23/03/2010 Equality and Non-Discrimination
Strasbourg, 23.03.2010 – At its forthcoming meeting in Paris on Thursday 25 March, the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be looking at gender inequality in pensions, with input from two experts. Anna Curdová (Czech Republic, SOC), currently drafting a report on this issue, will be calling for pension schemes offering women decent living conditions.
The following day, Friday 26 March, the committee will hold a hearing on the real situation of rural women, the subject of a report being drafted by Carmen Quintanilla Barba (Spain, EPP/CD). This hearing will provide an overview of the situation of rural women in Europe and the Euro-Mediterranean region and will seek to identify their specific needs. The committee will hear a statement from the Assistant Director-General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), an advisor to the Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity of the Kingdom of Morocco, a representative of Russian local authorities and NGO leaders.
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On Thursday 25 March, the hearing on decent pensions for women will be held at 2 pm at the Council of Europe Office, 55 avenue Kléber, Paris 16ème. On Friday 26 March, the hearing on the situation of rural women will be held at the same location, from 11 am to 12.30 pm and from 2 to 4 pm.
Both events are open to the press.
Contact: Micaela Catalano, Head of the PACE Communication Division, mobile: +33 6 08 56 40 65.