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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11462

7 January 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women
Trio of presidencies' declaration on gender equality

Brussels, 06/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - The new trio of Presidencies of the Council of the EU (Netherlands, Slovakia and Malta) have made a commitment to support gender equality during their respective mandates. The day after it took office, the new Dutch Presidency published a joint declaration on Tuesday 5 January that was adopted during the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers Council on 7 December last.

The declaration emphasises that equality of gender is a necessary...