Gender Equality Strategy 2025
This resolution outlines the European Parliament's priorities for the next EU Gender Equality Strategy, aiming to advance gender equality and women's rights across the Union. The strategy affects all individuals within the EU, with a particular focus on women and girls, including those facing multiple forms of discrimination, and aims to address systemic inequalities. Key changes include a call to include gender-based violence as a specific crime under EU law, strengthen measures against violence against women, and ensure equal pay and access to healthcare. The resolution urges the Commission to propose concrete legislative and non-legislative measures for the new strategy, building on the previous one and ensuring its swift implementation.
Analysis
Parliament calls on the Commission to present an ambitious Gender Equality Strategy for 2026-2030 with concrete, measurable, and tangible measures.
What changes
- Call for the Commission to present a new Gender Equality Strategy for 2026-2030, building on the previous one with concrete actions.
- Proposal for the Commission to submit a proposal to the Council to include gender-based violence as a new area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU.
- Emphasis on recognizing femicide as a distinct crime, defined as the killing of a woman or girl due to her gender.
Expected impact
- Including GBV as a crime under Article 83(1) TFEU could lead to harmonized EU-wide responses and stricter measures against gender-based violence.
- Recognizing femicide as a distinct crime could improve understanding of its root causes and inform targeted prevention strategies.
- The call for a new Gender Equality Strategy with measurable objectives aims to guide future legislative and non-legislative actions.
Limitations
- The document is a resolution and does not contain specific legislative text that would allow for detailed analysis of direct legal changes.
- The document refers to various existing directives and strategies, but does not detail their specific amendments or new provisions.
- Impact analysis is limited to what can be inferred from the calls to action and the stated goals within the resolution.
Shadow Rapporteurs
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