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Women’s and Gender Equality

Gender Equality – public service workers leading the way

- Find out who is your EPSU representative for Gender Equality here

- Check out EPSU Congress 2009-2014 Resolutions on equal pay: Equal Pay and Equal Pay in female dominated sectors

What are the main issues for EPSU ?

Over 65% of public service workers in the European Union are women who deserve recognition, in terms of the role they play, and in terms of the pay they receive. Closing the gender pay gap and improving women’s pay is a key issue to EPSU.

The pay gap in public services is about women getting less money than men for the same work or work of same value. It is also about women having fewer career opportunities than men.

Within the EPSU organization, we strive towards achieving gender equality in decision-making bodies and committees. Of the top 8 positions in EPSU, 4 are currently held by women, including the post of President, General Secretary, and Vice President. EPSU’s Gender Equality Committee has the same constitutional standing as the Executive Committee. More efforts must be deployed to be truly representative of our membership consisting of a large majority of women.

- Find out more about EPSU and Women’s and Gender Equality Committee


Optimism for equality in Europe? European public sector unions confirm that women hit hardest in austerity Europe

EPSU Statement on International Women’s Day – 8 March 2013 Across Europe, governments have cut pay and jobs in the public sector in response to the financial crisis. These cuts are damaging the living standards and future prospects of millions of workers in the public sector, and impact disproportionally more on women. A new EPSU report shows that austerity measures have been particularly harmful to women, who in most countries make up the majority of those employed in the public sector. (...)

16th meeting of Women’s and Gender Equality Committee (11 & 12 June)

EPSU, PSI and ITUC express solidarity with women KESK members under arrest for almost three months

EPSU, PSI and ITUC wrote to the Turkish Prime Minister, President and Minister of Justice to express their concern over the continued detention of nine women trade unionists who were taken into custody on the morning of 13 February 2012. EPSU and PSI demand the immediate release of KESK members and leaders who have been detained for more than two months without any legal basis. read the joint solidarity letter joint solidarity (...)

Union women – at the heart of the struggle for basic trade union rights

Public Services International and EPSU celebrates International Women’s Day - 8 March On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012, Public Services International recognises and applauds the work of women trade unionists, who are always at the very heart of our struggle for human and labour rights and equality. We express our solidarity with our sisters who place themselves on the front line, delivering vital public services to the most vulnerable in our communities. We call on governments to (...)

Femmes syndicalistes : au coeur de la lutte en faveur des droits syndicaux fondamentaux

Mujeres sindicalistas: en el centro de la lucha por los derechos sindicales básicos

HEMEN DUYURULMAK İÇİN - Thursday, 08 March 2012

Женщины-члены профсоюзов – в первых рядах борьбы за основные профсоюзные права

Gewerkschaftsfrauen – an vorderster Front im Kampf für grundlegende Gewerkschaftsrechte

ETUI - EPSU Training Seminar: Equal Pay in the Public Sector (2,5 days)

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