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We promote gender equality and women’s representation both inside and outside the Party of European Socialists.

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Promoting gender equality and women’s rights

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 participate in 2024 Korčula Summer School

PES Women participate in 2024 Korčula Summer School

This weekend, PES Women President Zita Gurmai and the PES Women team, together with PES President Stefan Löfven and many others, participated in the Korčula…

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PES Women Executive and Statutory meetings

PES Women Executive and Statutory meetings call for strong feminist 2024-2029 EU mandate

Post-European elections, PES Women held special Executive and Statutory meetings in Vienna, Austria, this weekend to take stock of the gender equality developments in the…

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Pictured from left: S&D MEP Robert Biedroń, FEMM Committee Chair; S&D MEP Carina Ohlsson; S&D MEP Evelyn Regner, Vice President of the European Parliament; Zita Gurmai, PES Women President; S&D MEP Marc Angel, Vice President of the European Parliament; S&D MEP Marek Balt.

PES European elections candidates pledge to protect women’s rights

Women’s rights and gender equality have always been at the centre of our political family’s foundations and values. Securing women’s rights and progressing gender equality…

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PES Women promotes gender equality and women’s representation. We fight for equal pay, to end viol

1 week ago

This weekend, together with PES President Stefan Löfven, PES Women President Zita Gurmai and team were present at the Korčula summer school, which began thirty years ago on the Croatian island. 🏝️ This event was held by our sister organisation, the Central & Eastern European network for gender issues, which produces recommendations and advocates for them towards socialist policymakers. 💡It also gathered many politicians and civil society actors from Southeast countries, from which we could hear updates and challenges they face on gender equality at the national level. Zita Gurmai as PES Women President, shared her view and thoughts through a gender lens after the European elections period and commented on challenges in term of women representation in the different institutions ⚖️ See MoreSee Less
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🏕️ This weekend, PES Women joined the @yesocialists 2024 Summer Camp in Torres Vedras, Portugal. 👉The YES Summer camp is always a great occasion to meet and chat with young people from all over Europe, to get to know their view on current debates, and increasing challenges we face towards a more #feminist and inclusive society. 🗣️PES Women was involved in several activities: 🟣 Opening ceremony of the summer camp together with our hosts and partner organisations. 🟣 a #SafePlace4Women workshop on actions cities can take to become safer for women, co-hosted with @pes_cor, with great input from different localities political representatives🟣 @yesocialists Network Event with partner organisations, where PES Women also delivered a key message to encourage young women participation in politics 🙌➡️We congratulate to @yesocialists and @juventude_socialista for successful summer camp and remain their strong partner and supporter in our joint fight for equality! #feministeurope #genderequality #womenempowerment #womeninpolitics #youngwomenleaders See MoreSee Less
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