Buscar

This study presents an overview of how the issue of obstetric and gynaecological violence is currently being apprehended in the EU. Based on research carried out across the EU 27 Member States, it identifies issues and challenges; looks at the legal framework currently applicable to this form of violence; examines ongoing political and legal developments; and gathers initiatives carried out at the national level to improve understanding and prevention of this form of gender-based violence by healthcare ...

Con el tiempo, la Unión Europea ha prestado cada vez más atención a la cuestión de la libre circulación de las personas con discapacidad, que representan una de cada cuatro personas en la Unión. El 6 de septiembre de 2023, la Comisión Europea puso en marcha una iniciativa legislativa para crear una Tarjeta Europea de Discapacidad y una Tarjeta Europea de Estacionamiento, que se reconocerán en todos los Estados miembros. El texto final acordado en el diálogo tripartito se someterá a votación durante ...

En marzo de 2022, la Comisión propuso una Directiva para combatir la violencia contra las mujeres y la violencia doméstica en la Unión, y los colegisladores acordaron un texto transaccional a principios de 2024. El Parlamento tiene previsto someter a votación el texto durante el período parcial de sesiones de abril II. La nueva Directiva establecería normas mínimas para tipificar como delito penal las formas graves de violencia y mejorar la prevención, el acceso a la justicia y la protección de las ...

Durante el período parcial de sesiones de abril I, el Parlamento Europeo votará dos propuestas para reforzar las competencias y el mandato de los organismos nacionales de igualdad para luchar contra la discriminación por motivos de sexo, raza, religión o creencias, discapacidad, edad y orientación sexual.

International trade is not gender neutral. Both inside and outside Europe, trade liberalisation has gender differentiated impacts, stemming from women and men's unequal access to resources and their different positions on labour markets, in households and in society. The challenge for EU policy makers is therefore to ensure that both women and men in the EU and partner countries enjoy gains from trade agreements and are protected from negative impacts and, more broadly, that EU trade policy contributes ...

The Roma are Europe's largest ethnic minority. Out of an estimated total of 10 to 12 million Roma in Europe as a whole, some 6 million live in the European Union (EU) and most of them are citizens of an EU Member State. A significant number of Roma people live in very poor socio-economic conditions. The social exclusion, discrimination and segregation they face are mutually reinforcing. Their restricted access to education and difficulties entering the labour market result in low income and poor ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, analyses the impact of digitalization on vulnerable social groups in terms of lower income and education, age, people affected by disabilities, minority ethnic groups and people living in remote/isolated geographic areas. It includes a review of the relevant academic literature, secondary data analysis, as well as three case studies focused ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, is aimed at assessing the state of implementation of gender mainstreaming activities in the parliamentary work of the LIBE Committee and, particularly, it analyses the adoption of a gender mainstreaming and intersectional approach in LIBE’s legislative and non-legislative work in the 2021–2022 period.

Cross-border parental child abductions in the EU are governed by The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and (except for Denmark) the Brussels II-ter Regulation. Countries outside of the EU may or may not be Contracting States to ‘the Convention’, but will not be bound by Brussels II-ter. Research has found that the often negative, long-lasting impact of abduction may continue throughout the lifecycle of those who have been abducted. It may also affect future ...