Asha is an intersectional feminist and expert in Women’s Rights & Digitalisation, who joined the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) as a Policy and Campaigns Officer in 2017.
[16 days of activism] Gender violence is also a political affair Read More »
Mozn Hassan is an Egyptian feminist, human rights defender, founder and Executive Director of Nazra for Feminist Studies. She is also a board member of the Global Fund for Women.
Most measures proposed in Europe to curtail the alleged worrisome rise of “radical Islam” refer to examples of feminist nature.
The political instrumentalisation of the feminist discourse Read More »
In April, the Council of Europe asked Tunisia to sign the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women – as the first country in the MENA region.
Tunisia’s long haul to stop violence against women reached international recognition Read More »
In recent weeks, and following revelations from Sofie Linde, a famous Danish TV host, a debate on pervasive sexual harassment and violence in the workplace has erupted. Thousands of women
#MeToo in Denmark: echoes from the second wave Read More »
3.27 euros. This was, in June 2020, the average cost of a kilogram of strawberries in the European Union. While countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region were facing the COVID–19 pandemic,
“That’s the price to pay for strawberries” Read More »
On the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, EuroMed Rights calls on the UN to address the growing backlashes to gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region 2020 marks an important
Beijing +25, a bitter anniversary for women’s rights and gender equality Read More »
On the 23rd September, together with 14 Civil Society Organisations of the European Coalition to end violence against women and girls, EuroMed Rights sent an open letter to the EU decision-makers
The signatory organizations and movements continue to cooperate in combating hate speech targeting members of the LGBTIQ+ community in the MENA region. We are very concerned about the consequences of
August 1st marks the anniversary of the Istanbul Convention initially signed in 2011 and aiming to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. As the Council of Europe remarked, “2020 should have been a year in
