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What Irish Sex Buyers Are Really Thinking - Results of Ruhama Campaign

Posted on 18 January 2018 |

[Brussels, 18 January 2017] Ruhama, Ireland’s only dedicated national frontline NGO supporting women affected by prostitution and sex trafficking, today reveals what Irish sex buyers really think about the women they pay for sex. Ruhama has released a short video highlighting the impact of the ‘Andreea’ campaign and what it exposes about the views and motivations of sex buyers in Ireland – in their own words.
‘Andreea’ – a silhouette image posed seductively above a phone number – was ‘advertised’ (...) Read more
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Bulgaria: time to ratify the Istanbul Convention

Posted on 12 January 2018 |

[Brussels, 12 January 2018] On 2nd of January 2018, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria adopted a draft decision for a proposal to the National Assembly to ratify the Istanbul Convention. Immediately after the decision was adopted, numerous conspiracy reactions have come up from different sectors of the society, based on false myths and misinterpretations of the text of the Istanbul Convention. Alerted by the Bulgarian Platform, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) has sent a (...) Read more
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Sizani Ngubane – Woman of Distinction Awardee

Posted on 29 December 2017 |

[Brussels, 29 December 2017] Sizani Ngubane, founder of Rural Women’s Movement of South Africa, member of the International Alliance of Women (EWL members), is the 2018 Woman of Distinction Awardee, an award given by the NGO CSW/ NY Committee. Sizani was nominated by IAW. Ngubane will be the keynote speaker for the NGO CSW62 Forum Consultation Day Sunday, 11 March and will receive her award at the Reception, Tuesday, 13 March.
Sizani Ngubane is a powerful 72-year-old woman who has dedicated (...) Read more
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How Europe takes forward Refugee Compacts: recommendations related to girls and women

Posted on 13 December 2017 |

[Brussels, 13 December 2017, News from our member European Network of Migrant Women] Last week, CARE International, European Network of Migrant Women, ECRE and Melissa Network organised an "How Europe takes forward Refugee Compacts: A Girl-Child Perspective.". Now they present their recommendations : How Europe takes forward Refugee Compacts: Recommendations on girls and women.
Despite gains in policy and practice in recent years, the capacities and needs of refugee women and girls are too (...) Read more
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16 Days of activism to end violence against women: Actions of EWL European Members

25 November - 10 December 2017

Posted on 13 December 2017 |

[Brussels, 13 December 2017] From the 25th of November, the International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to the 10th of December, the International Human Rights Day, the European Women’s Lobby and many of our members engaged in several campaigns and activities to take action and raise awareness during the 16 Days of activism to end violence against women. Please, see below the actions taken by several of our EWL European wide members: the European Disability Forum’s (...) Read more
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4th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities: Disability rights at the heart of the European Union

Posted on 13 December 2017 |

[Brussels, 13 December 2017. Statement from our member European Disability Forum] More than 600 persons with disabilities from all over Europe met on 6 December at the European Parliament to engage in dialogue with European leaders concerning their rights.
The 4th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities (EPPD) was a landmark event marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) and the 20th anniversary of EDF. EDF was created in 1997 to ensure that (...) Read more
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Protecting children and young people from online pornography

Posted on 5 December 2017 |

[Stockholm, 5 December 2017, News from our member the Swedish Women’s Lobby]
On the 5th of December the Swedish Women’s Lobby arranged a seminar about how to protect children from exposure to pornography together with the women’s shelter organization Unizon.
In recent years, pornography has become more violent than ever. Today, mainstream pornography illustrates sexual assault, humiliation, insults and physical violence against women. The increasingly abusive nature of pornography, along (...) Read more
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Women in Europe still work "free of charge" for two months a year, in the Czech Republic it is even longer

Posted on 15 November 2017 |

[Press release of our members from our members in the Czech Republic Genderové informační centrum NORA, 3 November 2017] The European Equal Pay Day (EU Equal Pay Day) falls on November 3 this year. This day symbolically marks the period till the end of the calendar year when women in the European Union work without remuneration. The average European woman still receives a 16.3 % lower pay compared to her male counterpart. The rate of pay inequality in the Czech Republic is even higher reaching (...) Read more
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Building feminist friendship across continents and realities

Posted on 23 October 2017 |

[Blog post from Krist Petraj Zicishti, member of YWCA Albania and the European YWCA, 23 October 2017] In the moment I arrived in the airport of Brussels two young women were waiting for me, Antonella and Jemma. They were from WAGGGS of Italy and Ireland and were so warm that it felt like I meet them before. This is the energy of women, you feel the strength, the happiness, the struggles and the mission they have in mind.
After arriving in Brussels, center we had lunch with Asha, Pierrette, (...) Read more
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Europe-Africa crisis we don’t want to name: organised sexual exploitation of women and girls

Posted on 23 October 2017 |

[A research paper of the European Network of Migrant Women, EU Anti-Trafficking Day, 18 October 2017] As of June 2017, the number of “migrants” which in this case references all those arriving by sea to Italy, rose by 21% in comparison to the same period in 2016. These official statistics present a composite number of economic migrants, refugees, as well as the victims of trafficking in human beings. Nationals of Nigeria closely followed by Guinea account for the largest number of the (...) Read more