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European Women’s Lobby supports women’s NGOs in Ukraine

Posted on 28 March 2014 |

[Brussels, 25 March 2014]The situation in Ukraine has become particularly complicated in the past few months. Acknowledging this situation, the European Women’s Lobby addresses in an open letter women’s NGOs in Ukraine.
Re.: Support to women’s NGOs in Ukraine
Dear Friends,
I am writing you on behalf of the European Women’s Lobby, the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in Europe, gathering member organisations in 31 countries and 21 European-wide women’s organisations, to (...) Read more
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LEF Italia launches debate on prostitution and human rights in Milan EP office

Posted on 22 March 2014 |

[Milan, 23 March 2014] Last Friday, the European Parliament (EP) Office of Milan hosted the event “Prostitution and human rights: ending violence against women in Europe”, the last of a series of conferences dedicated to its annual action ‘Women is for Europe’. As the 2014 edition was dedicated to the EP new campaign to prevent violence against women (with a video clip unveiled for International Women’s Day), the European Women’s Lobby and its Italian coordination LEF Italia proposed to address (...) Read more
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Gender Parity in democracy: Let’s keep the balance! (Valletta, 2 April 2014)

Posted on 22 March 2014 |

[Brussels, 26 March 2014] European Women’s Lobby member, the Maltese Confederation for Women’s Rights Organisations, is organising, together with the European Parliament Office in Malta, a public debate on gender parity inside the European Union. It will take place on Wednesday 2nd April 2014 at Dar l-Ewropa at St. Paul’s Street, Valletta between 8.30am to 1.20pm.
In regards to the upcoming elections this seminar will discuss the importance of parity democracy as well as the various barriers (...) Read more
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European Parliament 2014 elections: civil society organisations launch their manifestos

Posted on 21 March 2014 |

[Brussels, 20 March 2014] Since 35 years, European citizens are entitled to directly elect their representatives in the European Parliament. From May 22 to May 25 2014, European Citizen will go to the polls again to choose the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for the next five years.
On 18 March 2014, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), together with several other European-wide organisations, presented its Manifesto for the European elections. The event “Mobilising EU citizens” was (...) Read more
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European Commission publishes fact sheet on gender balance on corporate boards

Posted on 21 March 2014 |

[Brussels, 21 March 2013] The European Commission published this month a fact sheet entitled “Europe is cracking the glass ceiling” on the development of the representation of women on the boards of listed companies in the European Union.
After having been adopted by the European Parliament in November last year, the directive proposal has been sent to the Council of Ministers, who is currently discussing it. The fact sheet shows that the representation of women on non-executive company (...) Read more
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European conference in Milan to debate prostitution and human rights, 21 March 2014

Press release of LEF Italia and the European Women’s Lobby

Posted on 20 March 2014 |

[Brussels and Milan, 20 March 2014] LEF Italia (Il Coordinamento Italiano della Lobby Europea delle Donne) and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the largest coalition of women’s NGOs in Europe, will on 21 March host a European conference on “Prostitution and human rights: ending violence against women in Europe” in Milan. The conference aims at bringing the issues of prostitution and trafficking in women and girls on the political agenda of Italy, and involving decision-makers in reflecting on (...) Read more
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Is this the real face of Europe?

European Women’s Lobby calls on political parties all over Europe to promote and ensure equal gender representation

Posted on 18 March 2014 |

[Brussels, 12 March 2014] In an effort to reach more voters and to frame the European elections more attractively, for the upcoming May elections the European political parties decided to nominate one top candidate per party, each of which will simultaneously be put forward as candidate for one of the Top Jobs of the European Union’s institutions - President of the European Commission.
These candidates will not only be the face of their parties for the next months, but also the face of (...) Read more
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Call of the Europe and North America NGO caucus to the national delegations of the Commission on the Status of Women

14 March 2014

Posted on 15 March 2014 |

[New York, 14 March 2014] While we are discussing “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”, some countries are trying to undermine women’s and girls’ human rights and security by using the notion of sovereignty to exempt themselves from their obligations to protect women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health, rights and services.
Last year’s CSW Conclusions were explicit that the Programme of Action at the International (...) Read more
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Visibility and success for the European Women’s Lobby at the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Posted on 14 March 2014 |

[New York] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) was very active during the first week of the 58th session on the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. This annual meeting gathers all UN member states to agree on conclusions advancing women’s rights and equality between women and men. The priority theme of this year’s CSW is “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls". The EWL had submitted a joint written statement (...) Read more
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Commissioner Andor signs the EWL 50/50 Campaign and urges support for gender equality as it concerns us all

Posted on 14 March 2014 |

[Statement of European Commissioner László Andor of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels, 8 March 2014] The past decades have seen unprecedented progress in improving women’s rights and in increasing opportunities for women in all professional sectors. However this does not mean that equality has been achieved.
Women still fare worse than men on the labour market. On average, women have more part-time jobs, are overrepresented (or underrepresented) in certain occupations or (...) Read more