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21/11/2019 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.
04/11/2019 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.
10/09/2019 PES ready to work together with our Commissioners for progressive change
The Party of European Socialists is looking forward to a close cooperation with the new European Commission and its ten Commissioner-designates from the PES family.
02/08/2019 Spanish MEP elected as president of Young European Socialists
The PES is delighted to welcome Alicia Homs Ginel MEP as the new president of the Young European Socialists (YES). She was elected yesterday during the YES summer camp in Albena, Bulgaria.
21/06/2019 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’.
22/05/2019 OpEd: It’s time for feminism at the European elections
The European election campaign is in full swing. With just days to go, a lot is at stake - not just the composition of the European Parliament, but the soul of Europe.
27/02/2019 Women deserve more
Women deserve more, this was the message from PES Women as the group launched its 2019 Equal Pay Day campaign.
06/12/2018 Zita Gurmai re-elected PES Women President with pledge to strengthen women’s voices across Europe
PES Women will be at the forefront of the progressive battle to win the next European elections and strengthen women’s rights, the re-elected President of PES Women said today.
23/11/2018 Violence against women is costing us our democracy
Speaking ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), PES Women has warned harassment and violence directed at women in politics is undermining democracy.
27/08/2018 The women’s rights backstop
PES Women, the PES organization to advance women’s rights, discussed ways to step up our parties’ commitment to this cause and regain public support, in times of a conservative counter revolution. That was on Korčula island, Croatia, in a region – Central and Eastern Europe - marked by a new wave of traditionalism.