European Parliament Alerts from the Women's Rights and Gender Equality committee

Latest news - Next FEMM Committee meetings - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 10:42 AM CEST The next Committee meetings will be held on: Joint Meeting DEVE-FEMM: Tuesday 24 April 2018 from 10.15 - 10.45 in room Paul-Henri Spaak 4B001, Brussels Wednesday 25 April 2018, from 9.00 - 13.00 in room József Antall 6Q2, Brussels Joint Meeting LIBE-FEMM: Thursday 26 April 2018 from 11.00 - 11.30 in room Jószef Antall 4Q2, Brussels All the meetings are broadcast live and recorded unless otherwise indicated. Further information Calendar 2018 FEMM latest press releases Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Victims' Rights Directive Implementation Report – Joint Vote- 26.4.2018 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 03:40 PM CEST The Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime ensures that persons who have fallen victim of crime are recognised, treated with respect and receive proper support and access to justice. The Directive takes into account the gender perspective and the specific needs of specific groups of victims. LIBE and FEMM committees are working on a draft report that will assess the implementation of the Directive in order to analyse to which extent it brings real change for victims and to propose recommendations for a more effective support of victims. FEMM co-rapporteur is Ms Angelika Mlinar (ALDE, Austria) and LIBE co-rapporteur is Ms Teresa Jiménez-Becerril (EPP, Spain). 248 amendments and 28 compromise amendments have been tabled to the draft report. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - EU Budget 2019 - Exchange of views with the EP rapporteur – 25.4.2018 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 02:57 PM CEST Members will have the opportunity to share their points of view on the 2019 EU budget with the BUDG rapporteur Mr Daniele Viotti (S&D, Italy). The BUDG rapporteur will present an overview of the main priorities of the Parliament for next year's EU budget. The rapporteur, on behalf of FEMM, Ms Malin Björk (GUE/NGL, Sweden), will highlight key topics for the FEMM Committee such as the funding of migrant women and refugees access to rights and support services; the funding of women's empowerment in the world by the EU external policies; the implementation of gender budgeting in the EU; the establishment of a dedicated budget plan for coordinating gender mainstreaming in the EU institutions and the need to fund programmes promoting girls' and women's entry into the STEM and ICT sectors. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - The EU accession to the Istanbul Convention - Legal Service Presentation – 25.4.2018 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 02:54 PM CEST At the request of FEMM and LIBE Committees, the Legal Service of the European Parliament issued a legal opinion in January 2018 on the Council decisions on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention. The opinion focuses, among other issues, on the legal basis chosen by the Council, the kind of accession (complete or partial) that the EU will have after the ratification, the main lines of the respective competences entitled to the EU and the Member States in the remit of the Convention, and the legal reason for the split between the Council Decisions on the signing of the Istanbul Convention. The co-rapporteurs on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, Ms Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy (S&D, France), and Ms Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (EPP, Sweden) and other members of LIBE and FEMM committees, will express their position regarding the legal opinion and the next steps in the EU ratification of the Convention. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Roll Call Votes FEMM Committee Meeting April 12 2018 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 12:23 PM CEST RCV April 12 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Roll Call Votes FEMM Committee Meeting March 27 2018 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 12:22 PM CEST RCV March 27 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Roll Call Votes FEMM Committee Meeting February 20 2018 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 19-04-2018 11:50 AM CEST RCV February 20 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111