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Judge European Court of Human Rights. "Europe has become an integral part of our lives as women and lawyers. This is why I am a member of...

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Italy: Women on Boards

Monday, May 13, 2013 Is pink the new black this spring in Italy?Women on boards: governance and performance April 3, 2013 By Manuela Cavallo, Dorella Concadoro and Giulia Quatrini Recently increasing attention has focused on the importance of gender diversity in relation to women’s legibility in the work pla... more

First fines for French SMEs over gender equality laws

Monday, May 13, 2013 French companies with more than 50 employees have been subject to a French gender equality law. Companies had until 1 January 2012 to sign an agreement on gender equality. Those who had not done so were obligated to provide the labour administration with a clear plan of action on remedying inequal... more

France: marriage equality bill passed into law

Monday, May 13, 2013 Adoption définitive du projet de Loi sur le mariage homosexuel Mardi 23 avril 2013, le projet de Loi ouvrant le mariage aux couples de personnes de même sexe a été définitivement adopté par l’Assemblée Nationale.Les premiers mariages pourraient être célébrés dès le mois de juin. En effet, il faut no... more

EU Migration Law Conference

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 The European Academy of Law (ERA) is organizing the annual conference on EU Migration Law which will take place in Trier on 13 – 14 May 2012. The topics include practical problem in implementing the Returns Directive and latest developments in legislation and jurisprudence.This annual conference aim... more

Economic crisis cannot be an excuse to have loopholes in EU legislation on gender equality, say MEPs

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 MEPs today urged the European Commission to ensure that the current EU legislation on gender equality is properly implemented and transposed in all economic sectors and in all Member States. They also called for new legislation to address existing shortcomings, particularly the lack of respect of th... more

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Margaret Thatcher former UK Prime Minister dies

Margaret Thatcher was the first UK female Prime Minister and the longest serving one of the 20th cen... more

Monday, April 08, 2013

Women are still under-represented

(Brussels 5 April 2013) A new EU research shows women are still under-represented according to a pre... more

Friday, March 15, 2013

To do without Women burns Money

Report from EWLA Vice-President Dace L. Luters-Thümmel on the Conference „Get Women on Board“ on 7 M... more

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One billion rising

On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, our solidarity across borders. What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14 February 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.

Upcoming Events & Highlights

Friday, November 22, 2013

EWLA 2013 congress ROME in November

EWLA will hold its 13th congress in Rome on Friday the 22nd of November, 2013. There will be interesting key note speakers as usually and workshops focusing on various interesting issues. We will keep you posted and the programme will be published on this website in due time. If you have interesting ideas or want to contribute to this event - please get in touch with us via email. EWLA's board member in Italy is Antonia Vera.

Current Issues & Information

()New EUROSTAT report on Human Trafficking
(Regula Kägi-Diener)Istanbul Convention discussions at EWLA congress
(World Economic Forum)Corporate Gender Gap Report
(UN)Ban Ki-Moon presented with petition Say NO to sexu...
(UNESCO)Gender Equality: The Missing Link?
(UN)New Report on ICC judgments and sexual violence
(BBC)Canadian judge overturns brothel ban in Ontario
(UN)More needs to be done to ensure gender equality in...
()EP Vice-President awarded Medal
(ASYLUM AID)EU PRESIDENCY SEEKS RECAST DIRECTIVES ON ASYLUM

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President's Message

Why we need EWLA! The European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) is meant to be the voice ...

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Promoting women’ s rights in the crisis

By Genoveva Tisheva
The symptoms of the social and political crisis are no more just in the recent cool statistics of Eurostat marked by the uniform conclusion that Bul...

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