The EWL started to work on health issues after recognising strong demand among its membership. The EWL conducted for several months a consultation process with members, including an exploratory seminar on women’s health in Dublin in January 2010 with the EWL Board and representatives of NGOs and of the European institutions. This consultation led to the adoption of the EWL Position Paper on Women’s Health in the European Union in mid June 2010.

Lobbying for a gender-sensitive approach towards health is crucial because both the biological sex and the social construct of gender lead to differences between women and men in terms of level of health, access to health and health-care. Currently, public policies related to health at European and national levels fail to fully include women’s needs and situations and do not integrate gender aspects. There are also major gaps in expertise and general knowledge about some aspects of women’s health and about the impact of sex and gender on health differences. This calls for gender-sensitive studies, analyses, investigations and sex-disaggregated data that could provide the knowledge necessary to make policies adapted to the needs of both women and men and also to the needs of different groups of women, which are often ignored in health policy planning and service delivery.

Current Actions and Campaigns :

Mock Newspaper New Times For Women Women Activists - ask the UN to deliver NOW ! 29 April - second European day on Solidarity between the Generations EWL contributes to a joint brochure and together with it's partners calls for a European year on intergenerational solidarity in 2012 Protecting All Women from Discrimination Full Report From Beijing to Brussels an Unfinished Journey The European Women's Lobby Beijing+15 Report on the activities of the European Union. Summary Report From Beijing to Brussels an Unfinished Journey The European Women's Lobby Beijing+15 Report on the activities of the European Union. The European Women's Lobby speaks out in the European Year to combat poverty and social exclusion - 2010 The European Women's Lobby in Solidarity - the Coalition of Social NGO's solidarity A shared message from Social NGO's across Europe Open letter to the Ministers of Social Affairs European Commission - official website for the European Year to combat poverty and social exclusion The European Union is one of the richest areas in the world, but still17% of EU citizens have such limited resources that they cannot afford the basics.

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