The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
20.1.2023
Question for oral answer O-000004/2023
to the Council
Rule 136
Robert Biedroń
on behalf of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
A delegation of Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality will attend the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW67) in March 2023. The UN CSW67 will focus on innovation and technological change and on education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
The gender gap in digital access and skills persists, with women remaining digitally marginalised. Growing gender inequalities exist in terms of access to connectivity, digital education and skills, as well as access to technologies, preventing women’s economic independence, entrepreneurship and empowerment. However, when women and girls do have access to the internet, they face online violence and experience different forms of cyber-harassment. Given this:
- 1.Can the Council provide details of the main points in the European Union position for the UN CSW67 and on how Parliament’s priorities will be incorporated? Will the Council grant Parliament access to the EU position paper on the preparation for the 67th session? How will Council ensure a strong and coordinated EU approach and ambitious and robust commitments, including specific measures, to promote real progress towards gender equality? How can we adjust our policies to improve widespread access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)?
- 2.What can be done to accelerate the implementation of the international commitments already made and what new measures are planned against the effects of digital marginalisation and against their disproportionate impacts on women and girls, taking into account all forms of discrimination and with specific attention to gender-based violence, including online violence? What concrete actions through relevant future EU strategies and policy processes, including budgetary policies and collection of relevant gender-disaggregated data, are planned? Specifically what steps will be taken to mainstream the gender perspective in all relevant EU policies and programmes?
Submitted: 20.1.2023
Lapses: 21.4.2023