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MEP Talk: Active for gender equality! What is the EU doing and is it enough? (PAN European Event by MeetEU)
The Corona crisis has been elevated the gender inequality, why at the same time the current generation is growing up with the name “Generation Equal.” A contention, cause many grievances existed before the pandemic, such as unequal pay for the same work and discrimination in the laboratory market due to family situation. ‘Equality for all and equality in all its senses’ is one of the guidelines of Ursula von der Leyen. Fittingly, the European Commission has set up a Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, which addresses the current gaps. As the second programme of its kind, it will have to address variable challenges, the rising number of femicides and growing economic inequality. What measures are taken by the EU institutions and are they encouraged to achieve the gender equality already established in the 1957 Rome Treaties? Let’s talk about it with Maria Noichl, MEP S & D. Organised by MeetEU as part of the together.eu campaign. Visit www.MeetEU.eu for more information.
Event report
On Tuesday the 4th of April, a member of the European Parliament Ms. Noichl (S & D) what our guest on MeetEU and spoke about the EU’s gender equality strategy. Prior to joining politics, Noichl was a teacher of nutrition and design, she has therefore been or still is an Activist. MS. Noichl delivered a fascinating presentation on the EU’s gender equality strategy, with the question; gender equality is the EU doing more? She replied with one strong answer; No. The European Union is doing a lot, but, at first, we should look at what are the biggest problems in today’s EU gender equality policy? According to Ms. Noichl, there are four pillars; 1. Protection, 2. Participation, 3. Pay and 4. Power. In these four pillars, there is always a gap, which means that it is not equal. First, it is a shame that there is still a reasonable gap in pay, income, and pensions for women in Europe. Second, everyday women in Europe are killed by men, it is still not fully safe for women and thus protection has to be retained. Participation, we still have not enough women in ruling positions, especially in the participation for power. But power means that the right to work, still, women in Europe are not allowed to make their own decision and that has to change, power has to shift. We have to confess it is not one country in the world, with a good future without gender equality. Gender equality is always linked with a good future for the Member States and gender equality is always directly linked with democracy. We have actually been to underwrite that if somebody pushed down or halted gender equality it is the same as limiting democracy. We need better legislation but therefore more ‘color in the head’, meaning that it is partly legislation that changes gender equality and therefore comvior. What you learn, how you look at doing is what changes the world around us. To give an examination; Could you tell me where Doctor Smith is? Most people assume that doctor Smith is a male, while it could be a female. Stereotypes have to be exposed, to give another examination that pink is for females and blue for boys, absurd! Advice from a participant: My boyfriend was not trapped to clean, I broke the vacuum cleaner and washing machine and let him fix it. JUST as an examination, even though I knew how to fix it, what I mean to show you that there is this stereotype of woman and technique and that women are doing the standard jobs around the house (cleaning) that could be done by men. This is a huge stereotype, and it has been to stop! To conclude: the European Union is working hard on a better gender equality, but, there is still a lot that needs to be done and change. Gender equality has been end, for a better future, for a better Europe and hopefully the worldShare:
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Hello Roberto, we are very happy that you are interested in the event. You are invited to share your questions and perspectives in the discussion and Q&A part of the event. Of course, your question can also be related to men.
We look forward to seeing you
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