Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Ordinary meeting

10 setembro 2026

FEMM European Parliament

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00:06 - 04:56
Orador 1
So hello, good morning.  Sorry for for being a bit late.  So we start with today's session, starting for the adoption of the agenda.  So if there is no comments besides the particular comments that you are doing right now, the agenda is adopted.  Okay, so we move to to point two, which is chair's announcements. 

And well, you have the the the decision of coordinators in the written procedure of the 20th of July and 2nd of September that are included in the documents of the meeting.  So again, if there is no comment, the decisions are endorsed.  So we move to point three, which is the adoption of minutes.  The same thing, they are included.  So if there are no comments, the minutes are endorsed. 

And now yes, we move to to the voting time.  We are voting an an opinion on boosting skills in the Union, opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition.  I'm the rapporteur as a chair of this of this file.  And this this draft opinion focuses on ensuring equal access for girls, boys, women and men to this vocational training programs.  And in fact, from our perspective, from FEMM perspective, this vocational training is strategically important instrument for advancing gender equality policy across the European Union. 

Also to remove a lot of stereotypes that still remain, as you know.  That with this strategy, we hope that we can provide women and girls with the skills, qualifications and economic opportunities needed to participate fully in the labor market, particularly in traditionally male-dominated fields such as STEM, construction, engineering and digital technologies.  Well, challenging gender stereotypes and broadening women career choices that as we know sometimes are very narrow.  Currently, this vocational training does not operate in a gender-neutral environment.  And without considering a gender perspective, regulations can unintentionally reproduce existing biases and inequalities. 

This is why our opinion, it is important for contributing to fair access, participation and outcomes of these vocational education programs, while at the same time encouraging women's economic empowerment and independence by improving employability, entrepreneurship opportunities and access to decent work.  And now we will start with the with the vote.  And we have the list as usual.  You know we are very formal here.  So substitutes for the different groups. 

If there are any others, please let me know as usual and we can proceed with the vote.  So Arba Kokalari will be replaced by Andrey Novakov.  Thank you.  In S&D, no more changes in EPP?  Fine, everything, yes. 

So S&D, I only have one change which is Gabriela Firea by Maria Wesenina.  Yes.  No more?  Ah, yes.  And Marcos Ros Sempere by Marian-Jean, sorry, it was. 

In Patriots, Elisabeth Dieringer replaced by Mélanie Disdier.  Yes.  Thank you.  No changes in ECR.  Renew, Valérie Devaux replaced by Brigitte van den Berg. 

Thank you.  And Lucia Yar replaced by Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle.  Thank you.  Greens, Melissa Camara replaced by Anna Stollenberg.  Alexandra Geese by Katrin Langensiepen. 

Thank you.  And Benedetta Scuderi by David Freud.  Okay, thanks.  No changes in Left, ESN or the rest.  So if there are no, yes, ah, Hanna. 

04:56 - 18:26

Lina Gálvez

You are replacing Irene Montero. Okay. Perfect. So now we can proceed with the with the with the vote. So we start by compromise three.

Who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise four, who is in favor? Against?

Abstentions adopted. Compromise five, who is in favor? Against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 78, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise six by roll call vote, I open the vote. I close the vote and it is adopted. Compromise seven, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 84, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted.

Amendment 87, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise eight, who is in favor? Who is against?

Abstentions adopted. Compromise nine, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise 10, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise 11, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted.

Amendment 110, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 115, who is in favor? Who is against?

Abstentions rejected. Compromise 12, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise 13, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 132, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted.

Amendment 133, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, I think rejected, but I will check, I open the vote. I close the vote and it is rejected. Amendment 134, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 137, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions rejected.

Amendment 139, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted or rejected, I check, check, sorry, sorry, yeah, check this one, I think it's rejected. Oh, sorry, I have opened the vote. Now I close the vote.

139 is rejected.

Abstentions adopted. Or rejected. I check, check, sorry, sorry, yeah, check this one. I think it's rejected. Oh, sorry, I have opened the vote.

Now I close the vote.

139.

139, it's yours. I close the vote. And it is adopted. 140, who is in favor? Who is against?

