PUBLIC STATEMENT 8 March 2011 AI Index: IOR 61/001/2011 Proposed changes will undermine new European treaty on violence against women Amnesty International is profoundly concerned that last minute efforts are being made to unravel key provisions in the Council of Europe’s Draft Convention on...

PRESS RELEASE EU mustn’t overlook north Africa’s women (Brussels, 8 March 2011) A century ago today, a million-plus people marched in Europe’s streets on the first International Women’s Day, calling for an end to discrimination and for women to have the same rights as men to work, vote...

04/03/2011 – Amnesty International calls on the European Commission to have a transparent process in delivering a European policy framework to combat violence against women, in particular female genital mutilation.

END FGM European Campaign AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 December 2010 Buzek, Reding and people of Europe support EU action on female genital mutilation (9 December 2010, Brussels) On the eve of Human Rights Day, Amnesty International’s END FGM European Campaign is calling on the...

02/08/2010 – Amnesty international’s contribution to the consultation on an EU strategy for combating violence against women 2011-2015

  Amnesty International EU Office Press Release Mother’s Day: The EU must recognize global health as a human rights issue! (Brussels, 6 May) In the run-up to this year’s Mother’s Day, Amnesty International wants to capture the attention of EU leaders to the need of improving maternal health...

END FGM European Campaign AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL International Day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation Amnesty International campaign calls on Europe to END FGM (Brussels, 5 February 2010) In advance of International Day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation (FGM) on 6 February,...

European Women’s Forum: Beijing +15 – The EU must end the emergency of maternal mortality in Africa   (Brussels 4 February) Amnesty International is calling on the EU to focus on reducing maternal deaths as the European Women’s Forum Beijing + 15 gets underway in Cádiz on 4 and 5 February. In...

Representatives of women NGOs and survivors of rape visit Brussels During the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), thousands of women were raped by members of military groups, armies and police forces. Fourteen years later, these women are still waiting for justice – successive...

15/10/2009 – Amnesty International calls on Swedish Presidency to prioritise justice for former Comfort Women in relations with the new Japanese government.

30/09/2009 – Letter to Karel De Gucht accompanying the Amnesty International report : “No place for us here: Violence against refugee women in eastern Chad”.

Chad Donor Conference – Tackle Violence Against Refugee Women   (Brussels, 30 September) Two days ahead of the donors’ conference for the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT), co-organised by the European Commission, and hosted in Brussels, Amnesty...