PES Women
We promote gender equality and women’s representation both inside and outside the Party of European Socialists.
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PES Women is fighting for a gender just and feminist Europe by giving a voice, tools and platform for women, by putting forward specific women’s rights policies, through gender-mainstreaming the overall policy-making of the Social Democratic family.
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PES Women honours outgoing feminist Commissioner Helena Dalli
At this Friday’s Statutory meeting, PES Women honoured outgoing Commissioner Helena Dalli for her commitment and tireless work as the first Equality Commissioner. PES Women…
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PES Women demands greater equality focus in open letter to Commission President
Subordination of the Equality portfolio under another competence – rather than maintaining it as a standalone priority – sends a concerning signal about the next…
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PES Women renews commitment to progress gender equality in new mandate
Today, members of the PES Women Executive board met for the first time under the new legislative term to reaffirm their commitment to meet new…
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PES Women promotes gender equality and women’s representation. We fight for equal pay, to end viol
ALL forms of gender violence are intolerable and must end, everywhere. ![]()
The new launched @eu_genderequality @fundamental.rights @eu_eurostat 2024 EU Gender-based violence survey reveals terrifying figures: ![]()
– 1 in 3 women have experienced violence. ![]()
– 1 in 6 women in the EU have experienced sexual violence, including rape. ![]()
– 1 in 5 women have faced physical or sexual violence at home. ![]()
– 1 in 3 women have been sexually harassed at work. ![]()
– 1 in 8 women who have experienced violence have reported it to the police. ![]()
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, @pes_women & @pes_cor are in Zagreb to intervene in a joint event with SPD Croatia and its women’s forum, focusing in a first panel on Sexual Harassment at the workplace.![]()
The second part of the event, on ensuring safety for Women across Europe, will be the occasion to come back on the Europe-wide #Safeplace4Women PES Women- PES CoR campaign launched in 2023. It invited cities, municipalities and regions to declare themselves a #SafePlace4Women, confirming local and regional leaders’ dedication to progressive measures in combating violence against women.![]()
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In the morning, we also listened to the results of a @fes_europe -SSSH study on sexual Harassment at work in Croatia. ![]()
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#EndVAW #saynotovaw #EndGBV #Noexcuse #safeplace4women
➡️Today all eyes are on US election day! ![]()
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🗳️PES women had the chance to visit Washington, Philadelphia and New York post elections to hold the meetings, to observe the campaigning process and to show our support to Kamala Harris. ![]()
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🙋🏽♀️The women’s vote will be decisive in this elections. The gender gap in voting intentions is at its highest since 2000s. As Harris pointed out in her speech “Trust women, trust them to know what is in their best interest”!