Hungarian Women’s Lobby

The Hungarian Women’s Lobby (Magyar Női Érdekérvényesítő Szövetség, also referred to as “Női Érdek”) is an alliance whose mission is to contribute to the social and legal equality of Hungarian women. According to its website, the alliance was formed on 3 October 2003. Its stated long-term goal is to help make it better to be a woman in Hungary today. Its online activities include the WOMANSPLAIN podcast, described as discussing social issues from a feminist perspective, and Nővértéka, a Hungarian women’s-rights and gender bibliography and knowledge repository with search and browsing functions.

The Hungarian Women’s Lobby states on its website that the alliance was formed on 3 October 2003. It describes its long-term goal as contributing to the social and legal equality of Hungarian women, so that it is better to be a woman in Hungary today. The organization has launched the WOMANSPLAIN podcast, described as discussing issues concerning the equality of women and men with experts, representatives of member organizations and other partners. It also maintains Nővértéka, described as a comprehensive Hungarian women’s-rights and gender bibliography and knowledge repository with search and browsing functions. Its website also reports that on 26 August, together with the NANE Association, the PATENT Association and the EMMA Association, it took part in a consultation with officials of the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs on effective state action against violence against women, and that more than 200 European women’s rights organizations and umbrella bodies sent a joint letter to Members of the European Parliament urging the EU to secure funding for women’s rights goals in the next multiannual financial framework.

1. 1Magyar Női Érdekérvényesítő Szövetségnoierdek.hu