In October, CONCORD launched the annual AidWatch report analysing both the quantity and quality of EU ODA. The report finds that while reported figures are at a record high, 22%...
Implementing the EU Gender Action Plan III: Turning ambition into impact?
2023 marks the mid-term point of the implementation of the EU’s Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021–2025 (GAP III). GAP III is an...
Funding local women’s rights organisations for transformative change
Women’s equal participation and leadership in all aspects of society are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, but what about the funding to make this...
How much funding could go to gender equality in a year?
The EU frames GAP III as “an ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action” and it sets out a clear plan to tackle the root causes of gender...
Analysis of the Gender Action Plan III
2020 should have been a celebratory year for accelerating gender equality globally. Instead, COVID-19 has dramatically reversed the progress made over recent decades....
Analysis of the European Commission’s Gender Equality Strategy
On 5 March 2020, the European Commission's Communication, "A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025" was launched. This document provides our reaction to the...
Messages on EU Gender Action Plan III
Approaching the end of EU Gender Action Plan (II, "Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020),...
Transforming lives? EU Gender Action Plan II from implementation to impact
Is the EU Gender Action Plan II actually transforming the lives of women and girls in the world? Have the lives of women and girls improved as a result of EU actions? With its...
#Budget4Solidarity: the importance of gender budgeting
As a part of our series #Budget4Solidarity, CONCORD held an Interview with Céline Mias on the future EU budget. Céline highlights the importance of gender as both mainstreamed...
#Budget4Solidarity: the importance of gender in development budgeting
As a part of our series #Budget4Solidarity, CONCORD held an Interview with Mary Balikungeri on the future EU budget. Mary highlights the importance of gender in any development...