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Glaustai - Human rights and democracy in the world: Assessing EU action in 2023 - 26-03-2025

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:06:43 GMT

The latest annual report from the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU external action to promote human rights and democracy covers 2023. It highlights a worsening environment marked by multiple crises and conflicts, growing social inequalities, and increasing pressure on multilateral governance and rules-based international cooperation. During its April plenary session, the European �Ϸ��վ is due to vote on its own yearly resolution on human rights and democracy in the world, responding to the High Representative's report and recommending future EU action.

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Briefing - Women in foreign affairs and international security: An increasingly salient debate - 04-03-2025

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:00:00 GMT

In a context of international turbulence, rising armed conflict and other evolving threats, the debate on the participation and role of women in foreign affairs and international security is a timely and relevant one. In particular, growing attention is being paid to imbalances in the representation of women in leadership and other key positions in the area of foreign and security policy, and to the growing body of evidence regarding the positive effect of including women and a gender perspective in several key areas. While gaps persist, women's representation in foreign affairs and security has increased both in the European Union (EU) and at United Nations (UN) level. Women's role in peacekeeping is receiving particular attention, as research has consistently shown that gender equality contributes to peace and higher security, and that peace negotiations involving women have a better chance of being sustainable and effective. This year marks the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which established the 'women, peace and security' (WPS) agenda. Since then, more WPS-related resolutions have been adopted, widening the scope and breadth of gendered peace and security. These resolutions have been instrumental in changing the philosophy and rhetoric around conflict and gender equality, thereby challenging the international community to do more. Initiatives are being implemented at EU level, including through the 2018 EU strategic approach to WPS. However, critics underline that a lot remains to be done, as women and gender perspectives continue to be under-represented in the field of foreign and security policy across the world. This is a further update of an EPRS briefing originally published in September 2019.

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Glaustai - Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation - 04-02-2025

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:52:16 GMT

As part of broader efforts to combat all forms of violence against women and girls, the European Union (EU) is committed to working collectively to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) and to supporting its Member States' efforts in this field. The European Commission assesses EU measures to combat FGM every year, on or around 6 February – the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This publication is a further update of an 'at a glance' note originally published in January 2015.

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Briefing - Gender-responsive budgeting: State of play and opportunities for the European �Ϸ��վ's 10th term - 03-02-2025

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Gender-responsive budgeting is a practical tool that can be applied systematically throughout the budgetary cycle to ensure that resources are distributed equitably and that spending supports gender equality. As well as helping to ensure that budgets deliver maximum value for citizens, gender-responsive budgeting supports other policy objectives connected with efficiency, transparency and accountability. Under the Treaties, the EU has an obligation to promote gender equality and a firm basis to use gender-mainstreaming tools, including gender-responsive budgeting, to reach this objective. During the 2019-2024 mandate, the long-running debate on the feasibility of introducing gender-responsive budgeting at EU level, begun in the early 2000s, resulted in practical action. The EU's gender equality strategy for 2020 to 2025 included a commitment to improve gender mainstreaming in the budget process, notably by developing a methodology to track expenditure on gender equality. This gender budgeting tool was piloted for the first time in the EU's 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF). It was applied to all spending programmes in the annual budgets for 2023, 2024 and 2025. The start of the current five-year mandate at the European Commission and the European �Ϸ��վ is a good moment to reflect on how deeply rooted gender-responsive budgeting has become and how the momentum can be carried forward. �Ϸ��վ has played an active role in the introduction of gender-responsive budgeting at EU level. Opportunities exist for �Ϸ��վ to promote its further development, notably in connection with the post-2027 MFF and in its own working practices.

