2017 and 2018 were the years when women stood up globally and simultaneously and told the world that they have had enough: enough of being paid less than men for the same work; enough of not being free to decide about their own bodies; enough of being harassed and abused at work and beyond; enough of being made to stay at home and fulfil traditional roles.

It is indeed time to put an end to the persistent gap between women and men in terms of respecting human rights, access to opportunities and decision-making power. But women’s rights have also experienced a massive backlash from neo-conservative, fundamentalist religious and right-wing populist forces and, in many cases, the persistent lack of adequate public services obliges women to stay at home as carers. PES Women and the PES are thus determined to stand by all women in the continuing fight to secure women’s rights in the EU and beyond and to À ght all types of discrimination and stereotypes against young girls from an early age on.