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PES Women and Rainbow Rose: Europe needs a feminist outcry for equality
March 8, 2022

PES Women and Rainbow Rose: Europe needs a feminist outcry for equality

Today – International Women’s Day – PES Women and Rainbow Rose launch their joint campaign “Reclaim your space – a feminist outcry for equality” to draw attention to the inequalities and growing harassment women*, including LBT* women, face across Europe.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES and PES Women praise proposed Directive on tackling gender-based violence
March 8, 2022

PES and PES Women praise proposed Directive on tackling gender-based violence

The proposal for a Directive to eradicate violence against women and domestic violence is a welcome step towards a safer Europe for all women, European socialists said today.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES gender equality ministers: CSW66 and French Presidency must be catalysts for women’s rights
March 4, 2022

PES gender equality ministers: CSW66 and French Presidency must be catalysts for women’s rights

Europe must seize its opportunities to create real change for gender equality, ministers and secretaries of state from the Party of European Socialists said today.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women Gender Equality Network calls for clear link between feminist and environmental policies, ahead of UN CSW66
February 25, 2022

PES Women Gender Equality Network calls for clear link between feminist and environmental policies, ahead of UN CSW66

The fight against climate change and gender inequalities must be a joint one, this was the main conclusion of today’s PES Women Network which focussed on “a progressive model for gender-transformative climate action”.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women: inaction in 2022 will cost women’s freedoms, safety and lives
February 4, 2022

PES Women: inaction in 2022 will cost women’s freedoms, safety and lives

EU leaders and politicians at all levels must step up the fight for gender equality, the PES Women Executive demanded as it met online for its first meeting of this year.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women on International Human Rights Day: “Women’s rights are human rights”
December 10, 2021

PES Women on International Human Rights Day: “Women’s rights are human rights”

Meeting online today, the PES Women Executive marked International Human Rights Day by reiterating that gender equality is a fundamental right that must be defended.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

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