24/05/2026 | Women@PACE
Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco was the guest of honour at a working breakfast of the Assembly’s Women@PACE group which took place in the Principality ahead of a meeting of the PACE Standing Committee. Welcoming the Assembly to Monaco, the Princess said that in a world often...
22/04/2026 | Women@PACE
The Women@PACE group and the Parliamentary Network for a Healthy Environment held a joint meeting focusing on the links between environmental challenges, public health and gender equality. Opening the event, Aurora Floridia, Chairperson of the Environment Network and member of the Women@PACE...
27/01/2026 | Women@PACE
The Women@PACE group welcomed Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova, for an exchange of views on protecting the freedom of young minds and strengthening democratic resilience, during the 2026 winter session of PACE. In her address, President Sandu underlined the fundamental principle...
25/11/2025 | Women free from violence
A parliamentary round table at the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in Chisinau focused on what parliamentarians can do to implement the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s legal standard on combating violence against women, and heard from leading Moldovan officials the progress...
01/10/2025 | Women@PACE
“Policy alone does not bring change. We need to change mindsets” stressed from the outset Her Excellency Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta, speaking at the Women@PACE group meeting during the 2025 Autumn Session of the PACE. The discussion, under the theme “Passing the Torch: Women’s...
24/06/2025 | Women@PACE
During the 2025 Summer Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Women@PACE group met in Strasbourg to address the increasing pushback on women’s rights across Europe and beyond. The special guest was Neil Datta, Executive Director of the European Parliamentary...
23/05/2025 | Women@PACE
The former President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was the guest of honour at a working breakfast of the Assembly’s Women@PACE group which took place in Malta ahead of a meeting of the Assembly’s Standing Committee, sharing her experience of “breaking the glass ceiling” in public life. Ms...
09/04/2025 | Women@PACE
At the last Women@PACE group meeting during the PACE spring plenary session, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg joined parliamentarians, ambassadors and experts for an exchange of views on structural gender-based violence, placing survivors’ voices and lived experiences at the...
29/11/2024 | Women@PACE
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg was the guest of honour at a working breakfast of the Assembly’s Women@PACE group which took place in Luxembourg ahead of a meeting of the Assembly’s Standing Committee. Her Royal Highness, in an event coinciding with the global 16 days of action...
01/10/2024 | Women@PACE
Addressing the Women@PACE group on the 1st October – the first day of Pink October – Evgenia Kara-Murza paid tribute to leading female figures among human rights defenders or journalists fighting different battles in different countries, but all for the same values of “peace, freedom and human...
24/05/2024 | Women@PACE
“With seven women and eight men as Ministers, your government has become the most gender-balanced cabinet in eastern Europe, with women holding key ministries, notably those of Justice, Finance, Economy, and the Interior,” said PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, welcoming...
12/03/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
‘There can be no equality without an end to violence against women […] but there is another important condition for equality, which is women’s empowerment,” today said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, at the opening of a side-event on the sidelines of the 68th Session of the Commission on...