FEMM Committee constitutive meeting

DEVE Committee constitutive meeting

AFET Committee constitutive meeting

EP Plenary session - Elections of Quaestors of Parliament

Polish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

FEMM - Achievements of the 9th parliamentary term

ECON FEMM - Women in Economics and Finance: Debate on the next challenges in the EU

FEMM Committee - Situation of Women in Belarus

FEMM AFCO joint meeting : Elect her – how to support women's political participation

FEMM - Presentation of the Spanish Presidency of the Council programme

FEMM - Women's reproductive health and specificities, including SRHR and access to abortion

LIBE/FEMM vote on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Marco ALONSO, Spanish Reprensentative to the EU meets with FEMM Chair Robert BIEDRON

FEMM Committee - Hearing: Gender aspects of peace & security

FEMM Commiittee - Exchange of views with Equinet

FEMM hearing backlash against women's rights

FEMM LIBE joint meeting - UNODC Global Report on trafficking in persons 2022

FEMM LIBE joint meeting - Votes on the two recommandations on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention

Delegation for relations with Iran - FEMM joint meeting Exchange of views with 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin EBADI on the situation of women in Iran

International Women's Day Celebration - Lunch

FEMM Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the occasion of International Women's Day: Gender Aspects of Energy Poverty

EP Plenary session - The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - O.Q.

FEMM Committee - Presentation by EIGE on the work programme

Ahead of each new rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (every 6 months), the ministers of the holding country present their priorities in a series of meetings with parliamentary committees related to their political area. On January 2023, the committees of FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), REGI (Regional Development) and DEVE (Development) welcomed the Sweden's ministers, including Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Deputy Minister for Employment, Peter Kullgren, Minister for Rural Affairs, Johan Forssel, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade.

Presentation of the EU Council's priorities by Swedish Ministers: extracts from the EP Committee meetings (FEMM - REGI - DEVE)

The FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) and LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Committees debate in a joint hearing on the consequences of the abortion ban in Poland with Barbara SKROBOL, sister-in-law of Ms Izabela SAJBOR, the first known victim of the de facto abortion ban, Kamila FERENC, Lawyer of FEDERA Foundation, and Caroline HICKSON, Regional Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network.

Consequences of the de facto abortion ban in Poland - FEMM/LIBE Committees: extracts from the joint hearing

Backlash against women's rights in Poland, including sexual and reproductive health and rights – findings of FEMM delegation to Poland. Press conference by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), Chair of FEMM Committee. Additional statements by Urszula GRYCUK, Vice-President of the FEDERA Foundation for Women and Family Planning Jolanta BUDZOWSKA, lawyer of the family of Izabela Sajbor, the first known victim of the abortion ban in Poland.This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference on the backlash against women's rights in Poland by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), Chair of FEMM Committee

The European Parliament organises the 3rd edition of the European Gender Equality Week from the 24 to the 27 of October 2022. Evelyn REGNER (S&D,AT) EP Vice-President for Gender Equality Week and by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D,PL), FEMM Chair give statements about the stakes of the EU Gender Equality Week.

European Gender Equality Week: statements by Evelyn REGNER (S&D,AT) EP Vice-President for Gender Equality Week and by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D,PL), FEMM Chair

MEPs and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL discuss the countrywide protests against the Islamic regime in Iran after the nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. Second part of the debate.

The death of Mahsa AMINI and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran: MEPs debate (part 2)

Ahead of each new rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (every 6 months), the ministers of the holding country present their priorities in a series of meetings with parliamentary committees related to their political area. On Tuesday 12 July 2022, the committees of ENVI (Environnment, Public Health and Food Safety), FEMM (Women's Rights and Gender Equality), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) and REGI (Regional Development) welcomed the Czech's ministers, including Vlastimil VÁLEK, Minister of Health, Marian JUREČKA, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Martin KUPKA, Minister of Transport and Ivan BARTOŠ, Minister for Digitisation and Regional Development.

Presentation of the EU Council's priorities by Czech Ministers: extracts from the EP Committee meetings (ENVI, FEMM, TRAN and REGI)

MEPs debate on the prosecution of opposition and detention of trade union leaders in Belarus.

Prosecution of opposition and detention of trade union leaders in Belarus: MEPs debate

Parliament debate and vote on how to protect women fleeing Ukraine from violence and trafficking, and on granting them access to essential health services. MEPs strongly condemn the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war and to express their deep concern about the growing number of reports of human trafficking, sexual violence, exploitation, rape and abuse faced by women and children fleeing Ukraine. Opening statements by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D,PL), Author and by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

The impact of the war against Ukraine on women: opening statements by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), Author and by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

Following the sharp deterioration of women’s rights in Afghanistan, MEPs and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell assess the situation in the country. The Taliban recently announced that they would not allow girls above the 6th grade to attend school until further notice, thereby backtracking on earlier promises to grant women above a certain age access to education.

Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights: MEPs debate (Part 1/2)

The Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee hold an exchange of views with Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson on the situation of women refugees fleeing Ukraine. MEPs discuss what support the EU can provide to protect refugees from the risk of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation.

Situation of women refugees: extracts from the opening of the meeting and statement by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), FEMM Chair and by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs - FEMM Committee

The EP Media Service hold seminar for journalists on ‘‘Towards a better gender equality: Legislative work of the European Parliament’’, with key MEPs and members of Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSINTSADZE, Chairperson of the Committee on Integration into the European Union and Inna SOVSUN. President Metsola and Robert BIEDROŃ, Chair of FEMM Committee, deliver remarks.

MSU seminar on International Women's Day in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D,PL), Chair of FEMM Committee

The annual inter-parliamentary committee meeting marking International Women’s Day (8 March) brings together MEPs and national MPs to discuss gender equality and women’s rights. This year’s theme is ‘‘An ambitious future for Europe's women after COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in teleworking and unpaid care work after the pandemic’’. After introductory remarks by Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee Chair Robert Biedroń (S&D, PL), EP President Roberta Metsola, French Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Élisabeth Moreno, and Vice-President of the European Commission Věra Jourová deliver the opening speeches. The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir gives the keynote speech.

Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting International Women's Day 2022: welcome speeches and keynote

MEPs debate with the Presidents of the European Council and Commision the latest diplomatic attempts to de-escalate tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. Fourth part of the debate.

EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine: MEPs debate (Part 4/4)

MEPs comment on the 24 November ruling by the Polish constitutional tribunal that declared parts of the European Convention on Human Rights incompatible with the Polish constitution. MEPs debate also about the state of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the country.

Plans to undermine further fundamental rights in Poland: MEPs debate

Following the deal reached in Glasgow at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), MEPs debate the outcome of the negotiations. Third part of the debate.

Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow: MEPs debate (part 3/3)

MEPs debate on the escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarus border, in particular in Poland. First part of the debate.

The escalating humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border: MEPs debate (Part 1/2)

MEPs debate and vote on a resolution that marks the one-year anniversary of the near-total abortion ban in Poland. The controversial ruling of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which came into force in January 2021 and restricts legal abortion to cases of rape or incest, or when the pregnancy endangers the mother’s life, has prompted months of protests.

The first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland: MEPs debate

MEPs will outline their expectations for the 21-22 October EU summit in Brussels. Opening statements by Anže LOGAR, Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs and by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission. Second part of the debate.

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