Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2024 | Simona Constantin Cabinet member | Access to Justice | — |
| 22 Jan 2024 | Simona Constantin Cabinet member | Access to Justice | SRC |
| 17 Jun 2019 | Andrea Almeida Cordero Cabinet member | Women in Digital | — |
| 17 Jun 2019 | Andrea Almeida Cordero Cabinet member | Women in Digital | SRC |
| 10 Jul 2017 | Tiina Astola Director-General | Speech at EWLA's spring reception | — |
| 10 Jul 2017 | Tiina Astola Director-General | Speech at EWLA's spring reception | SRC |
Mission & Goals
EWLA's aim and goals are: •to improve the understanding of European legislation in relation to equal opportunities, with particular reference to women, and its effects; •to bring together women lawyers across the European Union, e.g. by the closest possible contacts with bars, law societies, associations of women lawyers, faculties and schools of legal education and research, both on a national and international level and with European or other public authorities; •to undertake studies, research and conferences of European women lawyers also with organizations and institutions inside and outside of Europe with view to achieving equality of rights and opportunities; •to strengthen links between EU women lawyers and to encourage meetings, cooperation and unterstanding between women lawyers.
EU Legislative Interests
EWLA focusses on the following EU initiatives which concern mainly 1) the situation of women in the labour market including reconciliation of private and professional life (work-life balance), 2) women in leadership positions and 3) the fight against violence towards women. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU, Brussels, 26.4.2017, COM(2017) 253 final. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (so called women on boards quota draft directive), Brussels, 14.11.2012, COM(2012) 614 final. Commission Staff Working Document - Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019, Brussels, 3.12.2015, SWD(2015) 278 final. Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, by the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, Brussels, 4.03.2016, COM(2016) 109 final. Council Decision (EU) 2017/865 of 11 May 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence with regard to matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Council Decision (EU) 2017/866 of 11 May 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence with regard to asylum and non-refoulement.
Communication Activities
Cooperation together with GIZ at the last EDD in June 2018: https://eudevdays.eu/community/sessions/818/elevating-equality-through-global-networks?fbclid=IwAR2SBpDOO6AXS9UWW6Msk8_fteFoLFZoSlVdo9B1BRtq-GH93KSzyKA4zW8 Attendance to the exchange of views on the “Action Plan on Tackling the Gender Pay Gap in the EU”, 9 July 2018 : http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/pastevents.html?action=11&page=9 Summer Reception with keynote speaker Ms. Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Member of the European Parliament, EPP Coordinator of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) Committee, Member of Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) Committee: https://europeanmovement.eu/event/ewla-summer-reception-2018/ Evolution of the Venture Capital Market – joint event with EWLA on 25 September 2018: http://www.portolano.it/eventi/levoluzione-del-mercato-del-venture-capital-italiano/ Congress about POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE ADVOCAY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW EU REGULATION EMPOWERING WOMEN AND BUSINESS in Zagreb on 10 November Congress about CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND GENDER EQUALITY Reality and current regulatory trends INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on 15/16 November in Madrid Indirect discrimination in access to justice, 20 November: http://www.lawsocieties.eu/events/indirect-discrimination-in-access-to-justice-20-november/5066092.fullarticle
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EMI (European Movement International)
Organisation Members
Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V. (djb) - German Women Lawyers Association Association Francaise des Femmes Juristes (AFFJ) – French Women Lawyers Association Asociacion de Mujeres Juristas Iberoamericanas - Association of Iberoamerican Women Lawyers European Women Lawyers Association Bulgaria – EWLA Bulgaria Magyar Ugyvédnök Egyesülete – Hungarian Women (advocate) Lawyers Association Hrvatska udruga zena u pravnoj profesiji (HUZUPP) – Croatian Women Lawyers Association Juristinnen Schweiz – Femmes Juristes Suisse – Giuriste Svizzera – Giuristas Svizra – Women Lawyers Switzerland Finnish Women Lawyers Association - Naijuristit ry