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  EWL participates in gender awareness training of Middle Eastern/North African journalists

  Posted on 5 July 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 05 July 2011] On Wednesday 29 June, EWL Communications & Media Officer, Leanda Barrington-Leach, participated in a Euromed training seminar on gender and the media in the Mediterranean region. Welcoming 25 journalists from major media outlets in the MENA region as well as a handful of delegates from these countries, the workshops held over three days addressed the image of women in written, online and audio-visual press.
  French, Italian and Palestinian experts ran the (...) Read more

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  EWL endorses statement to enhance the role of women in agriculture and rural development

  Posted on 30 June 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 01 July 2011] The European Women’s Lobby supports the statement of the Civil Society Organisations on Women in Agriculture to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and urges FAO member governments to support women in agriculture and rural development.
  Statement
  On Behalf of Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), Action Aid International, Oxfam International, the Huairou Commission, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the (...) Read more

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  Campaign pages of EWL website host wealth of info and tools on prostitution, and how to work towards ending it

  Posted on 30 June 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 01 July 2011] On the occasion of the launch of its campaign ’Together for a Europe free from prostitution’, the EWL has developed dedicated webpages which convey of wealth of information on the issue of prostitution and EWL’s position.
  The Webpages of EWL campaign ’Together for a Europe free from prostitution’ are organised around four main sections: Under ’Campaign News’, you will get the latest information about the campaign activities. The section ’About the campaign’ will give you (...) Read more

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  Hungary - EWL members partner ‘Vodafone for women’s security’ programme

  Posted on 30 June 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 01 July 2011] Vodafone Hungary launches its ‘Vodafone for women’s security’ programme, in which Hungarian Women’s Lobby member NANE Women’s Rights Association is a partner. The programme’s press release can be read in English here and in Hungarian here.
  Vodafone Hungary introduced its ‘Vodafone for women’s security’ programme during a conference dedicated to mobile technology use in the service of more effective police intervention in cases of domestic violence. The programme uses a new (...) Read more

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  Cyprus - EWL members express concern at US State Department’s placement of Cyprus on Trafficking ‘Watch List’

  Posted on 30 June 2011 |

  

  [Nicosia, 01 July 2011] The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, member of the Cyprus Women’s Lobby, the EWL’s national coordination in this country, expresses its deep concern over the placement of Cyprus in the “Tier 2 Watch List”, according to the annual report of the US State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. That is, Cyprus has been placed in the third out of four categories (Tier 3 being the worst) since the Government does not fully comply with the (...) Read more

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  GEAR Campaign calls for increased resources and regional/national presence of UN Women

  Posted on 29 June 2011 |

  

  [New York, 29 June 2011] A GEAR Campaign representative delivered the following statement to the Second Session of the Executive Board of UN Women. The EWL is an active member of the campaign that was instrumental in the establishment of UN Women.
  Madame Chairperson,
  I have the pleasure to speak on behalf of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign, a network of over 300 women’s rights, development, human rights and social justice groups around the world that worked for over (...) Read more

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  Italy - EWL Coordination welcomes approval of quotas for women on boards of administration

  Posted on 29 June 2011 |

  

  [Italian Coordination for the EWL, Rome, 29 June 2011] On 28 June 2011, the Italian Chamber of Representatives translated the bill on women’s quotas in boards of administration into law with a bipartisan vote. The new law states that the boards of directors and the supervisory bodies of listed companies and unlisted public companies will be composed by one fifth of women by 2012 and one third by 2015. Sanctions are provided for in case of failure. The bill will come into force 30 days after (...) Read more

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  EWL General Assembly adopts Emergency Motions addressing the London Olympics, the ’Arab Spring’ and the CSW

  Posted on 27 June 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 27 June 2011] On 18-19 June 2011, the EWL held its annual General Assembly (GA) in Brussels. Three Emergency Motions were adopted which call on the EWL members to take action and lobby relevant decision-makers with regards to the 1) Olympic Games in London in 2012, 2) support to women in the democratic transformation in the Middle East and North Africa and 3) the Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) in 2012. A summary of the motions is provided below.
  Justice for Women - (...) Read more

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  2011 Meeting of the EWL Observatory on Violence against Women: Challenges and new trends in VAW in Europe

  Posted on 22 June 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 22 June 2011] The EWL Observatory on Violence against Women held its meeting in Brussels on 17-18 June. Composed of experts from 30 countries with extensive experience in different forms of male violence against women, the Observatory fuels the EWL work by providing expertise and content and has been instrumental in maintaining a global perspective on violence against women and in identifying critical and emerging issues.
  This year’s meeting gathered experts from 26 countries, (...) Read more

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  Successful launch of EWL campaign ‘Together for a Europe free from prostitution’

  Posted on 21 June 2011 |

  

  [Brussels, 21 June 2011] The press conference organised by the European Women’s Lobby on 17 June 2011 in Brussels to launch its campaign ‘Together for a Europe free from prostitution’, was a great success. It was attended by journalists from national and European media, including the Parliament Magazine. EWL Vice-President Alexandra Jachanova introduced the EWL and its work on ending prostitution, and presented the EWL campaign material, including the video clip directed by Frédérique Pollet (...) Read more

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