After the 1957 Rome Treaties, which introduced the principle of gender pay parity, research began to open up to questions surrounding equality and women’s role in political processes and European integration. Since the mid-1970s, further attention has been given to women in international relations, with a particular focus on pacifist activism during the Second World War, the development of the feminist movement, human rights, gender and intersectionality, and women in post-war diplomacy.
Yet although it is now widely acknowledged that women played a central part in the post-war European project, there has still not been a detailed examination of their impact. Against this backdrop, this contribution will explore how the female face of European integration has developed since World War Two, looking at specific issues, difficulties, as well as examples of leading women from Luxembourg and other EU Member States who have left their mark in this area.
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