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PES Women President calls Commissioner Reding’s approach to the 15th anniversary to Beijing Platform a ‘missed opportunity’
At a meeting in New York with Commissioner Viviane Reding (responsible for gender equality and women’s rights), Party of European Socialists (PES) Women’s President, Zita Gurmai, called the proposed content of the “European Women’s Right Charter” in the EC declaration on the Beijing Platform for Action (BPA) a missed opportunity.
Ms. Reding announced the Commission’s intention to present an EC Declaration on the Beijing Platform for Action referring to the European Women’s Rights Charter.
PES Women President calls for European Women’s Rights Charter
Yesterday at the PES Women Annual Conference Zita Gurmai MEP was unanimously re-elected President of PES Women. In her opening remarks, she called upon European Commission President Barroso to deliver on his promise to put in place a European Women’s Rights Charter that will enforce gender equality for the 21st century.
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