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  • Abortion in the French Constitution: Another Step Forward

    [Paris, 28 February 2024] Today is a historic day: the French Senate has just voted in favour of introducing abortion into the French Constitution. The text was adopted with 267 votes in favour, and 50 votes against.
    The French coordination for the European Women’s Lobby (La CLEF) congratulates the Senate on its vote. A vote that brings hope to all women in Poland, Hungary, the United States and everywhere else where our right to control our own bodies is denied by conservative ideas.
    To (...) Read more

  • Women in War Zones

    Women in War Zones

    Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE) to reflect on its members activities and accomplishments in aiding women and children affected by the war in Ukraine.
    This report is testament to relationships and connections formed by SIE members over years of dedicated service locally and internationally. To date, SIE has delivered € 650,000 in support of over 20 projects, aiding thousands of women and children affected by the war in Ukraine. This number continues to rise as the war continues to (...) Read more

  • WOMEN 4OUR WATER - UN 2023 Water Conference

    WOMEN 4OUR WATER - UN 2023 Water Conference

    In the context of the United Nations Water Conference that took place in New York between 22-24 March 2023, BUSINESS AS NATURE, a member organization of EWL’s Portuguese coordination, the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM), - organised a side event "Women 4OUR WATER - from Portuguese Speaking Countries to the World".
    This event, endorsed by the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights, followed others already carried out in the scope of the ["Women 4OUR (...) Read more

  • Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights awarded “Carolina Beatriz Ângelo Prize” on International Women’s Day

    Portuguese Platform for Women's Rights awarded “Carolina Beatriz Ângelo Prize” on International Women's Day

    The Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM) received the Beatriz Ângelo Prize on International Women’s Day 2023. Awarded by the municipality of Odivelas and named in honor of one of the most outstanding feminists in our country, this distinction encourages us to continue our work with renewed energy.
    In a time when women were not expected to vote, or even to want to vote, and women’s suffrage in Europe was only granted in Finland, Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, a Portuguese feminist activist, (...) Read more

  • The Swedish Women’s Organisation launches a new campaign against sex trafficking during the Swedish presidency of the EU

    The Swedish Women's Organisation launches a new campaign against sex trafficking during the Swedish presidency of the EU

    The Swedish Women’s Organisation together with the #intedinhora organisation and the support of the Brussels’ Call and CAP International.
    Internationally, legislation that criminalises the purchase but not the sale of sexual acts is described as the Equality Model. This is because the responsibility for prostitution is shifted from the person who is exploited to the person who pimps or buys another person for sex. In recent years, France, Israel and Canada, among others, have introduced and (...) Read more

  • Joint Statement in support of the Istanbul Convention

    Joint Statement in support of the Istanbul Convention

    We, members of Bulgarian Platform EWL and Hungarian Women’s Lobby believe that the common misconceptions about the Convention needs common and united efforts.
    The Bulgarian Platform of the European Women’s Lobby and the Hungarian Women’s Lobby, both full members of the EWL, unite their efforts for standing up against the lies of far-rights and conservative movements against the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul (...) Read more

  • Diplomats Urge Governments to Include Women in Peace Process

    Diplomats Urge Governments to Include Women in Peace Process

    A diplomatic reception was held on November 3rd, 2022, at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Numerous representatives of embassies, international and national organizations, and the Romanian government representatives emphasized the need to empower women’s participation in peace negotiations and peacekeeping to prevent conflict and achieve sustainable peace. The event supported through Active Citizens Fund (...) Read more

  • Soroptimist International Statement: The Rights of Women and Girls

    Soroptimist International Statement: The Rights of Women and Girls

    As the protests across Iran continue in response to the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, Soroptimist International is deeply concerned that this is just one example of the human rights of women and girls being suppressed in many countries across the globe. Soroptimist International rigorously opposes such violations of human rights and calls on the Iranian Government and all other Governments to cease state-controlled violence against unarmed women and girls immediately, and to comply (...) Read more

  • A Tribute to Paula Rego, the woman who painted women

    EWL mourns the passing of the Portuguese painter, deceased on June 8th 2022
    Paula Rego was born in Lisbon on the 26th of January 1935. We lost her on the 8th of June, 87 years later. She was honored by the Portuguese Government and by Queen Elizabeth II of England, the country where she lived most of her life. Paula’s artistic contribution is priceless and absolute. But she is more than a painter, and the pain of having lost her extends beyond the artistic circle she presided over in life: (...) Read more

  • The case of Mirela Čavajda and the right of women to termination of pregnancy in Croatia

    The case of Mirela Čavajda and the right of women to termination of pregnancy in Croatia

    [Zagreb, 10 May 2022] Last week the media reported on case of Mirela Čavajda. She was 25 weeks pregnant when doctors informed her that her foetus had a brain tumour and will either die or live with severe malformations, but most probably will die before birth. She sought help in all hospitals in Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, but they all refused to terminate the pregnancy and doctors advised her to go home and wait for the baby to die or to seek the procedure in the neighbouring Slovenia (...) Read more

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EWL event "Progress towards a Europe free from all forms of male violence" to mark the 10th aniversary of the Istanbul Convention, 12 May 2021.

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