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A selection of blogs from across the Federation
European Network
Women Human Rights Defenders stand up for our rights! Why the EU must stand up for them.
This 8 March, IPPF EN would like to celebrate and pay tribute to Women Human Rights Defenders and the vital role they play in protecting and advancing gender equality and women’s rights, in inspiring social change and in challenging the status quo.
13 June 2023
Protests will be held across Poland on June 14 as the news of yet another woman losing her life shakes Polish society.
22 October 2019
Today is a momentous day for women's rights, and one that many thought they'd never see. A day in which an outdated and cruel law has been removed.
19 September 2019
Women in vulnerable situations and who are not financially independent are too often neglected by the system and the State at the expense of their sexual and reproductive safety and dignity.With no access to relationships and sexuality education, access to contraception or any other type of support, women like Marita are left behind.
26 April 2019
Her story is similar to many women across Georgia whose life choices are limited because they have been denied a full education, and who get married young and are then expected to raise a family.
04 April 2019
The North Macedonian Parliament adopted a law on March 14, 2019, that makes dignified, women-focused abortion care a reality. The new law puts women’s needs at the heart of the system, dismantling many of the obstacles that until now undermined their reproductive autonomy and made it difficult to access basic health care.
08 March 2019
Abortion is not covered by the national health care system, not even for socially vulnerable people.