Equal FERPA WOMEN’S COMMITTEE – 8 MARCH 2025 Mar 2025 On 8 March 2025, International Women's Day, FERPA marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary plan to achieve gender equality and the rights of women and girls everywhere This anniversary comes at a time of increasing global crises, including the... Read more
Appeal of the Trade Unions of Pensioners from the Balkans for Social Rights and EU Enlargement Dec 2024 "The General Secretary of Ferpa, Agostino Siciliano, attended the conference 'Appeal of the Trade Unions of Pensioners from the Balkans for Social Rights and EU Enlargement' in Belgrade upon the invitation of SPI CGIL" The pensioners' trade unions of Slovenia and Croatia, along with the trade... Read more
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 2024 Nov 2024 On 25 November 2024, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the European Federation of Older Persons and Retired Persons (FERPA) emphasises that gender-based violence in old age is often underestimated if not ignored and even rendered invisible... Read more
Ces International Day for Older Persons – Joint ETUC and FERPA statement Sep 2024 On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons on 1st October 2024, the European Federation of Retired and Elderly People (FERPA) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) wish to recall and underline the role and place of retired people in Europe Pensioners and older people are... Read more
Active ageing International Day of Older Persons – 1st October 2024 Sep 2024 On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October 2024, the European Federation of Retired and Elderly People (FERPA) recalls and underlines the role and place of retired people in Europe and the need to ensure them a decent standard of living and to protect the freedom to... Read more
Ferpa’s letter to the President of European Union Sep 2024 The General Secretary of FERPA, Agostino Siciliano, has addressed a letter to Roberta Metsola, following her re-election as President of the European Union In this letter, Siciliano congratulates the President of the European Parlament of the n on her re-election It emphasizes the need to... Read more
