EU Council calls for stronger action against cyber violence targeting girls and young women
The EU Council has urged Member States and the EU Commission to step up protection for girls and young women…
EU steps up humanitarian diplomacy in eastern DRC after Hadja Lahbib’s mission
EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib reports “catastrophic” conditions in eastern Congo following her Great Lakes mission, outlining EU-backed humanitarian corridors, increased…
MEPs urge EU Commission to propose EU-wide consent-based rape legislation
The EU Parliament has urged the Commission to propose legislation establishing a unified EU definition of rape based on freely…
Human rights violations: EU lists 18 individuals and five entities
The EU also imposed restrictive measures against twelve other individuals and five entities responsible for serious human rights violations in…
International Women’s Day: EU takes landmark decisions, but women’s rights are under attack globally
Brussels, 7 March 2023 Ahead of International Women’s Day, the European Commission and the High...
Kenya avoided post-election violence and is now facing new beginnings
Helsinki, 3 November 2022 According to Ambassador of Finland to Nairobi Pirkka Tapiola, Kenya is...
China: Josep Borrell on human rights concerns in the Xinjiang
Brussels, 1 September 2022 The EU welcomes the release of the assessment report of human...
EIGE joins support of Ukrainian refugees and victims of gender-based violence
Vilnius, 7 July 2022 EIGE is closely following the European Commission’s response to support Ukraine,...
MEPs pressure to make gender-based violence a crime under EU law
Call to establish the legal basis for a comprehensive Directive EU law should provide minimum...
Gender-based violence should be classified as a crime under EU law, MEPs say
The Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights committees call for online and offline gender-based violence to...
Greens/EFA Call on the EU Commission to urgently propose a directive to prevent, respond and end gender-based violence
08.03.2021 An opinion by the Greens/EFA Group On International Women’s Day, we call on the...