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Ministers in Malta to push for women’s rights as an EU priority
Putting women’s rights and gender equality on the heart of EU’s agenda is the main goal of our PES Gender Equality Ministerial meeting taking place in Valletta on Thursday. Apart from supporting Malta, currently led by a progressive government, the acting president of the European Union in the first half of 2017 in their priorities such as fighting violence against women, ministers also exchanged on work-life balance and LGBTi issues.
PES ministers ask for EU Commissioner to put gender policies back in the centre of the European agenda
The PES ministers in charge of gender equality called on the EU leaders and on the European Commission to truly engage in actions to tackle the growing gender inequality and to protect women against the reactionary backlash in some European countries. The ministers agreed that it is essential to put gender policies back in the centre of the European agenda, in a time where the European Union is searching for a new identity. The ministers strongly underlined that our political family should help shape it in a progressive way.
PES, PES Women and Rainbow Rose discussing women’s and gay rights in Tunisia
The PES, Rainbow Rose – our network for LGBTI Rights (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and intersex people) – and PES Women debated the state of play of women’s rights and LGBTI rights in Tunis, Tunisia, on 17 September. At the conference, participants discussed how to better support those rights in the context of the EU-Tunisia trade negotiations. The conference was organised by the Global Progressive Forum, in co-operation with Rainbow Rose, Solidar Tunisia and SHAMS (Tunisian LGBTI organisation).
PES welcomes 1st step towards EU Coast Guards and the safeguards introduced by S&D (unlisted)
The Party of European Socialists welcomes the safeguards included in the new European Border and Coast Guard proposed by the European Commission. Together with the S&D group in the European Parliament, we support the creation of an agency which will help take some pressure off the member states with external borders, but we want it to actively engage in search and rescue operations, following the model of the Italian operation Mare Nostrum.
PES Women condemn proposals to change Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Socialists and democrat women’s organisations across Europe have expressed concerned at changes to the Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which would lower women’s political participation. These changes, are concerning for all progressive women and men, who believe that balanced representation in decision-making bodies is one of the key-issues in modern democracies. PES Women therefore strongly supports Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP BiH) Women’s Forum in opposing proposals that would result in a decrease in women’s participation in political life in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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