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Glaustai - Outcome of the Summit of the Future: Transforming global governance to build peace, promote human rights and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - 01-10-2024

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:31:13 GMT

On 22-23 September 2024, world leaders, including �Ϸ��վ's President Roberta Metsola, convened at the United Nations for a 'Summit of the Future'. The UN Secretary-General presented the summit as a 'once-in-a-generation' opportunity to revive multilateral cooperation to address current and future global challenges. �Ϸ��վ's ad-hoc delegation welcomed the 'Pact for the Future' endorsed at the summit. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) is due to report back to Members in a plenary statement on the outcome of the summit.

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Briefing - Accelerating progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5): Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls - 18-09-2024

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:01:59 GMT

Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) – 'achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls' – is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN) that is very likely to be missed by the target date of 2030. This undermines the rest of the goals. The inclusion in the SDGs of a standalone goal on gender equality was seen as a spur to mobilise action and resources to tackle persistent barriers to women and girls' full enjoyment of their rights, which also undermine sustainable development. The targets in SDG 5 specify actions or outcomes that countries should aim for. These are to remove discriminatory legislation and social norms, eliminate gender-based violence, ensure the bodily autonomy of women and girls, value their unpaid care work and close gender gaps in access to resources and decision-making. At the mid-point to 2030, no country or region in the world has achieved all these targets. Already slow, global progress has stalled, prompting evaluation of which policy measures have been effective, where gaps exist and how to catalyse further action. The European Union (EU) supported the inclusion of SDG 5 and has comprehensive policy frameworks in place to support non-EU countries to achieve the targets and to advance gender equality in the Union. In the EU itself, many of the targets are on track, but progress has been uneven, with significant disparities between Member States. �Ϸ��վ has taken a strong stance on putting gender equality at the heart of sustainable development policy and has called for concrete steps to accelerate progress towards SDG 5.

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Briefing - Women's rights in Afghanistan: An ongoing battle - 16-09-2024

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:00:00 GMT

Since the Taliban regime overtook the country in mid-August 2021, Afghanistan's record on women's rights has been one of the worst, if not the worst, in the world. Despite promises to 'uphold women's rights in line with Sharia law', the Taliban have suppressed the rights of their citizens, with women the main target of restrictions. As well as prohibiting women and girls from travelling without a male relative, the Taliban have denied them post-primary education, banned them from numerous public places, and restricted their employment to healthcare and primary education. In December 2022, women were banned from working for non-governmental organisations in most sectors. In April 2023, the ban was extended to include Afghan women working for the United Nations mission in the country. In August 2024, the Taliban published a law codifying existing norms and introducing new ones, including a prohibition on women's voices being heard in public. This crackdown on women's rights has attracted considerable international condemnation, including from Muslim states. In response to the regressive policies, many international donors have reduced or threatened to halt their humanitarian assistance, upon which the country is strongly reliant. It is feared that women could, unintentionally, be the worst affected by this reduction or suspension of humanitarian aid. The Taliban nevertheless appears inflexible, leaving international actors with a dilemma as to how to proceed. The European Union (EU) has been engaged in Afghanistan since the mid-1980s and has prioritised the advancement of Afghan women's rights. While changing its terms of engagement, it has continued to provide humanitarian aid and to support civil society. �Ϸ��վ has followed the situation closely and recommended further action to support Afghan women and girls. This briefing analyses the current situation of women's rights in Afghanistan, taking a long view. Women's rights have been an intense battleground between different actors for over a century, with periods of promising reforms followed by resistance and often reversals of progress. This helps to explain how a country where women won voting rights in 1919 – earlier than in most of the Western world – has ended up treating its female population in a manner that possibly amounts to a crime against humanity. This briefing updates an earlier one written by the same authors in April 2023.

