Press coverage
EWL and EWL members coverage:
Euronews - Brussels my love by Méabh Mc Mahon.
Euronews by Mared Gwyn Jones "EU agrees first-ever law on violence against women. But rape is not included"
Euronews by Mared Gwyn Jones Why the EU plans to criminalise non-consentual sex is falling apart
- Arte 7 minutes documentary by Alienor Carrièere - in French, in German, English subtitles , Italian Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles, Polish Subtitles, and in Belgian media Le Soir.
- Euroactiv by Giedre Peseckyte "EU countries divided over the inclusion of rape to violence against women directive "
- Politico by Clothilde Goujard, "EU countries reject making non-consensual sex a criminal offense across the bloc "
- Euractiv Op-Ed "Make Europe a safe place for women and girls
- DER SPIEGEL: EU-Richtlinie zu Gewalt gegen Frauen: Mehr als 100 prominente Frauen schreiben offenen Brief an Buschmann -
- deutschlandfunk.de: Geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt - 100 prominente Frauen schreiben offenen Brief an die Regierung
- ZEIT ONLINE: EU-Sexualstrafrecht: Mehr als 100 Frauen unterzeichnen offenen Brief an Marco Buschmann |
- Sueddeutsche.de: 100 Frauen wenden sich mit offenem Brief an Justizminister Buschmann - Politik - SZ.de
- Washington Post "Activists call on France to endorse a consent-based rape definition across the entire European Union" by Helena Alves and Samuel Petrequin.
- Euroactiv - Agencia EFE in Spanish "La violencia de género: El delito más impune que afecta a una de cada tres mujeres" by Paula García-Ajofrín. In Media like Heraldo de Aragón; Swiss Info;
- El País "El debate sobre el consentimiento divide a la UE en sus esfuerzos por aprobar la primera norma específica sobre violencia contra la mujer" by Silvia Ayuso
- 20 minutos, by Elena Omedes, in Spanish, La primera directiva de la UE sobre violencia contra las mujeres encalla por las diferencias ante un ’solo sí es sí’ europeo
- Público, by Candela Barro, in Spanish, El avance de la derecha acelera la aprobación del solo si es si a escala europea
- Público TV, in Spanish, ¿Qué nos jugamos en materia de violencias machistas en Europa?
- La Voz de Galicia by Doménico Chiappe , in Spanish Del «solo sí es sí» al «only yes means yes» que quiere abrirse paso en Europa
- ZDF in Germanlink
- RTBF in French by Camille Wernaers, Les Grenades, "Vers une definition commune du viol en Europe"
- Huffington Post, In French, by Alyssa Ahrabare - "La France doit se mobiliser pour proteger tout les filles et les femmes de l’Union européenne" ->https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/la-france-doit-se-mobiliser-pour-proteger-toutes-les-filles-et-les-femmes-de-l-union-europeenne_220290.html]
Other key articles by EU Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli:
"When only yes means yes. The EU must universally define rape as sexual intercourse without freely given consent". Malta
by EP Rapporteurs, Frances Fitzgerald and Evin Incir:
- European Parliament - Press Release
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