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The women’s rights backstop
August 27, 2018

The women’s rights backstop

PES Women, the PES organization to advance women’s rights, discussed ways to step up our parties’ commitment to this cause and regain public support, in times of a conservative counter revolution. That was on Korčula island, Croatia, in a region – Central and Eastern Europe – marked by a new wave of traditionalism.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES: We need concrete measures to fight violence against women
July 20, 2018

PES: We need concrete measures to fight violence against women

A PES fact-finding mission, co-chaired by PES Secretary General Achim Post and PES-Women President Zita Gurmai, is on a three-day visit in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES warmly welcomes vote to end abortion ban in Ireland
May 28, 2018

PES warmly welcomes vote to end abortion ban in Ireland

Legal barriers denying women control over what happens to their own bodies have finally been removed in the Republic of Ireland, in an overwhelming referendum result warmly welcomed by the Party of European Socialists.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES congratulates PES Women president Zita Gurmai on her election as a Hungarian MP
April 11, 2018

PES congratulates PES Women president Zita Gurmai on her election as a Hungarian MP

The Party of European Socialists congratulates PES Women president Zita Gurmai on her election as a member of the Hungarian parliament. The PES values her commitment to women’s rights and her determination to fight the reactionary, authoritarian government led by Viktor Orban.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Gender Equality Ministers adopt statement on Istanbul Convention
March 13, 2018

PES Gender Equality Ministers adopt statement on Istanbul Convention

On the eve of the EU gender equality ministers’ meeting, under the leadership of the Bulgarian Presidency at the 62nd UN Session of Commission on the Status of Women, PES gender equality ministers call on the Bulgarian Presidency to encourage all EU Member states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, and to ratify the document on behalf of the EU before handing over the presidency to Austria.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
Closing the gender pay gap 2018: Focusing on pensions
February 28, 2018

Closing the gender pay gap 2018: Focusing on pensions

PES Women launches its 2018 Gender Pay Gap campaign today (28 February), on European Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day is the day each year in spring until which women would have to work to earn the same as their male colleagues in the previous year.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

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