Naisten oikeuksien ja sukupuolten tasa-arvon valiokunta

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), the EP Headquarters buildings in Brussels have been illuminated in orange, in honor of the UN campaign to end violence against women and girls.

FEMM Members express their support for and solidarity with Polish women and emphasize their deep concerns at the repeated government attacks on women’s rights and the relentless attempts to roll back the reproductive rights of women in Poland.

On 30 November 2020, the LIBE and FEMM Committees will hold a joint hearing on “Combating Gender based Violence: Cyber Violence”. The objective of the hearing is to obtain important input from relevant experts for the joint LIBE-FEMM legislative initiative draft report, which will focus on combating cyber violence as an expression of gender based violence, with specific attention to violence against women.

The study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee. It describes trends in the situation of single parents in the EU, with additional evidence from Iceland and Norway.

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee. It aims to understand the implementation of the Convention, its added value, arguments against the ratification of the Convention, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence (DV).

On 12 November 2020, the FEMM Committee voted on the draft opinion on “Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019 and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2019”. The opinion was adopted by 25 votes in favour to 6 votes against with 2 abstentions.

On 12 November 2020, the FEMM Committee voted on the final report on “Closing the digital gender gap: women’s participation in the digital economy”. The report was adopted by 28 votes in favour to 3 votes against with 2 abstentions.

FEMM, in association with the Delegation for relations with Belarus (D-BY), organized an exchange of views on “Women in Belarus” on 12 November 2020 from 17.00-17.45 remotely.

On 9 November 2020, the FEMM Committee adopted its opinion on "The gender dimension in Cohesion Policy" by 29 votes in favour, 4 votes against and 0 abstentions.