Commitments made at the hearing of Helena DALLI, Commissioner-designate - Equality
The commissioner-designate, Helena Dalli, appeared before the European Parliament on 02 October 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. During the hearing, she made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to her portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to her by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including: - Fight against discrimination; - Rights of Persons with Disability; - European Gender Strategy; - Work–Life Balance Directive; - International Partnerships:Empowering women and girls; - Cooperating with the European Parliament and with other Commissioners.
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- anti-discriminatory measure
- appointment of members
- disabled person
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- equal treatment
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Commissioner
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- gender equality
- LAW
- oral question
- organisation of work and working conditions
- parliament
- parliamentary proceedings
- POLITICS
- public hearing
- rights and freedoms
- Roma
- social affairs
- social framework
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- women's rights
- work-life balance