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PES Women President welcomes UK Labour’s call for “pay transparency” to combat gender pay gap
The Party of European Socialists (PES) Women President Zita Gurmai expresses her full support to the Labour Party’s legislative proposal to compel big companies to publicly reveal the salary difference between women and men and thus combat the pay gap. Tabled today in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, this mandatory publication, called the “pay transparency” for large employers, was already submitted in 2010 but rejected by the conservative government.
PES Women welcomes Italian Presidency engagement on equality
PES Women President Zita Gurmai welcomed today the efforts and engagement made by the Italian Presidency on equality issues: “The Italian Presidency has not only spoken on equality issues, but is also acting on it to make issues like the maternity leave directive and anti-discrimination directive a reality”.
The clock is ticking: “We must end violence against women now”, says PES Women President
In Europe, 7 women die every day from male domestic violence and an average of 33% of women have suffered from men’s violence.
Today, the Party of European Socialists commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November). PES Women President Zita Gurmai used the occasion to make three strong demands:
PES calls Spanish Government Abortion U-turn ‘a victory for progressive sense’
Party of European Socialists President, Sergei Stanishev has welcomed the scrapping of a controversial proposal by the conservative Spanish government to refuse the right to abortion. The Spanish Government u-turn comes after months of pressure from European and global women’s’ rights groups, including PES Women.
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