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Briefing - The EU strategy on Central Asia: Towards a new momentum? - 26-04-2024

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:00:00 GMT

In 2019, the EU updated its strategy on Central Asia, to take account of new developments and opportunities for partnership and cooperation – both with the region as a whole and with its five individual countries (C5), taking into account the differences between them and their interests and requirements. The strategy aims to support sustainable development based on democracy, good governance and human rights and to boost trade and investment between the EU and Central Asia. In 2022 and 2023, the Central Asian Heads of State and the President of the European Council held their first-ever high-level meetings, resulting in the preparation of a further joint roadmap for deepening ties between the EU and Central Asia. The first-ever EU–Central Asia leaders' summit is due to take place in 2024, formalising the C5 + EU cooperation at the highest political level, and will be an opportunity to match the EU's political relevance in the region with its status of major donor and investor. This intensification of high-level contacts reflects Central Asia's growing geostrategic importance in the light of further global developments. The changing geopolitical situation created after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as well as the security threats derived from the West's withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, have generated new challenges in the region, which have become, at the same time, opportunities for the Central Asian countries to emerge as regional political actors in their own right. The changes also provide further avenues for partnership and cooperation in areas such as energy, raw materials and connectivity, alongside a focus on human rights and democracy, where issues remain. �Ϸ��վ has welcomed the intensification of high-level relations between the EU and Central Asia. In view of the region's growing geostrategic importance and common challenges, it strongly encourages the EU to step up its engagement and review the current strategy in order to update it in the light of recent geopolitical events.

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Briefing - Gender mainstreaming in EU trade agreements - 26-03-2024

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:00:00 GMT

International trade is not gender neutral. Both inside and outside Europe, trade liberalisation has gender differentiated impacts, stemming from women and men's unequal access to resources and their different positions on labour markets, in households and in society. The challenge for EU policy makers is therefore to ensure that both women and men in the EU and partner countries enjoy gains from trade agreements and are protected from negative impacts and, more broadly, that EU trade policy contributes to promoting gender equality, one of the EU's core values. The EU has committed to promoting gender equality in all its policies and has established specific mechanisms in its trade policy to enforce women's labour and human rights. Under the current Commission, there has been a shift towards more explicit inclusion of gender in EU trade policy and trade agreements, illustrated in the inclusion in recent agreements of the first dedicated articles and chapter on trade and gender equality. Sustainable impact assessments and ex post evaluations, with guidelines for taking gendered effects into account, are seen as positive means of informing trade negotiations and assessing impacts of trade agreements. Nonetheless, experts and civil society have identified a number of challenges and potential areas for improvement, not least the need for better data. �Ϸ��վ has asked for gender mainstreaming in EU trade agreements to be reinforced, calling for gender issues to be taken into account throughout the texts and during negotiations. �Ϸ��վ is particularly keen for all trade agreements to include dedicated chapters on gender equality and women's empowerment, with binding and enforceable gender provisions and provisions for proper monitoring and compliance. It has also called for comprehensive ex ante and ex post gender analysis of potential and actual impacts, and for gender balanced representation and gender expertise on trade negotiating teams and the bodies established to advise on, monitor and assess the implementation of trade agreements.

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Išsami analizė - Examples of �Ϸ��վ's impact: 2019 to 2024 - Illustrating the powers of the European �Ϸ��վ - 13-03-2024

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:00:00 GMT

As the European Union's only directly elected institution, the European �Ϸ��վ stands at the heart of European representative democracy, the foundation upon which the EU is built. Since its creation, the �Ϸ��վ's powers have evolved significantly, and it is now a fully fledged legislative body and forum for discussion and engagement, whose influence is felt in virtually all areas of EU activity. This paper offers an overview of the European �Ϸ��վ's main powers, demonstrating how they interact, and illustrating through practical examples from the ninth parliamentary term (2019-2024) the various ways in which �Ϸ��վ uses those powers in its daily work.

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Glaustai - Human rights and democracy in the world: Assessing EU action in 2022 - 21-02-2024

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:12:31 GMT

The latest annual review of EU external action to promote human rights and democracy, covering 2022, highlights a worsening environment, marked by Russia's war on Ukraine, multiple conflicts and emerging challenges. During its February II plenary session, the European �Ϸ��վ is due to vote on its own yearly report on human rights and democracy in the world, responding to the annual report from the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and recommending future EU action.

