Filling the gaps in Equality Legislation in the EU Member States
September 7, 2021
10:00 am – 13:00 pm (CET)
Program
10:00-10:15 Introductory remarks:
Mónica Silvana, MEP, Co-President of Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI), S&D
Anne Gaspard, Executive Director, Equinet
Cristina de la Serna Sandoval, Head. Department of Equality and Combatting Discrimination, Fundación Secretariado Gitano, Spanish Alliance for an Equal Treatment Law
10:15-10:25 Presentation:
Moderator: Anne Gaspard, Executive Director, Equinet
Henri Nickels, Policy Coordinator – Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
10:25-12:25 Thematic discussions:
Discussion moderator: Vladimir Paspuel, President, NGO Rumiñahui, Spanish Alliance for an Equal Treatment Law [1]
Q & A moderator: Cristina de la Serna Sandoval, Head. Department of Equality and Combatting Discrimination, Fundación Secretariado Gitano
10:25-11:05 Effective enforcement
Speakers:
- Martin Mörk, Deputy Ombudsman and Head of Litigation, Equality Ombudsman, Sweden
- Tamás Kádár, Deputy Director and head of policy and legal, EQUINET
Q&A
11:05-11:45 Equality Bodies
Speakers:
- Tena Šimonović Einwalter, Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia and Equinet Chair
- Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe
Q&A
11:45–11:55 Break
11:55-12:25 Intersectional discrimination
Speaker:
- Tania Sordo, Gender and human rights legal expert
Q&A
12:25-12-40 Final reflections
Anti-Racism in the European Commission: State of Art and Legislative Developments
Michaela Moua, Team Leader – European Commission Anti-Racism Coordinator, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
12:40-13:00 Concluding remarks
- María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, MEP, The Left
- Sara Giménez, President Fundación Secretariado Gitano
- Tena Šimonović Einwalter, Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia and Equinet Chair
- Monica Silvana Gonzalez, MEP, Co-President of ARDI, S&D
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[1] Accem, Asociación Rumiñahui, CERMI, CESIDA, Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado, Cruz Roja Española, Fundación Cepaim, FELGTB, Fundación Secretariado Gitano, HOGAR SÍ, Movimiento por la Paz-MPDL, Red Acoge, Save The Children and Pro-Vivienda