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

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