Høringer
21-11-2018 11:00
Children victims or witnesses of gender-based violence – Hearing – 21.11.2018
Domestic violence is a violation of children's rights whether they are victims themselves or witnesses of violence in the family. Domestic violence has a harmful effect on the development of children. The exposure to gender-based violence denies children their right to a safe and stable home environment. Domestic violence against children has many different manifestations and can be in the form of sexual violence, physical and/or psychological violence.
10-10-2018 09:30
The Women’s role in preventing radicalisation in the world - Hearing - 10.10.2018
With the right information and tools, prevention is the best weapon against radicalisation, in which women are so fundamental. This, however, is often missed by legislators. This hearing will discuss how with proper collaboration, information and experience sharing, women can become agents of change and a centrepiece of the prevention strategy.
- Draft Programme of the Hearing (PDF - 272 KB)
- Study on Radicalisation and violent extremism – focus on women
- EPRS Note: Empowering women in the EU and beyond: Leadership and conflict resolution
- Briefing: Radicalisation and counterradicalisation: A gender perspective
- Expert Presentation: Dounia Bouzar (PDF - 3 MB)
- Expert Presentation: Carola García-Calvo (PDF - 629 KB)
27-09-2018 11:00
Gender equal workplaces: best practices & use of care services - Hearing
The purpose of the hearing is to identify and share the best practices for enhancing equality between women and men in the workplace as implemented by employers (big companies) as well as to discuss the practical implications of a developed network of care services for women's participation at the labour market.
09-07-2018 15:00
Tackling the Gender Pay Gap – Hearing – 9.7.2018
The hearing aimed at analysing the proposals included in the EU Action Plan 2017-2019 on Tackling the Gender Pay Gap presented by the Commission in November 2017. The event counted the participation of the Director General of Justice and Consumers as well as representatives from both employers and employees and academia. The Action Plan presents ongoing and upcoming measures taken by the Commission to combat the gender pay gap.
• Improving the application of the equal pay principle
• Combating segregation in occupations and sectors
• Breaking the ceiling: initiatives to combat vertical segregation
• Tackling the care penalty
• Better valorizing women's skills, efforts and responsibilities
• Fighting the fog: unveiling inequalities and stereotypes
• Alerting and informing about the gender pay gap
• Lending hands: enhancing partnerships to tackle the gender pay gap
- Link to the Action Plan
- Link to the draft programme (PDF - 117 KB)
- EPRS Study: Cost of Non Europe in the area of Equality and the Fight against Racism and Xenophobia
- Expert Presentation: Vivian Hunt (DOCUMENT - 4 MB)
- Expert Presentation: Chloe Chambraud (DOCUMENT - 133 MB)
- Expert Presentation: Katharina Miller (DOCUMENT - 653 KB)
- Statement: Katharina Miller (PDF - 217 KB)
20-06-2018 11:00
Gender Budgeting: State of Play and way forward - Hearing - 20.6.2018
The Council of Europe defines gender budgeting as a 'gender based assessment of budgets incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality'. The FEMM Committee discussed this sensitive issue especially in the framework of the future MFF and in relation to the implementation of the Daphne program.
15-05-2018 11:00
The situation of migrant women workers in rural areas and farms in the EU - Hearing
The FEMM committee held an event on the situation of women migrant workers in rural areas and farms in the EU. The aim of the hearing was to look into the working and living conditions of these women and to investigate how their abuse can be prevented and how they could be better protected.
19-02-2018 15:00
Women as agents of change in the Southern Partnership States – Hearing – 19.02.2018
The Hearing aimed at exploring in which ways women are and can be agents of change in the Southern Partnership States. It also looked into the specific difficulties that women face in these countries and how root-based organisations tackle them.
16-10-2017 15:00
EU strategy against women’s cancers
One in three Europeans develops cancer during his or her lifetime, which is an immense social and economic cost for the EU. Certain forms of cancer, such as breast, uterus and cervical and other cancers affecting female reproductive tract, exist predominantly among or are exclusive to women. Although widespread, these types of cancers do not receive the necessary attention from the general public and from policy makers.
10-10-2017 09:00
The situation and rights of women with disabilities
The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality organized a hearing on "The Situation and Rights of Women with disabilities" on 10 October 2017. The hearing will serve as an opportunity to provide input for the own initiative report on the same topic, on which the Committee will work in 2018 (Rapporteur: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, EPP, Spain).
25-09-2017 17:00
Contraception and family planning - Exchange of views
The Committee organised an exchange of views on "Contraception and family planning", ahead of the World Contraception Day, which is celebrated every year on 26 September.