Acties 2021

Op de dag dat het jaar 2021 eindigt, deel ik graag mijn belangrijkste acties. PvdA Het jaar begint en eindigt met vrijwillige activiteiten voor de politieke partij van mijn keuze: PvdA. Begin 2021 ben ik een vrijwilliger tijdens de campagne van de PvdA voor de Tweede Kamer. Eind 2021 sta ik op plaats 22 als kandidaat PvdA voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in Amsterdam. De ambitie om kandidaat te willen worden vloeit voort uit het zijn van kandidaat PvdA tijdens de verkiezingen voor het Europees Parlement in 2019. Ik ben blij dat ik begin 2021 De deur naar de macht door Lilianne Ploumen kan lezen en eind 2021 Vrolijk Verval door Hedy d'Ancona. Beide inspirerende PvdA rolmodellen zijn voor mij vergelijkbaar met Corry Tendeloo. (Noot 1) Ik lees gedurende 2021 veel, heel veel papieren en digitale boeken of kranten zoals de digitale NRC. Digitale boeken uit de Online Bibliotheek die ik in 2022 ga lezen zijn 1. Blessuretijd door Ed van Thijn en 2. De appel in het paradijs door Sonja Barend. Mata Hari Sinds de PvdA campagne voor het Europees Parlement in 2019 en de winst van Duncan Laurence (geboren in 1994) volg ik het songfestival beter. In 2021 genoot ik ontzettend van het festival in Rotterdam! Tot mijn favorieten behoorde het lied Mata Hari uit Azerbaijan o.a. omdat ik van vrouwen uit dat land in 1995 een gele sjaal kreeg. (Noot 2) Na die tijd ging ik de boeken The Spy. A novel of Mata Hari door Paulo Coelho (heb ik thuis sinds?) en Femme Fatale. Liefde leugens en het geheime leven van Mata Hari door Pat Shipman lezen. In 2022 ga ik ook de biografie door Jan Brokken over Mata Hari lezen. Beide laatste boeken leen ik online. Ik ken Mata Hari (1876-1917) begin 2021 alleen van naam en eind 2021 ook haar persoonlijke geschiedenis. Ik ben blij dat ik niet in haar tijd leefde, immers toen mocht ik als vrouw in Nederland nog niet stemmen en gekozen worden! Persoonlijke preventie als leefstijl Mijn gewicht verbeterde, verslechterde en verbeterde in 2021. Blog Persoonlijke preventie als leefstijl uit 2020 (mee begonnen in 2013) blijft dagelijks en daarmee wekelijks een prio. Helaas kon ik door de lockdown (corona) in het voorjaar en najaar niet twee keer per week naar Fit aan 't IJ. 30 minuten wandelen doe ik in 2021 (bijna) dagelijks. Ik doneerde in 2021 voor het aantal gelopen kilometers drie keer extra een bedrag aan de International Alliance of Women (IAW). Persoonlijke preventie als leefstijl blijft ook dagelijks in 2022 mijn to do. International Alliance of Women IAW In juni 2021 stopte ik als vertegenwoordiger IAW in het bestuur van de Europese Vrouwen Lobby / European Women's Lobby. Uiteraard schreef ik een blog over 'mijn' periode 2014-2021 op angerman.europa (Noot 3). In november publiceerde IAW op haar website mijn bijdrage als individueel IAW-lid aan The Annual Report 2021 'Herstory Matters!' met 5 punten: Rosa Manus, intergenerational dialogue, bestuurslid EWL 2014-2021, een persoonlijk verhaal over Internationale Vrouwendag in Nederland en jonge feminists F/M. (Noot 4). In deze laatste bijdrage staat mijn persoonlijke visie sinds 2010 beschreven = tegelijkertijd mijn plan in 2022 "remain developing your eletronic skills (eSkills) step by step and use them as a strategy: frapper toujours (always hit!)". Mijn bericht aan de nieuwe generatie (NEXT Generation) is: "lifelong learning of new skills can play a great role to improve women's economic rights and independence!" Reizen Helaas waren deze (nog) beperkt in 2021. Wel vierde ik een prachtige vakantie aan zee in Alicante in Spanje. Met de trein reisde ik vooral naar het Noorden, Oosten en Zuiden van het land! In 2022 reis ik met de trein in ieder geval naar het Zuiden (Breda). Noot 1 'De motie' Tendeloo https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2017/01/de-motie-tendeloo-gelijke.html Noot 2 Mata Hari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSiZmR1c7Q4 Noot 3 blog "Small steps to feminist Europe" Noot 4 Arina Angerman haar bijdrage "Herstory Matters!" aan The Annual report IAW 2021, page 74-75

Small steps to a Feminist Europe will make a difference!!!

