03-03-2016 00:00
Inter-parliamentary meeting - International Women's Day 2016
Brussels, JAN 2Q2
On the occasion of IWD, the FEMM Committee organised an inter-parliamentary meeting dealing with "Women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU". The meeting brought together MEPs, representatives of national parliaments of the member states, candidate countries and Norway, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the European Commission. President Martin Schulz, Ms Mary Robinson and Ms Nawal Soufi opened the event.
- Briefing from Policy Departments on women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU
- Relations with National Parliaments
- International Women's Day - 2016
- Extracts from the introductory statements from high level speakers on IWD
- Interview with rapporteur Mary Honeyball - Refugees: "There is a real need to protect women and children"