Update November 14: Joint Civil Society Statement on the Publication of the first EU Civil Society Strategy As civil society organisations working to advance human rights, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at EU level and in eight national contexts across Europe, we recognise the release of the EU’s first Civil […]
Published by Human Rights Watch in April 2025 featuring our colleague Irina Mateescu. “Anytime a woman comes for health services there are huge barriers.” Romania has a deeply disturbing history of interfering with women’s reproductive rights. Behind the Iron Curtain, abortion as well as birth control was deeply restricted from 1966 until the government fell […]
“This is what happens when people across Europe unite for justice. We turned pain into action, fear into courage, and silence into 1.2 million voices demanding reproductive rights.”Nika Kovač, campaign coordinator, My Voice, My Choice A European movement for reproductive rights reaches a historic milestone amid rising threats Twenty million women in Europe do not […]
Many people assume everything is OK with abortion in Europe. And it’s true that most of the countries in the region have very good laws and services compared to the rest of the world and that much has improved over the last years with strong national advocacy campaigns, feminist-run clinics, and active support from a […]
The handbook was created by a team of experts and researchers made up of Alexandra Columban, Irina Ilisei, Dana Marțiş, Laura Grünberg, Georgiana Lincan and Andreea Voina, within the EGALIS project: gender equality through social change and education and has been translated in English in 2023 through the efforts of ACTEDO Association. The handbook supports […]
Romanian civil society organizations forming The Network for the Prevention and Combat of Violence against Women (V.I.F. Network) and The Coalition for Gender Equality created a voluntary national report in order to provide an independent account of the government's progress in achieving three key Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets: Target 3 (healthcare and well-being), Target […]
The Coalition for Gender Equality submitted a report for the fourth cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodiv Review (UPR) for Romania during May 2023. UPR is a unique process which involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. All the reports for Romania can be accessed on […]
Discrimination is very widespread in Romania, but few people access the existing legal levers, especially C.N.C.D., the main authority in Romania with powers in combating and sanctioning discrimination. For this reason, the Coalition for Gender Equality has launched a Guide for writing petitions to the National Council for Combating Discrimination (C.N.C.D) that supports anyone who […]
Starting today, secondary school teachers may use a guide for teaching and integrating gender equality during their classes. It includes theoretical foundations and concrete suggestions for activities in order to talk about gender equality in the classroom, from an inclusive and intersectional perspective. The textbook was created by a team of experts and researchers made […]
