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Resolution adopted: the FEMM Committee urges the Council to resume the negotiations regarding the maternity leave directive

Posted on 7 May 2015 |

[Brussels, 6 May 2015] The Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee meeting of May decided on very important issues.
Challenging the MEPs, pregnant women workers and mothers of young children attended the meeting to show their support and address the danger of the Commission’s plans to withdraw the directive after four years’ of deadlock in the Council.
The Committee adopted the resolution on the maternity leave directive by 19 votes in favour, 3 against and 11 abstentions, allowing it (...) Read more
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EWL Vice-President Borbala Juhasz elected to the Management Committee of the Social Platform.

Posted on 6 May 2015 |

[Brussels, 5 May 2015] A new Management Committee was elected at the General Assembly (GA) of the Social Platform for a period of two years. Borbala Juhasz, EWL Vice-President and President of the Hungarian Women’s Lobby Emily O’Reilly were among the invited guests. Commissioner Thyssen called for a ‘Triple A’ social model in Europe, indicating that there were signs of ‘recovery’. She highlighted the need to ‘modernise’ and ‘reform’ structures and systems to safeguard the European Social Model to (...) Read more
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April 29, European Day of Solidarity between Generations

Posted on 6 May 2015 |

[JOINT PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 29th April 2015]
Fostering intergenerational solidarity and cooperation through age-friendly environments: the right answer to Europe’s demographic challenge
AGE Platform Europe, the Confederation of Family Organisa-tions in the European Union (COFACE), Eurochild, the European Women’s Lobby and the European Youth Forum unite to celebrate the European Day of Solidarity between Generations and raise awareness of the need to address Europe’s demographic challenge (...) Read more
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Beijing+20 on health: Discuss surrogacy on 6 May with the screening of ’Breeders’ at 7pm in Brussels

An invitation of the EWL and MEP Anna Hedh

Posted on 28 April 2015 |

[Brussels, 24 April 2015] In the framework of the European Women’s Lobby Year of Action on Beijing+20, the EWL and MEP Anna Hedh invite you to the screening of ’Breeders’, on the issue of surrogacy. April is our Beijing+20 month dedicated to health, and we propose to have a debate on this new phenomenon, gaining European and international attention.
Join us on Wednesday 6 May in Brussels, at the Swedish Permanent Representation to the EU. Please register by emailing (...) Read more
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Outcomes and Outlooks:

The results of Finland’s April 19 election and the lead-up to the UK’s General Election May 7

Posted on 24 April 2015 |

[Brussels, 24 April 2015] As part of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) 50/50 campaign, we’re evaluating the results of Finland’s parliamentary election that took place on Sunday, April 19 and looking ahead to the General Election taking place in the United Kingdom May 7.
How many women candidates were elected to the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta)? What does the scene look like for women candidates across the UK with campaign season in full swing and less than 2 weeks to go before Election (...) Read more
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Colloque international à l’Université des femmes - « Femmes nordiques, politiques féministes et sociales au Nord »

Posted on 23 April 2015 |

[Bruxelles, le 24 avril 2015] Le mercredi 22 avril au soir et le jeudi 23 avril se sont tenus deux jours de colloque à l’Université des femmes à Bruxelles sur les politiques féministes et sociales dans les pays nordiques. Le LEF avait le plaisir d’être invité à présider la journée du jeudi et ainsi à soutenir une association membre de sa coordination belge, avec la participation de Viviane Teitelbaum, Présidente du LEF et Pierrette Pape, chargée des politiques au LEF. Individualisation des droits, (...) Read more
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EWL member Engender Scotland launches #Beijing20 report

Beijing Platform for Action: Progress and remaining challenges

Posted on 21 April 2015 |

[Edinburgh, 20 April 2015] Article by Alys Mumford at Engender Scotland
2015 is a key year for women. 20 years since the Beijing Platform for Action was agreed, it marks a time for women’s organisations and governments to take stock – to see what has been achieved for gender equality, and to see how far we still have to go. On April 1st Engender – from violence against women to women and the environment. While the Scottish Government has made some progressive moves when it comes to gender (...) Read more
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EWL Beijing+20 in April - A holistic approach for the highest standards of wellbeing and health for all

Posted on 10 April 2015 |

[Brussels, 1 April 2015] Did you know that one in ten women in Europe doesn’t have access to care in the first months of pregnancy? That abortion is still not legal in Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and Poland, forcing women to face the health risks of unsafe illegal abortion? That between the ages of 25 and 40, women are three times more likely than men to suffer from depression, the higher rate being at times when they have their babies?
In April, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) focuses on Women (...) Read more
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EWL cosigns text calling for the abolition of surrogacy

Posted on 10 April 2015 |

[Brussels, 31 March 2015] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the [Center for Bioethics and Culture->http://www.cbc-network.org/about (USA), the French « [Collectif pour le Respect de la Personne->http://collectif-corp.com » ( CoRP), and several associations backed by European and American personalities are calling for the abolition of the baby business called euphemistically « surrogacy ».
In a text made public today, the signatory associations joined together to involve themselves in the works (...) Read more
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Inspiring roundtable on transnational abortion rights: human rights, values and political strategies

With EWL and partners

Posted on 10 April 2015 |

[Brussels, 3 April 2015] A very symbolic date for an event discussing abortion rights: 25 years exactly after the adoption of the Belgian law decriminalising the right to abortion, the Equality Law Clinic (ULB) gathered experts and researchers from Belgian, France, Italy, Croatia and the USA, to discuss the current situation with regards to this key human right. A very inspiring discussion, with in-depth analysis of recent law cases, political context, conservative attacks and NGO (...) Read more