The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) convened on April 21-22, 2006 a consultative meeting to assess the de facto situation of gender equality in the new Member States from CEE two years after they joined the EU on May 1, 2004. Participants at the consultation, including a representative of the Center of Women’s Studies and Policies, elaborated a concluding statement of their conclusions and recommendations.