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EWL members support sex trade survivor Rosen and call for French abolitionist law on prostitution

Posted on 16 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 16 October 2014] Last week, during the Annual Meeting of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in Lisbon, EWL members took action to express their support to Rosen Hicher, a sex trade survivor, who has marched 800 km in France to call for an abolitionist law on prostitution. A proposal of law to abolish the system of prostitution in France had been adopted by the French National Assembly last year and is still waiting for the Senate to vote on it.
On Thursday 10 October, EWL members (...) Read more
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The Swedish Women’s Lobby welcomes Sweden’s proposal to criminalise sex purchase abroad

Posted on 15 October 2014 |

[Statement from the Swedish Women’s Lobby, 17 October 2014] On October 3rd, the newly elected Swedish government was inaugurated and presented the Statement of Government Policy. In the statement, the new Government declared that they are a feminist Government, and one of the concrete proposals they presented was that the purchase of sexual services abroad will be criminalised, something that the women’s movement in Sweden has been calling for for a long time.
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Want a professional experience in women’s rights at EU level? Apply to EWL internship programme

Posted on 15 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 2 September 2014] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in the European Union, gathering over 2000 women’s associations, and aiming at promoting women’s rights and equality between women and men in the European Union. We regularly welcome students for an internship within our Secretariat, in Brussels, and we are now preparing our internship programme for 2015.
If you are interested in women’s rights and gender equality, and by (...) Read more
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From words to action: women can’t wait 20 more years to enjoy their full human rights

The Beijing+20 report of the European Women’s Lobby calls for urgent comprehensive EU action to realise gender equality

Posted on 9 October 2014 |

[Lisbon, 10 October 2014] Today, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) launched its report “1995-2015: From Words to Action” which assesses the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Europe, 20 years after its adoption by the international community. The launch of EWL Beijing+20 report took place in the context of the Annual Meeting of the European Women’s Lobby, the largest umbrella organisation for women’s rights in Europe.
Adopted two years after the 1993 Vienna World Conference on (...) Read more
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Feminist meet and greet party - join the European Women’s Lobby in Strasbourg!

Monday 20th October from 20:00

Posted on 8 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 08 October 2014] The European Women’s Lobby is delighted to invite you to its evening reception on Monday, October 20th from 20:00 at La Station-Centre LGBTI in Strasbourg. Come and meet us and Strasbourg-based women’s organisations and enjoy drinks to toast to the beginning of a new parliamentary term and future promising evolution of women’s rights and gender equality!
Please RSVP before Friday 17th October by sending an email to Jessica Machacova.
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One week to go for EWL Annual Conference and launch of its Beijing+20 report!

Posted on 3 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 3 October 2014] Next week, the European Women’s Lobby and all its members will gather in Lisbon for four days of meetings and action on women’s rights! In particular, this Annual Conference will comprise the launch of EWL report "Beijing+20: From Words to Action", assessing the implementation by the European Union of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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The Annual Conference of the EWL will start by a joint meeting between the members of its (...) Read more
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Encouraging signals from Commissioners-designate Thyssen and Jourová. Now: from words to action.

Posted on 2 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 1 October 2014] Today Commissioners-designate Thyssen (Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility) and Jourová (Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality) were ‘grilled’ in Brussels during their hearings by Members of the European Parliament.
The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) previously welcomed the appointment of Věra Jourová, Commissioner-designate for Justice, Consumers & Gender Equality while “Gender Equality” was explicitly acknowledged in her title; a strong political (...) Read more
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Decent work, quality jobs and poverty - The Missing link in the EU2020.

EAPN Conference

Posted on 1 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 26 September 2014] The European Anti-Poverty Network and the S&D hosted a half-day conference on the aftermath of the economic crisis, the change in labour market conditions, social inclusion and poverty. The conference was divided into three parts; first from a NGO perspective, second from trade unions’ perspective and the last from an EU institution point of view, with representatives from the Parliament and Commission. The focus in the first part was on quality jobs and (...) Read more
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“The pink ghetto”

Posted on 1 October 2014 |

[Brussels, 26 September 2014] The Commission held a two day conference on the developments in the labour market after the economic crisis. Over 40 speakers tried to untangle the reasons that unleashed the crisis the effect of the crisis on the labour market – who the real “losers” of the crisis are, what structural changes have emerged - and most importantly what strategies actually work in order to reach the 75% employment goals in the EU2020. Are the EU structural adjustment programs really (...) Read more
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2nd European Citizens Summit legitimises an alternative Europe

Posted on 25 September 2014 |

The European Union (EU) should leave behind its economic growth obsession and focus instead on more transparent and sustainable policies, according to hundreds of people gathered at the flagship European Citizens summit event (1) in Brussels. The event comes as new European Commissioner candidates are set to be questioned by MEPs next week.
[Press release of the Civil Society Contact Group, Brussels, 24 September 2014] A recurring question surrounding the Parliament elections in May was (...) Read more