25/09/2009 Equality and Non-Discrimination
The winner of the first prize, the Portuguese Socialist Party (Partido Socialista), represented by Pedro Silva Pereira, Portuguese Minister of the Presidency, will receive the trophy, a statuette by the artist Ewa Rossano, and will be offered a co-operation activity under the aegis of the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. The winners of the second and third prizes, the British Labour Party and the Swedish Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) respectively, will receive a diploma.
The three winners were designated on 8 September by the Equality Committee to reward the steps they had taken to significantly improve women’s participation in their parties or in the elected assemblies of their respective countries.
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The ceremony, which will take place at 1 pm in the Palais de l’Europe (lobby of the Assembly Debating Chamber), is open to the press.