Our work in the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee

Our MEPs are strongly committed to fighting all forms of discrimination. Defending fundamental rights for everyone is a key goal. We want to close the employment and pay gaps that affect women all over Europe on an everyday basis.  Our key goal and priority from among those listed below is to combat all forms of violence against women. 

Our priorities
Our priorities
  • To conclude the Work-Life Balance Directive in order to improve maternity leave rights and guarantee paternity leave so fathers get rights to spend time with their children and partners.
  • Revising the 2006 Equal Treatment Directive to introduce effective sanctions in order to promote equal treatment and pay for men and women.
  • Adopting coherent legislation to promote equal sharing of responsibilities between men and women. There is a need to implement measures in the informal care system and to acknowledge the invisible and low-paid work of women in these areas. 
  • Reinforcing non-legislative measures to promote innovative working-time arrangements in order to reconcile work and family life in the broader sense.
  • Strategic public investment to provide more high-quality, affordable childcare.
  • To urge the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention on combatting violence against women.
  • To promote the role of women in the ICT (Information and communications technology) sector and their leadership roles in the digital economy.
  • To consolidate and expand sexual health and reproductive rights for women and girls.
  • To introduce fair taxation.
  • To ensure that gender equality and women's rights perspectives are present in all policies across sectors.
  • To focus on and recognise new forms of harassment with the introduction of new technologies.
  • To find common definitions and gender indicators to evaluate women's rights.

 

Find more about our priorities on our Women’s Rights campaign page.

MEPs involved
Vice-chair
Czech Republic
Coordinator
Germany
Member
Sweden
Member
Italy
Member
Austria
Substitute
Estonia
Substitute
Croatia
Substitute
Italy
Substitute
Netherlands