… The UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of UN Member … States is an important mechanism/opportunity for NGO's to review gender components of individual country UPR Reports on human rights. The Final Reports of the Universal Periodic Review … can be very useful in advocacy for the human rights of women and girls. …
… This side event will present the European Union's framework for addressing trafficking of women and girls as a form of violence against women. It will … The EU wants to underline that a gender-specific, human-rights approach is needed in tackling this complex …
… Sustainable Development - Human Rights: a common struggle? The International Permanent … human beings in times of crisis and issues concerning women’srights and gender equality will be addressed under this …
… can libraries and information centres improve access to women's information and preserve women's cultural heritage? ", on 9 … "Towards one portal for gender equality and women's human rights resources in Europe" presents EIGE's RDC plans of …
… for reconciling professional and family roles for women and men as a chance to actively participate in the … by the Polish Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. EIGE's report outlines main policy and legislative developments at … Elwira Gross-Golacka , Chair of the Committee on Women’sRights and Gender Equality at the European Parliament Mr …
… moment when a new five year Strategy for Equality between Women and Men has been recently announced, the … in the EU 2010 - 2015" is to foster the debate on EIGE’s joint work with different partners, from EU Agencies and … Vice-President responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding will present the …
… context of Europe 2020 and previous EU strategies as many women, and to a lesser extend men, still see their employment … are important objectives. At the request of the Women’sRights and Gender Equality committee (FEMM), the European …
… discussion will take place on 29 October, 2013 on EIGE’s EuroGender platform at eurogender.eige.europa.eu. Aim and … of the online discussion The number of girls and women around the world who have suffered genital mutilations … a European level, FGM is recognised as a violation of the rights of girls and women, and is a form of of violence …
… Working women earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same … well into retirement, with pensions 37% lower than men’s. If we fail to respond to challenges in the labour market, … equal work a reality”, says Samira Rafaela of the Women’sRights and Gender Equality Committee. ‘‘We’re a step closer …
… socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, according to EIGE’s research . EIGE Director Carlien Scheele addressed how the … during the pandemic than before. But more than half of women with small children say they are completely or mostly … of household chores between partners changed – with most women reporting having a higher share of housework on their …
… in 2009. As trade unionist and feminist, Evelyn Regner's main focus has always been on labour and women's-related affairs. She is the voice of workers and … and financial markets, and is standing up for women'srights and gender equality. In her current mandate, she was …
… student research on gender issues, violence against women, LGBTIQ+ and other anti-oppressive issues at Diploma, … on the issues of gender equality and violence against women (including femicide), LGBTIQ+, as well as wider human rights issues, both in Malta and in Europe. She is also an …
… feminist lawyer in France and holds a PHD on the Status of Women in Comparative Criminal Law. She is the Copresident of … for the women victims of violence and migrant women’srights access to justice. …
… United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls in July 2021 by the UN Human Rights Council for a three-year tenure. Reem Alsalem is an … with the UNHCR in thirteen countries. Reem has a Master’s in International Relations from the American University in …
… Loghin is an Executive Committee Member of the European Women’s Lobby since June 2021 and has been either a member of EWL … Lobby. She promotes democracy, good governance and human rights from the gender equality perspective since 1995, when …
… Dr. Bettina Pfleiderer is Vice President of the European Women’s Lobby and member of the Executive committee since 2021. She … of sex, gender and diversity aspects into medicine, human rights issues, global health, violence against women and …
… she graduated with a BA in “Cultural Studies and Human Rights” from the University of Bologna and with an MA in … initiatives, including for innovative childcare and women’s and migrants’ rights. She joined the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen …
… to the position of Government Commissioner for Human Rights. Before her appointment to the position, she worked as the chairwoman of the Committee for Children'sRights, a member of the Government Council for Human Rights … the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence against Women at the Government Council for Gender Equality. She …