Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations meets with Malta’s political parties

The Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations (MCWO) is meeting with the leaders of Malta’s political parties in order to communicate and discuss the EWL 50/50 Campaign for Democracy.
The MCWO headed by Chairperson Ms. Anna Borg met last week with Dr. Joseph Muscat, Leader of Malta’s opposition Labour Party (MLP) and with the green party Alternattiva [...]

2008 is the Year of the Women & the Vote in UK

2008 marks 90 years since the Representation of the People Act finally gave some women the right to vote. It is also 80 years since women won the right to vote on equal terms with men, and the start of democratic representation as we know it today.
2008 is also a time to reflect on how [...]

New prominent supporters for the 50/50 Campaign

After the launch of the 50/50 Campaign on 16 September, prominent persons around Europe have continued to show interest in joining the Campaign. Within the last two weeks the following ministers, MEPs, members of national parliaments, and leaders of civil society organisations have decided to give their support for the 50/50 Campaign and to raise [...]

PACE launches Gender Equality Prize to encourage parity in politics

“It is unfortunate that so few women are members of the executive bodies of political parties,” said Lluís Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, on the occasion of the launch of the 2009 Gender Equality Prize, specifying that women accounted for fewer than 20% of members of parliament [...]

68% of citizens believe their vote in the European Elections will not change anything

Eurobarometer has published an interesting report on EU citizens’ awareness and opinions about the European elections 2009. It includes among many others the following results:

75% of the respondents did not know the year of the next European elections
16% of respondents knew that the European elections will take place in 2009, that is 6% more then six [...]