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PES Women: we demand zero-tolerance for gender based-violence. The line has been crossed.
25 November 2022
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, today 25 November, PES Women and its member organizations reiterate their commitment to fight all types of violence against women by relaunching its campaign and manifesto “Zero-tolerance zone: A Europe free from gender-based violence”. We invite everyone to join this call so that all women can live free from violence and oppression. PES Women is putting forward its demands by joining the UN 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2021). Follow PES Women on social media to find out more in the press release here.
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EU Unequal Pay Day: PES Women and ZIJkant's 2022 campaign highlights men's role in closing the gender pay gap
15 November 2022
Equal pay for women and men is still not a reality in Europe. This is why the women’s organization of the Party of European Socialists, PES Women, teams up every year with their Flemish member organization ZIJkant to organizeEUUnequal Pay Day, a symbolic day to make aware that women effectively start working for free until the end of the year.
In 2022, we mark European Unequal Pay Day on 15 November. The European Unequal Pay Day is a symbolic day to raise awareness on the fact that female workers in Europe still earn on average 13% less than men. Read all about Unequal Pay Day, a symbolic day with real life implications, here.
Watch and share our campaign video, and especially, share the tasks and care at home!
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PES Women participates in PES COP27 activities
14 November 2022
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PES Women Vice-President Zefi Dimadama participated in PES' social media campaign for COP27. We call for for justice and equality in the fight against climate change. Women are often in most vulnerable groups suffering the effects of extreme climate so they need to be on decision-making bodies addressing the climate emergency.
Read our 2022 paper on A Progressive model for Gender-transformative Climate Action.
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Championing Equal Pay, PES Women and ZIJkant Conference
4 November 2022
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Ahead of EU Unequal Pay Day on 15 November, PES Women and the Flemish progressive women’s movement ZIJkant organised ‘Championing Equal Pay - what are the ways forward?’ on 4 November, a conference hosted by the City of Brussels at Brussels Townhall. It brought together public and private actors, trade unions, students and many others to exchange best practices to close the gender pay gap. This year's EU Unequal Pay Day campaign video was premiered during the conference.
Revisit the conference recording here, and find our press release here. You can also find all the photos from the event here.
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PES Women #MakeHerCount and #ReclaimYourSpace campaigns at PES Congress
14 October 2022
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In the framework of the PES Congress in Berlin, PES Women has held a series of meetings and activities to promote gender equality as a core value, inside and outside the PES.
Together with our our Annual Conference (more information below), throughout the weekend, PES Women promoted its campaign #ReclaimYourSpace with Rainbow Rose, PES’ LGBTI organization, by adopting a Resolution on the rights of women, and in particular LBT women who face several layers of discrimination, in its Statutory Meeting on 14 October. You can learn more about the campaign here.
The elections of PES Women President and Executive Board also took place, with Zita Gurmai being re-elected as PES Women President. Moreover, PES Women hosted a progressive female leaders breakfast meeting, where participants exchanged ideas on how to strengthen women's role in politics even further.
More information on our PES Congress activities and the full list of newly elected PES Women Executive members here.
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PES Women Annual Conference: #MakeHerCount in times of crisis - progressive answers to gender blindness
13 October 2022
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Ahead of the PES Congress in Berlin, PES Women is hosted its 2022 Annual Conference in cooperation with ASF, the women’s organisation of the SPD, on 13 October at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin, Germany.
During our Annual Conference under the slogan #MakeHerCount in times of crisis, we addressed the ways in which all crises – from economic to wars – affect women and men differently, and how progressive answers can contribute to solving these deep inequalities. Re-visit the live stream here and see photos of the event here.
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PES Women supports European Lesbian Conference in Budapest
30 September 2022
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On the occasion of the third EL*C Conference in Budapest under the slogan “Lesbian Resistance - one lesbian is a blessing, hundreds coming together are a revolution!”, PES Women co-organised a reception and PES Women President Zita Gurmai gave an opening speech to amplify the visibility and the fight of the European Lesbian community.
PES Women also co-authored the opinion piece "Reclaim your space through lesbian resistance!" in Social Europe together with EL*C co-creator Silvia Casalino.
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PES Women 30th anniversary and other activities
September 2022
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PES Women turned 30 years old on 9 November. Happy Birthday to us, and to the Party of European Socialists! Watch "PES History, 30 years of progress" here.
In other activities, PES Women President Zita Gurmai participated in the first PES Presidency meeting on 15 October during the PES Congress, as well as the PES Leaders dinner.
PES Women President Zita Gurmai attended the SDP 19th Electoral Assembly of the Women’s Forum in Zagreb on 05/11.
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PES Women Members & Affiliates
Read more about what our members and affiliates have been up to
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PES Women congratulates PES newly elected President Stefan Löfven. PES Women President Zita Gurmai and Vice-President Elke Ferner voted on behalf of PES Women during the PES Congress. The new PES leadership also includes PES First Vice-President Iratxe Garcia Perez and PES Executive Vice-President Katarina Barley. The PES Statues foresee compulsory gender balance in its leadership. Congratulations to the whole team!
PES President Löfven's first speech at the PES Congress put a focus on gender equality. As a feminist, he warned that the raise of the far-right puts womens' rights at stake: rights, conditions, participation deteriorate. “The fight for women's rights is a fight for human rights & the right to abortion must be a fundamental right!”
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PES Women and Polish member party Nowa Lewica host conference: We do the work! Robimy Robote!
On the second anniversary of the almost total ban on abortion in Poland, progressives came together to underline that women's rights, including access to abortion, are human rights. All information here (PL).
PES Women President Zita Gurmai opened the conference.
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PES Women Ex-officio member organisation FEPS, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies publishes special issue of the Progressive Post around gender-based violence. Find the edition here.
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FEPS hosted its Annual Autumn Academy, a network of progressive politicians from across the EU whilst offering them an opportunity to be making part of an intense exploratory experience, which offers insights into EU politics, institutions, and policy fields, and also helps understanding specificities of EU Member States and hence dynamic among them on Brussels level.
PES Women President Zita Gurmai gave a keynote speech on 25 October.
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In November, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation (FES) in Brussels organised a meeting between PES Women Secretariat and Turkish sister parties and civil society organisations, where we had the opportunity to discuss the situation in Turkey since the government's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. There is a need for more actions to tackle gender-based violence, and to support women in politics and democratic structures. PES Women fully supports this common fight.
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What's coming up?
PES Women Executive meeting
9 December
International Human Rights Day
10 December
PES office closure
23 December to 30 December
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