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| NCW approves the agreement on the extension of maternity leave |
| The National Council of Women (NCW) is pleased to note Government’s successful efforts to reach agreement on the extension of paid maternity leave with the social partners within the MCESD. |
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| NCW japprova l-ftehim dwar l-leave tal-maternita’ |
| Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tan-Nisa (NCW) jifrah lill-Gvern li bil-hidma tieghu wasal ghal ftehim ma’ l-imsiehba socjali fi hdan l-MCESD dwar l-estenzjoni tal-leave tal-maternita’ bi hlas, li issa se jitla ghal 18-il gimgha, |
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| NCW targeting Youth in Campaign on Domestic Violence |
| The National Council of Women (NCW) regards families as the backbone of a strong and healthy community and the establishment of loving supportive relationships from a young tender age as being the heart of happy, well functioning families. |
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| Trafficking of women for sexual exploitation….the fight goes on! |
| The National Council of Women strongly supports and looks forward to the proposed steps to be taken by the Office of the Attorney General and the Malta Police Force to review and propose reforms on current procedures concerning the identification of victims of human trafficking, before the initiation of prosecution proceedings. However, NCW calls for stronger measures to address these issues in a more comprehensive manner
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| NCW Press Release: New Legislation to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings |
| On the 14th of December the European Parliament voted with a strong majority in favour of the Directive against trafficking in human beings that the Commission proposed in March 2010. This Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, will replace the Council Framework Decision from 2002.
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| Proposal for a directive on gender-based violence |
| Brussels, 16/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - A criminal law instrument in the form of an EU directive against gender-based violence should be put in place. Rape and other sexual violence against women should be recognised as a crime throughout the EU. |
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| Immediate action on domestic violence should be a priority |
| The National Council of Women is deeply concerned with the court ruling regarding the recent case of domestic violence viewed practically by all the Maltese population.
The law, in its definitions of what constitutes a “household “does not include people who are dating, unless they lived together 'within a year" prior to the offence, which could be interpreted to mean any period of time between one day and twelve months. |
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| National Council of Women deplores decision of Council of Ministers on Maternity Leave |
| The National Council of Women deplores the negative vote leading to the defeat of the proposed directive on the extension of maternity leave by the Council of Ministers. Once again this shows that monetary priorities come before the health and safety of working mothers and their newborn child as well as the demographic deficit and related fertility rates which are nose-diving all over Europe and which are counter to economic growth. |
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| Violence in the Home – What action? |
| The National Council of Women is deeply concerned with the increase of aggressive incidents of violence often resulting in brutal deaths as a result of domestic problems often related to situations of separation between couples, reported regularly in the local media |
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| The Gender Perspective in the EU 2020 Strategy |
| One of the key targets of the Lisbon Strategy was increasing the participation rate of women in the labour market, which however failed to be reached in specific areas for several reasons. |
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| Respecting the dignity of women and men in the media |
| NCW strongly deplores the publication and subsequent sensational media follow-up regarding the recent publication in a University students newsletter that depicts men and women in a degrading and offensive manner, under the pretext of ‘fiction’ or ‘literary’ work
Without going into the legal provisions regarding such publications, NCW calls on Government, media outlets and relevant authorities responsible for media publications including print and audiovisual media
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| Extending maternity leave – a win-win situation |
| The proposal for a directive on the introduction of measures to extend maternity leave by four weeks is a crucial matter that merits careful consideration because it is at once a health and safety issue and a basic family-friendly matter. NCW is very concerned with the position that the Malta business community has taken against this extension, as it reflects the lack of will to seek adequate solutions.(The Times, Thursday 26.11.09)
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| Sending a strong message against violence - More action for less violence |
| Once a year on the 25 November, the silence surrounding domestic violence is broken |
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 | The National Council of Women of Malta was founded in 1964. It is a non-governmental organization comprising individual members and national organizations The National Council of Women provides a forum for women of different backgrounds and experiences to come together as individuals and as representatives of affiliated organizations, to exchange information and ideas, formulate policy, educate and promote change READ MORE | | | |
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NCW President Mary Gaerty | Dear Colleagues and friends I came to this Council upon the invitation of a friend of mine, more out of curiosity than anything else, but soon learnt about the amazing work that goes on here. And today I am speaking to you as the President, and I must say not without some trepidation, as I need prove myself as others have done before me. I am sure however that all of you will support me in this challenge ahead of me. Read More | | | |  | NCW AGM 2012 highlights quota systems for women in forthcoming Local Councils and General Elections
The Annual General Meeting of the National Council of Women was held on Saturday 21 January, 2012 at the Palace Hotel, Sliema. Outgoing president, Grace Attard spoke about the evolvement of NCW over the years, including crucial developments which NCW has been been quick to respond to. Read More | | | | Congratulations to NCW President Grace Attard 
