http://www.ewla.org5To boost the number of women in high-level corporate positions, Germany must come up with mandatory law, following other European countries, like France, writes Margarete Hofmann, from the German Women Lawyers Association.   Margarete Hofmann is Vice-President of the German Women Lawyers Association. She sent this commentary in exclusivity for EurActiv.   "The German constitution makes gender...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/15099/Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTIn the Nederlands Juristenblad, the largest and most widely-read publication for and about lawyers in the Netherlands, EWLA was recently given a prominent place with an article written by Charlotte Phillips. The article (a half-page colour spread) is a summary of EWLA’s aims and objectives and includes an overview of the EWLA working groups, in addition to which it refers to the Berlin ...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/15016/Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTEWLA's 2011 newsletter has recently been distributed to all members and can also be read online!http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14796/Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Nathalie Leroy, employment barrister in France and EWLA board member: At the recent EWLA congress in Berlin on November 4 Nathalie Leroy of the French Women Lawyers’ Association (Association française des femmes juristes) and EWLA Secretary-General Jackie Jones presented the significant progress made through the European Convention on preventing and combating vi...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14755/Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Nazan Moroglu EWLA member in Istanbul: On 24 November 2011 Turkey ratified the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women. Turkey is the first signatory country approving the Convention its Parliament. The Turkish Parliament adopted the Convention with 246 votes. I can say this is the success of women lawyers and women associations str...http://www.ewla.org/Frett/14752/Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT