What Irish Sex Buyers Are Really Thinking - Results of Ruhama Campaign
[Brussels, 18 January 2017] Ruhama
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[Brussels, 18 January 2017] Ruhama
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[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->https://www.coe.int/en/web/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 (...) Read more
[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
Picture article from [http://www.iamwomanseries.com/our-stories/season-3-all-episodes/episode-13-sizani-ngubane/ ->http://www.iamwomanseries.com/our-stories/season-3-all-episodes/episode-13-sizani-ngubane
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[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 (...)
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[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
[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 (...)
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[Stockholm, 5 December 2017, News from our member the Swedish Women’s Lobby
On the 5th of December the [Swedish Women’s Lobby->http://sverigeskvinnolobby.se 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 (...)
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[Press release of our members from our members in the Czech Republic Genderové informační centrum NORA 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 22.5 % and in (...) Read more
[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, (...)
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[A research paper of the European Network of Migrant Women 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 “migrants” utilising the central Mediterranean route (...) Read more
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