INTERNATIONAL SECTIONS OF EUW

International BOARD

President: Margaret Hales (UK)

Vice Presidents: Pascale Mesnil (France)
Margaret Stockham Turner (UK)
Christiane Tricot

Treasurer: Martina Fasslabend

Vice-Treasurer: Gabi Ettenberger

Commission Presidents:
Culture - Isabella Schuster (Germany)
Education and Employment - Paule Richard (UK)
Europe Alive - Lynne Faulkner (UK)
Health and Social Affairs - Fay Buglass (UK)
International Policy - Pascale Mesnil (France)
Legal and Human Rights - Gisela Grabow (Germany)
Sustainable Development - Jackie Branson (UK)
Youth Alive - Louise Wallon (France)

Index

Austria

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Luxembourg

Malta

Norway

Poland

Romania

Slovakia

Spain

United Kingdom

The International Board is primarily responsible for the realisation of the aims of the EUW. It consists of the president, vice presidents and treasurer plus the presidents of the national sections and the leaders of international commissions. It meets at least twice a year and elections are held every three years.

The International Council meets bi-annually and comprises the executive committee, three members of each national section, president and vice presidents of commissions, the EUW representatives at the Council of Europe and the United Nations’ special committees, plus the auditors.

The Commissions bring together professional women experienced in many different disciplines. Their brief is to study European and worldwide questions, taking into account the work of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the United Nations. The international commissions’ presidents and vice presidents are elected by the International Council every two years.

President OF THE EUW

Margaret Hales MBE, member of British Section.

After a lifetime in university education, the UK health service and politics, she now lives in Spain where she is also a member of the Spanish Section. She first joined EUW in 1982 and was subsequently Vice President and then President of the International Education Commission. She was elected as a Vice President of EUW in 2012 and then President in 2017.
She says, 'I cannot imagine my life without EUW: to be able to work for the equality of women through peace and democracy and in doing so to gather valued and talented friends from across Europe has been a wonderful journey'.

GENERAL SECRETARY

Dr Margaret Stockham Turner

Margaret joined the British Section of EUW in 1984, has been Chair of the Health Commission, National Treasurer and National President. She is the former International General Secretary and is current the 1st Vice president. Margaret has had a long career in the UK’s health service, including three roles as CEO and she now runs a successful international healthcare consultancy, alongside a number of Trusteeships and charity and research Board positions.

National EUW Presidents AND SECTIONS

Countries A-Z

AUSTRIA

President: Christina Schlosser

Website: www.euwa.at

Contact: Irene Peer-Polzer (General secretary of Austria) - [email protected]; 0043 664 165 88 24

We are very proud that the founder of EUW, Lola Solar, was an Austrian woman working on social and political fields. EUW was founded 1953 by Lola Solar in Salzburg/Austria.

As an NGO and part of EUW we are (net)working for all women in Europe to give them power and responsibility and to fight discrimination and hate.

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