This International Women’s Day, EFFAT welcomes the European Commission’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. Released earlier this week, the Strategy echoes several of EFFAT’s key longstanding demands in the field of workplace gender equality, including combating...
Ahead of the European Commission’s publication of its proposals for binding rules on gender pay transparency, EFFAT took part today in a visual street theatre action in front of the European Commission building to “end the secrecy” over pay. With the initiative,...
As people around the world mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, EFFAT reinforces its commitment – as set out at EFFAT Congress earlier this month – to zero tolerance for gender-based harassment and violence in its sectors with the...
On 5 November 2019, the EFFAT Women's Conference was held in Zagreb, on the day before the 5th EFFAT Congress, bringing together more than 80 representatives from national member organisations, IUF, IDWF, researchers, etc. Focusing on the issue of sexual harassment...
Parents in seven EU member states will begin benefiting from new rights to paid leave if national governments properly implement the work-life balance directive, a new ETUC analysis shows. Fathers in Italy, Croatia and Slovakia are set to receive paid paternity leave...
The economic crisis has led to an increase in the number of people living in poverty, with women particularly affected. In order to ensure equal opportunities in our society, specific measures must be developed and implemented to eliminate the causes of female...
This week is the 6th annual Hotel Housekeepers Global Week of Action, as hotel housekeepers and their unions across the world take action to fight for dignified working conditions and adequate health and safety standards at work. EFFAT, as a representative of trade...
On International Women’s Day on 8th March, EFFAT and the entire European trade union movement are calling for women to be the agents of change. With their election programme “A fairer Europe for workers”, ETUC trade unions push for a Europe: Where the European Pillar...
The upcoming REBALANCE Conference eill take place in Berlin on Thursday 28 February and Friday, 1 March 2019. Please find attached: * The final programme * The list of participants * A location map showing how to get to the restaurant/hotel/venue * The draft...
EFFAT is looking for external experts for its project: “Fighting sexual harassment and violence at work in the agriculture, food, tourism and domestic work sectors” - VS/2019/0035 A full description of the project, objectives, conditions, required expertise and...