This is my (Arina Angerman) last contribution to the electronic IAW Newsletter (June 2021) as a Board Member (BM) of European Women's Lobby (EWL). I want to thank Marion Boeker, Lene Pind, Jocelynne Scutt and Joanna Manganara very much. They supported me after elected BM in Lisbon in October 2014. I have reread my IAW report of 2019 and will give five small steps to celebrate and continue! 1. My 1st GOAL representing IAW in EWL's Board was to share information and spreading knowledge by Twitter in order to strenghten the visibility both of IAW and EWL by posting or sharing at least twice a week (social media mobilization) at this social media platform. I carried out these doable social media actions every week. 2. My 2nd GOAL to write a story about an activity / new knowledge within EWL. I published many, many stories and my most important insights are: 3. In July 2019 new European Parliament with 40% (plus 8%) women voted in favour of the first female President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Both can be seen as important steps and the result of the 50:50 Women for Europe, Europe for women campaign by EWL. In May 2020 EWL membership extends to more than 2000 women's associations in 26 EU Member States, three Candidate countries, one former EU Member State and one European Free Trade Association (incl. UK, Turkey and Iceland). IAW (I, Arina Angerman) was one of 10 European-wide non govermental organizations in the EWL Board (October 2014 - June 2021). 4.Fight against the rise of anti-feminist forces in Europe. One action against the rise of anti-feminist forces in Europe was sending a strong letter of continued support by European Coalition to End Violence against Women and Girls - supported by more than 3.800 organisations representing millions of voices in 49 countries - to the Council of Europe in support of the Istanbul Convention. IAW is a member of this European Coalition. In the approved EWL Work Programma 2021 "EWL would have organised actions to influence governments to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention " (page 6). 5. I enjoyed being a representative of IAW in the Board of EWL very, very much! I will miss strategizing, learning and mobilising together for women's rights. In the Charter for EWL Women's Forum June 2019 I like the core value 'Equality between women and men' and the key principle 'Women's Rights are Human Rights'. My years from October 2014 - June 2021 were full of 'politics and friendship' and I hope (new) IAW representatives to EWL: IAW Vice-President Marion Boeker and 'young' feminist Lea Boergeding will have the same experience!

A personal story about #IWD's in the Netherlands

In the Bold & Brilliant invitation sent by Dr. Jocelynne Scutt I was introduced as a speaker. I studied in Groningen (at least 2 hours by train from Amsterdam) and have lived in Amsterdam since 1985. I have represented International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Board of European Women's Lobby (EWL) since October 2014. I attended several annual meetings of IAW including Reykjavik (2011) and Berlin (2018). I have been working as an expert women in decision-making since 1990. As a retired professional I still publish blogs (Note 1) and tweets about women in politics in order to support both IAW @womenalliance and EWL @EuropeanWomen. I still am an entrepreneur Social Media 4 Boomers. As a student I became a conscious feminist in 1979 partly as a result of talking to members of my herstory group 'the fifties' about abortion and the right to decide as a woman to have one. She Decides movement or being a boss in your own belly still is an important subject for us feminists of all walks of life. As a student in social and political history in Groningen I went to an event on March 8 where prostitutes from Amsterdam were talking about their sex work. This strategy of talking with is very, very important and is from where we - as feminists - have come! As a conscious feminist in 1996 I went to the city hall of Amstelveen as part of my job seeking challinge to attend a lecture by Marianne van den Boomen about a new opportunity: Internet! Her book subtitles Internet ABC for women. I reread her lecture in 2010 and connected it to the Aletta Jacobs (Note 2) speech at 8.3 by the first woman of the Netherlands who became an EU Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, in 2004. As a woman in politics in 2019 I was a candidate at place 15 in the Elections for the European Parliament (Note 3). Since the summer of 2020 I have supported the campaign 'Omdat ik het verdien' / 'Because I deserve it' (for equal pay) at Instagram by giving likes and comments. This campaign is inspired by the example of Iceland. In 2021 I liked on Insta at Happy International Women's Day "I'll tell you what I want, what I really want ... Concluding from the Netherlands to all of us in 2021 I shared Anouk You Tube It's a New Day. This video is dedicated to the ones leading the way like Emma Gonzalez (USA), Frida Kahlo (Mexico) and Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand) (Note 4). Quote "A life without purpose is no life at all". My personal vision since 2010 is: remain developing your electronic skills (eSkills): 1st Internet, 2nd social media and 3rd since corona pandemie how to Zoom. In order to reach a gender equal society it is important to remain healthy and develop electronic skills (eSkills) step by step and use them as a strategy: frapper toujours (always hit!) Note 1 blog Women's economic independence 1995-2020 at angerman.europa.blogspot.com Note 2 Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929 is the first woman to attain a PhD in the Netherlands on 8th March 1879. For a quarter of a century she was at the head of the Dutch Women's Suffrage Association and is also a BIG inspiration in the herstory of IAW! Note 3 Photo Aletta & Arina at Elections European Parliament in Amsterdam.

Note 4 I received this You Tube with subtitles in Dutch by Anouk by WhatsApp twice at IWD 2021.

