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Post by Daphnée Leportois on 50/50 Campaign event in Brussels on 13 March: “Où sont les femmes en politique ?”
Daphnée Leportois has made the following post on the 50/50 Campaign event that took place on 13 March in Brussels, Belgium: “ Conférence – “Elections européennes et régionales : où sont les femmes ?” Vendredi 13 mars a eu lieu au R...
Article on the 2009 elections: “Poll backs more women in politics but not quotas: Tell us your views”
An article published today 11 March 2009 at the European Parliament’s news headlines discusses a “Europe-wide poll that shows over two thirds of those asked believe politics is male dominated. However, only one in ten thought quotas a goo...
European Commission’s Debate Forum on Women and Politics running between 5 March until 25 March
On the occasion of the International Women’s day 2009 and linked to the incoming European elections, Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallström has launched a debate about “Women and Politics” on the Commission̵...
Eurobarometer on women and EP elections: politics still a male dominated world
“Most women want the next European Parliament to guarantee equal pay for equal work, promote day care facilities for children, include child-minding years as pensionable years and combat violence towards women, according to a Eurobarometer Flas...
iKNOW Politics Experts Workshop on Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Participation
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) held a two-day workshop on “Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Participation” in Oslo, Norway. The workshop brought together over 30 women politicians, activists and...
European Parliament discusses its own election procedure, EWL will lobby for a parity clause
The Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament is at the moment discussing a suggestion to modify the procedures for the election of the members of the European Parliament for the elections of 2014. The aim is to harmonize the way ME...
Series of national events with the presence of Margot Wallström
The national coordinations of the European Women’s Lobby are organising together with the representations of the European Commission a series of events in the framework of the 50/50 Campaign. The Vice-President of the European Commission Margo...
Take action: contact the national political parties concerning the lists for the European elections
Although the next European elections are still six months away, national political parties across Europe are deciding right now who is going to be on the lists of candidates. The number of women elected will reflect the number and ranking of women o...
Participate in the 50/50 Campaign by collecting signatures!
As part of the 50/50 Campaign we are collecting signatures to show that the equal representation of women and men in the EU politics is a very important issue for a large part of European citizens. The signatures will be used to enforce our messages...
Dutch top executives: We need women on Boards NOW!
On November 11th , seventy four male top executives signed their names to a full page advertisement in the Dutch financial newspaper. The ad is a call for more women to be appointed to boardroom positions in Dutch businesses, specifically in the dist...
Norway leads the efforts to close the gender gap
Norway leads the world in closing the gender gap between men and women, according to the overall ranking in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2008 , while Finland, Sweden and Iceland constitute the rest of the top four of the Inde...
Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations meets with Malta’s political parties
The Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations (MCWO) is meeting with the leaders of Malta’s political parties in order to communicate and discuss the EWL 50/50 Campaign for Democracy. The MCWO headed by Chairperson Ms. Anna Borg met last week...
2008 is the Year of the Women & the Vote in UK
2008 marks 90 years since the Representation of the People Act finally gave some women the right to vote. It is also 80 years since women won the right to vote on equal terms with men, and the start of democratic representation as we know it today. 2...
New prominent supporters for the 50/50 Campaign
After the launch of the 50/50 Campaign on 16 September, prominent persons around Europe have continued to show interest in joining the Campaign. Within the last two weeks the following ministers, MEPs, members of national parliaments, and leaders of...