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Glaustai - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Union - 08-12-2023

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:00:00 GMT

The 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights falls on 10 December 2023, against a background of war, conflict and geopolitical tensions that would have been familiar to its drafters, and new challenges, such as climate change and technological advances, which they would not have imagined. Then and now, the Declaration, which has served as a foundation for the codification of human rights at global, regional and national level, remains a central reference to be invoked for the denunciation of human rights violations, even though it is not binding. The EU has fully embraced the Declaration's significance, using it to set standards in its internal legislation and international agreements and to guide its external policy. In November 2023, the European �Ϸ��վ held a high-level conference to discuss the legacy of the Declaration as a rallying point and compass for international cooperation in the current context. This is an update of a publication from November 2018, by Ionel Zamfir.

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Tyrimas - Gender responsive budgeting: Implications for the budget of the European �Ϸ��վ - 26-10-2023

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:56:54 GMT

�Ϸ��վ is one of the key advocates of gender mainstreaming – including gender responsive budgeting (GRB) – in the European Union and its Member States. In addition, it has made significant efforts to implement gender mainstreaming in its own political, administrative and procedural processes. However, despite the commitments made at both political and administrative level, the principles of gender responsive budgeting are not yet fully reflected in the European �Ϸ��վ's budget. Moreover, none of the EU institutions currently apply GRB tools to their own administrative budget. Offering an overview of gender responsive budgeting, its rationale, tools and progress made to implement it in the budget of the European Union, this study looks at how the approach could be designed and implemented with specific reference to the internal budget of the European �Ϸ��վ. With a view to advancing gender equality in the internal finances of the European �Ϸ��վ, the authors give examples of entry points for application of GRB tools and techniques in the budgetary cycle and processes. The study is also intended to feed into the ongoing reflection on promoting GRB in the other EU institutions and more broadly.

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Tyrimas - Peace and Security in 2023: Overview of EU action and outlook for the future - 18-07-2023

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:42:23 GMT

Russia's war on Ukraine has caused the European Union (EU) to intensify its work for peace and security. The Peace and Security Outlook, produced by the European �Ϸ��վary Research Service (EPRS), seeks to analyse and explain the European Union's contribution to the promotion and restoration of peace and security internationally, through its various external policies. This study provides an overview of the issues and current state of play. It looks first at the concept of peace and the changing nature of the geopolitical environment, as European security faces the most tangible military threat since the end of the Cold War. Linking the study to the Normandy Index, which measures threats to peace and democracy worldwide based on the EU Global Strategy, each chapter of the study analyses a specific threat to peace, and presents an overview of EU action to counter the related risks. The areas discussed include proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, democracy support, conflict prevention and mitigation in fragile contexts, the security impacts of climate change, cyber-attacks, disinformation, and terrorism, among other issues'. A parallel paper, published separately, focuses specifically on the state of play of the EU's relations with Iraq. EPRS has drafted this study as a contribution to the Normandy World Peace Forum, taking place in September 2023.

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Glaustai - EU–UK civil society cooperation - 22-06-2023

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Cross-border civil society links were integral to the UK's membership of the EU and continue to be an important aspect of the EU–UK relationship. In July 2023, members of the UK and European �Ϸ��վs will discuss ways to support civil society cooperation, including town twinning.

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Briefing - Recreational use of cannabis: Laws and policies in selected EU Member States - 20-06-2023

