Op- Eds and articles
EWL Statements and articles:
22 April: Seal the Deal and Adopt the VAW Directive Now
8 March: EWL Statement "Today, tomorrow and every day - end violence against women and girls in Europe". On International Women’s Day, the European Women’s Lobby releasesits analysis of the agreement on the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, calling for its immediate adoption.
6 February: EWL press release "Deal reached on the first EU law on violence against women-
HERSTORY is made today as a deal has been reached on the first-ever directive giving women and girls equal protection in the EU"
31 January: EWL Statement "European Women’s Lobby calls on the European Parliament not to throw the baby out with the bathwater!"
26 January: EWL open letter to Belgian Presidency. Here.
23 January: EWL Statement: "Shame on the German and French Governments for letting all women and girls down in Europe!"
12 December: EWL and WEMove Statement in Euroactiv "Breaking the silence: France and Germany are failing women"
25 November 2023: EWL Statement: On International day for the elimination of violence against women, the EU is still divided over the crime of rape. Women’s organisations demand - Loud and United- that rape is made an offence under the new EU Directive.
October 2023: EWL statement- EU divided: combating rape a priority for the Commission and the Parliament, but not the Council- As the Istanbul Convention comes into force in the EU, Germany and France use rape as a bargaining chip in the Council
September 2023: EWL Priorities for the Trialogue Negotiations on the Directive
July 2023: EWL calls for the swift adoption of a robust Directive that includes the criminalisation of rape
July 2023: Monumental Week for women’s rights: The European Parliament adopts a strong proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence
June 2023: Historic decision of the Council on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention
January 2023: EWL Statement -Time to Deliver Recognise rape as sexual exploitation at EU level - EWL call to Member States to end violence against women at EU level
EWL position papers
EWL position on the proposal of the European Commission (December 2023) 
EWL position on the draft proposal of the European Parliament Rapporteurs (January 2023)
EWL and EWL members coverage:
Friends of Europe Podcast - "EU Directive on violence against women", by Catarina Vila Nova 8/03.
- Parliamentary magazine - "Why the EU’s gender justice bill leaves the most vulnerable behind
Disagreements over rape and immigration rights mean ambitious new legislation will likely change little for victims, NGOs warn" by Gabriela Galindo. 4/03/2024
Euronews - Brussels my love by Méabh Mc Mahon. 10/02/2024
- Euronews by Mared Gwyn Jones "EU agrees first-ever law on violence against women. But rape is not included" 07/02/2024
- Euronews by Mared Gwyn Jones Why the EU plans to criminalise non-consentual sex is falling apart, 29/01/2024
- 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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