SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) women

Call from South for greater equality in neighbourhood policy

Brussels, 09/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) has expressed concern that gender equality is not enshrined in the new approach on neighbourhood policy. In May of this year, the Commission brought forward a communication on “A new response to a changing neighbourhood”, which disappointed the Network. The Foreign Affairs Council of 1 December also highlighted the omission on gender equality. The EMHRN calls on the European institutions to add...