European Women's Lobby

EU Legislative Interests

- European Commission Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025 - EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 - EU Recovery Plan - Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU - EU's accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) - EU Directive proposal on preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls - European Commission’s European Care Strategy - EU economic governance framework - Directive (EU) 2023/970 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms - Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims is the benchmark legislation on the fight against trafficking in human beings (human trafficking) at EU level -Victims' rights in the EU: Revision of Directive 2012/29/EU - The Digital Single Market and Digital Services Act - European Commission's European Digital Single Market Strategy - E-Health initiatives - Directive (EU) 2022/2381 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures - European Pillar of Social Rights and Action Plan - Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation - Directive (EU) 2024/1500 on standards for Equality Bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and amending Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. - Council Directive (EU) 2024/1499 of 7 May 2024 on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC - Monitor the implementation at EU level of international policies, laws and frameworks: Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the 2019 Council of Europe Recommendation on Preventing and Combating Sexism; the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)

Communication Activities

Women’s rights at the heart of the EU: - Monitoring the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and contribution to the follow-up strategy call for further political commitment towards equality between women and men - Policy papers and press releases on the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath - Purple Pact – for a feminist economic model - Women in politics briefings > Statements and articles: - ”Four emergency motions adopted by EWL’s General Assembly in 2025” - Five statements on the situation of women in the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gaza, and Sudan; on the Sex Segregation and Discrimination, and Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, and on Women and Girls in Ukraine. - “EWL invited to speak at Working session I: Combatting gender inequalities in the digital environment” - “Europe at a Crossroads" – A Manifesto by the EWL (22 languages) - “Women Changing Europe: EWL Strategic Framework 2022-2026” - “Get on board with gender equality! - The EU Council adopts the Women on Boards Directive” - Taking Stock of women’s representation in politics across Europe (study by EWL) - “Women’s Poverty on the Rise – the Time to Act is Now! - International Day of the Eradication of Poverty” - “The EWL demands active gender mainstreaming in climate policies after the COP26 and ahead of the CSW66” > Press releases and policy papers - “Calling on Political Leaders to Step Up their Actions on Women’s Rights in Europe and the World - “European YWCA: Empowering young women for 160+ years” - “EWL reiterates its call for full access to abortion for all women in the EU and worldwide” - “Olga Rudenko, Editor-in-Chief at Kyiv Independent, wins Woman of Europe Award” - “Advancing women’s rights through the Conference on the Future of Europe” - “Improving gender equality and women's representation in politics” > Events - Celebrating 35 years of the European Women’s Lobby - “Loud and United! Women’s feminist organisations resisting the backlash!” at the Gender Equality Forum - “How to promote a gender perspective in the fight against climate change and for sustainable development” event organised in partnership with the EU ‘trio Presidencies’ as part of CSW66 - Women of Europe Awards 2022, together with partners from European Movement International. For a comprehensive legal framework on male violence against women and girls (VAWG), particularly with an EU Directive on all forms of VAW, including sexual exploitation and online violence - “Report on Cyber Violence Against Women” (summary report in 26 languages) - 16 days of activism to End VAWG - Glossary on forms of violence against women - EU analysis of the Commission Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence - Recommendations on the Istanbul Convention’s 4Ps - Analysis of the new European Parliament resolution on the accession to the Istanbul Convention - Research on prostitution - Advocacy brochure on prostitution published in 7 languages and distributed during the “Her Future is Equal” Visibility Campaign - Brussels Call Visibility Campaign - #HerNetHerRights trainings - One Billion Rising Photo action shoot with stakeholders on the occasion of the Directive proposal on combatting VAWG > Press releases and policy papers: - “Towards Equality: calling on the EU to legislate against all forms of violence against women and girls, including prostitution and sexual exploitation” - A glossary on forms of violence and recommendations for the four pillars of the Istanbul Convention” > Events: - Online VAWG and EWL’s recommendations for EU legislation – at the INACH 2022 Annual Conference International processes: - “EWL at CSW69 – Report” - Participation in Beijing Platform for Action +25 and the Commission on the Status of Women and UN Generation Equality - Co-leader of the UN Action Coalition on Gender-Based Violence

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

- Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform) - Civil Society Contact Group - Consultative status with the Council of Europe and Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council - Alliance against Trafficking in Persons (OSCE) - EIGE Experts' Forum

Organisation Members

Österreichischer Frauenring - Austrian Women's Ring Nederlandstalige Vrouwenraad (Belgium) Coordination Belge pour le Lobby européen des femmes (Belgium) Bulgarian Platform of the EWL Ženska Mreža Hrvatske -Women’s Network of Croatia Cyprus Women’s Lobby Česká ženská lobby – Czech Women’s Lobby Kvinderaadet – Women’s Council in Denmark Eesti Naisteühenduste Ümarlaud – Estonian Women’s Association Roundtable Naisjärjestöt Yhteistyössä - Kvinnoorganisationer i Samarbete NYTKIS Ry – Coalition of Finnish Women’s Associations Coordination française pour le Lobby Européen des Femmes – CLEF Deutscher Frauenrat (Germany) Coordination of Greek Women’s NGOs for the EWL Magyar Nöi Erdekérvényesitö Szövetség - NöiÉrdek – Hungarian Women’s Lobby Kvenréttindafélag Íslands - the Icelandic Women’s Rights The National Women’s Council of Ireland – NWCI Coordinamento Italiano della Lobby Europea delle Donne – LEF Italia (Italy) Latvijas Sieviesu Organizaciju Sadarbibas tikls – Women’s NGO Cooperation Network of Latvia Lietuvos moterų lobistinė Organizacija – Lithuanian Women’s Lobby Organisation Coordination Luxembourgeoise du Lobby Européen des Femmes Malta Women's Lobby (MWL) National Coordination of European Women’s Lobby in Moldova - Coordonarea Nationala a European Women’s Lobby in Moldova Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad - Netherlands Coordination to European Women’s Lobby Network of East-West Women/NEWW-Polska Plataforma Portuguesa para os Direitos das Mulheres (PPDM) - Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights Macedonian Women’s Lobby Romanian Women’s Lobby Mreza za Evropski Zenski Lobi, Serbia - Network for European Women’s Lobby (Serbia) Ženski lobi Slovenije - Women’s Lobby Slovenia Spanish Women’s Lobby (LEM España) Sveriges Kvinnolobby - Swedish Women’s Lobby EWL Coordination for Turkey - Avrupa Kadin Lobisi Turkiye Koordinasyonu (AKL-TK) UK Joint Committee on Women Norwegian Women’s Lobby (NWL) National Coordination of EWL for Moldova Business and Professional Women Europe (BPW Europe) European Centre of the International Council of Women (ECICW) European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions /Conféderation Européenne des Syndicats Indépendants (CESI) European Council of WIZO Federation (ECWF) European Disability Forum (EDF) European Federation of Parents and Carers at Home | Fédération Européenne des femmes Actives en Familles (FEFAF) European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) The European YWCA International Alliance of Women (IAW) International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) International Federation of Women in Legal Careers (IFWLC) Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) Soroptimist International of Europe University Women Europe (UWE) Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) World Association of Girls Guide and Girls Scouts (WAGGGS), Europe Region