How to address the backlash against women’s rights in the EU?

From a de facto abortion ban to limitations on sexual and reproductive health, women are still having their rights threatened in some European countries.

Experts and civil society activists will discuss the cause and remedies to this issue with members of Parliament’s women’s rights committee.

Guests:

Justyna Wydrzyńska, Abortion Dream Team - sentenced on 15 March to eight months of community service for breaching Poland’s de facto ban on abortion
Dr Elżbieta Korolczuk, Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw and Södertörn University
Regina Marques, MDM - Women's Democratic Movement
Francesca Sanders, Senior Policy Officer at Transgender Europe

Check what Parliament is doing to promote gender equality in the EU: http://epyoutube.eu/qBZ9

Check what Robert Biedroń, the chair of the women’s rights and gender equality committee, said about the backlash against women’s rights in the EU: http://epyoutube.eu/qBZC

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