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EU budget must fund legal empowerment for women & marginalized genders via scholarships, mentorship & feminist reform for systemic change

Avatar: Emilia Kremer Emilia Kremer

The next EU budget should fund initiatives that empower women and marginalized genders in the legal field, combining practical support with a transformative, feminist vision of justice. Women, especially those from racialized, LGBTQ+, migrant, or low-income backgrounds, remain underrepresented in senior legal roles and face systemic barriers within legal institutions. The EU should invest in scholarships for legal studies, mentorship and leadership programs, and EU-wide platforms that connect and uplift women in law. Funding must also support research on gender bias in judicial systems, critical legal studies, and feminist legal theory, encouraging structural change rather than superficial inclusion. This initiative will build a generation of legal professionals who are not only present in decision-making spaces but actively shape them through intersectional, gender-aware, and rights-based approaches. A truly democratic EU requires legal systems that reflect and serve all its people, starting with those most often excluded.

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