Statements

These Statements lay out the EWL position on topical matters.

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  European Women’s Lobby’s Statement Concerning EU Legislation for the Equal Representation of Women and Men on Corporate Boards (July 2011)

  Posted on 18 August 2011 |

  

  Executive Summary
  The promotion of the equal representation of women and men in decision-making has been at the core of the European Women’s Lobby’s work since its creation in 1990. This work includes in particular the EWL 50/50 Campaign for Democracy launched in 2008 and focusing on the European elections of 2009 and subsequent allocation of EU ‘Top Jobs’. For the EWL, parity in decision-making is an issue of democratic representation and of social progress at EU and national levels, in (...) Read more

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  European Women’s Lobby, WIDE and CONCORD Statement on European Union funding programmes for the financial period 2014-2020 (July 2011)

  Posted on 22 July 2011 |

  

  The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), WIDE Network, and the Gender Working Group of CONCORD – the European Confederation of Relief and Development NGOs, call on European and national policy-makers to ensure that EU funding programmes for the 2014-2020 financial period will provide the framework and sufficient financial resources to strengthen the EU commitment to promote women’s rights and gender equality in all areas of its internal and external policies. This paper complements the joint (...) Read more

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  European Women’s Lobby, WIDE and CONCORD Statement - Towards a gender responsive, accountable and participatory post-2013 EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework and EU financing instruments (May 2011)

  Posted on 31 May 2011 |

  

  The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), WIDE Network, and the Gender Working Group of CONCORD – the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs, call on European and national policy-makers to integrate a women’s rights and gender equality perspective in the forthcoming decisions about the scope, priorities, and financing of the post-2013 EU multi-annual financial framework (MFF). A gender-responsive MFF that takes into account the differential impact of budgetary decisions on women and (...) Read more

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  European Women’s Lobby Priorities for the Polish Presidency of the European Union

  12 May 2011

  Posted on 30 May 2011 |

  

  On 01 July 2011, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) will pass from Hungary to Poland. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), with more than 2500 member organisations the largest association of women’s organisations in the EU, calls on the Polish Presidency to continue to be a driving force for women’s rights in Europe and, in particular, to ensure progress in the adoption of gender-related legislation which is currently on the table, to ensure the full integration of a women’s (...) Read more

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  Joint ENoMW-EWL Statement on the occasion of the international day of families

  15 May 2011

  Posted on 18 May 2011 |

  Family Reunification is central to the well-being of migrant women and to the successful integration of their families
  Since its formation in 2007, the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) has worked to draw attention to the importance of family reunification policies for migrant women – both for their well-being and for the integration chances of their families as a whole. The practice of tying residence permits and rights to the fortunes of a primary migrant reinforces gender (...) Read more

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  EWL Contribution to the EC Consultation on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy – Towards a more efficient European procurement market

  Posted on 20 April 2011 |

  

  The EWL has submitted its contribution to the European Commission’s Green Paper on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy, entitled “Towards a more efficient European Procurement Market”.
  The EWL strongly believes that European public procurement rules should be renewed so that they can support the achievement of overall societal goals, in particular the promotion of fundamental rights and of social inclusion, including equality between women and men. Given that public procurement (...) Read more

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  EWL Statement on the European Pact for Gender Equality 2011-2020, adopted by the Council of the EU on 7 March 2011

  Posted on 16 March 2011 |

  The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the largest coalition of women’s organisations in the European Union, has been highlighting the need for the Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010-2015 and the Europe 2020 Strategy to be accompanied by a strong instrument agreed by Member States and therefore welcomes the new European Pact for Gender Equality. Such a coordination tool between the European Commission and the Council, between the European and the national level, and finally between (...) Read more

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  The Need for Women’s Full Participation in All Areas of Peace and Security to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Ensure Sustainable Peace

  Joint Statement on the ocasion of the 100th International Women’s Day

  Posted on 8 March 2011 |

  [Brussels, 08 March 2011] On 8 March 2011 we celebrate International Women’s Day for the 100th time. This date provides an opportunity to take stock of developments in the area of Women, Peace and Security (WPS). At both national and international level, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (and subsequent UN Resolutions) has been a key tool for addressing WPS issues and to remind UN Member States of their commitments. The 10th anniversary celebrations of UNSCR 1325 in October 2010 have shown (...) Read more

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  EWL Statement: Economic policy governance without a women’s rights’ perspective undermines the inclusive objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy

  Posted on 7 March 2011 |

  [Brussels, 04 March 2011] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) contributes to the first full-scale national level implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy and to the first European Semester of economic policy coordination by highlighting the implications that gender-blind policy guidance have for European women who already bear the brunt of the effects of the crisis and austerity measures. The EWL makes three recommendations for the integration of a women’s rights and gender equality (...) Read more

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  EWL 8 Priorities for the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union

  Posted on 10 December 2010 |

  

  On 01 January 2011, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) will pass from Belgium to Hungary. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL), with more than 2500 member organisations the largest association of women’s organisations in the EU, calls on the Hungarian Presidency to continue to be a driving force for women’s rights in Europe and, in particular, to ensure progress in the adoption of gender-related legislation which is currently on the table and to ensure the full integration of (...) Read more

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