Labour Party Website : Lisbon has the potential to improve women’s lives
Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Speaking at a National Women's Council of Ireland meeting in the Mansion House Dublin on the Lisbon Treaty this morning, Dublin Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa said the treaty contained a number of specific measures that had the potential to improve women's lives.
Mr De Rossa said: "Gender equality has been a key principle of the EU ever since the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and Europe has adopted at least 13 laws on gender equality to ensure equal treatment in the workplace, in relation to social welfare and guaranteed rights to maternity leave.