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Civil Society view regarding pending EU legislation 2014 – response to BusinessEurope

Posted on 12 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 5 December 2014] The European Women’s Lobby and 19 other gender equality and environmental organisations, including trade unions and consumer groups, call on the European Commission to ignore a hit list of proposals that business lobbyists want ditched by the new executive.
The undersigned organisations, representing diverse public interests, strongly oppose the worrying deregulatory tendency under the headline of ‘cutting red tape’. The open letter is a response to the statement (...) Read more
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Violence against women and prostitution: the Nordic model as an inspiration for gender equality

Inspiring event of the EWL and the Mission of Norway to the EU

Posted on 11 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] On Monday 8 December, more than 120 persons reached out to the welcoming meeting room of the Mission of Norway to the EU, to discuss the Nordic model as an inspiration for the realisation of gender equality.
This event, co-organised by the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the Norway Mission, came 3 months after the evaluation of the Norwegian law on prostitution, and aimed at feeding into the European discussion on women’s rights, at the eve of the 20 years of (...) Read more
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European Women’s Lobby Observatory on Violence Against Women meets in Brussels

3 days of action for a Europe free of violence against women

Posted on 10 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] The EWL Observatory on violence against women met in Brussels from 7 to 9 December during 3 intensive “Days on Action to end violence against women”.
The experts coming from around 30 countries were working together, sharing experiences and knowledge, discussing strategies and defining priorities. Although the situation across Europe presents many differences in terms of legislation, service provision, protection of women, the experts identified common (...) Read more
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EWL invited to FRA - Equinet meeting on combating violence against women

Posted on 10 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] On 9 December, EWL participated to meeting on violence against women organised by the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) and the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in Brussels to discuss how to enhance cooperation between equality bodies, and European and international organisations.
Colette De Troy, Director of the EWL Observatory on Violence against women gave an overview of the work of the Observatory and highlighted the interest of building links (...) Read more
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EU equal treatment law: time for Member States to act!

Joint statement by EU civil society organisations

Posted on 10 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 10 December 2014] 10 EU civil society organisations (The European Women’s Lobby, ENAR - European Network against Racism, AGE-Platform Europe, IGLYO, European Network on Religion and Belief, ILGA-Europe, Social Platform, European Disability Forum, Eurochild and European Youth Forum) call on EU decision-makers to show clear commitment on the proposed Horizontal Directive on equal treatment.
EU equal treatment law: time for Member States to act!
Brussels, 5 December 2014 – As EU (...) Read more
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Sainte Nicolette 2014 - The pictures

Posted on 9 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 12 December 2014] Thank you very much for joining Sainte Nicolette in Brussels! We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating with us and toasting to the end of another year of feminist action and activism across Europe! Also a big THANK YOU to the fantastic Toy Division & ZL. drawings.
Here you find some pictures of the evening.
For now, we already wish you happy feminist holidays and a patriarchy-free NEW (...) Read more
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Excellent participation in our second breakfast training on women’s rights for Members of the European Parliament!

Posted on 9 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 09 December 2014] The second breakfast training on women’s rights and gender equality for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) was held last Wednesday at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was a success and gathered 20 MEPs, EP assistants and staff members from several political groups.
The second breakfast training on women’s rights and gender equality was held on Wednesday 3rd December at the European Parliament in Brussels. As part of the innovative project (...) Read more
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Looking back over the EWL Political Mentoring Network: two inspiring years of action for gender equality and diversity!

Posted on 8 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 8 December 2014] The wrap-up event of the EWL European Political Mentoring Network took place last Tuesday in Brussels. The event was the opportunity to looking back at two years of an exciting programme which contributed to give visibility to the issues of gender equality and diversity in political decision-making.
The event was opened by Viviane Teitelbaum, President of the European Women’s Lobby, who underlined the great achievements made by the EWL European Political (...) Read more
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Breakfast meeting - A Europe free from violence against women: from the grassroots to the transnational level

Posted on 4 December 2014 |

[Brussels, 4 December 2014] The European Women’s Lobby invites you to a breakfast meeting.
A Europe free from violence against women:
from the grassroots to the transnational level.
This meeting brings together 30 experts of the European Women’s Lobby Observatory on Violence Against Women and will discuss how the work of grassroots women’s rights organisations can translate into concrete action at European and national level.
Hosted by Beatriz Becerra, Member of the European Parliament. (...) Read more
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Bringing a feminist perspective into the International Civil Society Week (18-24 November 2014, South Africa)

Posted on 28 November 2014 |

The European Women’s Lobby participated in Civicus International Civil Society Week, which took place in Johannesburg 18-24 November 2014. It was an inspiring and exciting few days which brought together 600 civil society leaders and activists, from more than 100 countries, to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. Under the banner of “Citizen Action, People Power”, the weeklong series of events was an incredible global gathering of inspired thinkers, innovation leaders and influential (...) Read more