Women and the Lisbon Treaty: Precariousness and the undermining of equal opportunities for women by EU economic policies
Women and the Lisbon Treaty: Precariousness and the undermining of equal opportunities for women by EU economic policies
Seminar
Developing strategies, visions and alternatives, Analysing present social issues, Cross-movement dialogue/debate ('confrontative dialogue')
Working for equality and rights, acknowledging diversities, against all forms of discrimination. For feminist alternatives against patriarchy
The Lisbon Treaty continues the attempt to realize the fundamental neo-liberal policies of the fallen EU Constitutional Treaty. These economic policies – central to EC and EU build-up since the adoption of the European Single Market in the 1980s - have consistently undermined the equal opportunities of women. Despite the equal opportunities legislation by the EU and national governments since the 1970s. What has been their impact – among other factors – on the chances for women to achieve equal pay? Whereas there is very much focus on legislation when discussing these matters, there is surprisingly little focus on the detrimental effects on women of these policies and how to oppose them. In many EU countries this had led to a situation of increasing precariousness and impoverishment among women.
Women Towards a Different Europe (WTDE)
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