Feminist Seminar – PES Women and YES
Event: Feminist Seminar at PES Congress
Venue: Italian Parliament in the Partito Democratico’s group meeting room 3rd floor
Date and time: 1st of March 15:00 to 16:30
Meeting point: entrance: from Via degli uffici del vicario, just around the corner from Piazza del Parlamento and in front of the “Illy” cafeteria
15:00 Opening by Zita Gurmai (PES Women President) and Vasia Madesi (YES Feminist NT Coordinator)
Welcome words by:
– Roberta Mori, regional councilor in Emilia Romagna, chair of PD Women’s conference
– Simona Bonafé, MP, Vice President of the PD parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies
15:10 Scene-setting panel with 2-3 people, moderated by YES NT Coordinator
Alicia Homs, S&D MEP and former YES President
Caterina Cerroni, Secretary of GD Italy
Ms Esther Lynch, ETUC General Secretary
Elly Schlein – Leader of Democratic Party Italy (TBC)
- What is the most important feminist issue at this very moment in Europe?
- What concrete policies can the EU do to combat these in the next mandate?
15:40 Break out session with questions for the pax to work on
One side “issues” – one side concrete recommendations
Four themes (brainstorm)
- Gender based violence
- Climate/marginalised groups
- Digitalisation
- Violence on homeless women
- Women in decision making
- Backlash and anti-gender movements
- Gender-based hate speech
- Masculinity & feminism
- Unseen inequalities / discriminations
16:05 Presentation of results from the sessions
16:20 Feminist family picture #HateSpeechSilencesWomen
16:25 Closing
