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WECF REACH activities: Get involved!
Previous events:
Women watch MEPs take REACH vote in Strasbourg, 17 November 2005
WECF and a women's delegation from UK, Hungary, Greece, Latvia, Germany and the Netherlands went to Strasbourg from 14-17 November to use the opportunity to convince their MEPs to vote for mandatory substitution. While we're at it we also used the opportunity to highlight continuous problems with chemicals in Europe. Without a strong REACH that beings reliable safety information about chemicals to the table, a healthy future will remain off site.
WECF builds toxic mountain in Munich, 31.10.05.
WECF in Munich invited the press to the Marienplatz, Munich's central square, where they had constructed a toxic mountain out of chemical drums. Chemical sludge flowed from a drum to form a chemical lake with many household and everyday products lying in it. Photographers and a television station were on hand to document the pressaction. See photo below.
Women for REACH training, 13-15 June 2005, Brussels
Some 23 women from 8 different EU member states came together in Brussels to learn more about REACH and to train their advocacy skills. Testing what they learned immediately, women met with MEP Hiltrud Breyer, the Rapporteur/ draftswoman on the REACH proposal in the Parliament’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee (FEMM) on 13 June and their national parliamentarians on 15 June.
International Women’s Day Activity: Frauen werden giftig! 8 March 2005, Berlin, Germany
A coalition of WECF and eleven women’s, health and environmental NGO’s in Germany organised an action on the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March in BerGin. The German minister for the environment Jürgen Trittin came by to discussed the need for a strong REACH with participants.  Jürgen Trittin during the press action
Polish Women’s Conference on Chemicals, Warsaw, December 2004
Together with our two Polish partners the Socio-Ecological Institute (SEI) and Karat Coalition we invited women from all across to Poland to a one day conference addressing the issue of chemicals. The day started early with an appearance on Polish Breakfast Television and ended with giving a lot of interviews and an agreement on the need for a strong chemicals legislation to protect Polisch women and their families. One month later our partners joined the Polish NGO Coalition working on REACH. We all met up again in in Warsaw in February 2005 for a more detailed workshop on chemicals and REACH.
Women and their partners join forces for a reform of European chemicals policy in Soesterberg, The Netherlands in Spring 2004 and agree on the Soesterberg Declaration
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REACH: barely alive and in critical condition, EP adopts REACH deal, 13 December 06
REACH -a deal too far, NGO press release, 1 December 2006
No early compromise at any cost! NGOs urge MEPs to avoid a weak REACH compromise, 23 November 2006
No more breast cancer! NGOs write a joint ad on REACH and breast cancer, 1 November 2006.
The EP Environment Committee votes for safe chemicals, 10 October 2006 ENVI: vote for a strong REACH!, joint NGO letter, 4 October 2006
WECF organizes a lunchtime publication launch in the European Parliament, presenting the new brochure "women and their toxic world", 4 October 2006.
EP needs to strengthen key passages during second reading REACH, letter with EWL, 5 September 2006.
MEPs: close substitution loophole in Council text, joint NGO letter, 29 June 2006
Council Position contains serious substitution loophole, joint NGO press statement, 27 June 2006 Strong REACH needed to stop breastmilk contamination, joint NGO event with MEP Avril Doyle, 27 June 2006
A strong REACH for safe products, WECF action in Amsterdam, 15 June 2006
Bayer does not want to substitute hazardous chemicals, 28 April 2006
March 2006, Key priorities of Environmental, health, consumer and women’s NGOs, REACH 2nd reading.
Huge financial savings of REACH, WECF press release, 16 February 2006.
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| We need your support! At present we are working on different projects,
in which you can participate. More information will be available
soon. If you have any questions please contact Daniela Rosche. |
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