Česká ženská lobby 

1. We appeal to Senators (and later on, Deputies) to say a clear NO to the Act on Medical Services currently in negotiation, as it returns the Czech obstetrics system to the communist Normalization times. In Western European countries, midwives are recognized experts on care for healthy pregnant women, women at birth, and women and their children after birth. A physician should only be called for in the event of complications. However, in contradiction to growing demand and available research results, the bill in negotiation contains no definition of the medical services of midwives. Thus, care for the mother and the child is not only less safe, but also noticeably more expensive.

Czech Women's Lobby and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung invite you to the conference Women and Economy organized under the auspices of Vladimír Špidla. The conference will be held on March 17, 2011 from 9.30 AM to 5.00 PM in Academic Conference Centre (Husova 4a, Prague 1).

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women from October 2010 alerts that in the Czech Republic persists the lack of special measures improving the situation of women, including such important issues as discrimination in the labour market or domestic violence.

Dear Sir,
We write to you on behalf of the European Women’s Lobby, to express our deep concern at the absence of women in the current government in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic, like all other European Union (EU) countries is a signatory of international instruments on women’s rights and gender equality such as the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action. As a member of the EU, the Czech Republic is also legally bound to the mission of promoting equality between women and men as enshrined in the EU Treaty. The nomination of a European government without a single woman is a curiosity in Europe, as the average representation of women among senior ministers in EU countries’ governments is currently at 27%. The Czech Republic together with Hungary are the only countries with men-only governments and only 2 other countries have fewer than 13% women senior ministers.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met on 11th of October 2010 with non-governmental organizations to discuss the situation of the rights of women in the Czech Republic, Malta and Uganda.

As part of its work, the Committee invites NGO's and national human rights institutions to provide information and documentation relevant to the Committee’s activities. This is the second of two meetings the Committee has held with civil society groups this session.
 

Czech Women's Lobby would like to invite you to a week of action celebrating the 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day. The week of action takes place between 8 and 12 March 2010.

Czech Women's Lobby takes a great pleasure in inviting you to the conference on WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND PEACE PROCESSES, on the Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and 1820 on Immediate Cessation of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones.  The conference will take place on December 8, 2009 (9:30 am – 4.30 pm) at Kaunický Palace in Prague. The conference is organized by the Czech Women’s Lobby with the financial support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. For further information see the conference programme.

The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in its statement from September 2009 on women, the financial and economic crisis urges policy makers to recognize gendered aspects of the crisis, its different impact on men and women and its impact on the gender equality.

Czech Women´s Lobby published a publication Promoting Gender Equality: Selected Issues. 

The Czech Republic is the last member state of the European Union where it is not possible to obtain effective protection against discrimination. Although the Czech Republic should have adopted anti-discrimination law (ADL) before its entry into the EU, it has not done so until now (when an approval of the new European anti-discrimination directive is under way).