News from the European Parliament's Committee for Women's Rights & Gender Equality. Account managed by Natalie Kontoulis and Polona Tedesko. RTs ≠ endorsement.
📣 Today in committee from 3pm
- 🗳️ Vote to elect 4th Vice-Chair
- Discussion on the EU's priorities for the 69th
@UN_CSW
Watch the meeting here ⤵️
More details ⤵️
Here is the
@Europarl_EN
programme for the hearings of
@EU_Commission
Commissioner-Designates.
Members of the European Parliament will ask the necessary questions, scrutinise and keep working on issues that matter to people 🇪🇺
Today, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights situation in:
📌 Türkiye - the case of Bülent Mumay
📌 China - Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas
📌 Iraq - the situation of women’s rights
Find out more in our press release:
🔴Tuesday 17 sept @ 17.00,
@EP_HumanRights
MEPs will welcome 9 Afghan activists for women’s rights in a special meeting in Strasbourg
A press conference with
@EP_HumanRights
Chair,
@MounirSatouri
will follow at 18.00.
➡️Read our press alert here:
At
@EP_GenderEqual
@EU_Commission
Director General for Justice and Consumers
@AnaGallegoEU
stresses that the attacks on gender equality are ongoing, driven by disinformation campaigns.
Gender equality is far from being yet achieved. We still have work to do, and we will 🇪🇺
📢 Tomorrow morning in
@EP_GenderEqual
- Vote on draft opinion on EU general budget for 2025;
- Director
@CarlienScheele
presents what
@eige_eu
is doing to further gender equality;
- Update from
@EU_Justice
on gender legislation.
For more info ⤵️
📢 Tomorrow morning in
@EP_GenderEqual
- Vote on draft opinion on EU general budget for 2025;
- Director
@CarlienScheele
presents what
@eige_eu
is doing to further gender equality;
- Update from
@EU_Justice
on gender legislation.
For more info ⤵️
📢 Parliament confirmed the size of its committees - The Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee will have 40 members.
The names of the MEPs to be appointed to each committee will be announced on Friday.
Read more ⤵️
The European Parliament begins its tenth term
The European Parliament was officially constituted on Tuesday in Strasbourg, following the European elections on 6-9 June.
Details ⬇️
On
#WomenHealthMatters
&
#MenstrualHygiene
Day, I stress that we must protect women’s health & wellbeing.
It is of the essence to include a gender lens into health research and to ensure that data is collected with the necessary breakdown by sex.
#UnionOfEquality