European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
Europski gospodarski i socijalni odbor (EGSO) poziva Europsku komisiju da brzo provede svoju novu strategiju za rodnu ravnopravnost, ali i da istodobno krene uklanjati štetne posljedice pandemije bolesti COVID-19 na rodnu ravnopravnost jer je pandemija dodatno pogoršala postojeće socijalne i gospodarske rodne nejednakosti zbog povećanja nasilja nad ženama i različitih oblika njihove diskriminacije.
„Žene su u doba COVID-a 19 sve više izložene riziku od nasilja, siromaštva, višestrukih oblika diskriminacije i ekonomske ovisnosti. Strategiju bi trebalo odmah provesti kako bi se spriječilo da žene i dalje plaćaju cijenu pandemije”, rekla je Giulia Barbucci, izvjestiteljica za mišljenje EGSO-a o rodnoj ravnopravnosti usvojeno na plenarnom zasjedanju u srpnju.
EGSO je u mišljenju naveo da se Komisija mora pobrinuti za to da se u predmetnoj strategiji uzmu u obzir negativne posljedice krize na rodnu ravnopravnost i da se rodna perspektiva uklopi u mjere oporavka u svim državama članicama.
Suzivjestiteljica za mišljenje Indrė Vareikytė istaknula je važnu ulogu medija u stvaranju i perpetuiranju stereotipa koji dovode do predrasuda prema ženama i proizvode dodatne nejednakosti.
Rekla je da EGSO poziva da se u sljedeći indeks ravnopravnosti spolova koji objavljuje Europski institut za ravnopravnost spolova (EIGE) uključi nova tema – mediji i oglašavanje. Mediji bi tako trebali usvojiti kodekse ponašanja i druge mjere kojima se zabranjuje seksizam i uklanjaju stereotipi.