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Cannabis is by far the most commonly used illicit drug (referred to as drug in this briefing) in the European Union (EU), where its distribution, cultivation, possession and use (consumption) are largely prohibited. The prohibition of drug-related activities other than those performed for medical or scientific purposes is the defining feature of the international drug control system. Set up by the United Nations (UN), this system is composed of three complementary conventions, to which all EU Member States are parties. Various countries around the world have made use of the flexibility of the UN system, not applying criminal penalties in some cases (e.g. for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use) or replacing them with administrative ones. The UN bodies monitoring compliance with the conventions seem to have come to accept these policy choices. However, they remain resistant to the still rare yet increasingly common practice of legalising the recreational use of cannabis, which may entail regulating drug distribution and sale in a manner akin to that for alcohol and tobacco. In the EU, drug policy has remained primarily the Member States' preserve. The EU has fostered the Member States' cooperation on law enforcement and health-related issues, while at the same time respecting their diverse philosophies on how to address recreational drug use. National approaches range from very restrictive policies that prioritise criminal law responses, to more liberal ones that focus primarily on reducing the health and social harms resulting from drug use. In 2021, Malta became the first Member State to legalise recreational cannabis, and since then several others have taken steps that could potentially lead to similar drug policy reforms. The following EPRS policy analysts contributed to the country analyses in this briefing: Antonio Albaladejo Roman (Spain), David De Groot (Germany), Micaela Del Monte (Luxembourg), Verena Kern (Austria), Silvia Kotanidis (Italy), Marie Lecerf (France), Gabija Leclerc (Lithuania), Katrien Luyten (Belgium), Ingeborg Odink (the Netherlands), Anita Orav (Estonia), Marketa Pape (Czechia), Martina Prpic (Croatia) and Rosamund Shreeves (Malta).

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Glaustai - EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders - 08-03-2023

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:41:00 GMT

The European Union guidelines on human rights defenders, adopted in 2004 and revised in 2008, establish a framework and instruments for protecting human rights activists in third countries. During the March I plenary session, Members will debate their implementation, on the basis of an own-initiative assessment report from �Ϸ��վ's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Later in the session, the Council and Commission are due to make statements on the specific situation of human rights defenders working on women's sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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Glaustai - Women's rights and gender equality: EU-US Explainer - 07-03-2023

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Ongoing global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of living crisis, climate change and war are spotlighting perennial obstacles to gender equality, as well as the importance and potential of gender-sensitive policies. As part of their commitment to human rights, sustainable development and democracy, the European �Ϸ��վ and the US Congress have committed to advance women's rights and gender equality in their internal and external policy-making in an array of sectors.

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Briefing - Women in politics in the EU: State of play - 03-03-2023

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 23:00:00 GMT

One hundred years after women won the vote or were first elected to parliament in some EU countries, the data show that women continue to be under-represented in politics and public life, in the European �Ϸ��վ, but also in national parliaments, governments and local assemblies. The arguments for gender balance in politics are numerous. It benefits not only women and female politicians, but also political parties themselves and the rest of society. After all, women form half the population and deserve to be better represented in power structures. There is now solid evidence of the obstacles, but also of strategies that are effective when it comes to increasing women's participation and representation. Here, political parties and the media can be both barriers and important enablers. The EU has committed to achieving a gender balance in political representation and participation as a matter of justice, equality and democracy. Concrete recommendations have been made for achieving this goal, including specific action that could be taken by the EU institutions, national governments, political parties, civil society and the media. The new security situation in Europe, triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine, has reignited debates on the link between gender equality, female leadership and peace. Moreover, the economic downturn and the rising cost of living have once again highlighted the need for gender-balanced political representation, capable of taking into account differentiated gender impacts. This is an update of a briefing from March 2021.

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Briefing - Violence against women in the EU: State of play - 23-11-2022

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Violence against women is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based discrimination. Rooted in inequalities between men and women, it takes many forms. Estimates of the scale of the problem are alarming. Such violence has a major impact on victims and imposes a significant cost burden on society. The instruments put in place by the United Nations and Council of Europe, including the latter's 'Istanbul Convention', to which the EU plans to accede, are benchmarks in efforts to combat violence against women. The EU is tackling the problem in various ways. As yet, it has no binding instrument designed specifically to protect women from violence. However, in March 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. Although there are similarities between national policies to combat violence against women, the Member States have adopted different approaches. �Ϸ��վ's efforts have focused on strengthening EU policy in the area. �Ϸ��վ has repeatedly called for a European Union strategy to counter violence against women, including a legally binding instrument. Stakeholders have highlighted the need for a comprehensive EU political framework on eliminating violence against women and issued recommendations on the Commission's proposed directive. They have also expressed a range of concerns, including regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the war on Ukraine and the related need to expand and adapt support for victims. This is a further update of an earlier briefing by Anna Dimitrova Stull, of February 2014. The most recent previous edition was from November 2021.

