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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.
Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

PES European elections candidates pledge to protect women’s rights

PES Women at CSW: eradicate poverty of women and girls to strengthen global gender equality
Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

PES Women at CSW: eradicate poverty of women and girls to strengthen global gender equality

PES goes live on 3 June:   why multilateralism matters and how feminism can change the world

PES goes live on 3 June: why multilateralism matters and how feminism can change the world

Multilateralism, the role for the EU, and feminist foreign policy will all be on the agenda as European Commissioners, leaders, ministers and MEPs from the progressive political family convene for a livestream this week.

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PES Ministers for gender equality and women’s rights call for a feminist response to the COVID-19 crisis

PES Ministers for gender equality and women’s rights call for a feminist response to the COVID-19 crisis

Implementing gender equality must be a key priority for the COVID-19 recovery strategy, progressive gender equality ministers said today as they met with European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli.

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PES condemns barbaric attack on women’s rights in Poland

PES condemns barbaric attack on women’s rights in Poland

The PES condemns yet another attempt by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) to roll back women’s rights in Poland. We strongly oppose the way PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński is using the emergency situation to impose these measures.

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Women are on the COVID-19 frontline –the EU must not leave them behind

Women are on the COVID-19 frontline –the EU must not leave them behind

Europe is not seeing enough leadership or action for a gender-sensitive response to the COVID-19 crisis, European socialists and democrats are saying.

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International Women’s Day 2020: Feminists united for generation equality

International Women’s Day 2020: Feminists united for generation equality

On International Women’s Day PES Women joins the global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and we echo calls for action to accelerate gender equality.

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PES Women and PES welcome Gender Equality Strategy

PES Women and PES welcome Gender Equality Strategy

PES Women and the Party of European Socialists strongly welcome the publication of the EU Gender Equality Strategy today.

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