FEMM Committee Press @EP_GenderEqual@respublicae.eu
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Violence against women: MEPs demand the EU ratify the Istanbul Convention
Read more ⤵️
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230210IPR74805/violence-against-women-meps-demand-the-eu-ratify-the-istanbul-convention
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1625869949372694529
🔴LIVE NOW
#EPlenary debate on the EU's ratification of the Istanbul Convention and gender-based violence #GBV
Watch ⤵️ https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1lPJqBRdBYAxb
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1625458067444842496
Study 📖
on measures in place for victims of gender-based violence (including children) in the 27 EU countries
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2022/738126/IPOL_STU(2022)738126_EN.pdf
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1623715321868607497
RT @eige_eu: ✋ On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, it's essential to understand that #FGM is not only a woman's issue - it's everyone's concern.
How much do you know about FGM? Check out this myth busting factsheet: https://commission.europa.eu/document/a30b1c05-dc96-443c-9ccb-bcec37e67bce_en #EndFGM
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1622592107650158593
Women in Afghanistan have become victims of gender apartheid
Statement by @RobertBiedron and @petras_petras
Read it here ⤵️
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230202IPR71501/women-in-afghanistan-have-become-victims-of-gender-apartheid
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1621187758319443968
Istanbul Convention: do not delay EU accession any longer, say @EP_GenderEqual and @EP_Justice MEPs
Read the press release here ⤵️
https://engscribo.europarl.europa.eu/eng-preview/mailing/EN/20230123IPR68621
RT @EP_GenderEqual: The report on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women by @arbakokalari and @lukaszkohut has been ADOPTED by 68 votes in favour, 13 against and 3 abstentions.
Press release to follow!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1618262765201936384
RT @M_OrdonezSikora: Femm/EMPL has just approved the provisional agreement on the landmark pay transparency directive !
One vote for @EP_GenderEqual & @EPSocialAffairs , one giant leap in the fight for gender equality ! #genderpaygap 💪
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1618261637143867395
ADOPTED! The agreement on pay transparency, steered by @samiraraf and @Kira_MPH is adopted by 62 votes in favour, 8 against and no abstentions.
RT @EP_GenderEqual: Pay transparency vote! At 3pm, @EP_GenderEqual and @EPSocialAffairs will vote o on the provisional agreement after negotiations.
https://emeeting.europarl.europa.eu/emeeting/committee/en/agenda/202301/FEMM?meeting=FEMM-2023-0125_1&session=01-25-15-00
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1618252682501947395
Pay transparency vote! At 3pm, @EP_GenderEqual and @EPSocialAffairs will vote o on the provisional agreement after negotiations.
https://emeeting.europarl.europa.eu/emeeting/committee/en/agenda/202301/FEMM?meeting=FEMM-2023-0125_1&session=01-25-15-00
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1618246026418343936
The report on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women by @arbakokalari and @lukaszkohut has been ADOPTED by 68 votes in favour, 13 against and 3 abstentions.
Press release to follow!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1618200474771156994
Up next, the vote by @EP_Justice and @EP_GenderEqual on a report on EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women
RT @EP_GenderEqual: Tomorrow:
➡️@sweden2023eu present their programme
➡️vote on report on EU accession to convention on combating violence against women
➡️sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo
You can check the full agenda here:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/FEMM/OJ/2023/01-25/1270460EN.pdf
Watch from 9am ⤵️
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-women-s-rights-and-gender-equality_20230125-0900-COMMITTEE-FEMM
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1618195969946058754
Tomorrow:
➡️@sweden2023eu present their programme
➡️vote on report on EU accession to convention on combating violence against women
➡️sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo
You can check the full agenda here:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/FEMM/OJ/2023/01-25/1270460EN.pdf
Watch from 9am ⤵️
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-women-s-rights-and-gender-equality_20230125-0900-COMMITTEE-FEMM
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1617925440794169345
RT @eige_eu: A picture of progress in one decade.
The Member States against the EU average have moved along a steady path for #genderequality with a mixture of strides and slips.
Check out the latest edition of EIGE’s Index for a thorough analysis: https://eige.europa.eu/gender-equality-index/2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1617802895361191938
Starting now!
RT @EP_GenderEqual: Tomorrow from 9am in @EP_GenderEqual and @EP_Justice
➡️combating violence against women @evinincir & @FitzgeraldFrncs
➡️EU accession to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women by @arbakokalari & @lukaszkohut
Watch here:
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/libe-femm_20230112-0900-COMMITTEE-LIBE-FEMM
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1613448721559158785
Tomorrow from 9am in @EP_GenderEqual and @EP_Justice
➡️combating violence against women @evinincir & @FitzgeraldFrncs
➡️EU accession to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women by @arbakokalari & @lukaszkohut
Watch here:
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/libe-femm_20230112-0900-COMMITTEE-LIBE-FEMM
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1613184458500313092
Want to understand more about the political agreement on equal pay for equal work?
The EP's negotiating team explains what it means here:
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/AV_I235178
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1603374024893120512
FEMM Committee Press
boosted
There is a political agreement on the new European Pay Transparency Directive! Finally we have binding measures to realize #equalpay in the EU.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/samiraraf/status/1603344927034843137
Gender pay gap - a deal has been reached on binding pay-transparency measures! @samiraraf @Kira_MPH
Read more ⤵️
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20221212IPR64524/gender-pay-gap-deal-reached-on-binding-pay-transparency-measures
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1603347382598516736
RT @BarryAndrewsMEP: Just out of an @EP_GenderEqual meeting where we discussed:
➡️How Europe can bring an end to fast fashion and protect women's rights in our textile supply chains 🌎
➡️How we can address menstrual poverty - something 🇮🇪 has made progress on, but more to do in Europe 🇪🇺
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1600906484388270085
RT @Lauramedp: It’s been an honour to present our research on #menstrualinequity today at the @EuropeanParl, alongside @klaexn & Ulrich Wohak.
Thank you to the @EP_GenderEqual for the invitation.
@IDIAPJGol @ESC_RH
Presentations available on the link below 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_GenderEqual/status/1600903349385441281
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