Op- Eds and articles
EWL Statements and articles:
– 12 December: EWL and WEMove Statement in Euroactiv “Breaking the silence: France and Germany are failing women“
– 25 November 2023: EWL Statement: On International day for the elimination of violence against women, the EU is still divided over the crime of rape. Women’s organisations demand – Loud and United- that rape is made an offence under the new EU Directive.
– October 2023: EWL statement- EU divided: combating rape a priority for the Commission and the Parliament, but not the Council- As the Istanbul Convention comes into force in the EU, Germany and France use rape as a bargaining chip in the Council
– September 2023: EWL Priorities for the Trialogue Negotiations on the Directive
– July 2023: EWL calls for the swift adoption of a robust Directive that includes the criminalisation of rape
– July 2023: Monumental Week for women’s rights: The European Parliament adopts a strong proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence
– June 2023: Historic decision of the Council on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention
– January 2023: EWL Statement – Time to Deliver Recognise rape as sexual exploitation at EU level – EWL call to Member States to end violence against women at EU level
EWL position papers
EWL position on the proposal of the European Commission (December 2023) EWL proposals on Directive on VAW and Domestic Violence 221214
EWL position on the draft proposal of the European Parliament Rapporteurs (January 2023)EWL position on EP draft report Directive on VAWG 230124f 4
EWL and EWL members coverage:
- Arte 7 minutes documentary by Alienor Carrièere – in French, in German, English subtitles , Italian Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles, Polish Subtitles, and in Belgian media Le Soir .
- Euroactiv by Giedre Peseckyte “EU countries divided over the inclusion of rape to violence against women directive “
- Politico by Clothilde Goujard, “EU countries reject making non-consensual sex a criminal offense across the bloc “
- Euractiv Op-Ed “Make Europe a safe place for women and girls
- Washington Post “Activists call on France to endorse a consent-based rape definition across the entire European Union” by Helena Alves and Samuel Petrequin.
- Euroactiv – Agencia EFE in Spanish “La violencia de género: El delito más impune que afecta a una de cada tres mujeres” by Paula García-Ajofrín. In Media like Heraldo de Aragón; Swiss Info;
- El País “El debate sobre el consentimiento divide a la UE en sus esfuerzos por aprobar la primera norma específica sobre violencia contra la mujer” by Silvia Ayuso
- 20 minutos, by Elena Omedes, in Spanish, La primera directiva de la UE sobre violencia contra las mujeres encalla por las diferencias ante un ‘solo sí es sí’ europeo
- Público, by Candela Barro, in Spanish, El avance de la derecha acelera la aprobación del solo si es si a escala europea
- Público TV, in Spanish, ¿Qué nos jugamos en materia de violencias machistas en Europa?
- La Voz de Galicia by Doménico Chiappe , in Spanish Del «solo sí es sí» al «only yes means yes» que quiere abrirse paso en Europa
- ZDF in Germanlink
- RTBF in French by Camille Wernaers, Les Grenades, “Vers une definition commune du viol en Europe”
- Huffington Post, In French, by Alyssa Ahrabare – “La France doit se mobiliser pour proteger tout les filles et les femmes de l’Union européenne” ->https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/la-france-doit-se-mobiliser-pour-proteger-toutes-les-filles-et-les-femmes-de-l-union-europeenne_220290.html]
Other key articles
by EU Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli:
“When only yes means yes. The EU must universally define rape as sexual intercourse without freely given consent”. Malta
