2024 Programme - European Gender Equality Week

Committee on International Trade (INTA)

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): exchange of views with Renate Nikolay, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT): exchange of views with Barbara Butragueño, Deputy General Director for Women and Sports at the Spanish Higher Council for Sports, and Georg Hauesler, Director from the Directorate-General for Education and Culture’s directorate on Culture, Creativity and Sports at the European Commission

Screening of "Julie Keeps Quiet", LUX Audience Award nominated film, followed by a discussion with MEPs and film representatives Ruth Becquart and Tessa Van den Broeck

Committee on Development (DEVE) in association with the Delegation for the relations with Afghanistan (D-AF): exchange of views with UNOCHA, CARE International and DG ECHO

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) hearing

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)

Committee on Transport and tourism (TRAN): exchange of views with Ruth Lopian, Equality Coordinator, Social Aspects, Passenger Rights & Equal Opportunities Unit, DG MOVE, Commission and Ms Carmen Niethammer, Senior Gender Specialist, the European Investment Bank

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): exchange of views with Yulia Kirillova, Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs of Ukraine, and Yulia Paievska, Ukrainian military servicewoman, psychologist, paramedic and founder of the volunteer ambulance corps, ‘Taira’s Angels’

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT): exchange of views with Commission's representative

Delegation for relations with Mercosur (DMER): exchange of views with Irene Rosales, Senior Policy Advisor, European Women’s Lobby

Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences (DG LINC)

Participants in the high-level online discussion: Antonella Sberna, Vice-President of the European Parliament in charge of the Gender Equality Week, Ewa Kopacz, Vice-President of the European Parliament chairing the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity, Lina Gálvez, Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Former Prime Minister of Spain, and a video-message by Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director of Europol.

Moderator: Delphine Colard, spokesperson of the European Parliament

Organised by Directorate-General for Personnel (DG PERS)

Participants: Ewa Kopacz, Vice-President of the European Parliament chairing the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity; Sophie Wilmès, Vice-President of the European Parliament vice-chairing the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity; Nicolae Ștefănuță, Vice-President of the European Parliament and member of the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity; Agnieszka Walter-Drop, Director-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences.

Moderator: Lennard Louisy, coach and facilitator

Screening of "Julie Keeps Quiet", LUX Audience Award nominated film, followed by a discussion with FEMM Committee Chair Lina Gálvez and film director Leonardo Van Dijl and actress Ruth Becquart 

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) hearing with participation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): exchange of views with Carlien Scheele, Director of European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): exchange of views with Barbara Gerstenberger, Head of Unit Working Life, Eurofound

Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT): exchange of views

Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT)

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): exchange of views on basis of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU agriculture with representatives of the farming community, NGO and academia

Committee on Budgets (BUDG): exchange of views with Brigitte Luggin (DG INTPA), Franck Conrad (DG BUDGET), Scherie Nicol (OECD) and Petra Gschiel (Austrian Parliament Budget Office)

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): exchange of views

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM): presentation by Carlien Scheele, Director of European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)