Combating violence against women: MEPs ready to negotiate on draft EU directive
MEPs push for a broader scope, to protect more victims and punish more perpetrators
Tag: gender equality
Post COVID-19 EU support funds: Will we see gender equality measures?
Gender-targeted measures in the Recover and Resilience Facility (RRF) - a Post COVID-19 EU support programme - are strikingly absent.
Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?
On average, platform workers face a higher risk of economic instability and discrimination. Add to that, they also experience exclusion from collective representation, a lack of upskilling and occupational safety ...
Violence against women: Joint survey with the Fundamental Rights Agency
The data will allow for analysis of developments in gender-based violence, building upon the Violence Against Women survey conducted by FRA in 2014.
Violence Against Women: The European Union establishes an EU-wide helpline number and calls to end violence against women worldwide
The EU condemns all forms of violence against women and girls. It is unacceptable in the 21st century that women and girls continue to be abused, harassed, raped, mutilated or ...
Equal Pay Day: Pay Transparency essential to close the EU gender pay gap of 13%
Women in the European Union still continue to earn less than men for equal job, with the average gender pay gap in the EU standing at 13%.
Gender Equality Index 2022: Gender Equality under Threat, Specific Groups Hardest Hit
The recently launched Gender Equality Index 2022 reveals that progress continues at a snails' pace.
European Parliament holding its third European Gender Equality Week
European Parliament committees and delegations are holding a series of discussions and public hearings on topics related to gender equality.
MEPs call on EU governments to combat LGBTIQ+ hatred and crimes
In response to a homophobic murder in Bratislava, Parliament asked on Thursday all EU governments to fight hate speech, and investigate and prosecute hate crimes.
Girls on the move
Debates and discourses about children on the move do not occur in a vacuum. They are shaped by social and political contexts, and create dominant frameworks about children, about gender ...
