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Time to listen to us!

Posted on 27 April 2016 |

[Brussels, 25 April 2016] On Monday 18 April 2016, a special event took place in Brussels at the historical feminist building “Amazone” in the district of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Activists from two women’s organisations came together to exchange over the challenges and backlashes that EU’s Enlargement to the East, in Central European, Baltic and Western Balkan States have generated as regards women’s rights.
The EWL task force for Central European, Baltic and Balkan States, together with Kvinna (...) Read more
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Join the event "Why women will save the planet", Brussels, 23 May

Posted on 27 April 2016 |

[Brussels, 27 April 2016] Friends of the Earth and the European Women’s Lobby are happy to invite you to the book launch & panel debate of ’Why Women Will Save the Planet’ (by Friends of the Earth). We are delighted to partner with Friends of the Earth for the event, which provides an inspiring follow-up to our work on women and the environment. Last June, we hold a webinar on the issue, as part of our Beijing+20 Year of Action, and last November we issued our recommendations to COP21. (...) Read more
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Journée historique pour les droits des femmes : la France choisit l’abolition du système prostitutionnel !

Posted on 6 April 2016 |

[Communiqué de presse du LEF, Bruxelles, le 6 avril 2016] Le vote de l’Assemblée nationale française ouvre aujourd’hui une nouvelle page dans l’histoire des victoires historiques pour les associations humanistes et féministes : en adoptant la loi visant à renforcer la lutte contre le système prostitutionnel et à accompagner les personnes prostituées, la France réaffirme des valeurs essentielles pour l’égalité femmes-hommes, la dignité et la solidarité. Et se positionne du côté des personnes prostituées, (...) Read more
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EWL and the Brussels’ Call celebrate the adoption of the French law on the abolition of prostitution

Posted on 6 April 2016 |

[Brussels, 6 April 2016] Today, the European Women’s Lobby and all signatories of the Brussels’ Call celebrated the adoption by France of a law abolishing the system of prostitution. During the day, abolitionist organisations and activists expressed their support through social media, with group photos and the hashtags #goFrance #AbolitionProstitution. From Norway to Portugal, the USA to Serbia, Canada to Ireland and many other countries, the abolitionist movement strongly welcomes the French (...) Read more
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NEW video for EWL’s WEstart project

Posted on 6 April 2016 |

[Brussels 6 April 2016] The European Women’s Lobby and partner foundation CHANEL will unveil a new short video on women-led social enterprise in Europe at high-level Impact2 event at the City Hall in Paris
On Thursday April 7th, the European Women’s Lobby will be in Paris to present their groundbreaking study on women-led social enterprise WEstart: Mapping Women’s Social Entrepreneurship in Europe to the Mayor of Paris at the 5th annual Impact² Forum, held at the City Hall of Paris.
Thanks to (...) Read more
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Launch of abolitionist platform in Austria: welcome StoppSexkauf!

Posted on 5 April 2016 |

[Brussels, 5 April 2016] On 18 February 2016, Vienna saw the birth of a new platform of associations dedicated to the abolition of the system of prostitution: Initiative Stopp Sexkauf gathers women’s organisations, front-lines NGOs, youth network and men mobilising against the sex trade, all advocating for the Nordic Model in Austria as a way to foster gender equality and reduce sex trafficking.
Hosted by the Swedish Embassy, the event gathered a lot of participants, decision-makers, (...) Read more
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Turkey: ’Women’s initiative for peace’ campaign #Room4Life

Posted on 23 March 2016 |

[Istanbul, 23 March 2016] Our members in Turkey share this online campaign for peace: #Room4Life on INDIEGOGO. This online campaign, wants to provide support for the rebuilding of towns in the Kurdish region in Turkey, destroyed during recent curfews.
"We are women from the Women’s Peace Initiative in Turkey. We are concerned about the fate of families who have been displaced as a result of the destruction caused by the Turkish Armed Forces in towns in the Kurdish region in their drive to (...) Read more
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EWL and its members are ready for CSW60!

Posted on 9 March 2016 |

[New York, 8 March 2016] The 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) will start on Monday 14 March, and the European Women’s Lobby and its members are getting ready to advance women’s rights one step further during this annual meeting of UN member states.
The priority theme of this CSW is "Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development". The EWL and its members have issued a joint written statement to CSW, which highlights the human rights of (...) Read more
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Women care for society, it’s time society cares for women - have you watched our video yet?

Posted on 8 March 2016 |

[Brussels, 8 March 2016] On this International Women’s Day, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) launches its Campaign ‘Together we can make it happen, Equal Pension Rights for Women Now!’ The campaign draws attention to the blatant discrimination that women face as they age. The accompanying video clip shows that the entrenched male bread-winner model requires robust measures to move towards an equal earner-equal carer model for the Europe of tomorrow while safeguarding women’s pension rights (...) Read more
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Gender Pension Gap - Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on 8 March 2016 |

Why this gap?
• Women earn less during their working lives. Despite anti-discrimination laws the majority of women still earn substantially less than men and, as a direct result of this, their pension contributions and benefits are also substantially lower. In some Member States those people earning below a certain level do not make contributions to the state pension scheme and therefore also do not earn the benefits.
• Women have a greater burden of work: as a rule women, in addition (...) Read more