Statements and Petitions

The future budget of the EU is at risk of a gendered backlash: disseminate the statement that calls for a clear commitment to equality between men and women

Posted by wideplusnetworkon December 12, 2018December 12, 2018in Gender justice in Europe, Statements and Petitions

In view of the forthcoming European Council, the European Women’s Lobby together with Women in Development Europe (WIDE+), CARE International and COFACE Families Europe call on European leaders to put gender equality at the heart of the future budget of…

WIDE+ Statement for 70th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights

Posted by wideplusnetworkon December 10, 2018July 28, 2021in Statements and Petitions, Women's Rights

OUR STATEMENT (download here): As feminists and human rights activists from across Europe, on this 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 25th anniversary year of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, we reaffirm…

WIDE+ joins new call for Binding Human Rights Treaty to (transnational) companies

Posted by wideplusnetworkon June 20, 2018July 28, 2021in Statements and Petitions

The entire #BindingTreaty process might be at risk of ending if states decide to disengage. More than 400 civil society organizations, including WIDE+, have already signed on to the latest open letter urging UN Member States to continue engaging in…