CESI affiliates Synnöve Nüchter and Eva Fernández Urbón elected into EWL Board of Administration

Synnöve Nüchter from the German Civil Service Federation dbb union will be a full member in the Board of Administration, Eva Fernández Urbón from the Spanish Central Independent and Public Employees’ Trade Union CSIF will serve as alternate. The mandates run until 2027 when new elections will take place.

CESI has been a member of the EWL since 2006. Synnöve Nüchter succeeds Carmen Jaffke from CESI’s Luxembourgish member organisation CGFP, who did not stand for election again. Eva Fernández Urbón was already a Board member and was re-elected. Both have an impressve track record as trade unionists and supporters of gender equality and women’s rights.

Synnöve Nüchter has been an affiliate of the dbb for more than 15 years and currently serves as a Board member in its Feder Women's Council. She is also a member of the National Council of German Women's Organisations (Deutscher Frauenrat). At European level, she chairs CESI's staturoy Commission on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Eva Fernández Urbon is National Secretary for Equality and Social Responsibility at CSIF and has been a member of union's National Executive Committee since 2019. She has been working on women´s rights and gender equality as a trade unionist for the past 15 years and has participated in numerous conferences and published articles related to issue such as ‘Gender gap and university: two realities that feedback’ or ‘The trade union role on the path to equality’. Since 2021, she has been President of CESI’s statutory Commission on Employment and Social Affairs.

CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger said: “I am pleased that CESI remains actively represented within the EWL, the leading platform for women’s rights in Europe. With their strong expertise and trade union experience, Synnöve and Eva will ensure that the perspective of independent trade unions is well heard. For CESI, advancing gender equality and equal opportunities is a key priority – especially in the world of work but also across society as a whole.”

The names of all elected Board members is available on the website of the EWL. The General Assembly on June 4-7 also saw the election of the EWL Executive Committee and its new President, Dina Loghin from the Romanian Women’s Lobby. Further details are available here.

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