Today, the European Parliament will vote on a report calling for a Europe-wide approach to prostitution, putting women’s rights, protection against violence, and gender...
Exactly one year ago today, the 22 year old Kurdish-Iranian, Jina Mahsa Amini, was arrested for allegedly disobeying Iran’s strict dress code for women. Three days later...
Today, during the debate on the State of the European Union , the leader of the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García MEP, asked...
Despite strong resistance from the conservative EPP Group, Members of the constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) have voted to amend the European Parliament’s rules...
Following intense and difficult negotiations among political groups, the Socialists and Democrats express their satisfaction for the European Parliament´s endorsement for...
The European Parliament is today reiterating its position on the long overdue proposals from the Commission for the new EU ethics body. The S&D Group was disappointed...
One in three women in the EU has experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15. One in two women has experienced sexual harassment. Gender-based violence...
Today, the European Parliament’s committee on women’s rights and gender equality (FEMM) adopted a report drafted by S&D MEP Maria Noichl on the regulation of prostitution...
Six years after the EU signed the Istanbul Convention; the European Union is set to finally ratify this key international legal instrument that aims to eradicate violence...
The S&D Group in the European Parliament deplores the decision of the Polish government to veto the approval of the long-awaited Post-Cotonou Agreement and calls on all...