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
EESO je 8. marca, na mednarodni dan žena, organiziral konferenco o ženskah na trgu dela, ki jo je zasenčila vojna. Udeleženci so se poklonili izjemnim ukrajinskim ženskam za njihovo moč, pogum in odpornost.
Predsednica EESO Christa Schweng je v otvoritvenem nagovoru omenila ukrajinske ženske in dekleta, ki so prisiljene zapustiti svojo državo, zaradi česar so izpostavljene večjemu tveganju nasilja.
Tudi predsednica ad hoc skupine za enakost in članica EESO Maria Nikolopoulou je poudarila: „Ženske, matere in žene so obtičale na vojnem območju, mnoge so prijele za orožje, druge pa poskušajo pobegniti pred grozodejstvi napadov. Pridružujemo se glasovom civilnih družb, ki zahtevajo konec vojn, v vseh državah.“
Pandemija COVID-19 je še povečala vrzel stopnje zaposlenosti med spoloma, prispevala pa je tudi k porastu nasilja in nadlegovanja na delovnem mestu.
Komisarka za enakost Helena Dalli je napovedala, da bo Evropska komisija predstavila predlog direktive o boju proti nasilju nad ženskami in nasilju v družini, ki bo zavezujoča za vse države članice.
V sektorju umetne inteligence ženske predstavljajo le 16 % delovne sile. To pomeni, da 84 % moških sprejema vse odločitve in narekuje usmeritve. „Odsotnost žensk v tem sektorju bo pomenilo, da bodo naš novi svet v celoti krojili moški, z vso morebitno pristranskostjo, ki vpliva na njihovo razmišljanje,“ je dejala ga. Schweng. (at)