Cécile Gréboval EWL Secretary General EUROPEAN WOMEN’S LOBBY Report of activities June 2010-June 2011 EWL General Assembly June 2011

GENERAL LOBBYING - WORK WITH EU INSTITUTIONS European Parliament: Daily input / contacts with MEPs on different topics (maternity leave, poverty, immigration, violence, parity etc.) European Commission: Meetings & contacts with commissioners or their cabinets (Andor, Damanaki, Reding, Ashton) Contributions to opinions of the EC Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities (media, violence, part time work, integration of migrants, active ageing) Council of ministers: Contacts with the Belgian, Hungarian and Polish Presidency

WORK WITH OTHER ACTORS (1) European agencies: European Gender Institute: contacts + contribution to work programme and contacts with members of management Board + study on sexual violence Fundamental Rights Agency: ongoing contacts + contribution on work on violence against women (survey) and multiple discrimination + contribution to work programme Civil society organisations: Active membership and contribution to the work of Social Platform Work with the Civil Society Contact Group in particular on the EU budget Active involvement in the NGO Coalition against Poverty (European year 2010) and on Active Ageing (European Year 2012)

WORK WITH OTHER ACTORS (2) Civil society organisations (continued): Bilateral work on some issues with NGOs (sexual rights, anti discrimination, health, asylum, poverty, pensions, insurances etc) Active participation in meetings of European networks members of the European Integration Forum and Migration & Asylum Platform Formed an NGO coalition on violence against women International organisations: Establishing contacts with UN Women in New York and Brussels office Participation in UN CSW meeting 2011 Links and meetings with UN special rapporteurs Monitoring adoption and ratification of Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women

FACILITATION OF MEMBERS’ POLICY WORK (1) Facilitation of members’ involvement in European level meetings (pay gap, poverty, families, violence against women, immigration) Weekly members mailings with calls for action EWL Newsflash and European Women’s Voice Participation in lobbying campaigns: maternity directive, prostitution, asylum

FACILITATION OF MEMBERS’ POLICY WORK (2) Consultation on different themes: maternity & paternity leave, EU 2020, family policies, quotas, public procurement, violence against women, pensions and more! Lobbying kits and model letters: asylum, convention on violence against women, future EU funding, EU 2020 Board thematic seminars on EU advocacy (October 2010 ) and on Roma Women (February 2011)

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - VAW EWL lobbying for an EU policy framework on VAW: EWL contribution to the EC consultation + lobbying in EP Press releases and letters to EU Commissioners, Trio Presidency (incl. with Social Platform), EP questions and reports Creation of an NGO coalition for an EU Year and an EU strategy EWL lobbying on the Council of Europe Convention: Participation to CAHVIO meetings EWL lobbying kit + actions at national level EWL call to members for ratification EWL Observatory on violence against women (+Serbian national Observatory on VAW)

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN EIGE study: EWL to provide a study on sexual violence Involvement of experts of the EWL Observatory EWL and Women, Peace and Security: Events and partnership with NGOs in Oct (10 years 1325) EWL and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR): Mobilisation on Council of Europe report on conscientious objection Mobilisation on the events in Hungary: midwife, constitution Brainstorming with NGOs, EP meetings and collaboration

EWL lobbying on trafficking in human beings at EU level: EWL contribution to the new directive adopted March 2011 EWL press release on appointment of EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and on EU Anti-Trafficking Day Participation to EC consultation of experts EWL campaign ‘Together for a Europe free from prostitution’: Working seminar (Dec. 2010) with members Campaign material: webpage, clip, PPT, logo, postcard European lobbying: meeting MEPs, participation to conferences PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING

LOBBYING EFFORTS ON THE PROPOSED MATERNITY LEAVE DIRECTIVE Worked closely with members of the European Parliament to ensure a new directive reflects our interests Link with Social Platform and COFACE EWL model lobbying letter to send to their MEPs in English and French Last EWL lobbying letter to all MEPs Successful vote in EP plenary on 20 October 2010! 2011: Efforts to unblock directive in Council: national lobbying needed!

EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATTING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION Steering group member of a coalition of like-minded NGOs striving to address poverty and social exclusion in Europe Participation in hearing at the EP on women’s poverty Links and policy work with MEPs and other decision-makers Human Ring against poverty around the European Parliament Follow up = European Poverty Platform

EWL WORK ON EU 20/20 STRATEGY = Be involved in the shaping & implementation of the EU socio-economic framework! Contribution submitted in December 2009 but Strategy proposed in March 2010 doesn’t include gender equality aspects Statement “Economic policy governance without a women’s rights’ perspective undermines the inclusive objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy” (March 2011) Briefing on the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy for members (March 2011) Model letter for members to be involved in process of National Reform Programmes

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION Ongoing monitoring and Strategic thinking around the negotiations within the Council of the new anti-discrimination directive with the other anti-discrimination networks and the Social Platform Vote of EP Report on Social Integration of Ethnic minority women to which EWL had contributed (September 2010) Follow-up of the new EU disability strategy Lobbying initiatives around the EU Roma Strategy as well as a statement of Concern on the Expulsion of Roma from France. Conference on Roma Women in the EU, Budapest, April 2011

MIGRATION, INTEGRATION, ASYLUM EWL-ENoMW Joint Contribution to the Second European Agenda on Integration submitted to the EC ( ) EWL-Asylum Aid and ILGA-Europe joint table of amendments on the EC recast qualification directive on asylum (September 2010) European Parliament Public hearing with Médecins du Monde, PICUM and EAPN on "Preventing undocumented women and children from accessing healthcare: Fostering Health Inequalities in Europe“ + joint multi- stakeholder meeting on the Social Pillar of the EU 2020 Strategy and Undocumented Migrants, 8 December 2010 Contribution to the Draft opinion on the gender dimension of integration of migrants of the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (February-April 2011) Joint lobby action to “engender” the European Asylum Support Office with ILGA-Europe and Amnesty International- End FGM Campaign (June 2011).

Projects “Equal Rights. Equal Voices. Migrant Women in the European Union” Facilitation of networking among migrant women’s organisations, which led to the launch of the European Network of Migrant Women on 18th June 2010 Contribution to the participation of migrant women’s organisations in EU-level and international meetings. Joint work on the impact of family reunion legislation and policies on migrant women’s lives (EPIM project September 2010-December 2011): organisation of a strategic meeting in March 2011 in Dublin, presentation to other NGOs at the Fundamental Rights Platform in Vienna, April 2011; Interventions at MIPEX events; Statement on the occasion of the international day of families.Statement on the occasion of the international day of families

INTERNATIONAL GEAR Campaign: Global network of 307 NGOs- EWL active participation Success: United Nations General Assembly decision to create UN Women: July 2010 Appointment of Michelle Bachelet (former president of Chile) as head of UN Women EWL linking with UN Women New UN mechanism on eliminating discrimination against women created on (in the context of Human Rights Council) – supported by the EWL Participation in CSW 2011 ( ) : Theme: “Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology”.

Communication activities EWL Photo Competition 2010: ‘My Word: Visions of Feminism in the 21 st Century’ FEM21 magazine High-profile evening event: talkaoke, exhibition, theatre performances, band, interactive corner, reception Exhibitions: Brussels (x3) + Cyprus

Communication New website + weekly newsletters European Women’s Voice Social media (4000 fans on facebook followers on twitter) Communications tools for EWL Campaign ‘Together for a Europe Free from Prostitution’ Members’ briefing on EWL communications tools EWL Report > Please input!

Internal /Governance issues New Strategic Plan adopted October 2010 Working groups and Committees: Membership Committee: started membership review >> better understanding and involvement of the whole membership Working group on governance and structures Started reflection on structures Financial issues working group Committees on issues groups and emergency motions to prepare the General Assembly

FINANCIAL MATTERS (1) Progress Programme – European Commission funding: 3-year application: Submission of Proposal under PROGRESS Programme – VP/2010/012, Area 3 Gender Equality Application for 2011 funding (December 2010) Full reporting for 2010 (March 2011) Interim reporting for 2011 (June 2011)

FINANCIAL MATTERS (2) Successful Fundraising: Novo Foundation – Prostitution and trafficking ( ) Oxfam Novib – CoE Convention on VAW (2010) EPIM funding – Migrant women’s rights (2011) Different ongoing funding applications Monitoring of Accounts Execution of Budget Preparation of Budget 2011

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