UNI Europa Women’s Committee holds annual meeting

Veröffentlicht: 15 September 2010
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 UNI Europa Women’s Committee annual meeting was held in Brussels, at the European Commission’s premises, on 8 September. The meeting was attended by over 50 European affiliates.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the motions that will be submitted to the 3rd World Women’s Conference in Nagasaki, Japan, 6-7 November.

Bernadette Ségol, UNI europa’s Regional Secretary, was present at the meeting as well as Nina Johanson, from UNI europa’s Regional Office, who gave a presentation on Europe 2020.

A guest speaker from the ETUC and another guest speaker from the ITUC triggered the discussions on two of the motions to the Conference “The impact of the global financial crisis on women” and “Migration and human trafficking”.

Furthermore, the Committee talked about the motion “The use of women as weapons of war”. The participants also worked on the UNI Equal Opportunities Strategic Priorities at the global and regional level and the European strategic priorities of the interprofessional group were endorsed by the Committee members. Finally, nominations were made for the seats in the different Comités in the Conference and participants said they were looking forward to the Conference in Nagasaki.