We launched it to mark International Women’s Day on the 8^th of March. But this was just the beginning!

Our aim is to raise awareness about the inequalities and growing harassment against women*, including LBT* women all over Europe, in all spaces: from the streets to the online spaces and even our own homes. Women* belong in every space.

Now, you can join our campaign by asking your city, local and regional governments to adopt our resolution and implement its proposals.

Where can youn find it? You can find it in English, German, French and Spanish here

Visit our campaign website and join the campaign to #ReclaimYourSpace

After celebrating Europe Day on 9 May, PES Women Statutory members met to discuss the latest developments of the war on Ukraine, the gender-sensitive response it requires, and the role of women in politics, in the context of this war and beyond.

PES Women reiterates its calls to address gender-based violence in Ukraine, including war rape, displacement, trafficking, and famine, which are high risks specifically for women. The role of women in politics was discussed in-depth by PES Women Statutory members with Iratxe Garcia Perez, MEP and President of the S&D Group in the EU Parliament. Read the full press release here.

PES Women President Zita Gurmai joins PES Presidency meeting which concluded: The European Union must act now, or face rising energy poverty and environmental destruction.

Members of the Presidency adopted a declaration setting out the common progressive position on accelerating Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels: Addressing the energy crisis and accelerating the clean energy transition for all.

Read the full press release here.

PES Women was represented by Coordinator Katja Ziska at the PES mission to the Ukrainian-Polish border.

The delegation observed the humanitarian efforts underway following the brutal Russian aggression against Ukraine, took stock of the latest developments at the border, and offered a message of support and solidarity. Full press release here. 

PES Women Executive members warned women and children stuck in Ukraine, as well as those fleeing the conflict, are facing multiple crises.

Yulyia Levochkina, member of the Ukrainian Parliament, and Tetiana Pulia, from the Ukrainian Women’s Lobby, briefed the PES Women executive meeting about the situation on the ground.

Read our full press release and demands here.

For the start of the United Nation's 66th Commission on the Status of Women, PES Women published "A progressive model for gender-transformative climate action", our position paper on feminist climate action. You can read it here.

You can rewatch our CSW66 Parallel Event: Climate Justice as a Feminist Issue – towards a progressive, gender-sensitive environmental EU policy model, co-hosted by PES Women, FEPS, UN Women and the Jean Jaures Foundation which took place on 17/03.

On International Women's Day on 8 March, PES and PES Women praised European Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, for bringing forward the proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence.
 

PES Women has been calling for a Directive for almost a decade and also included it in their recent manifesto to make Europe a zero-tolerance zone for gender-based violence. Full press release here.

PES Women has participated in several PES Networks and activities since March 2022 until May: Vice-President Katrine Skov in the Social Europe Network (SEN) on 19/05; Vice-President Zefi Dimadama in the Extraordinary PES Environment, Climate Change and Energy Network (ECEN) on 19/04 and the PES Leaders meeting on Ukraine on 16/03; Vice-President Marja Bijl the Migration and Integration Network on 29/03; Mija Javornik in the Democracy Network on 09/03; Executive member Marianne Mikko in the PES Foreign Policy Netowork on 08/03.

PES Women Executive Member for YES Evelyn Logghe participated in the Intergenerational Solidarity Dialogue for Democratic Participation coorganised by  the Young European Socialists (YES) and PES and partners on 28/04.
 

PES Women Executive Meeting
10 June