Gender Equality Strategy

AI summary:The EU's recurring strategic framework for gender equality policies and measures across member states.

First seen 9 Oct 2025 · latest 16 Sept 2026 · 7 decisions on 7 sitting days · 7 adopted, 0 rejected

Decisions, newest first

Health, Resolution, 16 Sept 2026

Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions

Report by Billy Kelleher

Adopted 390 for · 218 against · 29 abstained by a clear majority

AI summary:The text examines the whole healthcare cycle, from clinical trials and drug development to diagnosis and treatment, and sets out Parliament's official position.

Jobs, social affairs & equality, Resolution, 21 May 2026

Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Report by Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut

Adopted 263 for · 83 against · 154 abstained by a clear majority

AI summary:The text calls for reducing inequalities in care, strengthening care systems, and promoting gender equality across the EU.

EU budget & funds, Resolution, 30 Apr 2026

Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions

Report by Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska

Adopted 404 for · 102 against · 67 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:The text calls for gender mainstreaming across rural development, cohesion, digital, and agricultural policies, and for collecting gender-disaggregated data.

Jobs, social affairs & equality, Resolution, 11 Mar 2026

Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors

Report by Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel

Adopted 458 for · 72 against · 98 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:The text calls for better tools to value work, pay transparency, stronger enforcement of equal pay laws, and improved care services.

EU budget & funds, Resolution, 25 Nov 2025

2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget

Report by Marit Maij

Adopted 389 for · 213 against · 36 abstained by a clear majority

AI summary:The text calls for a comprehensive gender budgeting methodology for the next long-term budget, covering the whole budget cycle and using gender-disaggregated data.

Jobs, social affairs & equality, Resolution, 13 Nov 2025

Gender Equality Strategy 2025

Report by Marko Vešligaj

Adopted 310 for · 222 against · 68 abstained by a small majority

AI summary:The text calls for action on gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health rights, and equal pay, among other areas.

Jobs, social affairs & equality, Resolution, 9 Oct 2025

Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society

Motion for a resolution

Adopted Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.

AI summary:The text welcomes the declaration's overall objectives but regrets that mothers are not better supported and criticises quota systems and affirmative action as unfair.

Where the groups stand

How each group voted in the last 6 final . For / Against / Abstained: at least two thirds of the group voted that way. Divided: no position had two thirds of the group’s votes. On the winning side: how many of those votes ended the way most of the group voted. Groups as they are now.

Group positions over the last 6 final roll-call votes
Group	For	Against	Abstained	Divided	On the winning side
The Left	6	0	0	0	6
Greens	6	0	0	0	6
S&D	5	0	1	0	5
Renew	6	0	0	0	6
EPP	4	0	0	2	4
ECR	0	3	2	1	0
Patriots	0	2	0	4	0
ESN	0	6	0	0	0

Dossiers

The files behind these decisions, most recent vote first.