| GRACE ATTARD M.Q.R. Grace Attard, a teacher by profession, is a dedicated voluntary worker in various spheres. She is serving her second term as President of the National Council of Women. During her presidency, the Council was also established as a Centre of Learning in ICT, Empowerment of Women, and Lifelong Learning Programmes. Read More | | |  | CHOGM 2011 Left to Right: HE Mr Patrick Pillay, High Commissioner of the Seychelles ; Ms Simone de Comarmond, Chair Commonwealth Foundation; Mr Danny Sriskandarajah, Interim Director Commonwealth Foundation, The Hon Minister Tonio Borg; Ms Doris Bingley, HE Ms Kamela Palma, High Commissioner of Belize and HE Mr Francis Tabone, High Commissioner of Malta Read more | | | | 
EU Flagship Project
Photo – DOI – Pierre Sammut | Intergenerational Volunteering Paving the Way for the EU Year for Active Ageing 2012 Saturday 12th November 2011 Dar L-Ewropa St. Paul's Street Valletta Programme Active Ageing - Moses Azzopardi Ingenerational Volunteering - Miriam Teuma The Selfish Society - Vivienne Cassar The Hon. Jason Azzopardi, Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Land, opens the Third Conference of EU Flagship Project European Year for Volunteering 2011 Strengthening and Encouraging Volunteering organised by the National Council of Women. Opening Speech by the Hon. Jason Azzopardi | | | | NCW Bice Mizzi Vassallo Music Competition 2011 
The organising Committee would like to thank the Malta Arts Council, St. James Cavalier, Victor Azzopardi Jewellers and Veritas Press | 
First Prize: Maria Elena Farruga Second Prize: Sarah Micallef Third Prize: Nadine Galea | | | | | The National Council of Women of Malta held the Second Conference of the EU Flagship Project of the European Year for Volunteering on Friday 23rd September 2011. The meeting took place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior Read More | Second Conference of EU Flagship Project 23rd September 2011 | Encouraging and Strengthening Volunteering: Reaching out to a Wider Society The Grand Hotel Excelsior | Hon. Stephen Spiteri Parliamentary Assistant within the Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family together with NCW President Mrs Grace Attard Diskors tal-Onor. Stephen Spiteri; | | |  | National Council of Women Malta - Reaching Consensus on the Extension of Maternity Leave In an earlier statement, the National Council of Women strongly deplored the negative vote leading to the defeat of the proposed directive on the extension of maternity leave by the Council of Ministers earlier on in June. Once again this shows that monetary priorities come before the health and safety of working mothers and their newborn child as well as the demographic deficit and related fertility rates which are nose-diving all over Europe and which are counter to economic growth. Read More | | | |  | The European and Economic Social Committee Group 111 Various Interests European Citizens' Initiative The Way Forward | | | | | Participants during the First Meeting Getting Together - Flimkien ghall- Volontarjat at The Palace Hotel Sliema | 
Participants during the 1st Meeting at The Palace Hotel Sliema | Mr. Vince Attard President of Nature Trust during the EU Flagship Project on Volunteering | | | Getting Together - Flimkien Għall-Volontarjat Newspaper article | | | | Commonwealth Theme 2011 | 
|  | Commonwealth women celebrated on Commonwealth Day Women agents of change are presented to HM Queen Elizabeth at a reception to mark Commonwealth Day. NCW Hon. General Secretary Doris Bingley represented the National Council of Women Read More by visiting http://www.thecommonwealth.org/ | | | |  | UNESCO, PAM LAUNCH NEW CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TURIN - ITALY http://progress.unwomen.org/ EN-Factsheet-Europe-Progress-of-the-World EN-Factsheet-MENA-Progress-of-the-Worlds-Women PAM Secretary General meets with UN Special Envoy for Libya MEDITERRANEAN DAY PANEL on Trade and investments Milan 19 04 2011 | | | | | International Women's Day – one hundred years after Women forging the way ahead While acknowledging the work of many courageous women activists whose foresight in different parts of the world created the pathway to gender equality, not without difficulty and personal pain, NCW calls for an analysis of the Maltese situation to ensure that women forging the way ahead can be translated into action Read More | | | | Women in the Boardroom
By JERZY BUZEK and VIVIANE REDING Published: February 28, 2011 | It’s time to shatter the glass ceiling for good. Making better use of women’s talents is not just a matter of equality and fairness. It’s a business issue. And women mean business. Read More | | | |
| Afterschool services or longer school hours? Proposals for afterschool services have been on the agenda as early as pre-accession years, a time when the National Council of Women was in fact leading the gender equality aspects in the consultation process of the acquis negotiations. Although for a time this issue was put on the back burner, the need to provide policy to implement an adequate system cannot be postponed any longer Read More |
| Self Employed Workers to gain maternity and pension benefits under new EU Law Read More |
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| UfM adopts new project to support women’s empowerment in the Mediterranean |
| A project aimed at developing women’s empowerment in the Mediterranean through the development of effective field projects and the setting up of networks and platforms, was adopted by Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at a meeting held last month. |
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| European Commission gives guidance to Europe's insurance industry to ensure non-discrimination betwe |
| Brussels, 22 December 2011 – The European Commission has adopted guidelines to help the insurance industry implement unisex pricing, after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that different premiums for men and women constitute sex discrimination. |
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| Prevention is key to ending violence against women, says UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay |
| [UN, New York, 5 July 2011] Prevention of violence against women was the focus of a discussion on women’s human rights held last month at the UN in Geneva in the framework of the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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| Commonwealth People’s Forum provides crucial interface between governments and civil society |
| Perth, Western Australia hosted the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) from 25th to 27th October 2011 in the run up of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) from 28 to 30th October 2011. These meetings are held every two years.
