European Professional Women's Network » margot wallstrom http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net Amsterdam Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:22:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Viewpoint: A fair deal for women by Margot Wallstrom http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net/news/viewpoint-a-fair-deal-for-women-by-margot-wallstrom?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viewpoint-a-fair-deal-for-women-by-margot-wallstrom http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net/news/viewpoint-a-fair-deal-for-women-by-margot-wallstrom#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 14:54:06 +0000 Clara Ko http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net/?p=672 Equality is enshrined as a principle at the heart of the European Union, yet only about one-third of Euro MPs are women. Gender discrimination remains widespread in Europe.

Here European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrom explains why she is campaigning to get more women into senior EU positions. This is part of a viewpoint series ahead of the June European elections.

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