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PES Women: sexual and reproductive health and rights must be defended and promoted by all in society
Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are a cross-cutting issue and a fundamental pillar of women’s rights and gender equality that must be strengthened with a joint effort by all citizens, decision-makers and generations. This was the conclusion of the PES Women Gender Equality Network today.
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PES Women highlights the plight of women in conflict and calls for international solidarity and action plan
Meeting online today, the PES Women Executive reiterated its condemnation of the situation in Afghanistan and the members expressed their full support for the country’s women and activists.
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Progressives call for strong European democracies with feminist values at heart
In the context of the high-level conference With Courage. For Europe. organised by the Party of European Socialist, the PES Presidency adopted a declaration underlining the importance of gender equality for European democracy.
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PES ministers: gender equality must be high on EU agenda during second half of 2021
As Europe eases COVID-19 restrictions and the Conference on the Future of Europe gets under way, gender equality must be high on the EU agenda for the second half of 2021, PES ministers and state secretaries for gender equality agreed today.
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PES Women: equal representation of women in decision-making is crucial for strong European democracies
Ahead of the online debate ‘#MakeHerCount for Democracy’ in the context of the high-level conference “With Courage. For Europe.”, PES Women Statutory members met online today to discuss the importance of more inclusive and equal representation of women in all their diversity in European decision-making.
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PES Women: the Istanbul Convention saves lives – 10 years on, it is more important than ever
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, opened for signatures on 11 May 2011.
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