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First ever EU rules on combating violence against women: deal reached

FEMM

LIBE

06-02-2024

EU legislators reached a provisional deal on rules to combat gender-based violence and protect its victims, especially women and victims of domestic violence.

Violence against women: press conference on Tuesday at 18.00

FEMM

LIBE

05-02-2024

Lead MEPs will brief journalists on the outcome of negotiations on rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.

Equality bodies: Provisional deal reached on new standards

EMPL

FEMM

12-12-2023

The agreement agreed on Tuesday would ensure EU new anti-discrimination rules are effectively applied and enforced.

Fight against discrimination: new rules to boost national equality bodies

EMPL

FEMM

07-11-2023

On Tuesday, the committees on Women’s Rights and Employment adopted their position on new rules to give national equality bodies more powers, resources and independence.

Surrogacy only criminalised in the context of trafficking under new proposals

FEMM

LIBE

11-10-2023

Lead MEPs Malin Björk and Eugenia Rodriguez Palop steering Parliament’s position on rules to combat human trafficking made the following statement.

Human trafficking: MEPs want strong focus on victims’ rights

FEMM

LIBE

05-10-2023

On Thursday, the committees on Women’s Rights and Civil Liberties adopted a draft position on revised rules to combat human trafficking and to help its victims.

Violence against women: sex without consent is rape, say MEPs

FEMM

LIBE

28-06-2023

The draft report asks for a uniform, consent-based definition of rape in the EU, tougher rules on cyber violence, and improved support for victims.

Istanbul Convention: do not delay EU accession any longer

FEMM

LIBE

25-01-2023

The European Union should proceed with ratifying the convention on preventing and combating violence against women, based on the ECJ opinion of 2021.

Gender pay gap: deal reached on binding pay-transparency measures

EMPL

FEMM

15-12-2022

EU companies will be required to disclose information on salaries to expose existing gender pay gaps.

Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies

FEMM

JURI

07-06-2022

After being blocked in the Council for a decade, EP and EU countries’ negotiators finally agreed on a bill to increase the presence of women on corporate boards.

Women on Boards: press conference on Wednesday at 9.00 CEST

FEMM

07-06-2022

Lead EP negotiators and European Commissioner Dalli will brief journalists on the deal reached on Tuesday.

Gender-based cyberviolence: MEPs demand harmonised sanctions and victim support

FEMM

30-11-2021

On Tuesday, the committees on Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights demanded legislation to fight gender-based cyber violence.

Custody rights: protecting women and children from violence is paramount

FEMM

JURI

14-07-2021

MEPs deplore the effects of intimate partner violence on women and children, which has worsened during the COVID-19 crisis.

“The abortion ban in Poland is an attack on women’s and fundamental rights’'

FEMM

LIBE

28-01-2021

The Chairs of the Women’s Rights and Civil Liberties committees call for solidarity with protesters in Poland and reiterate their call for the Polish government to amend their abortion law.

‘‘We are deeply concerned by the attacks on women’s rights in Poland’’

FEMM

24-11-2020

Statement by Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the members of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.

Poland: leading MEPs against the de facto ban on abortion

FEMM

LIBE

22-10-2020

Statement by Committee Chairs Evelyn Regner (Women’s Rights) and Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Civil Liberties) on today’s ruling that termination for foetal defects is unconstitutional.

Poland’s planned withdrawal from Istanbul Convention criticised by leading MEPs

FEMM

30-07-2020

Women’s Rights Committee Chair, Evelyn Regner, and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Chair, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, urge Poland to renounce withdrawing from Istanbul Convention.

EU4Health: MEPs welcome proposal for dedicated EU health programme

FEMM

28-05-2020

The new programme is an opportunity to ensure that EU health systems can face future health threats, said MEPs in a debate with Commissioner Kyriakides on the new Commission proposal.

MEPs propose measures to combat mobbing and sexual harassment

FEMM

10-07-2018

Sexual harassment victims should be helped to report cases and perpetrators should face sanctions, say Women’s Rights MEPs in a draft report adopted on Tuesday.

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Press Releases

Committee week : from 12 to 12 June 2025

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First ever EU rules on combating violence against women: deal reached FEMM LIBE 06-02-2024

Violence against women: press conference on Tuesday at 18.00 FEMM LIBE 05-02-2024

Equality bodies: Provisional deal reached on new standards EMPL FEMM 12-12-2023

Fight against discrimination: new rules to boost national equality bodies EMPL FEMM 07-11-2023

Surrogacy only criminalised in the context of trafficking under new proposals FEMM LIBE 11-10-2023

Human trafficking: MEPs want strong focus on victims’ rights FEMM LIBE 05-10-2023

Violence against women: sex without consent is rape, say MEPs FEMM LIBE 28-06-2023

Istanbul Convention: do not delay EU accession any longer FEMM LIBE 25-01-2023

Gender pay gap: deal reached on binding pay-transparency measures EMPL FEMM 15-12-2022

Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies FEMM JURI 07-06-2022

Women on Boards: press conference on Wednesday at 9.00 CEST FEMM 07-06-2022

Gender-based cyberviolence: MEPs demand harmonised sanctions and victim support FEMM 30-11-2021

Custody rights: protecting women and children from violence is paramount FEMM JURI 14-07-2021

“The abortion ban in Poland is an attack on women’s and fundamental rights’' FEMM LIBE 28-01-2021

‘‘We are deeply concerned by the attacks on women’s rights in Poland’’ FEMM 24-11-2020

Poland: leading MEPs against the de facto ban on abortion FEMM LIBE 22-10-2020

Poland’s planned withdrawal from Istanbul Convention criticised by leading MEPs FEMM 30-07-2020

EU4Health: MEPs welcome proposal for dedicated EU health programme FEMM 28-05-2020

MEPs propose measures to combat mobbing and sexual harassment FEMM 10-07-2018