Update september 2020 met inzicht door #corona

Mede door de corona maatregelen zijn mijn plannen (activiteiten en reizen) voor 2020 veranderd. Daarom ontwikkel ik een nieuw blog waarin ik drie andere blogs update met de stand van zaken in september 2020. 1. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2020/01/persoonlijke-preventie-als-leefstijl Persoonlijke preventie als leefstijl is vanwege corona (overgewicht) nog belangrijker geworden. Mijn gewicht heeft volgens het Voedingscentrum een BMI van 33. Anders gaan bewegen betekent sinds juni meedoen met 'Walk at Home' (via laptop) en anders gaan drinken tijdens de corona maatregelen betekent drie avonden per week thuis geen alcohol. Ik ontdek heerlijk 0,0 witbier! Ik realiseerde (tijdelijk) mijn belangrijkste goede voornemen voor 2020 op donderdag 10.9: 5 kg afvallen. Gelukkig zijn de 3 coronakilo's inmiddels ook verdwenen. 2. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2020/03/gendergelijkheid-sdg5-iwd2020. Gender gelijkheid heeft aan belang gewonnen in tijden van corona: zorg (care) en Black Lives Matter beweging (diversity). Bezig zijn met mijn maatschappelijke focus is vooral zichtbaar op Twitter @ArinaNoel. Immers Feminist (inclusief HeForShe's) in de politiek zijn is een marathon! Ik doe mee met de PvdA actie #Omdatikhetverdien voor (#equal pay). Bij gendergelijkheid (#sdg5) focus ik me op 5.5. besluitvorming (decisionmaking) en 5.8 gebruik van ICT technologie (enhance use). Mijn belangrijkste inzicht tijdens de COVID-19 pandemie is dat ik bijdraag aan de wereldwijde 'social justice movement'. 3. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2019/05/playlist-arina-angerman-pvda-nr-15"> Als professionele vrijwilliger vertegenwoordig ik de NGO IAW International Alliance of Women (in 1904 opgericht als Wereldbond voor Vrouwenkiesrecht) in het bestuur van de European Women's Lobby (EWL). Tijdens de eerste zes maanden van corona in Europa vergaderden we regelmatig online over de impact van COVID_19 en (online) geweld tegen vrouwen. Ik zag en sprak collega bestuursleden en medewerkers EWL vaker online dan mijn vriendinnen! Gelukkig is er Internet en Zoom. In 2019 was ik voor PvdA kandidaat nr: 15 voor het Europese Parlement. Een van de campagne activiteiten was een Playlist. Ik voeg daar een nummer van #17 Anouk en #18 Cyndi Lauper aan toe!

Gendergelijkheid #SDG5 #IWD2020

Op 8 maart publiceer ik regelmatig een blog (Noot 1). I write this blog in Dutch. Waarom? Drie redenen:

1. Mijn maatschappelijke focus in 2020 is Gender Gelijkheid (#SDG5) Economisch zelfstandig blijven is al decennia de ambitie waaraan ik als vrouw met leren door te doen als leerstijl werk. Eerder dit jaar ontdekte ik dat ik leef in een land waar 73% van de vrouwen 'experienced sexual harassment'. Ik behoor zelf bij die 73%. Als professionele vrijwilliger vertegenwoordig ik de NGO IAW International Alliance of Women (in 1904 opgericht als Wereldbond voor Vrouwenkiesrecht) in het bestuur van de European Women's Lobby (EWL). Als bestuurslid van de EWL lees ik bijna elke dag tweets en berichten in mijn tweede taal het Engels. Ook schreef ik sinds 2011 21x een blog in het Engels op angermaneuropa.blogspot.com. Onder andere vier blogs in 2015 toen we wereldwijd 20 jaar Beijing Platform for Action (resultaat van de vierde VN Wereldvrouwenconferentie in 1995 in China) vierden. (Noot 2)

2. De petitie Stem #gendergelijkheid van WOMENInc voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in 2021. Ik ondertekende deze petitie en gebruik de hashtag #maakereenpuntvan. Immers 'vrouwen en mannen in Nederland hebben nog steeds niet dezelfde kansen.' Ik zet me graag in voor punten die staan bij Gezondheidszorg en Overheid. Vooral voor het punt 'We roepen de overheid op om daarom de kwaliteitseis 'Effecten op gendergelijkheid' toe te passen en al haar staand en nieuw beleid te toetsen op hoe dit uitpakt voor zowel vrouwen als mannen. Hiermee geeft Nederland direct invulling aan SDG 5 Gender Equality (foto). ... Gendergelijkheid moet worden belegd bij een apart ministerie van kansengelijkheid of anderszins goed belegd zijn bij alle ministeries.' Dit laatste - 'goed belegd zijn bij alle ministeries' staat onder andere in het VN-Vrouwenverdrag dat Nederland ratificeerde zonder voorbehoud in 1991!

3. Professionele ambitie is Gevraagd Worden als spreker. 
Het is in 2020 25 jaar geleden dat het NGO Forum in Huairou (in China) plaatsvond en vandaar stuurde ik mijn eerste blogs / e-mails. Mijn profiel bij ZIJSpreekt is geactualiseerd en op 6 maart deelde Marga Miltenburg mijn verhaal 'Elk nadeel heb z'n voordeel' citaat Johan Cruijff (1979) op LinkedIn. 

Omdat de loonkloof tussen vrouwen en mannen in Nederland nog 15% is, gaat de strijd voor Gendergelijkheid door! En vandaar dat ik vandaag - 8 maart 2020 - meeloop in de Women's March in Amsterdam!

