Monitoring women in politics

Monitoring women in politics
Women hold up half the sky: No gender mirroring in Team Juncker

Status quo with Barroso after toe-curling process

Posted on 5 September 2014 |

[Brussels, 5 September 2014] Today future European Commission (EC) President Juncker published the full list of commissioner-candidates.
While the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) welcomes the fact that during the past weeks the number of proposed female Commissioners by the Member States increased from a shameful 4 to 9, the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in the European Union still believes that a stagnation in the numbers of women Commissioner is unacceptable for women (...) Read more
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The potential new European Commission: back to the future?

No thank you! Not my EU.

Posted on 28 August 2014 |

[Brussels, 28 August 2014] The composition of the new European Commission is going to be confirmed at the meeting of the EU Heads of States this weekend. Almost all Member States have however already proposed their candidates for Commisioner and at the moment only 4 women have been designated out of 28. This means that not even 15% of the Commission would be women, less than half as many as in the outgoing Commission Barroso.
For the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) the question arises: is this (...) Read more
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No More Excuses. Gender Equality after the EU Elections – What’s next?

European Parliament, Brussels - 9 JULY 2014

Posted on 4 July 2014 |

The final conference of the EWL 50/50 and Parity Democracy for Europe Campaign: No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality!
Hosted by MEP Ulrike Lunacek, with a video message from Gloria Steinem, American feminist, journalist, social and political activist.
This event will address the outcomes of the 2014 European Parliament elections from a gender perspective and aims to evaluate the impact of the Parity Democracy and EWL 50/50 Campaign.
Newly elected MEPs, governmental (...) Read more
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Now or never- Parity in the top-positions of the European Union

Posted on 30 June 2014 |

[Brussels, 30 June 2014] By the end of last week, the Council of Ministers finally decided to nominate Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission. Following the democratic decision taken by the European voters, giving the majority to the European People’s Party, it was a necessary step. But having now nominated a man as the President of the Commission one of the most influential positions at the EU institutions, we urge the Member States to use the opportunity to establish (...) Read more
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Europe’s small steps towards 50/50

Posted on 12 June 2014 |

[Brussels, 4 June 2014] Europe’s small steps towards 50/50 Number of women in the European Parliament increases by 1,75%: at this pace it will take half a century until we reach gender parity
One week after the European Parliament elections, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and its members has been analysing the election results with regards to the representation of elected women elected to the European Parliament. The percentage of women in the EP, the only directly elected institution of (...) Read more
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Swedish Women’s Lobby to look at Swedish candidates for the European elections- who stands up for gender equality?

Posted on 21 May 2014 |

[Brussels, 21 May 2014] The Swedish Women’s Lobby published yesterday a report on the voting behavior of current MEPs with regards to women’s rights. They furthermore asked the candidates what they are planning to do for women’s rights if elected in the upcoming elections.
Please find the press release, including the link to the report, in Swedish here.
If you don’t know yet for whom you should vote in these elections, the Lobby furthermore organises a debate with some of the candidates today (...) Read more
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Countdown towards the European elections: are the European political parties committed to gender equality?

European Women’s Lobby Gender Audit of the European Political Parties’ Programmes from a gender perspective - in the framework of the 50/50 Campaign No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality

Posted on 20 May 2014 |

[Brussels, 19 May 2014] This week, EU Citizens have the right to vote in the European elections. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) has done some analysis of the manifestos of the main European political parties from a gender perspective. The EWL Gender Audit assesses the parties’ commitment to gender equality and how their manifestos compare with the EWL’s own manifesto for the elections.
The EWL Manifesto "Act now for her future, commit to gender equality!"makes three general demands: a (...) Read more
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Greek Conference on the 50/50 Campaign Equal Participation of men and women in the elections of the European Parliament and Local Elections

Posted on 9 May 2014 |

[Brussels, 9 May 2014] The Coordination of Greek Women’s NGOS , a member of the European Women’s Lobby, held a conference on the subject of Parity Democracy with regards to the upcoming elections by the end of April. This event took place in the Offices of the European Parliament in Athens and aimed at raising awareness for the importance of these elections, and at highlighting the special issue of equal representation in political decision-making.
The Greek Minister of Internal Affairs, the (...) Read more
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Guy Verhofstadt signs the EWL Manifesto for the EP2014 elections and the 50/50 campaign

Posted on 9 May 2014 |

[Brussels, 8 May 2014] Guy Verhofstadt, candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission for the Liberal ALDE-party, has signed the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) Manifesto for the European Elections, in the presence of EWL President Ms. Viviane Teitelbaum. [With him, two top candidates have now endorsed the EWL Manifesto. >http://womenlobby.org/get-involved/ewl-campaigns-actions/elections-european-parliament-2014/eu-top-candidates-and-the-ewl/?lang=en]
For the European Women’s Lobby (...) Read more
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Support Parity Democracy- The Lobbying Kit now available in 6 Languages

Posted on 29 April 2014 |

[Brussels, 29 April 2014] The Lobbying Kit, published around 2 months ago in the framework of the 50/50 Campaign, is now available on the campaign website in 6 different languages. In addition to the French and English version, you can now use it in Greek, Lithuanian, Czech and Romanian.
The Lobbying Kit is aimed helping national (women’s rights) organisations and dedicated individuals in their demand to ensure the equal representation of women and men in political decision-making ahead of (...) Read more