ELDR President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck

Gender equality is a core ELDR policy that European Liberals have long espoused the virtues of. For us liberals gender equality is not a dull statement without concrete actions: gender equality is in our nature. The ELDR Bureau is composed of 70% women, including the president, five vice-presidents (out of seven) and the secretary general. 44% of ELDR members of European Parliament are women.

“We don’t pay lip service to gender equality, we practice it”, says ELDR President and European Parliament candidate Annemie Neyts as a response to a recent study on gender equality conducted by the European women’s lobby organisation. In this study the ELDR Manifesto was given a red light due to an alleged absence of policies on gender equality. (more…)