Noten

Noot 1 welke 8 maart blogs publiceerde ik eerder?
2019 https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2019/03/iwd2019-internationalevrouwendag.html
2017 https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2017/03/doe-jij-mee-op-153-met.html
2016 https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2016/03/van-datadame-tot-een-leven-lang-leren.html
2015 https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2015/03/do-world-wide-women-connect-and-share.html

Noot 2 welke blogs publiceerde ik in het Engels in 2015
1. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2015/02/womens-economic-independence-and.html
2. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2015/03/do-world-wide-women-connect-and-share.html
3. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2015/05/equal-representation-of-women-in-online.html
4. https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.com/2015/12/do-women-social-entrepreneurs-use-it.html

Feminist in de politiek Stem 23 mei Arina Angerman PvdA nr: 15

Sinds 1979 - het jaar dat ik voor de eerste keer stemde voor het Europees Parlement - ben ik een bewuste feminist. Ik kocht toen feministische klassiekers zoals Simone de Beauvoir De tweede Sekse en Aletta Jacobs Herinneringen, en voerde met studenten V/M heftige discussies over abortus. Vanuit mijn opleiding Sociale en Politieke Geschiedenis in Groningen hecht ik aan terugkijken. Vanuit mijn grote passie voor politiek werk ik graag samen vooruit! 
Net als Frans Timmermans ondertekende ik de plechtige belofte van de Europese Vrouwenlobby (EVL). Sinds oktober 2014 vertegenwoordig ik de vroegere Wereldbond voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (nu International Alliance of Women) in het bestuur van de EVL. Ik werkte mee aan de ontwikkeling van de 50:50 campagne voor een feministisch Europa.
Op blog angermaneuropa.blogspot.com deel ik sinds 2011 mijn eigen feministische inspiratie. De drie populaire berichten gaan over Playlist Stem 23 mei Arina Angerman,  Europese Vrouwenbelangen M/V 50/50 en Minder belastingparadijs NL. PES Women, 'Rooie Vrouwen', in de Europese partij van sociaal-democraten, besteedde in december 2018 in Lissabon speciaal aandacht aan het probleem van digitaal geweld tegen vrouwen in de politiek. Het thema geweld tegen vrouwen raakt ons allemaal. Weet jij dat meer dan 80% van de vrouwelijke parlementsleden in het Europees Parlement te maken heeft met psychologisch geweld?

Met veel plezier woon ik sinds 1994 in het gebied van postcode 1019 in Amsterdam. Ik geniet enorm van het blauw (het water) en het groen (de bomen). Vanuit mijn huurwoning op de zesde verdieping heb ik een prachtig uitzicht op het Lloyd Hotel. 
Net zoals in het Groningse Beerta, waar ik getogen ben, ben ik nog steeds lid van de Openbare Bibliotheek en maak er regelmatig gebruik van.

Er is alle reden om donderdag 23 mei te gaan stemmen. Wat er in Europa gebeurt, raakt ons allemaal! Denkt u maar aan minder plastic gebruiken; en gelijke betaling van vrouwen en mannen voor gelijk werk!  

Bent u ook voor?
* Vrijheid = Baas in eigen buik. (inspiratie SheDecides van Lilianne Ploumen) Omdat recht op een legale en veilige abortus een vrouw de kans geeft economisch zelfstandig te blijven. 

Arina Angerman

* Rechtvaardigheid = Minder belastingontwijking. (inspiratie TaxTour Paul Tang) Omdat fiscale rechtvaardigheid telt voor iedereen.
* Duurzaamheid = Minder plastic. (inspiratie ItsTime Frans Timmermans) Omdat klimaatverandering bij jezelf begint.

Stem dan 23 mei op Arina Angerman, links op foto, nummer 15 op de lijst voor de Partij van de Arbeid! Persoonlijke flyer 'Zeker zijn - van een sociaal Europa'


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Connecting international herstories: Jewish Dutch #Feminist Rosa Manus (1881-1942)

Thanks a.o. to editors Myriam Everard and Francisca de Haan, Atria (Institute on Gender Equality and Women's History) and publisher Brill we can read this amazing collective biography of Essays, Pictures and Documents about Rosa Manus (1881-1942) The International Life and Legacy of a Jewish Dutch Feminist Leiden 2017. (Comment 1) 
In this blog I focus on Rosa Manus as board member of International Alliance of Women. Rosa Manus was murdered by the Nazis in 1942 and part of her archive returned from Moscow to Amsterdam in 2003. (Comment 2) 
The editors are famous experts of gender history and feminists! Myriam Everard Ph.D (1994) is an independent scholar lately focusing on first wave feminism. Francisca de Haan Ph.D (1992) is Professor of Gender Studies and History at the Central European University. She has published widely on the history of the international women's movement. (Comment 3)

International Alliance of Women (IAW)
You can read in this 'collective biography' about Rosa Manus many different herstories! I read a.o. Introduction: Recovering the Legacy by Francisca de Haan and two inspiring Essays , the Bonds of High-Financial Womanhood by Mineke Bosch and Rosa Manus in Cairo 1935 & Copenhagen 1939 by Margot Badran. (Comment 4)
In the Index there are many, many pages about IAW and their branches a.o. in Brasil, Egypt and Germany and their congresses a.o. in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin.  