Abstentions adopted. Amendment 11, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions rejected. Amendment 12, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 13, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted.

Amendment 14, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 15, who is in favor? Who is against?

Abstentions adopted. Amendment 16, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, I think it's rejected, but let's check. Close the vote.

And it is rejected. Amendment 17, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, I need to check this one, sorry. I open the vote.

I close the vote. And it is adopted. Amendment 18, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, I'm sorry, I need to check this one, they are really very, I open the vote.

Ah no, no, it's, I think it's, close the vote. It is adopted, sorry about that. Amendment 19, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions rejected.

Amendment 21, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions rejected. Amendment 22, who is in favor? Who is against?

Abstentions rejected. Amendment 24, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 25, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions rejected. It's very clear, I open the vote. Amendment 25. I close the vote.

And it is rejected. Amendment 26, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, I think it's rejected, but I, I will check, I open the vote. I close the vote.

And it is rejected. Amendment 27, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions rejected. Amendment 28, who is in favor?

Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 30, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted.

Amendment 31, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Amendment 32, who is in favor? Who is against?

Abstentions adopted. Amendment 33, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions adopted. Compromise 1, who is in favor?

Abstentions, adopted. Compromise 2, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, adopted. Amendment 45, who is in favor?

Against?

Who is against? Abstentions, rejected. Amendment 47, who is in favor? Who is against? I do it again because there are people who has done both votes.

So, I do it again. Amendment 47, in favor. Against. Abstentions. I need to check because it's, I open the vote.

Amendment 47. I close the vote. Ah, sorry, sorry, sorry. I did not. Okay.

I close the vote. And it is adopted. Amendment 49, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, adopted.

Ah, sorry, rejected. Amendment 50, who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions, adopted. And we go to the final vote by roll call vote.

I open the vote. I close the vote. And it is adopted. So, congratulations. Thank you.

So, thank you. So we move to our next point, which is point five, which is the recommendation of the Council on the European Union priorities for the 71st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Rule 121. So this point is about the consideration of the draft report by our colleague Giusi Princi. So just a little introduction by my side, just a little reminder to you, dear colleagues, as this session obviously will take place as usual so far at United Nations headquarters in New York from the 8th of March to the 19th March 2027. And the priority theme of the session this year, you know it's changing every year, it is accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, so what we call the Agenda 2030.

The review theme is achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programs, and the critical area of concern of cross-cutting issue is poverty and the economic empowerment of women. As you could imagine, a broad topic because we are reviewing obviously Agenda 2030 and but very important topics, all of them for women and girls and for gender equality. As I said before, this year the rapporteur is Giusi Princi. And please note that for procedural reasons and time pressure, only the English original version is available today. Sorry about that.

The translations should be available by the end of September. But now I would like to give the floor and to thank the rapporteur Giusi Princi, so the floor is yours.

18:26 - 24:07

Giusi Princi

Grazie, Presidente. Parlerò in italiano. È per me un privilegio presentare oggi questa relazione sulle raccomandazioni al Consiglio relative alle priorità dell'Unione europea in vista della settantunesima sessione della Commissione delle Nazioni Unite sulla condizione femminile, che si terrà nel marzo 2027. Sarà un appuntamento particolarmente importante, come richiamava lei, perché al centro dei lavori vi sarà l'accelerazione verso la parità di genere e l'emancipazione di tutte le donne e le ragazze nel quadro dell'Agenda 2030, insieme a due questioni strettamente connesse: la dimensione di genere nelle politiche climatiche, ambientali e di riduzione del rischio di catastrofi e il rapporto tra povertà ed emancipazione economica delle donne. Temi che assumono oggi una particolare rilevanza strategica perché si inseriscono in una fase segnata da sfide profonde e interconnesse.

