Statements

Statements podium These Statements lay out the EWL position on topical matters.

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    A massive step towards Europe free from prostitution

    EWL applauds ECHR judgement on criminalisation of sex buyers

    Posted on 25 July 2024 |

    [Brussels, 25 July 2024]
    The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), co-founder and member of the Brussels’ Call Coalition in the case of M.A. and Others v. France where the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
    The ECHR’s decision today is a significant development in the ongoing debate about the criminalisation of buyers of sex. The European Court of Human Rights (...) Read more

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    Joint Statement Calling on Incoming EU Leadership to Prioritise Equality and Non-Discrimination

    Posted on 15 July 2024 |

    Paving the Way for an Equality-Centred Policy Cycle
    [15 July 2024, Brussels]
    The European Union was founded on the principles of equality and non-discrimination. Yet too many people continue to face discrimination and inequality across the Union, including intersectional and multiple forms of discrimination in all aspects of their lives . In the current climate, it is now imperative that the EU institutions strengthen their resolve to take meaningful and urgent action to address this (...) Read more

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    EWL Letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, Ms Reem Alsalem

    Posted on 9 June 2024 |

    [9 June 2024, Brussels]
    The European Women’s Lobby, the largest women’s organisation in Europe, wrote to UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against women Ms Reem Alsalem to congratulate on her efforts and express our full support regarding her work on the UN report presented in Geneva in May.
    As an abolitionist organisation, we applaud Ms Alsaleem on her outstanding work in her report “Prostitution and violence against women and girls” that recognises prostitution for what it really is - a (...) Read more

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    European Women’s Lobby calls on the European Parliament not to throw the baby out with the bathwater!

    Posted on 31 January 2024 |

    European Women's Lobby calls on the European Parliament not to throw the baby out with the bathwater!

    We urge the European Parliament to be united and adopt the long awaited law on violence against women and girls in Europe.
    [Brussels, 31 January 2024] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) reiterates its deep outrage at the Council of the EU’s decision to persistently refute the inclusion of a harmonised definition of rape based on consent in the proposed Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence (herein referred to as ‘the Directive’). However, we call on the MEPs from (...) Read more

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    New deal to update the Anti-trafficking Directive: Significant improvements for women’s protection announced

    Posted on 25 January 2024 |

    New deal to update the Anti-trafficking Directive: Significant improvements for women's protection announced

    The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) welcomes the agreement reached this week by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission to update the 2011 Anti-Trafficking Directive. We congratulate the (co)-rapporteurs of the European Parliament in achieving notable progress for the protection of women and girls affected by this form of violence.
    [Brussels, 25 January 2024] Taking into account the significant limitations of the General Agreement adopted by the Council when compared (...) Read more

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    Stop Barbaric Violence and Start Listening to Women

    A statement by the European Women’s Lobby

    Posted on 4 December 2023 |

    On 4 October, Israeli and Palestinian women gathered in Jerusalem to demand an end to the cycle of bloodshed and to demonstrate support for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. The demonstration was organised for the second year in a row by Women Wage Peace, the largest grassroots peace movement in Israel, and Women of the Sun, the Palestinian women’s peace movement.
    The work, mission, and collaboration of these two organizations illustrate that women can, want, and need to be involved in (...) Read more

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    Congratulations to Nobel Prizes Winners Narges Mohammadi and Claudia Goldin. A well-deserved recognition for women’s rights!

    Posted on 10 October 2023 |

    Congratulations to Nobel Prizes Winners Narges Mohammadi and Claudia Goldin. A well-deserved recognition for women's rights!

    [Brussels, 10 October 2023] This year, the [Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences->https://www.kva.se/en and the [Norwegian Nobel Committee->https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org took a strong stance in recognising women’s vital contributions to society. The European Women’s Lobby congratulates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin on their remarkable achievements.
    [Narges (...) Read more

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    Historic decision of the Council on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention

    A step closer towards the end of violence against women and girls in Europe!

    Posted on 2 June 2023 |

    Historic decision of the Council on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention

    [Brussels, 2 June 2023] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) highly welcomes the Council decision to give green light to the EU’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul Convention.
    “This historic decision has sent once again a strong message that the EU cares, that women are taken seriously and that violence against women is not a private matter but a structural issue embedded in patriarchy, sexism (...) Read more

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    Historic vote in the European Parliament on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention: a step closer towards the end of violence against women and girls in Europe!

    Posted on 17 May 2023 |

    Historic vote in the European Parliament on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention: a step closer towards the end of violence against women and girls in Europe!

    The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) highly welcomes the European Parliament decision to give green light to the EU’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul Convention. This historic vote has sent once again a strong message that the EU cares, that women are taken seriously and that violence against women is not a private matter but a structural issue embedded in patriarchy, sexism and misogyny. The (...) Read more

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    The European Women’s Lobby calls for an immediate halt to gender apartheid in Afghanistan

    Posted on 14 April 2023 |

    The European Women's Lobby calls for an immediate halt to gender apartheid in Afghanistan

    [Brussels, 14 April 2003] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the largest women’s organisation in Europe, with over 2000 member organisations, is extremely concerned about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and calls for immediate action from the international community to bear pressure on the Taliban to cease the exclusion of women and girls from participating in all areas of life, which amounts to gender apartheid.
    ‘This situation is intolerable, now and for the future’, states Réka (...) Read more

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EWL event "Progress towards a Europe free from all forms of male violence" to mark the 10th aniversary of the Istanbul Convention, 12 May 2021.

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