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EWL and other EU anti-discrimination networks meet with first Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans

Posted on 26 January 2015 |

[Brussels, 12 January 2015] Last Friday, the EWL and other EU anti-discrimination networks participated in a roundtable discussion with Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. On this occasion, the invited organisations agreed on a common statement calling on Frans Timmermans to strengthen equality and fundamental rights protection in the EU.
The joint statement is also available in PDF here.
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LAUNCH! European Women’s Voice

Posted on 22 January 2015 |

The European women’s Lobby is launching the first publication of the year.
The European Women’s Voice: Women’s Economic Independence in Times of Austerity.
Read about how women are affected by austerity measures around Europe and discover creative, feminist, economic models that can provide solutions.
Gather your friend(s) and #PlayTheGame at the end of the publication to get an idea of the life of a women hit by austerity measures.
Read it here: http://bit.ly/1yXec13
Download it in PDF (...) Read more
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Join our launch event for 2015 with the European Women’s Lobby!

Posted on 14 January 2015 |
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EWL Observatory on Violence against Women publishes Lobbying Kit on the Istanbul Convention

Posted on 23 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 21 December 2014] The Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention)is an internationally recognised, visionary treaty with great potential to become an effective tool for ending violence against women and girls. This new Council of Europe Convention is an extremely important step towards equality between women and men, and considering this, we believe the process of monitoring this Convention should be transparent, and take into account the views of (...) Read more
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Happy feminist holidays!

Posted on 23 December 2014 |

From the EWL staff in Brussels!
Joanna, Colette, Mary, Malpuri, Jessica, Serap, Marion, Elvira, Valentina, Sophie, Emily, Pierrette and Mary-Ann!
Re-live the most memorable moments here:
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Women’s rights are not negotiable!

The European Women’s Lobby urges EU Ministers to push forward the Maternity Leave, Women on Boards and EU Equal Treatment Directives

Posted on 12 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] On Thursday 11th December, the Council of the EU will discuss the Maternity Leave Directive, the Women on Boards Directive and the EU Directive on Equal Treatment. In a letter sent to the 28 Permanent Representations to the EU, the European Women’s Lobby calls on EU Ministers to take action to unblock the negotiations of these crucial Directives for women’s rights and gender equality.
Tomorrow, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (...) Read more
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Civil Society view regarding pending EU legislation 2014 – response to BusinessEurope

Posted on 12 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 5 December 2014] The European Women’s Lobby and 19 other gender equality and environmental organisations, including trade unions and consumer groups, call on the European Commission to ignore a hit list of proposals that business lobbyists want ditched by the new executive.
The undersigned organisations, representing diverse public interests, strongly oppose the worrying deregulatory tendency under the headline of ‘cutting red tape’. The open letter is a response to the statement (...) Read more
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Violence against women and prostitution: the Nordic model as an inspiration for gender equality

Inspiring event of the EWL and the Mission of Norway to the EU

Posted on 11 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] On Monday 8 December, more than 120 persons reached out to the welcoming meeting room of the Mission of Norway to the EU, to discuss the Nordic model as an inspiration for the realisation of gender equality.
This event, co-organised by the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the Norway Mission, came 3 months after the evaluation of the Norwegian law on prostitution, and aimed at feeding into the European discussion on women’s rights, at the eve of the 20 years of (...) Read more
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European Women’s Lobby Observatory on Violence Against Women meets in Brussels

3 days of action for a Europe free of violence against women

Posted on 10 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] The EWL Observatory on violence against women met in Brussels from 7 to 9 December during 3 intensive “Days on Action to end violence against women”.
The experts coming from around 30 countries were working together, sharing experiences and knowledge, discussing strategies and defining priorities. Although the situation across Europe presents many differences in terms of legislation, service provision, protection of women, the experts identified common (...) Read more
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EWL invited to FRA - Equinet meeting on combating violence against women

Posted on 10 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] On 9 December, EWL participated to meeting on violence against women organised by the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) and the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in Brussels to discuss how to enhance cooperation between equality bodies, and European and international organisations.
Colette De Troy, Director of the EWL Observatory on Violence against women gave an overview of the work of the Observatory and highlighted the interest of building links (...) Read more