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PES Women welcomes Danish Presidency gender equality priorities to tackle youth unemployment
On 23rd March PES Women held its yearly statutory meeting in Copenhagen.
In presence of Danish Minister for Gender Equality Manu Sareen and Spokesperson on Gender Equality Rasmus Langhoff MP, PES Women welcomed the Danish EU Presidency priorities to tackle gender inequality.
Read moreCampaign hits the road in Austria
S&D Group President Hannes Swoboda talks about the European Youth Guarantee and how it was successfully implemented in his home country, Austria.
MEPs support the PES campaign “Your future is my future – a European Youth Guarantee now!”
MEPs from the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament welcomed the PES call for a European Youth Guarantee and pledged to join the PES campaign to tackle youth unemployment.
Nicolas Schmit, Luxembourg Minister for Employment and Chairperson of PES Youth Unemployment working group today presented the PES campaign “Your future is my future – a European Youth Guarantee now!” to S&D group MEPs in Strasbourg.
PES joins PS Belge and Sp.A in Brussels to say young women need a “bridge to employment”
The Party of European Socialists (PES) today joined with Belgian member parties PS Belge and Sp.A to highlight the huge unemployment crisis faced by millions of young women in Europe. The action, which took place in Brussels, on international women’s day, was part of “Women on the Bridge”, a wider event organised by European and Belgian Women’s organisations. The event took place at Brussels canal.
Read moreWhile calling for a European Youth Guarantee, PES Women underlines that Women Count too!
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Zita Gurmai MEP, President of PES Women, has emphasized the need for a European Youth Guarantee. The rapidly growing number of unemployed young women is set to have a deep and sustained impact on society. Ms. Gurmai delivered her message at the European Young Socialists Winter University.
Women count too! PES Women highlights the gender perspective of unemployment among youth
Ahead of the International Women’s Day, PES Women is raising awareness to the causes underlying the unequal access to the labour market and calling for the implementation of concrete measures to tackle it.
On 5th March PES Women President Zita Gurmai addressed a crowd of young people at the Winter University of ECOSY to present the PES campaign ‘Your future is my future: Women count too’. The campaign calls for the implementation of a European Youth Guarantee that can provide a solution to unemployed young people; Mrs. Gurmai underlined the gender perspective of youth unemployment and its long term effects.
Read moreUntil when will women in the EU have to work 6 days-a-week to earn the same as men?
The 2nd March marks the European Equal Pay Day. This day recalls that the gender pay gap in the EU is alive and well.
Statistically, to earn the same as a man did in 2011, each woman must keep on working until 2nd March the next year.
PES has long campaigned to end the gender pay gap. PES Women have succeeded in keeping this key issue high on the agenda by helping establishing a European-wide Equal Pay Day.
“Your future is my future”: tackling youth unemployment to bridge gender pay gap
Today, on 2 March 2012 we “celebrate” the European Equal Pay Day (EEPD). This day is an opportunity to recall that gender pay gap is still 17% in the European Union today. Even if the principle of equal pay for equal work was enshrined in the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the reality is altogether different. My message today for European Equal Pay Day is to raise awareness and to mark the countdown to International Women’s Day on 8 March (see below for list of events).
Read more“Invest in EU economy, invest in youth” PES tells European Council
Ahead of the 1st of March EU Summit, the Party of European Socialists (PES) has called for investment in the EU economy and investment in youth. In an open letter sent to the European Council, the PES made a strongly worded critique of existing conservative policies. “Spending cuts, further deregulation of the labour market and liberalisation of the service sector are not the answers”, the letter warns.
Read moreEuropean Socialists call for Youth Guarantee as part of investment programme
Martin Schulz, Hannes Swoboda and Lazslo Andor join Sergei Stanishev to promote PES campaign
As part of a strong call for more investment at EU level, European Socialists have called for a European Youth Guarantee to be part of the EU strategy.
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