Upon the request of the European Union, the Human Rights Council holds today an Urgent Debate on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, which has seen a staggering deterioration since August 2021. “Afghan women must be given the opportunity to speak out and participate in shaping the country’s future. We are therefore particularly […]
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Examining artificial intelligence technologies through the lens of children’s rights
Researchers, policymakers and industry should involve children and their caregivers when designing new policies and initiatives dealing with artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies. This is the main recommendation of a recently published JRC report on Artificial Intelligence and the Rights of the Child. Artificial intelligence-based internet and digital technologies offer children many opportunities but, if not properly […]
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Council recommendation on individual learning accounts to boost training of working-age adults
Employment and social affairs ministers, at Council meeting, adopted a recommendation to support people’s training needs and thus increase the number of people engaged in each year. The Council is recommending that member states consider establishing individual learning accounts as a means for enabling and empowering individuals to participate in labour-market relevant training and facilitate […]
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Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies
After being blocked in the Council for a decade, EP and EU countries’ negotiators finally agreed on a bill to increase the presence of women on corporate boards. The provisional agreement reached on Tuesday night on the draft legislation aims to ensure gender parity on boards of publicly listed companies in the EU. At least […]
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Commission decides to register ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’ initiative
TheCommission hasdecided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’. The initiative calls on the Commission to propose legislation requiring companies in the garment and footwear sector to carry out due diligence in respect of living wages in their supply chains. The organisers list six objectives of such a due diligence […]
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Supernovas: to bring more women into the entrepreneurship ecosystem
EIT Food, EIT manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility join forces in SUPERNOVAS to bring more women into the entrepreneurship ecosystem. We empower woman-led start-ups, enable women to join the early-stage funding industry and inspire role models across the sector. Supernovas is a programme that aspires to promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem with more women to shape the available innovations in the market. We deliver […]
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Press statement from the members of Afghan Women Leaders Forum
Almost 60 Afghan Women Leaders reconvened on 19-20 May in Brussels for a second meeting of the Afghan Women Leaders’ Forum (AWLF), facilitated by the EU. The Forum met in a hybrid format as a continuation of the structured dialogue that was launched at the first AWLF on 10 March to ensure women participate in the dialogue about […]
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5th UfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour
Union for Mediterranean Ministers in charge of employment and labour have agreed joint actions for a better integration of social and labour markets in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Governments will focus on a stronger participation of young people and women in their societies and economies. They also stressed the need to continue measuring the impact of […]
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A group of Member States committed to contribute €270 million to the ALMA initiative
The first Member States have expressed their commitment to implement the Commission’s new initiative ALMA (‘Aim, Learn, Master, Achieve’) to support disadvantaged young people on their way into the job market or further education. At an event on youth employment organised by the Commission last week, it announced that so far more than half of Member States […]
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