The EPP Group wants to include non-consensual sex in the new EU Directive on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.
Today, Parliament's Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, and Legal and Home Affairs Committees will vote on the f.
Von der Leyen: SofaGate happened ‘because I am a woman’
In an impassioned address to MEPs, the first female president of the European Commission expressed how she felt “hurt and alone, as a woman and as a European” after the recent SofaGate incident in Turkey.
European Parliament Audiovisual: Ursula von der Leyen
27 Apr 2021
For the first time since the diplomatic gaffe in Ankara earlier this month, widely dubbed ‘SofaGate’, Ursula von der Leyen gave members of Parliament a raw insight into her feelings on the incident.
The diplomatic snub saw von der Leyen relegated to a sofa, while Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Erdoğan took their places on the two gilded chairs provided for the leaders in the centre of the room.
Policymakers to converge for high-level event on women’s rights
Participants will include Parliament President David Sassoli, the president of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, her Commission counterpart Ursula von der Leyen and EU Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli.
01 Mar 2021
The conference, organised by Parliament’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee, is entitled ‘We are strong: Women leading the fight against COVID-19.’
Frontline health service workers and others, including MPs, will join the gathering, held both physically and online, in Parliament on Thursday.
A Parliament spokesman said, “The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the ugly truth - 70 percent of the global health and social workforce are women who are often paid the minimum salary.”
2020 vision: A year in review
The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most challenging in generations. Lorna Hutchinson looks back on an extraordinary twelve months.
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January
The year kicks off on a celebratory note, as Finland, Austria and Sweden celebrate 25 years of EU membership, when they became the 13th, 14th and 15th Member States of the EU following referendums in each of the states prior to accession.
Meanwhile, Brexit is at the forefront of many people’s minds as the 31 January deadline when the UK is due to leave the EU looms ever closer. EU citizens living and working in the UK as well as citizens’ rights groups and the European Parliament’s political groups express their growing concern over the impact that Britain’s exit from the bloc will have on their lives and legal status.