La scadenza dell'agenda 2030 si avvicina, mentre persistono discriminazioni e disuguaglianze che continuano a colpire in modo sproporzionato donne e ragazze. È in questo contesto che la parità tra donne e uomini assume significato ancora più forte. È un valore fondamentale dell'Unione Europea, ma anche una condizione per rendere le nostre democrazie più solide, le nostre società più resilienti e le nostre economie più competitive. Questa relazione vuole contribuire a portare e rappresentare nel confronto internazionale priorità che sono centrali anche per l'agenda europea, dando al Parlamento una voce chiara nella definizione della posizione che l'Unione porterà a New York. Ho voluto costruire il lavoro attorno a un filo conduttore preciso: accelerare il percorso verso la parità significa innanzitutto creare le condizioni perché le donne possano essere pienamente autonome sul piano economico e sociale.

Significa garantire loro pari accesso alle opportunità generate dalle grandi trasformazioni del nostro tempo e significa fare in modo che la loro prospettiva e la loro partecipazione siano parte integrante delle risposte alle sfide climatiche e ambientali. È soprattutto sul terreno dell'indipendenza economica che queste priorità convergono. Lavoro dignitoso, parità retributiva, protezione sociale, accesso al credito, all'imprenditorialità, ai mercati e agli strumenti digitali sono condizioni essenziali per una piena partecipazione delle donne alla vita economica e sociale. Eppure i divari retributivi e pensionistici persistono, la segregazione nel mercato del lavoro rimane significativa e il lavoro domestico e di cura non retribuito continua a ricadere in misura sproporzionata sulle donne. Sono disuguaglianze che limitano la libertà individuale, ma rappresentano anche un costo sociale ed economico che l'Europa non può permettersi.

Ho voluto quindi soffermarmi in particolare su istruzione, competenze e discipline STEM. L'Europa non può permettersi di lasciare indietro il talento femminile. Una maggiore presenza delle donne nella scienza, nella tecnologia, nell'ingegneria e nella matematica non è soltanto una questione di equità, è una condizione per la nostra capacità di innovare, crescere e competere. Questa sfida diventa ancora più urgente nel momento in cui le transizioni verde e digitale stanno trasformando profondamente le nostre economie e i nostri mercati del lavoro e rappresentano una straordinaria opportunità. Ma non possiamo dare per scontato che i loro benefici siano distribuiti equamente.

Senza politiche adeguate, il rischio è che le disuguaglianze del presente vengano semplicemente trasferite nelle professioni e nei settori del futuro. Per questa ragione, una delle indicazioni centrali del nostro lavoro riguarda la necessità di politiche dell'istruzione, della formazione e del lavoro capaci di garantire alle donne un accesso pieno alle nuove opportunità economiche e professionali, in condizioni di dignità, sicurezza e parità. Lo stesso principio deve guidare la nostra azione di fronte ai cambiamenti climatici e ai rischi ambientali, che non possono e non devono aggravare vulnerabilità già esistenti. Ma nessuna ambizione produce risultati senza strumenti adeguati. Servono risorse, servono dati affidabili e disaggregati, serve monitoraggio e serve responsabilità.

Il Parlamento Europeo deve essere pienamente coinvolto nella definizione e nel seguito della posizione dell'Unione, insieme all'ONU, alla società civile, all'organizzazione per i diritti delle donne.

L'obiettivo di questa relazione è quindi contribuire a costruire una posizione europea ambiziosa, coerente e credibile, capace di portare a New York le nostre priorità e di tradurre i principi che condividiamo in risultati concreti. Confido quindi in un confronto costruttivo con tutte le colleghe e tutti i colleghi affinché il Parlamento europeo possa presentarsi a questo importante appuntamento con una voce forte, unita e responsabile. Grazie.

24:07 - 24:28

Lina Gálvez

Grazie. Thank you very much for your work. And now we will give the floor to the rest of the political groups starting by S&D, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, the floor is yours for two minutes and a half. Thank you.

24:28 - 27:28

Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus

Dziękuję bardzo. Przede wszystkim żałuję bardzo, że nie dostałyśmy wcześniej tego raportu, on przyszedł dopiero dzisiaj rano, więc nie mogliśmy się z tym zapoznać. Więc jeżeli mówimy o dobrych praktykach, to dobrą praktyką byłoby też to, żebyśmy dostawały to wcześniej, bo trudno jest o czymś mówić nie znając treści. To po pierwsze. Odnosząc się do tego, co przed chwilą zostało powiedziane, oczywiście ważne jest w kontekście tego raportu, aby znalazły się tam kwestie związane z przyspieszeniem działań, jeżeli chodzi o zakres równości płci i wzmocnienie pozycji kobiet i dziewcząt w ramach tej agendy 2030.