Rosa Manus in the 30's
Together with the president of the Egyptian Feminist Union Huda Sha'rawi Rosa Manus became member of the board of IAW in 1926. "Interactions between Manus and the Egyptians in Cairo and Copenhagen within the context of the IAW brought to the fore two dimensions of international feminism in the inter-war period ... the warm and collaborative ... and the tense and conflicted ... when centrifugal forces and realities of politics denied, both colonial and nationalist [viewpoints]." (page 185)
Rosa Manus and Huda Sha'rawi both were born into wealth of a Jewish (1881) and a Muslim (1879) family and received an excellent education. Both were members of the Alliance Committee for Peace and the League of Nations. (page 188) ...
Margot Badran: "The IAW western leadership could not, or would not, recognize its colonial cast or what later [was] identified as ´imperial feminism´..." (page 200) "The IAW president during the interwar years, Corbett Ashby, would admit to me (Margot Badran) in 1971 that the notion that women would be better at keeping the peace (natural peace makers) was their largest illusion. " (page 201) Rosa Manus in a letter to Carrie Chapman Catt, 31 July 1939, "... the Jewish question was not the matter but only the Palestine-Jewish question." (page 204) 

Pictures in Part 2 
with beautiful words by Myriam Everard and analysing the pictures in detail.
** On page 302 you can see IAW's first president Carrie Chapman Catt and Rosa Manus in 1909 at the London Congress of IWSA (International Woman Suffrage Alliance). (Comment 5)
** On page 320 is a beautiful Studio Portrait of 'grande dame' Rosa Manus 1928 by Jacob Merkelbach in Amsterdam. 
** On page 326 Rosa Manus in the 'pose of a business-woman communicating with the world over the phone' by Erna Lendvai-Dircksen in Berlin 1929 (25th Jubilee's Congress of the Alliance). 
** On page 339 Press photo of the IAW Board meeting at the IAV offices in Amsterdam 1936 with handwritten names by Rosa Manus.

Concluding
I want to conclude this blog with a storytelling & a clearifying quote by Francisca de Haan: 
"Rosa Manus's feminist career started at the 1908 Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where she worked as a 'page' and was immediately spotted for her talents and dedication. For three decades, she took up important positions in national and international groups concerned with women's suffrage and emancipation and world peace." (page 3) ...
"She (Rosa Manus, Arina Angerman) was arrested as a political opponent of the Nazis and detained in political prisons, but, in the end, murdered as a Jew. Both dimensions deserve to be recognized." (page 21).   

Comments
- Comment 1

Publisher Brill hardback ISBN 978-90-04-33317-8.
- Comment 2 Rosa Manus also was o.a. a co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in 1915 and the International Archives for the Women's Movement (IAV) in 1935.
- Comment 3 My focus in the 80's was women's history and feminism. I personally know Francisca de Haan & Myriam Everard since that time. I attended a.o. celebrations of the International Archives for the Women's Movement (IAV) in Amsterdam in 1985 (50th) and 2015 (80th).
- Comment 4 I choose to read the Essay by Margot Badran a.o. because Hoda Chawari Association, Egypt, still is a member organization of IAW.  
- Comment 5 IAW becomes the formal name in 1949. Centenary edition of IAW in 2004. You can download a pdf at the International Alliance of Women page at Wikipedia. Look at References.


Arina Angerman is a social entrepreneur Social Media 4 Boomers (website in Dutch) and writes a.o. blogs at angermaneuropa.blogspot.com 'Internet & Financial independence for women - #lifelonglearning'.
Arina represents the International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Board of European Women's Lobby (EWL) since October 2014.

Empowering women in the digital age with more #eskills in EU - lifelong learning

Lifelong learning of new eSkills is urgent in order to improve women's economic rights and independence. Financial independence for women is very important because one out of three women is a victim of sexual and/or physical violence in the EU!

On 16 March 2016 Arina Angerman attended the Conference eSkills for Jobs 2016 in The Hague (Photo). Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and eSkills for Jobs Ambassador, told us “We have to have a leadership that knows why eSkills are important.” Her key recommendation: “Invest in the eSkills of politicians and policy makers”. 

EP resolution on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age

On 28 April 2016 the European Parliament (EP) adopted a very important resolution on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age. The resolution of 19 pages was developed by MEP and Rapporteur Terry Reintke with help of many others. Arina selected three points of context and some recommendations to inform you: 

- “the study by European Parliament Policy Department C entitled ‘Study on Empowering women on the Internet’, published in 2015,

- the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),

- the report of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

C.  whereas only 9 % of developers in Europe are women, only 19 % of bosses in the ICT and communications sectors are female (compared with 45 % in other service sectors) and women represent just 19 % of entrepreneurs (compared with 54 % in other service sectors);

H.  whereas improving digital skills and IT literacy presents a unique opportunity for increasing the inclusion in the labour market of women and girls, but also of people with special needs, such as people with disabilities; whereas increasing the number of women in the ICT sector, which is one of the highest paying sectors, could contribute to their financial empowerment and independence, resulting in the reduction of the total gender pay gap;

N.  whereas women aged 55 and over are at a particular risk of unemployment and labour market inactivity, with the average EU employment rate for women aged 55-64 being only 42 %, compared with 58 % for men; whereas a low level of IT literacy and e-skills further amplifies this risk; whereas improving and investing in digital competences of women aged 55 and over would boost their employment opportunities and offer a level of protection against exclusion from the labour market;

3.  Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector and fostering the full integration of women into the sector, particularly in relation to technical and telecommunication professions, to foster education and training of women and girls in ICT and other STEM subjects, to increase the visibility of women in the digital arena, to enhance gender equality and participation of women through better access to funding, to systematically implement gender impact assessments and gender budgeting in its work on the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy so that the fundamental European principle of equality between women and men can be duly incorporated and to support civil society and women’s organisations in making an inclusive internet a reality;

