31/05/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Azerbaijan’s record on combating discrimination in the workplace and the efficiency of public employment services will come under the spotlight at ahearing in Baku on 2 June, organised by the committee and the Milli Mejlis.
19/05/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Europe is at a crossroad, and we must not lose sight of the common good in favour of short-term political gains or narrowly defined national interests,” said Stella Kyriakides, at the 127th Session of the Committee of Ministers in Nicosia.
05/05/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Luís Leite Ramos, General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities, represented the Assembly at the conference organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities today in Eupen(Belgium).
26/04/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft recommendation adopted unanimously, the Social Affairs Committee has called on all member states which have not yet ratified the Oviedo Convention to do so without further delay,
25/04/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Social protection and labour rights must be extended to domestic workers, one of the most vulnerable groups of workers, said the committee in adopting the report by Viorel Badea, on 25 April.
27/03/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs called on European governments "to take measures with a view to combating ageism, improving care for older persons and preventing their social exclusion".
24/03/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Adopting today a draft resolution based on a report by Andrej Hunko, the members of the Social Affairs committee called on European governments to make the fight against income equality a “political priority”.
01/12/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee expressed its concern with regard to the “lower significance and changing role of trade unions” which “could further increase currently widening social and economic inequalities”.
01/12/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Network of contact parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children stressed the need to provide positive education empowering children against sexual violence, including in the digital environment.
30/11/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee reminded member States to pay very close attention to safeguarding environmental, democratic, and human rights imperatives in Europe, when drafting the “new generation trade agreements”.
28/11/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Network of contact parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children will hold its final meeting on 1st December in Florence. Participants include notably UNICEF representatives, researchers and NGOs.
26/10/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee is organising a parliamentary “capacity-building” seminar based on the 2015 conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights and aimed at promoting the European Social Charter, on 28 October in Paris.