One last newsletter for 2022...

PES Women wishes you a happy holiday season

PES Women wishes all our readers a very Happy Holiday Season, and a Feminist 2023, where we will continue campaigning on all our priorities to create a gender-equal Europe, together with global feminist movements.

Thank you for reading our newsletter another year round, and don't forget to follow us on social media channels to stay up to date with our upcoming work.

PES Women Violence Against Women campaign gains massive support

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), PES Women reiterated its commitment to fight all forms of violence against women. PES Women calls for strong legal frameworks, adequate funding and changing of mindsets to make Europe a zero-tolerance zone for gender-based violence. Read our full press release here.

You can find all the visuals from this year's 25 November campaign on PES Flickr, for your use at any time.

We thank everyone who joined our call to end violence against women on 25 November and the 16 days of activism which followed. You can revisit our manifesto here: Zero-Tolerance Zone: A Europe Free from Gender-Based Violence.

PES Women Executive: To protect women’s rights we must defend human rights defenders

The recently elected PES Women Executive team met online on 9 December, International Human Rights Defenders Day, and sent a clear statement: women’s rights are human rights and their defenders are essential for democracies everywhere. This was a key message ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December.

Read the full press release here.

PES Women December Activities

PES Women President Zita Gurmai participated in the PES Presidency meeting on 15 December in Brussels setting out the PES priorities for 2023, and adopting three declarations on anti-corruption, on women and human rights violations in Iran, and on platform workers. Read the full press release here.

Furthermore, PES Women President Zita Gurmai spoke at the thematic session of the Main Board of the Alliance of Women of Montenegro, as part of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

What's coming up

PES office closure
23 December to 2 January

PES Women Executive Meeting
3 February

International Day for Zero Tolerance towards Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
6 February