AFAEMME becomes Member of the Spanish Coordinator of the European Women’s Lobby

Published by P. Horvath, April 6th, 2009 Barcelona (Spain)

Last March 28th, AFAEMME become member of CELEM, the Spanish Coordinator of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL).

The EWL is the largest umbrella organisations of women’s associations in the European Union. Its Secretariat is based in Brussels, but EWL has member organisations in the 27 Member States of the EU and in 3 candidate countries.

The European Women’s Lobby aims at promoting women’s rights and equality between women and men in the European Union. EWL is active in different areas such as women’s economic and social position, women in decision-making, violence against women, women’s diversity etc. EWL works mainly with the institutions of the European Union: the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers.
CELEM, the Spanish national network coordinator, was presented in the Senate in 1994 and in 1995 the organisation was formally recognised.