… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… DG-Just Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities and EIGE’s Experts’ Forum. Before taking up this position, Anna was … United Nations in various senior positions including as UN Women Resident Representative and as UNDP and UNFPA Senior … and trainer on a broad range of gender- and women’srights-related topics in international fora, she has …
… management, combating discrimination and violence against women and political participation of women. She has worked for mainstreaming of disability and of gender issues and promoting rights of persons with disabilities and gender equality. …
… fields of study she was especially interested in the human rights of women. After her studies and numerous internships she took on … Estonian Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner’s Office as an assistant manager and legal advisor in the …
… of gender mainstreaming methods and tools and EIGE’s gender statistics database are the three main areas of the … NGOs. She has also served as a consultant for UN Women. Helena worked and lived in Brazil, Bolivia, Angola and … Master’s degrees in Gender Equality policies and in Human Rights and Culture of Peace. She has wide experience …
… Elva is a writer, speaker and chair of the Nordic Digital Rights and Equality Foundation, an organization that works to … being an expert advisor to governments on violence against women. In 2017, she delivered her TED talk, which outlines … of sexual violence, alongside her perpetrator. It‘s been viewed over six million times. Thordis Elva's violence …
… of President von der Leyen, by strengthening Europe’s commitment to equality and inclusion in all of its senses. … national investments (1998-2013) and Junior Minister for Women'sRights in the Office of Prime Minister (1996-1998). Dalli …
… if we do not achieve gender equality by presenting EIGE’s research on how we can overcome these remaining challenges … throughout human history. Gender norms, ideas about how women and men should be and act, are internalised early in … gender perspectives in recovery plans, placing women’srights and working conditions high on the agenda. Without the …