    [Brussels, 04 October 2011] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the largest association of women’s rights organisations in the European Union (EU), yesterday welcomed the election of Swedish MEP Mikael Gustafsson (GUE/NGL) to the Chair of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) Committee of the European Parliament. Mr. Gustafsson takes over from Ms. Eva-Britt Svensson, with whom he ran for election in 2009 on a shared platform calling for a strengthened gender equality perspective in (...) Read more

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    EWL issues Statement calling for the highest standards for health professionals in the EU

    Posted on 30 September 2011 |

    EWL issues Statement calling for the highest standards for health professionals in the EU

    [Brussels, 30 September 2011] “Health Professionals’ education must not be compromised in name of the Single Market”, states the EWL in a Joint Statement issued on 30 September 2011 with the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the European Patients’ Forum and the European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC) in the context of the public consultation on the Green Paper on Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive, adjacent to the Single Market Reform (for more information see: (...) Read more

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    Hungary - Conference addresses national and international dimensions of prostitution and trafficking

    Posted on 30 September 2011 |

    Hungary - Conference addresses national and international dimensions of prostitution and trafficking

    [Brussels, 30 September 2011] On 23 September 2011 in Budapest, MONA – Foundation for the Women of Hungary organised a full day conference in Budapest on Prostitution and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The conference considered international and Hungarian experiences, challenges and opportunities for action.
    With this conference, MONA Foundation for the Women of Hungary, member of the Hungarian Women’s Lobby, wanted to raise awareness on the growing scale of sexual (...) Read more

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    EWL addresses prostitution and NGO Observatories on violence against women at 11th International Women’s Health Meeting

    Posted on 29 September 2011 |

    EWL addresses prostitution and NGO Observatories on violence against women at 11th International Women's Health Meeting

    [Brussels, 30 September 2011] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) was a partner of the 11th International Women’s Health Meeting (IWHM), which took place in Brussels from 13 to 17 September 2011. The IWHM targets the advocates of women’s health, the activists in the field, feminists, academics, financial institutions and other networks working on women’s health. It aims to provide a platform for exchange as well as to inform, to question and to act on policies and practices regarding women’s (...) Read more

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    EWL event in EP draws strong commitments from policy-makers for effective action to end violence against women and girls in internal and external policies

    Posted on 22 September 2011 |

    EWL event in EP draws strong commitments from policy-makers for effective action to end violence against women and girls in internal and external policies

    [Brussels, 21 September 2011] ‘We all have the right to live free from violence, and women face so many forms of violence. We just have to end it, and we know the EU has the means to do so.’ With these words Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the house (EPP/FI), opened the Roundtable in the European Parliament organised yesterday by the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the 11th International Women’s Health Meeting to explore and challenge (...) Read more

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    EWL participates in Mental Health Europe partners meeting in framework of project to work with law enforcement agents to tackle domestic violence

    Posted on 21 September 2011 |

    EWL participates in Mental Health Europe partners meeting in framework of project to work with law enforcement agents to tackle domestic violence

    [Brussels, 21 September 2011] As every fifth woman in Europe has been a victim of intimate partner violence, there is no doubt that domestic abuse should be high on the European agenda. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) thus welcomed the initiative of EWL Associate Member Organisation Mental Health Europe (MHE) to tackle domestic violence by training law enforcement agents - the first points of contact for women denouncing their aggressors - on the mental health aspects associated with this (...) Read more

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    Disability and the UN: The time has come, says European Disability Forum

    Posted on 15 September 2011 |

    Disability and the UN: The time has come, says European Disability Forum

    [Brussels, 14 September 2011] In January 2011, the EU ratified its first international convention, the UN Convention the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (see EWL news of 06 January 2011). Since then, the EWL has supported the work of its member organisation, the European Disability Forum, in calling for the rapid ratification and implementation of this Convention by all the EU member states. Thus far, 18 countries have ratified, but Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, (...) Read more

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