5.  Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for equality between women and men 2016-2020 specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom-up approach to female empowerment and should receive all the support necessary for them to become long-term;

21.  Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support lifelong learning as well as training and schemes which help prepare for a better adaptation or potential change of career path in accordance with the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors, paying particular attention to women aged 55 and over, in order to safeguard them from exclusion from the labour market;’’

Conclusion

In the summer of 2015 Arina Angerman wrote ‘’Equal education of women and girls’’ in the IAW Newsletter August 2015 about results of the GenderEquality Index research by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Most (extended board) members of IAW and their member associations are digital migrants. My conclusion still is a valid opinion: lifelong learning of new eSkills by women or feminists of all generations has to improve in order to remain agents of change / policy-makers!!!

Arina Angerman (55plus) represents International Alliance of Women (IAW) on the Board of the European Women’s Lobby. Content of this blog is her contribution to digital IAW Newsletter - June 2016 (page 4-5). 
Arina is an Activist, Blogger and Consultant. Please read additional information at Social Media 4 Boomers website (in Dutch).

Step it Up for Gender Equality in EU #EU2016NL

The Netherlands is in the first half of 2016 President of the European Union (EU2016NL). Out of the draft EU Statement at the 60^th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women by minister (and feminist) Jet Bussemaker “The EU welcomes the commitments to gender equality, empowerment of all women and girls and the full realization of their human rights taken with the 2030 Agenda, including the Addis Ababa Action Agenda … We also applaud the inclusion of violence against women and girls in the 2030 agenda …The elimination of violence against women is a prerequisite for sustainable development … It is now time to implement what we promised … We need to fully implement SDG 5. We need to fully implement a gender equality perspective into all goals. Targets and indicators across the Agenda …For the EU, it’s of paramount importance to strengthen civil society organizations’ role as advocates for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the 2030 Agenda…
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Combating violence against women in EU 

A. prevention

Violence against women (VAW) is the most widespread violation of women’s human rights: one out of three women is a victim of sexual and/or physical violence in the EU. VAW is both a cause and a consequence of gender equality. The most unsafe place for women and girls is at home. Small arms like knives (which are classified as small arms), pistols and rifles are easy to buy and conceal. They give a sense of power to a partner, ex-partner, family member or acquaintance and are great threats to the safety of women and girls. Preventive measure saves states and civil society a great deal of money! Note 1

B. ratify Istanbul Convention

The European Commission has proposed for the EU to ratify the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention to fight violence against women. Link to press-release http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-549_en.htm The Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international treaty on combatting violence against women.  ‘’At 8 march 2016 12 EU Member States (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden) had already ratified the Convention. ‘’ Note 2 

Nice to know too the European Commission wants to dedicate the year 2017 to ending violence against women. Note 3 Banning of small arms must be part of this European Year on Combating Violence Against Women too!

Notes 

1. Out of text of the adopted IAW emergency motion at EWL General Assembly 2015.05.31 http://womenalliance.org/banning-of-small-arms-must-be-part-of-european-year-on-combating-violence-against-women

2. EWL welcomes the European Commission proposal for the EU to access the Istanbul Convention 2016.03.08 Please read more information at http://www.womenlobby.org/EWL-welcomes-the-European-Commission-proposal-for-the-EU-to-access-the-Istanbul?lang=en 2016.04.27 26 EU Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention http://www.womenlobby.org/26-EU-MS-have-signed-the-Istanbul-Convention-Will-Latvia-and-Czech-Republic-be?lang=en

3. http://www.womenlobby.org/EWL-and-EU-Commissioner-Jourova-share-opportunities-for-women-s-rights-in?lang=en 2016.02.11

Author
Arina Angerman is living in Amsterdam and is representing IAW in Board of European Women's Lobby (EWL). Content of this blog is her contribution to digital Newsletter - April 2016 of International Alliance of Women. 
Arina Angerman is an Activist, Blogger and Consultant. Please read additional information at website Social Media 4 Boomers (in Dutch).

Equal representation of women in (Online) Media? #Beijing20

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action '95 is ‘Increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through the media and the new technologies of communication.’ In 2015 the (inter)national community is celebrating the 20th anniversary of this fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995.
Did you know that only 16% of photos in European newspaper show women over 45 years of age (according to the project “You can’t be what you can’t see”)? In the EU, women account for only 24% of people that we hear and read about in the news. Only 4% of the news coverage is against stereotypical portrayel. Note 1 In May 2015, European Women's Lobby (EWL) demands ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall …a fair and equal representation of women in the media in Europe’.

#Beijing20 & Twitter

During the past decade, advances in information technology have facilitated a global communications network that transcends national boundaries. One of the challenges is that women who write on the Internet and participate in social media, on blogs and other online forums, meet increasing hostility and harassment. This is a way to silence women’s voices in the public sphere.

At my public sphere Twitter account - @ArinaNoel - I retweeted an infographic of women in the media by UN Women. Note 2 There are around 2 Billion active social media accounts. Roughly half of social media users are women. Feminist hashtags - # - that have added to global conversations on gender inequality are #Beijing20 #HeForShe and #EverydaySexism The # symbol, called hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. 

