With her colleagues from the other countries in the first EU trio presidency, portuguese Secretary of State of the Presidency Jorge Lacao Costa and Slovenian Minister Marjeta Cotman, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Ursula von der Leyen, today (15 may 2007) presented the joint initiative “Towards Gender Equality and Family Affairs” on the fringes of the informal meeting of European Ministers for Equality and Family in Bad Pyrmont. They hope that this joint initiative will result in the firm establishment of key equality issues in European politics. Over an 18-month period, the German, Portuguese and Slovenian partners who will be taking over EU council presidency in succession are planning European-level actions to extend female and male role models, to promote equality of opportunity and pay for working women and men, and to support migrant women.
Please find the document here.
Please find all relevant information on the informal meeting here.
