The Gender Equality Prize is awarded by the President of the Assembly in recognition of completed or current action, schemes or initiatives by political parties that have significantly improved women’s participation in elected assemblies or political parties, or in their respective executive bodies.
Any political group of the Parliamentary Assembly, the European Parliament and the national parliaments of the Council of Europe member states shall be entitled to propose a candidature. More
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The Portuguese Socialist Party, first winner of the PACE Gender Equality Prize
The Committee on Equal Opportunities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) designated on 8 September 2009 the three winners of the PACE Gender Equality Prize. The first winner was the Portuguese Socialist Party, Partido Socialista, followed by the British Labour Party and Swedish left-wing party Vänsterpartiet. All three were rewarded for the steps they had taken to significantly improve women’s participation in their parties or in the elected assemblies of their respective countries.
The jury, comprising Lena Hjelm-Wallén (Chair, Sweden), Leena Linnainmaa (Finland) and Dubravka Šimonović (Croatia), had shortlisted six candidates. Lluís Maria de Puig, PACE President, presented the Equality Prize on 30 September 2009 at a ceremony held during the autumn session of the Assembly.
Candidatures of the three Prizewinners of the “Gender Equality Prize” 2009