How Far are We from Gender Equality?
Representing Vrouwenbelangen I attended a China-Netherlands Dialogue event Paneldiscussion about Women's rights on May 20th 2015 in Amsterdam. Ardi Bouwers presented a report on behalf of Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) on the (in)equality and representation of women in media. 
"Bringing media accountability into the struggle for gender equality was the original impetus for the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP)... Every five years since 1995, the GMMP has documented trends in the portrayal and representation of women and men in news media discourse and imagery." page 6

GMMP 2015 Preview May 2015, page 11

Summary of GMMP 2015 Preview ''women's presence in media hasn't changed much in the past 20 years, if this rate of change continues, it will take at least 40 years to reach equality." page 12

Do you want to help IAW at Facebook and Twitter?
International Alliance of Women (IAW) publishes and shares news in accordance with the focus at the website. At the time of writing this blog IAW has at Facebook 757 likes and at Twitter @Womenalliance has 354 followers. 

Part of flyer IAW

IAW is an international non-governmental, feminist organisation. It works for the empowerment of women, the promotion of women's human rights and gender equality globally. Founded in 1904 and based in Geneva. 
IAW has general consultative status to ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) since the beginning of the UN - 1947. 
Do you want to like, share, comment, follow or RT (ReTweet)? Please help us with small actions for gender equality!

Note 1 Read more in factsheet

From Words to Action 1995-2015 A European Women’s Lobby review of the activities of the European Union p 26-27 

Note 2 http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/infographic/media

Blogger Arina Angerman 
is representing International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Policy Committee of the European Women's Lobby (EWL). 
In 1995 Arina participated in the NGO Forum in Huairou during the United Nations 4th World's Women Conference in Beijing. During this NGO Forum she started sending emails as a reporter and learned how to use the world wide web as an activist. 
Arina is a consultant in how to use social media as a board member, entrepreneur or manager: Social Media 4 (Baby) Boomers

Do World Wide Women connect and share at social media? #Beijing20

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2015 I reuse content out of recent blogs at angermaneuropa.blogspot.com The (inter)national communities will celebrate worldwide the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995. 

Big Plans ... Small Steps to goal 50/50 F/M
Thank you MamaCash and EWL!

Economic independence and austerity measures

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action ’95 is ‘Promote women’s economic rights and independence …’ Women and the economy is one of the interdependent 12 critical areas of concern in this Platform for Action. 

After 20 years the gender pay gap remains a major issue within the EU as women workers on average earn 16% less than men. A worrying development is the widening gender pension pay gap which stand at 39% within the EU. 

Austerity measures have a huge effect on women, both as workers in the public sector and users of public services. Moreover, women bear a disproportionate share of tax burdens, as they use larger portions of their income on food and basis goods for the household. Did you see the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) video-clip “A she-(re)cession. What does austerity mean for women in Europe?”? (2013)

Do you want to help at Facebook and Twitter?

Lights at IAW Board Meeting in Sion, 2014

International Alliance of Women publishes and shares news in accordance with the focus. At the time of writing this blog IAW has 696 likes at Facebook. @Womenalliance at Twitter has 294 followers. IAW is a non-political and feminist organisation founded in 1904 and based in Geneva. Subtitle of IAW is Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities. IAW has general consultative status in ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) since the beginning of the UN - 1947. 
International Alliance of Women as a NGO has a glorious past and works on getting a glorious future. Do you want to like, share, comment, follow or RT (ReTweet)? Please join us with activities - small steps - for Gender Equality and Equal Rights!

Developing digital skills in 1995 
In 1995 I participated in the NGO Forum in Huairou during the United Nations 4th World's Women Conference in Beijing. Before this inspiring event I travelled by train from Beijing to Xian where I bought this horse stamp. In Huairou I started sending emails (blogger) and learned how to use the world wide web (Internet): developing digital skills. 

Blogger Arina Angerman
is representing International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Policy Committee of the European Women's Lobby (EWL). She is a consultant in how to use social media as a board member, entrepreneur or manager: Social Media 4 (Baby) Boomers

Women's economic independence and austerity measures: Economy #Beijing20 & EWL

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action ’95 is ‘Promote women’s economic rights and independence …’ Women and the economy is one of the interdependent 12 critical areas of concern in this Platform for Action.
After 20 years the gender pay gap remains a major issue within the EU as women workers on average earn 16% less than men. A worrying development is the widening gender pension pay gap which stand at 39% within the EU. The gender pension gap shows that gender inequalities accumulate throughout women’s lives and that a life-cycle approach to women’s economic independence is urgently needed.

Women’s economic independence is the foundation of all rights. EWL’s key demands to the European Union and the Member States are a.o.

- Guarantee the individualization of social security and taxation rights in order to break women’s dependency on their partners and/or the State;

- Close the gender pay gap by 2020 and set targets to close the pension gap;

- Use Gender Budgeting as a standard methodology of all public budget processes;

Austerity measures
Austerity measures have a huge effect on women, both as workers in the public sector and users of public services. Moreover, women bear a disproportionate share of tax burdens, as they use larger portions of their income on food and basis goods for the household. Did you see the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) video-clip “A she-(re)cession. What does austerity mean for women in Europe?”? (2013) Note 1

The EWL publication (January 2015) Women's Economic Independence in Times of Austerity (Note 3) is using a gender equality and feminist lens in Country Profiles of Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden (Gender Budgeting), Greece and Italy (Social Enterprises). Social entrepreneurship can be a promising avenue through which women can empower themselves and others.

