European Women's Lobby

EWL

Founded in 1990, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest alliance of women’s non-governmental associations in the European Union with a steadily increasing membership.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Nov 2025 · Gender equality

Meeting with Marc Botenga (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2025 · Situation of the Women and Children in Gaza

Meeting with Marko Vešligaj (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

5 Mar 2025 · Gender Equality Strategy 2025-2029

Meeting with Valérie Devaux (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jan 2025 · Droits des femmes

Meeting with Chloé Ridel (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2024 · Women's rights - Meeting with French network member

Meeting with Inês Melo Sampaio (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

24 Oct 2024 · Meeting with Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM) representatives to present the work being developed, the “Women in Power @ the EU” project, and their future activities

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Oct 2024 · Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

Meeting with Gordan Bosanac (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2024 · EU legal obligations for gender equality

Meeting with Catarina Martins (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2024 · sexual and reproductive rights

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

17 Oct 2024 · EU Budget 2025

Meeting with Karlo Ressler (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2024 · Gender Balanced Budgeting

Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament) and Women Against Violence Europe Network

16 Oct 2024 · Commissioners-designate hearings and priorities in the FEMM Committee

Meeting with Evin Incir (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Gender based violence

Meeting with Carolina Morace (Member of the European Parliament) and EDGE Foundation

25 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · women's rights

Meeting with Maria Noichl (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · State of Gender Equality EU

Meeting with Lina Gálvez (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

23 Sept 2024 · European Womens Rights and Gender Equality

Meeting with Dan Barna (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Sept 2024 · Gender Equality Priorities in the European Union

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and

11 Sept 2024 · Meeting to discuss women's rights and gender equality.

Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Feb 2024 · #HerNetHerRight for the EU (HNHR4EU) training

Meeting with Evin Incir (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

19 Jan 2024 · Directive violence against woman

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

9 Dec 2023 · Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Maria da Graça Carvalho (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Nov 2023 · Rights, support and protection of victims of crime

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and COALITION POUR L'ABOLITION DE LA PROSTITUTION

12 Sept 2023 · Seminar: testimonies from survivors of prostitution

Meeting with Manon Aubry (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2023 · Feminism

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2023 · Womens rights

Meeting with Malin Björk (Member of the European Parliament) and European Network of Migrant Women

13 Jul 2023 · Violence against women, trafficking, prostitution

Meeting with Irène Tolleret (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2023 · Violences faites aux femmes

Meeting with Lina Gálvez (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2023 · Directive Violence against Women

Meeting with Sylvie Brunet (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

11 Jul 2023 · Violences faites aux femmes et violence domestique

Meeting with Ilana Cicurel (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Jun 2023 · Implementation of the CERV programme - Meeting with the Programme Office and Coordinator of the European Women's Lobby

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

1 Jun 2023 · Prostitution

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Eurochild AISBL

20 Apr 2023 · Cross-border recognition of Parenthood

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

29 Mar 2023 · Role of women in securing peace in Northern Ireland, and the 50th anniversary of the National Women’s Council of Ireland

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

7 Feb 2023 · Meeting on Violence Against Women Directive progress

Meeting with Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 Jan 2023 · Violences faites aux femmes

Meeting with Carina Ohlsson (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

17 Jan 2023 · Möte med European Women's Lobby om sexuella trakasserier i EU och utvärdering av MeToo

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

12 Jan 2023 · Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Dec 2022 · Pay Transparency

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Nov 2022 · Climate Policy

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

27 Oct 2022 · Proposal for a Directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and

19 Apr 2022 · Roundtable: Gender-based Violence

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and

6 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

31 Mar 2022 · Handover pregnancy Ms Fourcans to Ms Vardaramatou

Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2021 · Women's Rights

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

30 Nov 2021 · Commissioner Dalli held a meeting with the new EWL Secretary General Konstantina Vardaramatou who was appointed in October 2021. (https://twitter.com/helenadalli/status/1465781520417886213?s=20)

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

22 Nov 2021 · Meeting with a panel of survivors of prostitution from SPACE International

Meeting with Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Nov 2021 · Electoral law reform

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

9 Nov 2021 · Online Istanbul Convention event

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

15 Oct 2021 · Gender equality files

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

13 Oct 2021 · Ms Helena Dalli holds a meeting via videoconference with the European Women’s Lobby

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

5 Oct 2021 · Preparation of meeting with Commissioner priorities for EWL

Meeting with Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

1 Jun 2021 · The use of the term “gender”

Meeting with Gosia Pearson (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Monika Maglione (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

5 Feb 2021 · Trafficking in human beings

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

2 Oct 2020 · Istanbul Convention discussion

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

21 Sept 2020 · Discussion on gender mainstreaming of all EC policies.

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

7 Jul 2020 · Istanbul Convention; combating violence against women/gender based violence.

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

14 May 2020 · EWL’s call to action "Women and Girls must not pay the price of Coronavirus"; gender sensitive responses

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

14 May 2020 · Exchange of views on EWL’s call to action "Women and Girls must not pay the price of Coronavirus"

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

6 Feb 2020 · Gender Equality; Equality

Meeting with Andrea Almeida Cordero (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

24 May 2018 · women in politics

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

7 Mar 2018 · Discussion of gender equality and the Future of Europe

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

13 Feb 2018 · Women's rights

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

3 Aug 2017 · meeting with EWL on colloquium 2017

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

28 Feb 2017 · diversity & inclusion

Meeting with Raquel Lucas (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

3 May 2016 · Dialogue with civil society organisations to discuss European Semester matters, including the 2016 CSRs on social policy.

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

18 Apr 2016 · Migrant situation

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

10 Sept 2015 · New initiative on work balance

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

13 Jul 2015 · Women on Panels

Meeting with Neven Mimica (Commissioner) and

29 May 2015 · Commissioner to deliver speech that will focus mainly on gender equality and women empowerment from the development policy perspective.

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

20 May 2015 · Women in Science

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

16 Feb 2015 · Equal Treatment Directive

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

15 Jan 2015 · Better regulation and European affairs in general

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

9 Jan 2015 · Roundtable with NGOs on fundamental rights and non-discrimination

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

9 Jan 2015 · Roundtable with NGO's on fundamental rights

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)

18 Dec 2014 · Gender equality