What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

on the Gender Equality Strategy 2025

(2024/2125(INI))

The European Parliament,

Changed:– having regard to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union,Union (TEU),

Changed:– having regard to Articles 8, 10, 19, 79, 83, 151, 153 and 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Changed:– having regard to Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular to Articles 1, 21, 23 and 24 thereof,

– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed and signed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017, and to the Commission communication of 4 March 2021 entitled ‘The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan’ (COM(2021)0102),

Changed:– having regard to the UN Convention on theUniversal EliminationDeclaration of AllHuman FormsRights ofand Discriminationthe againstInternational WomenCovenant ofon 18Civil Decemberand 1979,Political Rights,

Added:– having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 18 December 1979, and its general recommendations,

Added:– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted on 12 December 2006,

Added:– having regard to the Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of the European Union, adopted by the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities, on 21 March 2025, and in particular its recommendations under Article 6 thereof,

Added:– having regard to the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 21 December 1965,

– having regard to the UN Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 15 September 1995, and to the outcomes of its review conferences,

Removed:– having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of 21 October 2015 and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out therein, in particular SDG 5, ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’, and the targets and indicators relating to it,

Added:– having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women, peace and security,

Added:– having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of 21 October 2015 and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out therein, in particular SDG 5 – ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’ and SDG 3 – ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’ (which includes women and girls), and the targets and indicators relating to them,

Added:– having regard to Eurostat report of June 2024 entitled ‘Sustainable development in the European Union: Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context – 2024 edition1,

Added:– having regard to the Commission report of May 2023 entitled ‘EU Voluntary Review on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’2,

– having regard to the International Labour Organization Equal Remuneration Convention of 29 June 1951, and to the International Labour Organization Violence and Harassment Convention of 21 June 2019,

Removed:– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) of 11 May 2011,

Added:– having regard to the resolution of the International Labour Organization of 14 June 2024 concerning decent work and the care economy,

Removed:– having regard to the EEC and EU directives adopted from 1975 onwards on various aspects of equal treatment for women and men (Directive 79/7/EEC, Directive 86/613/EEC, Directive 92/85/EEC, Directive 2004/113/EC, Directive 2006/54/EC, Directive 2010/41/EU),

Added:– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) of 11 May 2011, which was ratified by the EU in June 2023, and the country-monitoring reports on its implementation by the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO),

Changed:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament andreport ofby the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-lifeEurope balanceof forApril parents2021 andentitled carers‘Second andGeneral repealingReport Councilon DirectiveGREVIO 2010/18/EU,Activities’,

Removed:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures,

Added:– having regard to the recommendations, reports and resolutions of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and of the bodies of the Council of Europe,

Removed:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms,

Added:– having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles, adopted in November 2006, and the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10, adopted in November 2017,

Removed:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence,

Added:– having regard to the views adopted by the UN Human Rights Committee on 31 March 2016 in Communication No 2324/2013, Mellet v Ireland, supra note 6, paragraph 7.7, and on 29 March 2011 in Communication No 1608/2007, L.M.R. v Argentina, paragraphs 9.3 and 9,

Changed:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1500 of the European ParliamentEEC and of theEU Councildirectives ofadopted 14from May1975 2024onwards on standards for equality bodies in thevarious fieldaspects of equal treatment and equal opportunities betweenfor women and men in(Directive matters79/7/EEC3, ofDirective employment86/613/EEC4, andDirective occupation,92/85/EEC5, andDirective amending2004/113/EC6, DirectivesDirective 2006/54/EC2006/54/EC7, andDirective 2010/41/EU,2010/41/EU8),

Removed:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims,

Added:– having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin9 (Race Equality Directive), and to the Commission communication of 18 September 2020 entitled ‘A Union of equality: EU anti-racism action plan 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0565),

Added:– having regard to the Commission proposal of 2 July 2008 for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426) (horizontal anti-discrimination directive),

Added:– having regard to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order10,

Added:– having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA11,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services12,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU13 (Work-Life Balance Directive),

Added:– having regard to the working document of the European External Action Service of 4 July 2019 entitled ‘EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2019-2024’ the duration of which was, in November 2023, extended to 2027,

Added:– having regard to the Commission communication of 7 October 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation’ (COM(2020)0620),

Added:– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)14,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures15,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms16,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence17,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1500 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and amending Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU18,

Added:– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims19 (revised Anti-Trafficking Directive),

Added:– having regard to the Commission proposal of 6 February 2024 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (COM(2024)0060),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),

Changed:– having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 25 November 2020 entitled ‘EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III – an ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action’ (JOIN(2020)0017)(JOIN(2020)0017), which has been extended to 2027, and the accompanying joint staff working document of 25 November 2020 entitled ‘Objectives and Indicators to frame the implementation of the Gender Action Plan III (2021-25)’ (SWD(2020)0284),

Added:– having regard to the Commission communication of 24 June 2020 entitled ‘EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025)’ (COM(2020)0258),

Added:– having regard to Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (COM(2021)0044), to the EU’s Mission on Cancer and to the final report of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer,

Added:– having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled 'Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030' (COM(2021)0101),

Added:– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/522 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (‘EU4Health Programme’) for the period 2021-2027, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 282/201420,

Added:– having regard to the Commission communication of 7 September 2022 on the European care strategy (COM(2022)0440), which aims to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services to improve the situation for both care receivers as well as for (formal and informal) carers (who are mostly women),

Added:– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 8 December 2022 on access to affordable high-quality long-term care21,

Added:– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act)22,

Added:– having regard to the Commission communication of 25 September 2024 entitled 'Implementation of the 2020-2025 LGBTIQ equality strategy' (COM(2024)0420),

Added:– having regard to the political guidelines by Ursula von der Leyen of 18 July 2024 entitled 'Europe's Choice – Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029',

– having regard to the Commission communication of 7 March 2025 entitled ‘A Roadmap for Women’s Rights’ (COM(2025)0097),