Joanna Manganara, Board Member since 2004 and President since 2013 of International Alliance of Women, is telling the story of Greece in an interview. Quote "It is also important ... to see women ... as actors of change in political decision-making." 

Let's take action and bring words into reality

How can we get to a feminist economic model? 
By a.o. Democratise the EU semester process through the participation of the EP and women's organisations.

From Words to Action
Will you read & share EWL’s factsheet about Women and the Economy?
Please get involved! Note 3

Note 1 

EWL clip ‘A she-(re)cession What does austerity mean to women in Europe?' https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=euIp9VdKzFk
Note 2 
EWL publication Women's Economic Independence in Times of Austerity January 2015

Note 3 
EWL 'From Words to Action' 2015 Calendar and Factsheet at
http://www.womenlobby.org/news/ewl-news/article/ewl-beijing-20-in-january-women-s?lang=en 
Note 4 
This blog is follow-up Action as written in blog 'Connecting feminists by social media'. Do you want to help IAW and EWL at Facebook and Twitter to share information and spreading knowledge? How you can help is described in this blog 'Connecting ...' 

Blogger Arina Angerman
is representing International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Policy Committee of the European Women's Lobby (EWL). She is a consultant in how to use social media as a board member, entrepreneur or manager: Social Media 4 (Baby) Boomers

Connecting feminists by social media: IAW Board Meeting, EWL Policy Committee and #Beijing20

IAW Board Meeting: equal rights = equal responsibilities

logo of IAW is Justice Woman in yellow

In october 2014 24 members of the extended IAW Board met in Sion, Switzerland. The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising of more than 40 member organisations involved in the promotion of women's human rights and gender equality, and of the empowerment of women and girls around the world. 
IAW is a non-political and feminist organisation founded in 1904 and based in Geneva. Subtitle of IAW is Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities. IAW has general consultative status in ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) since the beginning of the UN - 1947. Since October 2013 IAW has a new website www.womenalliance.org According to president Joanna Manganara the website is 'face and voice to the world'. (note 1)
 
Do you want to help IAW at Facebook and Twitter?
On Facebook news from IAW is published and news from other NGO's, newspapers or individuals is shared in accordance with the focus of IAW. At the time of writing this blog Facebook IAW has 550 likes. Womenalliance at Twitter has 240 followers. According to Lene Pind, head of Communications Unit, 'It is a rather informal medium, but very effective and very fast'.
Result of my inventarisation: 11 of the women attending the Board Meeting are using Facebook and 5 are using Twitter. 
International Alliance of Women as a NGO has a glorious past and has to work on getting a glorious future. The individual members and their organisations are encouraged to like, share, post, comment, follow and RT (ReTweet)! 'The board ... decided that the further development of these social media was to be pursued.'

New Policy Committee of European Women's Lobby 
130 ´Phenomenal Woman´ members of EWL, representing EU countries and European-wide organisations, attended the General Assembly in Lisbon in October. European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisation of more than 2000 women's associations in the European Union (EU), working to promote women's rights and equality between women and men.

Arina Angerman (left) of IAW an European-wide organisation from Amsterdam was elected as representative to new Policy Committee / Board of Administration and Marion Boeker (right), Vice-President for IAW European Membership from Berlin is alternate. Arina continues the representation at EWL of Joanna Manganara, president IAW, from Athens. The new Policy Committee of EWL has 38 elected members.

Beijing20
The international community will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995. Marion and I attended the launch of EWL's Beijing+20 report in Lisbon.

EWL demands as actions a.o. women as agents of change for a sustainable people-centred world. IAW too wants emphasis on women as agents of change in their essential contribution to solutions of problems. European Women´s Lobby is posting or sharing every day at Facebook and already has 17500 likes!

Goal of IAW representative at EWL will be 
--- to share information and spreading knowledge by Twitter or Facebook in order to strenghten the visibility of IAW and EWL at social media by posting or sharing at least twice a week (social media mobilisation)

--- From Words to Action 2015 Beijing20 Calendar of EWL ...
let´s make 3 months to take action from words by writing a blog 
** European´s Women´s Voice publication on women´s Economic Independence in Times of Austerity (blog published at Febr 22th) note 2
** Connecting generations of feminists by using modern technology - blog published at May 28th (we work on capacity building and mutual learning = lifelong learning)
** Campaign For A Europe free from violence against women (International Day to End Violence against Women Nov 25th)

Call to a doable action!? Please join
 International Alliance of Women or European Women´s Lobby or Arina Angerman or Marion Boeker at Twitter in order to follow, share and engage with their activities for Gender Equality or Equal Rights = Equal Responsibilities F/M or Social Media + Women´s Rights = The Future!

   note 1. in Reports for IAW Board Meeting Sion, Switzerland 2014 Compiled by Lene Pind, head of Communications Unit

note 2. From Words to Action: launched on 26th of January 2015 a special edition of the EWL magazine 'European Women's Voice: Women's Economic Independence in Times of Austerity'