Comisión de Derechos de las Mujeres e Igualdad de Género

On 7 December 2023, the FEMM committee will hold a hearing on "Gender Mainstreaming and EU climate policy".

On 25 November 2023, we celebrated the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, which continues under the “UNiTE to end violence against women” campaign, 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. This year the theme is “Invest to prevent violence against women & girls”.

On 7 November the FEMM Committee Members heard a presentation by Mary Hyland, Eurofound regarding their surveys on energy and cost of living inflation. Since 2020 throughout Europe, people have been struggling with rising prices and the impacts are not equally borne. Following this presentation, on 29 November FEMM Members adopted the report on "Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis".

On Thursday 30 November FEMM Committee Members adopted the draft opinion on "The proposal for a directive on establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities".

In the framework of disability week, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) jointly organised a Hearing on Harmful practices in the EU towards women and girls with disabilities. The hearing took place on 29 November at the European Parliament.

On 30 November 2023, a meeting of the Network of Members in charge of Gender Mainstreaming took place, where Members held an exchange of views with representatives of the Commission on the Update on Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

On Wednesday 29 November FEMM Committee organised a hearing on Hearing on Municipalism and gender equality policies in the EU.

On Tuesday, 7 November 2023, EMPL and FEMM Committees voted on the draft report on "Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation”.

On 7 November 2023 the FEMM and DEVE committees debated the Spotlight initiative report, in the presence of representatives of the ECA, the Commission and the UN.