Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/2039(INI)
EU Gender Action Plan IV – priorities for gender equality and women’s rights in external action
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Committee work
In committee: FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) is preparing the report (draft published 2 September 2026).
- Referred to committee(done) 30 April 2026
- Committee work FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary(to come)
- Plenary vote(to come)
- Parliament’s position(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew), Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Marit Maij (S&D), Marieke Ehlers (Patriots), Ana Miranda Paz (Greens), Marc Jongen (ESN), Heléne Fritzon (S&D), Mieke Andriese (Patriots), Valérie Devaux (Renew), Mélissa Camara (Greens), Carolina Morace (The Left), Irmhild Bossdorf (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Foreign Affairs· rapporteurHannah Neumann (Greens)
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 2 steps
2 September 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
30 April 2026
Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/2039(INI)