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| Female mentors to help woman entrepreneurs to get started |
| Brussels, 15 November 2011. A new European network of mentors to promote female entrepreneurship through the sharing of know-how and experience has been launched today by the European Commission. Women only account for 34.4% of the self-employed in Europe. |
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| SCOOP: Socio-economic Sciences: Communicating Outcomes Oriented to Policy |
| SCOOP: Socio-economic Sciences: Communicating Outcomes Oriented to Policy is supported by the European Union under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities 7th Framework Programme for Research.
Project duration: October 2009 - September 2012. |
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| Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of victims of gender-based and domestic violence |
| Brussels, 16/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Council of Europe has created a convention to protect the victims of gender-based and domestic violence. It was presented in a press conference at the European Parliament on 15 June with José Manuel Bota, chair of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Eva-Britt Svensson, chair of the EP women's rights and gender equality committee. |
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| Brussels, 30/05/2011 (Agence Europe) |
| In adopting the report by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP, Greece) on women and business leadership on 25 May, the European Parliament (EP) women's rights/equal opportunities committee calls on the Commission to prepare “a road map setting specific, measurable, appropriate and realistic targets, with a timetable, for the achievement of balanced representation”. |
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| Youth on the Move – starting on the journey through life |
| For many young people in Europe, the final years of school and the transition from education into work present major challenges. The economic crisis has only increased the obstacles they face in obtaining the skills and qualifications needed to secure a satisfying job and a secure place in society.
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| First European Equal Pay Day highlights EU earnings gap |
| Women in the European Union earn on average 17.5% less than men during their lifetimes. This stark figure will be highlighted tomorrow during the first EU-wide Equal Pay Day. This day – 5 March – marks the extra number of days in 2011 that women must work to match the amount of money earned by men in 2010. The European Commission is committed to closing the gender pay gap and published an overall strategy for gender equality in September 2010 (see IP/10/1149 and MEMO/10/430). This year’s Equal Pay Day, which aims to raise awareness of the pay gap, comes ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March.
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| Statement by the EWL on the adoption of a new Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) |
| [Brussels, 16 March 2011] The EWL has issued a Statement in the aftermath of the Council of the EU’s adoption last week of a new Pact for Gender Equality 2011-2020. While welcoming the renewed commitment of the Member States to the fulfilment of the EU Treaty ambitions in relation to equality between women and men, the EWL regrets that no binding concrete measures, including targets, are foreseen in the Pact, except the renewed commitment to the Barcelona childcare objectives.
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| UN Women |
| The United Nations General Assembly unanimously decided to establish UN Women, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
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| Self-employed workers to gain maternity and pension benefits under new EU law |
| Self-employed workers and their partners will enjoy better social protection – including the right to maternity leave for the first time – under new legislation endorsed by EU governments today. |
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| More women in top jobs key to economic growth, says EU report |
| Only one in 10 board members of Europe's biggest listed companies is a woman and all central bank governors in the EU are male. |
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| Tackling the gender pay gap – Frequently Asked Questions |
| Why do we need to tackle the gender pay gap?
At 18% across Europe, the gender pay gap remains intolerably high and stubborn. Equal pay for equal work is one of the European Union’s founding principles. |
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| Longer parental leave and incentives for fathers |
| Longer parental leave and incentives for fathers agreed by EU ministersEuropean Commission, Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Parents will have the right to longer parental leave, under new rules agreed by EU ministers today. |
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