Press releases

Open Letter EWL to Czech Prime minister Andrej Babiš
21. 6. 2019
In behalf of the European Women’s Lobby and its Czech coordination, we would like to share with you the attached letter. On June 20-21, you will meet the other European Heads of States at a crucial moment. More...
In the Czech Republic too, women are often exposed to violence in the 21st century
26. 11. 2018
„Be physicians who respect the body, experience, history of others. Treat with women who give birth with honour and respect. “Those are some of the wishes women aim at Czech obstetricians. More...
Czech Women’s Lobby: Societal view on rape underscores importance of "Istanbul Convention”
8. 11. 2018
The Czech Republic – along with most Council of Europe member states – has signed on to the “Istanbul Convention”, which aims at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence More...
Why does the Czech Republic need the Istanbul Convention?
6. 11. 2018
The human rights movement Amnesty International Czech Republic and the Czech Women’s Lobby, a network of organizations defending women’s rights, will today put in the hands of Helena Válková More...
The Czech Women’s Lobby is filing a lawsuit against Petr Piťha, high representative of the Roman Catholic Church, for scaremongering about the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
10. 10. 2018
The Czech Women’s Lobby is filing a lawsuit against the roman catholic priest and former minister of education Petr Piťha. More...
UNICEF standards to support breastfeeding are ignored by all Czech maternal hospitals, according to a survey of 4,000 women.
24. 9. 2018
In spite of the declared support of breastfeeding, the number of fully breastfed infants when leaving maternity hospitals is decreasing on a long basis. More...
There are not enough capacities in the kindergartens even for three years old children
18. 9. 2018
Since the 1st of September 2018, the so-called place guarantee for three years old children is valid in the Czech Republic. However More...
The Czech Women's Lobby has a new chairwoman Eliška Kodyšová
6. 8. 2018
Within the two-year parliamentary term, the chairwoman of the Czech Women’s Lobby Jana Smiggles Kavková from the member organization Forum 50% was replaced by Eliška Kodyšová, the director of the APERIO – Healthy Parenting Association.  More...
We are at the bottom, but there are still cuts in funding for gender equality
19. 6. 2018
On the occasion of the International Day of Equality of Women and Men, the Social Watch Czech Republic and the Czech Women's Lobby are calling on the political representation to More...
Is the Czech society ready to have a woman at the Castle?
18. 6. 2018
On the occasion of the forthcoming International Day of Gender Equality, the Embassy of Canada in cooperation with the Czech Women's Lobby and the Forum 50% organized a debate on the representation of women in Czech politics. More...