International Women's Day

08. March 2022

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"We need to continue working every day to tear down gender based barriers in every sphere of our society" - Roberta Metsola Today is International Woman's Day, to celebrate this we have interviewed just some of the women of the EPP that are an example of women in power, that have dealt with bias in their career and managed to break though. We started with an interview with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament. This years theme of International Woman's Day is #BreaktheBias and this is something Roberta Metsola has done many times in her career. She is only the third female President of the European Parliament and the first woman to be elected President of the European Parliament in 20 years! Listen to the podcast to hear more about her inspiring story of overcoming gender bias: https://smarturl.it/EPP-Podcast
We also interviewed Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth and Vice-President of the EPP and EPP Women, with her  we discuss not only to visible biases woman have to deal with, but also the invisible ones, like algorithms and AI that unconsciously discriminates against women. We also discuss how to encourage women take education in STEM and we talk about Women TechEU, an initiative launched by Commissioner Gabriel last year on International Women's Day to encourage women led startups in tech.
Listen to the podcast here: https://smarturl.it/EPP-Podcast
Last but not least we had on interview with Doris Pack, President of EPP Women, with her we discuss the progress that has been made for women's rights in the past decades, but more importantly we talk about what still needs to be done to truly #BreaktheBias



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EPP statement on the elections in Serbia
EPP Agriculture Ministerial Meeting
Launch of EPP Trade Ministers' Meeting for closer coordination on European trade policy, co-chaired by Hattmannsdorfer and Warborn
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