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Women hold up half the sky: No gender mirroring in Team Juncker

Status quo with Barroso after toe-curling process

Posted on 5 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 5 September 2014] Today future European Commission (EC) President Juncker published the full list of commissioner-candidates.
While the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) welcomes the fact that during the past weeks the number of proposed female Commissioners by the Member States increased from a shameful 4 to 9, the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in the European Union still believes that a stagnation in the numbers of women Commissioner is unacceptable for women (...) Read more
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We are back! Full or energy and optimism!

Posted on 5 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 5 september 2014] After a summer with ups and downs for women’s rights in Europe, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is back with its 2-weekly newsletter.
Summer 2014 was first warm and full of optimistic news; the entry into force of the Istanbul Convention, the protests of smiling women in Turkey, a positive evaluation of the Norwegian legislation on prostitution, and for the EWL itself a successful 50/50 campaign wrap up and the full funding of its project "Young women leaders (...) Read more
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European Citizens Summit speakers confirmed! Join us 23-24 September 2014 in Brussels

Susan George and Vincent Liegey will address the European Citizens Summit #citizens2014

Posted on 5 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 5 September 2014] Do you want to join other citizens and civil society organisations to exchange about a renewed Europe? to challenge Europe’s growth obsession and propose a more accountable, citizen-oriented, human rights and value based Europe? Then the Citizens Summit is the place for your voice to be heard. Join us on 23-24 September in Brussels !
The European Citizens Summit is an annual conference organised by the EU Civil Society Contact Group, aiming to envision a Europe (...) Read more
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EWL welcomes the evaluation of the Norwegian legislation criminalising the buying of sexual services

Posted on 5 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 2 September 2014] Three weeks ago, the Norwegian government unveiled the outcomes of the evaluation it conducted to assess the impact of its legislation criminalising the buying of sexual services (adopted in 2009). According to the independent evaluation, the criminalisation has led to a reduced demand for the buying of sex in Norway and a reduction in the extent of prostitution. The outcomes of the evaluation support the same analysis made in Sweden in 2010, when the Swedish (...) Read more
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Delays in the EU’s maternity leave directive

Posted on 2 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 1 August 2014] The EWL Secretary General Joanna Maycock has been interviewed by Euronews on maternity leave rights in Europe.
In fact, since the European parliament adopted in a first reading the draft maternity leave directive nearly four years ago, the text has been blocked in the Council by a number of member states.
“In a nutshell what the European parliament proposed in 2010 was a minimum of 20 weeks full paid maternity leave for women, plus it strengthens other rights. (...) Read more
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Citizens and civil society are driving force for alternatives towards rights, democracy and justice

Posted on 2 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 25 September 2014] More than 200 citizens and members of civil society organisations gathered on 22 and 23 September in Brussels, in front of the European Parliament, to take part to the second edition of the European Citizens Summit. Entitled “Beyond Europe’s Growth Obsession: Rights, Justice and Democracy for All”, the European Citizens Summit aimed at channeling voices and concerns of citizens and NGOs, through an interactive and participative two-day event. The European Women’s (...) Read more
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The potential new European Commission: back to the future?

No thank you! Not my EU.

Posted on 1 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 28 August 2014] The composition of the new European Commission is going to be confirmed at the meeting of the EU Heads of States this weekend. Almost all Member States have however already proposed their candidates for Commisioner and at the moment only 4 women have been designated out of 28. This means that not even 15% of the Commission would be women, less than half as many as in the outgoing Commission Barroso.
For the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) the question arises: is this (...) Read more
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EWL awareness tool "18 myths on prostitution" now available in German!

Posted on 1 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 2 September 2014] In the framework of its campaign ‘Together for a Europe free from prostitution’, and together with its members and partners, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) has developed a leaflet answering to the most frequent assumptions on prostitution. 18 myths are therefore looked at from a gender equality and women’s rights perspective. From “It is the oldest profession in the world” to “We must combat trafficking, but prostitution has nothing to do with it”, EWL leaflet wants (...) Read more
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Vacancy: EWL Policy Officer, temporary full-time position, September 2014-January 2015 (deadline 18 August)

Posted on 25 July 2014 |

[Brussels, 25 July 2014] The EWL is seeking to recruit a temporary full-time Policy Officer to work as part of its Policy Team. The specific tasks, as described in the attached application form, will be carried out in the EWL Secretariat in Brussels under the supervision of the EWL Secretary General, and start as soon as possible from 1 September 2014. Job Title: Policy Officer Duration of contract: September 2014- January 2015 (4 months), full-time. Accountable to: EWL Secretary General (...) Read more
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Vacancy: Consultant to support EWL Secretary General for EWL Strategy, August 2014-August 2015 (deadline 18 August 2014)

Posted on 25 July 2014 |

[Brussels, 25 July 2014] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is looking for a consultant to support the Secretary General in designing and implementing a process of developing the next Strategy over the next 12 months August 2014-August 2015.
The current Strategic Plan of EWL (for the French version click here) operates from 2011-2015. EWL wishes to develop a new Strategy for the period 2016-2020 in a process that enhances and maximizes the participation and engagement of EWL member (...) Read more