This unique project makes visible the diverse and dynamic strategies and actions empowering black, ethnic minority and migrant women in six Member States of the European Union. The project fills an important gap in information, at both the national and European level, on race and gender issues, and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the impact of racist and sexist barriers which prevent the full participation of black, ethnic minority and migrant women in society.
DiscriminationEN The commitment of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) to raising the concerns of black, ethnic minority and migrant women is well-established and is evidenced by the following; its statutes state a commitment to representing the interests of the most marginalised groups of women in society; the commissioning of the first Europe-wide report on the situation of black and migrant women “Confronting the Fortress – black and migrant women in the European Union”, published by the European Parliament in 1995. The EWL also has a permanent working group on race and gender issues, one of only two, set up in 1991, which has been instrumental in the development of this project.