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Briefing - Children's rights in the EU in the light of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - 18-11-2022

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Adopted in 1989, the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was the first international instrument to explicitly recognise children as human beings with innate rights. Ratified by 197 countries, including all EU Member States, it has become the landmark treaty on children's rights, outlining universal standards for the care, treatment, survival, development, protection and participation of all children. The promotion and protection of children's rights is one of the key objectives embedded in Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). Moreover, Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU recognises that children are entitled to 'protection and care as is necessary for their well-being'. The same article recognises that the child's best interests should be the primary consideration for public authorities and private institutions. Over the years, the EU has moved from a sectoral approach towards a more coherent policy approach. Whereas initially, children's rights were developed in relation to specific areas – such as the free movement of persons – since 2000 the EU has taken a more coordinated line. This briefing offers an overview of the most relevant actions at European level to address and promote children's rights before looking at upcoming challenges. This briefing is an update of a 2019 briefing written by Ingeborg Odink.

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Glaustai - The Istanbul Convention: A tool for combating violence against women and girls - 17-11-2022

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:00:00 GMT

The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is the first instrument in Europe to set legally binding standards specifically to prevent gender-based violence, protect victims of such violence and punish perpetrators. EU accession to the Istanbul Convention is a priority in the EU 2020-2025 gender equality strategy. The EU signed the Convention in June 2017. Accession now requires a Council Decision and prior consent by the European �Ϸ��վ. �Ϸ��վ adopted an interim resolution in September 2017 and continues to review progress. In parallel, it also supports the introduction of EU legislation to combat gender-based violence. This is a further updated edition of an EPRS 'At a glance' note, the previous edition of which was published in November 2021.

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Glaustai - Russia's war on Ukraine: A gender-sensitive humanitarian response - 21-03-2022

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Even – or especially – in complex, emergency situations, a gender perspective is vital in order to take into account the specific needs of women and men and the different risks to which they are exposed. Humanitarian actors are calling for a gender-sensitive response to the Ukraine crisis, to help tackle barriers to accessing vital services, address increased risks of gender-based violence and facilitate the reception and integration of refugees.

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Glaustai - Laikotarpis po pandemijos: plataus užmojo lyčių lygybės politikos potencialas - 28-02-2022

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Šiais metais Tarptautinę moters dieną vėl švęsime koronaviruso pandemijos, kuri atskleidė ir paaštrino esamą lyčių nelygybę, šešėlyje. Ta proga Parlamento Moterų teisių ir lyčių lygybės komitetas 2022 m. kovo 3 d. rengiamame susitikime su nacionaliniais parlamentais nagrinės ekonomikos gaivinimo politikos, kuria atsižvelgiama į lyčių aspektą, potencialą ir atkreips dėmesį į tarpusavyje susijusius neatlygintinės priežiūros, nuotolinio darbo ir gerovės klausimus.

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Glaustai - Combating gender-based cyber-violence - 08-12-2021

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:00:00 GMT

As the world moves online, forms of violence that already affect women and girls disproportionately are following suit, and digital technologies are enabling them to take on new guises. The EU does not have a legislative framework to address this gender-based violence, despite its harmful impacts on individuals, society and democracy. A legislative-initiative report calling for EU legislation to fight gender-based cyber-violence, and provide its victims across the Union with equal protection is expected to be put to the vote during �Ϸ��վ's December 2021 plenary session.

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