W ramach tego, tego, tej agendy kluczowe są kwestie ubóstwa kobiet, niezależności ekonomicznej, dostępie kobiet na rynku pracy, godnych warunków pracy, ochrony socjalnej, ale też usuwania wszystkich strukturalnych barier, które ograniczają niezależność ekonomiczną kobiet. Wspomniany klimat i zagrożenia środowiskowe również bardzo ważne, bo jak wiemy kobiety są tymi osobami, które są narażone najbardziej, jeżeli chodzi o kryzys klimatyczny i katastrofę. Ale też kobiety zbyt rzadko wpływają na decyzje, które dotyczą polityki klimatycznej, więc ważne jest, aby w tym raporcie było to ujęte. I tyle jeżeli chodzi o treść. Chciałabym dodać jeszcze jedną rzecz.

Jesteśmy po wakacjach, ale przypomnę, ubolewam bardzo, że po raz pierwszy w historii, w historii naszego, naszej komisji sprawozdawcą jest, jest osoba z partii, a nie osoba neutralna światopoglądowo. Oczywiście te decyzje podejmowali koordynatorzy, ja wtedy też wyraźnie mówiłam o tym, że ta praktyka została w jakiś sposób zerwana. Dlatego kluczowe jest to, naprawdę kluczowe jest to, aby na tej konferencji w Nowym Jorku dać jak najbardziej nie tyle ambitne stanowisko, ale stanowisko takie, które jest stanowiskiem nas wszystkich tutaj, ponieważ mówimy o całej komisji i praktyka była taka, że stanowisko było jednolite, obejmowało wszystkie partie i dlatego prezentowała to przewodnicząca. Teraz po raz pierwszy od tej praktyki odchodzimy, więc kluczowe jest to, aby rada usłyszała jeden mocny wspólny głos Parlamentu Europejskiego i rzeczywiście wzięła sobie nasze rekomendacje pod uwagę podczas negocjacji, które będą w Nowym Jorku. Dziękuję.

27:28 - 28:04

Lina Gálvez

And thank you, thank you very much. I hope we will manage to do that because indeed it is, it is very important. As far as I know regarding the, the day the document was sent, it was the day before yesterday, probably was some problem reaching you, but, but well, in any case just to, to make that clear.

So thank you, thank you very much. We move now to Patriots for Europe, Barbara Bonte. It's not, I don't know if Margarita de la Pisa you would like to take the floor. Margarita, the floor is yours for two minutes and a half. Thank you.

28:04 - 31:26

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Gracias, presidente, señorías. Cuántas injusticias siguen afectando hoy a las mujeres mientras Naciones Unidas y las instituciones europeas se siguen entreteniendo con agendas ideológicas. Porque cuando una mujer sufre una agresión, cuando es víctima de una red de trata, de un matrimonio forzado o de una explotación sexual, lo que necesita no es retórica, necesita protección, justicia y respuestas. Y ahí está el problema. Hay una distancia cada vez mayor entre lo que se dice aquí y lo que realmente preocupa a las mujeres en su día a día.

Nos hemos perdido en ideas, en conceptos ambiguos que muchas veces ni se entienden y no se traducen en políticas concretas, o incluso ocurre que cada país lo hace como le conviene. Vemos lugares donde a la mujer no se le reconoce su dignidad, pero aquí aplaudimos porque aplican el discurso político de la retórica de género, sin que esto luego signifique una igualdad real ante la ley. Y además, esta agenda está costando muchísimo dinero. La propia Comisión Europea reconoce que entre 2021 y 2025 unos 190.000 millones de euros del presupuesto europeo contribuyeron a promover la igualdad de género. 190.000 millones.

