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PES Women Annual Conference in Sofia

PES Women Annual Conference in Sofia

“It’s about time to close the Gender Pay Gap”, says PES Women President
The PES Women Annual Conference, entitled “Women up! Against the Crisis”, took place today 21 June in Sofia, Bulgaria. This major event welcomed high-profile speakers from all over Europe to debate the consequences and solutions to the devastating effect of the crisis on women. The Conference was also the occasion to launch the new PES Women Campaign on closing the Gender Pay Gap: “Equal Pay, it’s about time!”.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women Annual Conference hears of damage caused by young women’s  unemployment

PES Women Annual Conference hears of damage caused by young women’s unemployment

Call for Green economy jobs for women and better maternity coverage Under the slogan “Combating young women’s unemployment”, PES Women organized today its annual conference at the PS Belgium Headquarters, in Brussels. The aim of the event was to look at the specific causes of young women’s unemployment and discuss solutions such as gender budgeting, equal access to green jobs, and reconciliation of private and professional life. Over a hundred participants attended the conference.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women welcomes Ouafa Hajji as new President of Socialist International  Women

PES Women welcomes Ouafa Hajji as new President of Socialist International Women

The Party of European Socialists (PES) Women congratulates Ouafa Hajji (Socialist Union of Popular Forces, Morocco) on her appointment as President of the Socialist International Women (SIW). The election took place on August 27 at the 20th SIW Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. PES Women also sends its warm congratulations to Marije Laffeber(Labour Party, Netherlands), who will be the new Secretary General of the organization.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women welcomes Danish Presidency gender equality priorities to tackle  youth unemployment

PES Women welcomes Danish Presidency gender equality priorities to tackle youth unemployment

On 23rd March PES Women held its yearly statutory meeting in Copenhagen.
In presence of Danish Minister for Gender Equality Manu Sareen and Spokesperson on Gender Equality Rasmus Langhoff MP, PES Women welcomed the Danish EU Presidency priorities to tackle gender inequality.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women and Zijkant Sp.A mark International Day for the Elimination of  Violence against Women on 25th November

PES Women and Zijkant Sp.A mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25th November

Zij Kant, the Women’s organisation of Flemish socialists Sp.A and PES Women today marked International day for the elimination of violence against women. The event took place during the PES Convention and was entitled the ‘Ugly Face of Abuse’.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES Women adopts declaration on Women’s sexual and reproductive rights in  Warsaw

PES Women adopts declaration on Women’s sexual and reproductive rights in Warsaw

Around 100 participants from over 29 countries gathered in Warsaw on December 3rd to sign PES Women Declaration for equal sexual and reproductive rights for all Women in Europe.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

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