Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law - Remote public hearing on "My body, my choice": protecting women's sexual and reproductive health and rights"

Hybrid event via Interactio, online platform - Tuesday, 6 December 2022 from 09:30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. |Log on to platform / Interactio testing for speakers

09.30 a.m. - 09.45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction

  • Cristian Pîrvulescu, President of the EESC Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group
  • Maria Nikolopoulou, President of the EESC Equality Group

09.45 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. | Panel I: Sexual and reproductive rights as human rights

Moderator: Ozlem Yildirim, Vice-President of the EESC Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group

  • Caroline Hickson, Regional Director for Europe, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
  • Birgit Van Hout, Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) EU Office
  • Leah Hoctor, Senior Regional Director for Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights remotely
  • Employer representative
  • Aline Brüser, Advisor and Communication Officer, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) – remotely
  • Q&A

10.45 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | Coffee break

11.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. | Panel II: Fulfilling sexual and reproductive health and rights for all women and girls

Moderator: Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Vice-President of the EESC Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group, Vice-President of the EESC Equality Group

  • Ana Peláez Narváez, Secretary-General of the European Disability Forum (EDF), Executive Vice-President of CERMI's Women Foundation, and Vice-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) – remotely
  • Bekky Ashmore, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Plan International UK – remotely
  • Emilie Jarrett, Interim Director, and Cynthia Karanja, Youth Ambassador (remotely), End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) European Network
  • Beatriz Rótoli, Coordinator, European Youth Network on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YouAct)
  • Deekshitha Ganesan, Health policy officer, Transgender Europe (TGEU) remotely
  • Q&A

12.15 p.m. - 12.30 p.m. | Closing remarks

  • José Antonio Moreno Díaz, Rapporteur on the EESC opinion on Combatting violence against women (SOC/726)
  • Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Vice-President of the EESC Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group, Vice-President of the EESC Equality Group

Interpretation requested from FR/DE/EN/ES/PL/RO into FR/DE/EN/ES/PL/RO