MOTERIS. Protecting the Civic Space of Women and Girls

PROTECTING THE CIVIC SPACE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.

In August 2025, women’s rights organisations from across Europe gathered in Stockholm to launch MOTERIS — an EU co-funded initiative to monitor and protect women’s civic space.

Over the next two years, 28 civil society actors in 14 Member States will be supported to strengthen advocacy, safety, and organisational resilience in the face of growing restrictions and backlash against women’s rights.

Project Partners

Coordinated by the Swedish Women’s Lobbyin close partnership with the European Network of Migrant Women,the Hungarian Women’s Lobby,the Coordination Française pour le Lobby Européen des Femmes (CLEF) and theLithuanian Women’s Lobby.

Activities and Mechanisms

Creation of a mechanism to monitor women’s civic spaces in Europe.

Support for 28 civil society actors in 14 EU Member States to defend and advance women’s rights.

Establishment of a unified framework to track restrictions on civic space for women.

Development of practical tools to strengthen advocacy, safety, budgeting, and organisational resilience.

Mapping of feminist actors across the EU to promote coordinated and strategic responses.

A series of activities will be rolled out in the coming months, including research, training, and advocacy efforts with women’s rights organisations.

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM - MODULE I

Date:
Tuesday, January 27th 2026

Time:
2pm – 5pm (CET – UTC+1)

General Objective: Equip feminist activists and women’s rights organisations with the tools to analyse public budgets through a gender lens and strengthen advocacy for equitable, transparent, and accountable public spending.

PRE-REGISTRATION

MONITORING & LEGAL MECHANISMS - MODULE II

Date:
Tuesday, March 24th 2026

Time:
2pm – 5pm (CET – UTC+1)

General Objective: Provide women’s rights organisations with the knowledge and tools to engage with human rights monitoring bodies and legal mechanisms at EU and international levels.

PRE-REGISTRATION

STRATEGIC ADVOCACY & INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE - MODULE III

Date:
Tuesday, May 19th 2026

Time:
2pm to 5pm (Central European Time - UTC+2)

General Objective: The objective of this training session is to equip feminist organisations with concrete tools to develop, structure, or strengthen their advocacy strategies and engage meaningfully with institutions at local, national, and EU levels.

PRE-REGISTRATION

APPLIED LEARNING & PEER EXCHANGE

Date:
29th of June - 1st of July 2026

Location:
Budapest (Hungary)

General Objective: Consolidate learning from online modules, build transnational solidarity networks, engage in strategy labs, and get familiar with the monitoring framework.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Module 5 (online) – Resilience, Burnout Prevention & Self-Defense

Date: Tuesday, September 29th 2026

Time: 2pm – 5pm (CET – UTC+2)

General Objective:
Address the psychological and emotional toll of feminist activism in hostile contexts and provide tools to recognise, prevent, and respond to burnout through an individual and organisational care lens.

Module 6 (online) – Online Safety & Security for WHRDs

Date: Tuesday, November 17th 2026

Time: 2pm – 5pm (CET – UTC+1)

General Objective:
Provide feminist activists and organisations with tools to recognise and respond to cyberviolence, strengthen digital safety, and protect their dignity and activism.