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EWL at the Maltese Presidency EU event on violence against women

A milestone Conference in European HERstory?

Posted on 3 February 2017 |

[Brussels, 3 February 2017] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and members of the European Coalition to end violence against women and girls were present at the EU Conference organised by the Maltese Presidency on "EU responses to Gender Based violence: an inter sectional approach". This event is one of the actions of the European Commission year of focused action to combat violence against women and girls.
At this event, the EWL shared our strong demands and conclusions coming from the (...) Read more
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From sexual abuse to sex trafficking: women film directors break the silence!

Posted on 28 January 2017 |

[Brussels, 28 January 2017] Every year, Brussels hosts an amazing film festival: “Elles Tournent”, which gives light to female directors. Last week, the 9th edition of the festival brought the moving documentary “Sands of silence: waves of courage”, directed by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle.
For 15 years, Chelo Alvarez-Stehle has investigated sex trafficking and met many survivors and victims. With this new art work, she realizes that her activism is intrinsically linked to her personal story, having (...) Read more
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Lilies of the streets

Posted on 26 January 2017 |

[Brussels 26 January 2017] This week the European Women’s Lobby staff & members met with Eglė Plytnikaitė, a freelance illustrator and journalist working and living in-between capital Vilnius and a little cob house in the woods in Lithuania. In her works, Eglė is mainly interested in social and environmental themes. She volunteers in various projects and works with victims of prostitution and human trafficking.
She presented the Lilies of the Streets project in which several artists (...) Read more
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2016 in 100 pictures

Posted on 31 December 2016 |

2016 was a year filled with feminist activism, find a snapshot of our highlights on Flickr! Read more
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When the going gets tough, the tough #getcracking

“To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair inevitable”

Posted on 16 December 2016 |

[Brussels, 9 December 2016] Message from EWL Secretary General Joanna Maycock.
Dear EWL Friends and Family,
Let me begin by stating the obvious…This has been one hell of a year. From Brexit, to the US elections, to the heartbreaking suffering of refugees, this year has seen the progress that many of us have spent our lives fighting for, appear to grind to a terrifying halt. Throughout Europe and the Western world, fear and hatred have created a worrying momentum for nationalist right-wing (...) Read more
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St Nicolette X FemTALK 2016

Celebrating feminisms through the arts

Posted on 15 December 2016 |

[Brussels, 16 December 2016] Last week, we held our annual end-of-the-year feminist party at Via Via Café Brussels. Friends, activists, partner organisations and EU Brussels policy-makers and campaigners joined us for an evening filled with debate, books, poetry and music.
EWL Secretary General Joanna Maycock: "It has not been an easy year for women’s rights worldwide. Is it hard to have progress, to really imagine a world where women and men are truly equal, and that we’re going to get (...) Read more
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ExCHANGE - Activists across the Atlantic cracking the glass ceiling

Posted on 15 December 2016 |

[Brussels, 16 December 2016] From November 30 to December 2 leading activists in the field of women in politics from Europe and the US came together to jointly strategise around how we can get more women into elected office. With the rise of right-wing populism on both sides of the Atlantic as a momentous back-drop, the meeting was important in building solidarity, sharing strategies of hope and creating a solid network on women in politics activists. #ExCHANGE also provided a much needed (...) Read more
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First Women of Europe Awards go to Margrethe Vestager & Adela Ionela Dinu

Posted on 14 December 2016 |

[Brussels, 14 December 2016] On December 1, together with the European Movement International (EMI) we held the first Women of Europe Awards ceremony at the Women’s Rights House of Brussels, Amazone asbl.
The Women of Europe Awards is a new EMI-EWL initiative, building upon the national awards of several National European Movement Councils. The Awards were handed out to honour women striving to advance the European project in their professional or private capacity. The role of women in the (...) Read more
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‘Economics as if People Mattered’, an evening with Julie Nelson

12 January 2017 - Join the Full Circle // discount for EWL subscribers

Posted on 14 December 2016 |

[Brussels, 16 December 2016] Join Full Circle & Julie Nelson on Thursday 12 January for an evening talk in Brussels on ‘Economics as if People Mattered’.
Julie Nelson is a leading feminist economist based at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. Her work looks at gender biases in conventional economic, revealing pathways towards healthier understandings of economic life. Avoiding misleading bias, she rethinks the relationship between self-interest (often thought to be appropriate (...) Read more
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’Movements, Borders, Rights’ 170 feminist activists gather in Brussels

#feministperspectives

Posted on 13 December 2016 |

[Brussels 16 December 2016] "Feminism must be more political in confronting the current multiple crises". This is the key message of the international conference “Movements, Borders, Rights? Feminist Perspectives on Global Issues in Europe” which took place in Brussels 24-25 October 2016. The Conference was organised by Women In Development Europe+ (WIDE+)
One disturbing aspect of the current European situation is a rise of authoritarianism, right-wing populism and racism that is usually (...) Read more