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  EWL co-hosts anti-sex trafficking global-joint campaign: #NOtosextrafficking, #YEStohumanrights

  Posted on 24 September 2015 |

  

  [Seoul, 24 September 2015] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is very happy to be co-hosting a new global campaign against sex trafficking, initiated by the Women’s Human Rights Commission of Korea (WHRCK). The EWL member Ruhama (Ireland), the Coalition against Trafficking in Women Australia, ECPAT Philippines, the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Center, Global Centurion (USA) and Sanlaap (India) are the other co-hosts of this campaign, which therefore gathers civil society organisations from different (...) Read more

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  WEstart Conference: Women Social Entrepreneurs Changing Europe 11 September 2015

  Posted on 22 September 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 22 September 2015]
  On 11 September 2015 The European Women’s Lobby delivered the Westart Conference: Women Social Entrepreneurs Changing Europe at the European and Economic Social Committee.
  The conference brought to a close the European Women’s Lobby 1-year pilot study that aimed to give visibility to women social entrepreneurship and map the state of women social entrepreneurship in 10 EU member-states. The results of this study were compiled into a report and presented at the (...) Read more

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  Asylum is not gender neutral: the refugee crisis in Europe from a feminist perspective

  Posted on 21 September 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 21 September 2015] Today is International Day of Peace. However, the persistence of war and conflicts globally urges us to redefine sustainable peace as the presence of human security, justice and equality, rather than the absence of war. Europe has to face the consequences of war and conflicts in other parts of the world, and has a duty to act, not only in terms of addressing the situation of refugees and asylum seekers reaching European countries, but also to promote real peace (...) Read more

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  EWL Year of Action on Beijing+20 Webinar “Mobilising for a Feminist Approach to Peace and Security”

  Monday 21st September, 3pm-4pm (Brussels time)

  Posted on 10 September 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 10 August 2015] In the framework of its Beijing+20 Year of Action, in September the EWL focuses on Women and Armed Conflict.
  Today is the day for our webinar “Mobilising for a Feminist Approach to Peace and Security”
  Sign in at 3pm (CET) using this link: http://bit.ly/1P8bauH
  The absence of women and their perspectives in peace negotiations, post-conflict reconstruction, disarmament, humanitarian relief and peace building means the absence of sustainable peace and any chance of (...) Read more

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  Women social entrepreneurs changing Europe // Conference 11.09.2015

  Follow the conference via LIVE streaming

  Posted on 7 September 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 7 September 2015] EWL invites you to a dynamic, first-of-its-kind event on women’s social entrepreneurship in Europe! Join EU and national level policy makers, investors, entrepreneurs and experts for the presentation of EWL’s groundbreaking WEstart research, hear first-hand from women social entrepreneurs, and participate in an interactive policy debate with key actors!
  FOLLOW THE CONFERENCE LIVE HERE
  or via Twitter @EuropeanWomen #WEstart
  Friday September 11, 10:00 - 16:00 (...) Read more

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  Joint call to support MEP Liliana Rodrigues report on “Empowering girls through education”

  Vote will take place in the European Parliament on 8 September 2015

  Posted on 3 September 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 3 September 2015] The European Women’s Lobby and other civil society and human rights organisations call on Members of the European Parliament to support the report by MEP rapporteur Lililana Rodrigues on “Empowering girls through education in the EU” in the plenary vote on 8 September.
  This report proposes actions to ensure that all national education systems promote gender equality, raise girls’ profiles and skills and ultimately improve their personal and professional (...) Read more

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  Cher.e.s délégué.e.s d’Amnesty International à Dublin, N’abandonnez pas les femmes les plus vulnérables, N’offrez pas une impunité complète aux proxénètes et acheteurs de sexe !

  COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE INTERNATIONAL, 11 août 2015

  Posted on 11 August 2015 |

  

  En votant « oui » à la politique dite de « décriminalisation du travail du sexe », Amnesty international se couperait des mouvements de lutte pour l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, des associations de survivantes de la prostitution, de femmes migrantes, de femmes autochtones, des minorités et des associations de lutte contre l’exploitation sexuelle et la traite des êtres humains. Le Conseil international d’Amnesty est invité à voter une politique sur le “travail du sexe”. Cette politique (...) Read more

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  Amnesty International Delegates in Dublin: Do Not Turn Your Back on the Most Vulnerable Women, Do Not Offer Impunity to Pimps and Sex Buyers

  WORLD PRESS RELEASE August 11, 2015

  Posted on 11 August 2015 |

  

  Voting yes to the decriminalisation of prostitution would be legitimizing an industry predicated on the sexual exploitation of women and children. Such a move would irreparably damage Amnesty International’s credibility on gender equality and with prostitution survivors, women migrants, indigenous women, minority groups and anti-trafficking movements. Amnesty International’s International Council has been invited to adopt a policy on “sex work” which would urge States to repeal (...) Read more

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  EWL Beijing+20 in August – Her future: empowering the girl child for the future of women’s rights

  Posted on 3 August 2015 |

  

  [Brussels, 3 August 2015] Did you know that one in ten women have experienced some form of sexual abuse before the age of 15? that girls are more at risk of addiction to alcohol and cigarettes, and more at risk of getting eating disorders? that new technologies offer opportunities for girls to speak out?
  In August, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) focuses on The Girl Child, as part of its Beijing+20 campaign. Read and share EWL’s factsheet on the girl child, which is part of EWL report “From (...) Read more

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  EWL & over 40 NGOs urge Germany to unblock proposed European Equal Treatment Directive

  Posted on 23 July 2015 |

  

  [Berlin, 23 July 2015] The European Women’s Lobby today signed a joint appeal to the German Federal Government: "Towards a Consistent Level of Protection Against Discrimination in Europe." over 40 NGOs aim to overcome Germany’s blocking of the proposed European Equal Treatment Directive.
  The statement is available in German here See Deutscher Frauenrat, our member’s website for more details in German @Frauenrat
  The statement Protection against discrimination is a fundamental right that is (...) Read more

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