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PES Women: Ratifying Istanbul convention is an excellent first step
May 12, 2017

PES Women: Ratifying Istanbul convention is an excellent first step

The Party of European Socialists – and its member organisation PES Women – warmly welcome the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul convention on preventing and combating violence against women.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women deliver equal pay demands to Commissioner Jourová
March 1, 2017

PES Women deliver equal pay demands to Commissioner Jourová

On European Equal Pay Day, 1 March 2017, the Party of European Socialists presented their demands for equal pay between men and women to Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner responsible for gender equality.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women addresses equal pay issue using images of Trump
February 22, 2017

PES Women addresses equal pay issue using images of Trump

Women would have to work ten years longer – or start working ten years earlier – to match the lifetime earnings of men.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
Ministers in Malta to push for women’s rights as an EU priority
February 2, 2017

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.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES ministers ask for EU Commissioner to put gender policies back in the centre of the European agenda
October 27, 2016

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.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES, PES Women and Rainbow Rose discussing women’s and gay rights in Tunisia
September 21, 2016

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).

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

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