Full Program & Agenda
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Location: Info Hub – European Parliament
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Full programme and agenda: Download as PDF.
Esplanade Solidarność 1980, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
https://visiting.europarl.europa.eu/en/visitor-offer/brussels/info-hub
9h30-17h30
Language: English
Agenda (on-going updates)
Train the trainers for 2024 Women’s rights in Europe
How are EU Institutions working? Women’s rights in Europe what are the policies and legislations? What Women and Women’s organizations can do to contribute? How to engage with EU Institutions? What does mean cooperation with women’s organizations? How getting involved Young Women at EU level and on Women rights?
9h30 Registration
9h45 Welcome and introduction: Democracy in action – Introduction to the initiatives of the European Parliament
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Ringailė Razauskienė, Partnerships Team
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Karin Jacobs, EPRS
10h00 Exchange: questions and answers with an MEP on women’s right
Beatrice Covassi (S&D, Italy), Honorable Member of the European Parliament
11h00 Visit of the European Parliament
10h40 entrance for security
12h00 Lunch (Free time for participants)
14h00 EU gender equality strategy (2020-2025) – more information here
Agnieszka Bielska, Policy Officer in Unit Gender Equality (JUST.D.2), European Commission
15h00 Roundtable on cooperation of women’s organizations
The roundtable is composed of
- BPW Europe, Anu Viks, BPW Europe Coordinator
- Coface Familles Europe, Annemie Drieskens, President
- European Women Lobby, Konstantina Vardaramatou, Secretary General
- European Women on Board, Nanditha Vijayaraghavan, EWOB Executive Committee member and Co-chair of our Development Programs
- Soroptimist International of Europe, Carolien Demey, President
This roundtable will be moderated by Sheerah Kim, BPW Europe Communications Officer.
16h10 Workshops (please register in the morning, no more changes allowed in the afternoon, first come first serve basis)
– BPW Europe: Effective Leadership for Volunteer Organizations
Conny Montague, BPW Europe Chair of the WG Learning for Leadership
– EIGE: Cyber violence against women and girls (online)
Eleonora Esposito, EIGE’s Seconded National Expert – Gender Based Violence
– EWL: National implementation of Women on Board Directive
Jéromine Andolfatto, EWL Policy Officer
17h20 Conclusions
17h30 End of the event