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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 Women: the gender pay gap is not a game

PES Women: the gender pay gap is not a game

Today, at a statutory meeting in Brussels, PES Women presented its campaign to raise awareness of pay discrimination in the European Union: Gender Pay Gap – Not a Game.

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World must end FGM and all forms of gender-based violence

World must end FGM and all forms of gender-based violence

The PES Women Executive gathered today – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (6 Feb) – to reiterate that FGM is a violation of human rights, which – like women’s issues in general – has been systematically overlooked by policymakers.

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PES Women: society must break the silence on online violence against women and girls

PES Women: society must break the silence on online violence against women and girls

The world must be safe for women, offline and online, representatives from academia, the tech industry, civil society, and European politics said today as they met for the PES Women Annual Conference: Breaking the silence on online violence against women and girls.

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European Unequal Pay Day 2019: PES Women call on the first female Commission President to close the gender pay gap

European Unequal Pay Day 2019: PES Women call on the first female Commission President to close the gender pay gap

Today, on European Unequal Pay Day, PES Women is calling on the incoming Commission President to finally close the gender pay gap. The PES member organisation – which fights for female empowerment and gender equality – has mounted a campaign to end pay discrimination, and has sent a specially designed campaign postcard to Ursula von der Leyen.

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Commission has its champion for equality in Helena Dalli

Commission has its champion for equality in Helena Dalli

The European Commission finally has its equality champion, the Party of European Socialists (PES) said today as Commission-delegate Helena Dalli spoke in front of a Parliamentary hearing on the new Commission.

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New mandate must bring equality for women

New mandate must bring equality for women

Gender equality and parity within the institutions must be priorities for the next mandate, PES Women said today as it released a statement ‘Call for a feminist Europe’.

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