News & press releases

PES Women host empowerment seminar at UN HQ New York

In New York, PES Women builds bridges between local communities and international decision-makers.
On Wednesday 19 March at 18.00 in the UN headquarters in New York, PES Women and Vision Films presented the film “The Threshold of the Desert”, followed by a debate on women’s empowerment with the participation of representatives from UN Women, UNPD and the civil society.

PES Women fight for equal pay on International Women’s Day

Today, 8 March 2014, for International Women’s Day, the PES says it’s time to close the pay gap between women and men in Europe.

PES insists on women’s right to choose on eve of International Women’s Da

Tomorrow, 8 March 2014, we celebrate International Women’s Day.

On this occasion, PES Vice-President Elena Valenciano has denounced that “within the EU borders, a very high number of women are raped, beaten, murdered and subjected to psychological torture. Combating violence against women will be one of the key issues of this campaign for the European elections as it is one of the worst problems of European society.”

PES Women Flash Mob for Equal Pay and PES Women Summit; Power to Women

Today, PES Women from all over Europe gathered for their Annual Conference, entitled ‘PES Women Summit; Power to the Women’. The meeting was held at the Headquarters of the Partito Democratico in Rome. The main topic of today’s panel was combatting the Gender Pay Gap in Europe, to ensure women’s economic empowerment, employment and welfare in the face of the crisis.

PES calls for international mobilisation against Spanish abortion law

Spain’s conservative government has agreed to ban women from opting freely for abortions, outraging pro-choice campaigners who say the move will take the country back to the 1980s.

PES Women denounces the hijacking of the report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights by the Conservatives

Today, the vote in the European Parliament on the draft report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), prepared by Edite Estrela, S&D Portuguese MEP and PES Women executive member, has failed to be adopted and instead an alternative weak resolution put forward by the EPP and ECR was carried.