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# Partners

## European Network of Migrant Women, coordinator of the FULFIL project
The European Network of Migrant Women is a migrant-women-led, secular, non-partisan women’s rights platform that advocates for the rights, freedoms and dignity of migrant, refugee and ethnic minority women and girls in Europe. Our diverse membership includes women from almost all the regions of the globe and extends to over 50 grassroots and advocacy groups in over 23 European countries. Established in 2012, European Network of Migrant Women works through collaborative actions with our members – organisations, groups and individual migrant feminists – promoting capacity-building, access to rights and justice and self-representation among migrant and refugee women at the European and international level. Collectively, we foster a safe-space where girls and women of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds can come together to support each other, forge alliances and build solidarity across differences and borders.

The [European Network of Migrant Women](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/) is a migrant-women-led, secular, non-partisan women’s rights platform that advocates for the rights, freedoms and dignity of migrant, refugee and ethnic minority women and girls in Europe. Our diverse membership includes women from almost all the regions of the globe and extends to over 50 grassroots and advocacy groups in over 23 European countries. Established in 2012, European Network of Migrant Women works through collaborative actions with our members – organisations, groups and individual migrant feminists – promoting capacity-building, access to rights and justice and self-representation among migrant and refugee women at the European and international level. Collectively, we foster a safe-space where girls and women of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds can come together to support each other, forge alliances and build solidarity across differences and borders.

Useful links:

- [Supporting Women Fleeing War in Ukraine](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/ukraine/)
- [Supporting Refugee Women from Afghanistan in Europe](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/afghan-women/)
- [Mental Health and Wellbeing of Migrant Women and Girls](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/2021/10/06/report-mental-health/)
- [Young Migrant Women’s Political Participation](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.migrantwomennetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/CEDAW_youngmigrantwomen_toolkit_PRINT.pdf?media=1705347985)
- [ENoMW’s legal research - Undocumented Migrant Women: A Neglected Chapter in Fundamental Rights Protection](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/2022/06/23/new-report-undocumented-migrant-women-a-neglected-chapter-in-fundamental-rights-protection/)
- [ENoMW and ICASM’s Joint Investigation - Migrant Women and Reproductive Exploitation in the Surrogacy Industry](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/2022/10/21/migrant-women-and-reproductive-exploitation-in-the-surrogacy-industry-joint-investigation-by-enomw-and-icasm/)
- [ENoMW’s report - Mental Health and Wellbeing of Migrant Women and Girls](https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/2021/10/06/report-mental-health/)
- [ENoMW’s report and toolkit - Young Migrant Women’s Political Participation](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.migrantwomennetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/CEDAW_youngmigrantwomen_toolkit_PRINT.pdf)

## European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA)

[European Women Lawyers Association](https://www.ewla.org/) (EWLA), serving as the European partner of the FULFIL project, is established as a non-profit international NGO focusing on philanthropic, scientific, and educational purposes. It operates as a federation comprising national associations of women lawyers across the EU, EEA, and EFTA regions, as well as individual female lawyers and academics. EWLA is dedicated to fostering cooperation among European women in the legal profession, leveraging their unique expertise in fundamental rights, particularly gender equality. Its objectives include enhancing the comprehension of European legislation on equality, facilitating connections among women lawyers through various means, conducting research, and organising conferences aimed at promoting gender equality and rights. Additionally, EWLA actively represents and defends women's interests within the European Union's institutions, emphasising legal matters without compromising its core scientific and educational mission.

## Associazione Iroko Onlus

[IROKO](https://www.associazioneiroko.org/it/) fights to eradicate all forms of human oppression and the denial of the Human Rights of peoples by actively working for a more humane, equal and democratic society, fighting against every form of exclusion and marginalisation, against racism and xenophobia. Our Vision is of a safe world where equality and non-violence reigns and young people, especially women and girls, can attain their highest potential. Our Mission is to combat sexual exploitation and violence against women and girls and the inequalities and vulnerabilities at their root and to fight for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence, with particular attention to the elimination of the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children. Iroko provides direct support and services to survivors and victims of sex trafficking, sexual violence as well as training for operators and research on the dynamics of sexual violence and trafficking.

## Association Olympe

## European Women Lawyers Association, European partner of the FULFIL project
[Olympe](https://association-olympe.fr/) is an association whose aim is to contribute to women's autonomy by promoting equality between women and men, preventing gender-based and sexual violence, and caring for and supporting victims.
Olympe's vocation is to work towards real equality between women and men in society, through the prevention of sexist and sexual violence, and the care and support of victims in their police, legal, social and professional dealings. Olympe fights discrimination of all kinds.
It works with a team of specialised legal experts who provide people with legal information on their rights, and support them in the process.
It also runs awareness-raising workshops for the general public and young people on issues such as gender equality, violence, discrimination and access to the law.
It also runs training sessions on domestic violence and/or its impact on children, and violence in the workplace.

The European Women Lawyers Association is constituted and incorporated as a non-profit international non-governmental organization having philanthropic, scientific and pedagogical aims. EWLA is a federation of national women lawyers associations within EU, EEA and EFTA, as well as individual women lawyers and academics from these countries. EWLA pursues the co-operation of European women lawyers, in order to combine their specific expertise in fundamental rights, and in particular, gender equality
## Parolin Law Firm

The aims of EWLA are:
The [Parolin Law Firm](https://www.chiaraparolin.it/) specialises in family law and the rights of migrants, with a particular focus on vulnerable individuals. For this reason, the firm has long specialised in assisting women victims of violence and migrant women, providing legal and multi-agency support through collaboration with local support entities. Thanks to its activities, the firm has been able to bring these competencies into family law, where it provides support to women victims of domestic violence. The firm has numerous collaborations with institutional entities and offers consultations with other law firms. All its members are engaged in volunteering to protect marginalised individuals and consistently offer support to pro bono causes. Its founder, Chiara Parolin, has participated in numerous training courses and is currently a trainer on issues related to the protection of women and minorities.

- to improve the understanding of European legislation in relation to equality, with particular reference to women, and its effects;
- to bring together women lawyers across the European Union, e.g. by the closest possible contacts with bars, law societies, associations of women lawyers, faculties and schools of legal education and research, both on a national and international level and with European or other public authorities;
- to undertake studies, research and conferences of European women lawyers also with organizations and institutions inside and outside of Europe with view to achieving equality of rights and opportunities;
- to strengthen links between EU women lawyers and to encourage meetings, cooperation and unterstanding between women lawyers.
## Portuguese Association against Femicide (ACF)

Women’s interests in the institutions of the European Union in all women’s issues in general and in the legal field in particular are represented and defended without prejudice to the scientific and pedagogical principal character of EWLA.
The [Portuguese Association against Femicide](https://contraofemicidio.web.app/) is a Non-Governmental Organization, founded in December 2018. ACF is the only organisation in Portugal dedicated specifically to preventing and combating femicide as the most extreme form of violence perpetrated against women and girls - supporting/ advocating for the rights of the families of victims of this heinous crime. Part of ACF’s work includes lobbying and advocacy for the recognition of Gender Based Violence against women and girls as a form of Torture, in accordance with the recent international developments, namely the landmark Convention Against Torture General Comment nº2. Furthermore, ACF has been an active voice on the adoption of a legal definition of femicide (in the national context and across Europe), as a distinct crime in all EU member States.

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