The European Women’s Lobby has submitted its official contribution to the next Gender Equality Strategy (2026-2030).
We strongly urge the European Commission to adopt a bold, coherent, and long-term vision that puts feminist principles at its core and resists the growing pressures of deregulation.
At a time when women’s rights are facing increasing threats across Europe and beyond, your voice is essential. Every individual contribution to this public consultation adds weight to a shared, united demand for a feminist and inclusive Europe.
Submit your input to the Call for Evidence by 11 August 2025 (midnight Brussels time).
On 4 July, the EWL policy team attended the European Commission’s consultation with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the Post-2025 Gender Equality Strategy. This one-day event took place in Brussels and was led by representatives from the Gender Equality Unit of DG Justice and Consumers (DG JUST).
Following introductory remarks, participants joined group discussions to exchange views on key challenges and policy gaps, priority actions, gender mainstreaming, and intersectionality. Plenary sessions captured the main takeaways from the smaller group discussions.
Key points raised included:
- The need to ensure the proper transposition and effective implementation of the current framework to combat gender-based violence.
- The need for a legal definition of intersectionality and genuine gender mainstreaming among all EU policies.
- The need to tackle cyberviolence and online discrimination.
- The importance of interoperability across equality legislative tools.
- Greater emphasis on the care economy, health policies and tackling women’s poverty.
- Concerns about funding for civil society organisations (CSOs).
Overall, participants collectively called upon the Commission to be bold and ambitious while drafting the Strategy highlighting that we still have a long way to go before achieving gender equality.