Y después de semejante cantidad, creo que podemos hacernos una pregunta muy sencilla: ¿está funcionando? Porque una mujer, una madre, a una mujer, a una madre los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible no le solucionan sus problemas de vivienda, de conciliación, de seguridad en la calle o de protección frente a la violencia. Dejen de echar la culpa y meter miedo contra lo que llaman la extrema derecha. La realidad es que esta retórica del mainstream no llega, no está calando entre las mujeres, entre los ciudadanos, porque no se entiende, no representa las preocupaciones. Quizá deberíamos preguntarnos por qué no llega, porque la solución no es insistir en el mismo mensaje ni intentar explicarlo mejor, la solución es cambiar el rumbo.

Estamos a las puertas de 2030, donde se nos acabó acabar con la pobreza, reducir las desigualdades y transformar la vida de millones de personas. ¿De verdad vamos a acabar con la pobreza en cuatro años? ¿Qué ha fallado? La planificación, la aplicación, la manera de materializar estos objetivos. Porque si después de tantos años y de tantos recursos los problemas siguen ahí, deberíamos revisar qué estamos haciendo y sobre todo para quién lo estamos haciendo.

Hoy hemos vuelto a perder una oportunidad con esta, con este informe, para hablar de los problemas reales de las mujeres, de la maternidad, de la conciliación, de la seguridad, de la trata, de los matrimonios forzosos, de la explotación o de la persecución de las mujeres por sus creencias. Ese es el problema de este consenso, que intenta agradar a todo el mundo, al final no resuelve los problemas de nadie. Una vez más corremos el riesgo de perdernos en retóricas, en agendas multimillonarias que canalizan los recursos hacia intereses concretos mientras las mujeres siguen esperando respuestas. Menos agenda, menos retórica y más políticas para las mujeres reales con problemas reales. Muchas gracias.

31:23 - 33:01

Lina Gálvez

Just one thing, just since we have done an opinion on the MFF and also one on the performance tracking methodology of the European Union budget, I would like just to mention that this money is not directly this 190,000 million, is not just money directly for gender equality. It is money, for instance, that if we are putting money on building up a railway, since women use more public transport than private transport compared to men, that it is considered a policy that it is improving gender equality. So just to make clear that when we listen this kind of amount of money, we are not talking about, obviously the Commission is not talking about direct money going to gender equality policies directly, but policies in general that could improve gender equality by this tracking methodology and the methodologies they have been developed. Just to make sure because I want that this information is not spread. So now, ECR, I don't have anyone.

Gracias, Margarita.

So we move to Renew, Mr. Salimesh, the floor is yours for two minutes and a half, thank you.

33:01 - 34:29

Dainius Žalimas

Thank you, thank you very much. I will read the intervention on behalf of Madam Abir Al-Sahlani. Thank you chair, thank you Madam Rapporteur for your hard work in producing this well-written draft report. As always, the Commission on the Status of Women is an excellent forum for an international community to renew and reaffirm its commitment to reaching gender equality worldwide, and this is further underpinned by this year's theme to accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of the 2030 status SDGs. As Renew, we will be focusing on empowerment from the same angle we always have: promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, combating and eliminating all forms of violence and impunity against women, strengthening the women, peace and security agenda and ensuring the active participation of women in peace processes, and underlining the need for an intersectional approach.

These elements are all core to the SDG agenda and should be a key message to take with us to this year's Commission on the Status of Women. Madam Rapporteur, we have closely worked together in the past and look forward to starting negotiations with you once again. Thank you.

34:29 - 34:37

Lina Gálvez

Thank you, thank you very much. Now, Greens, Alice Stoltenberg, the floor is yours for two minutes and a half, thank you.

34:37 - 36:38

Anna Strolenberg

Thank you chair. Climate change, droughts, floods, access to affordable energy, it affects women all over the world disproportionately. So this theme of this year's CSW is particularly relevant to me, and you can also imagine as a shadow for the Greens that I find this topic relevant and close to my heart to also talk about the effect of climate change. And we know that the 2030 sustainable development goals, there's still a lot, a lot of work to do. And I do agree that we have to look at practical solutions.

What is it, what are the concrete steps that we can take to improve the life of women? And I think the draft that is presented to us by the rapporteur is a very solid basis, so thank you to the rapporteur for this. In the amendments that I will present, I will focus on different topics. First of all, of course, the negative effects of climate change on women and girls, but also specifically the participation of women and girls, well, women in leadership positions, because we see that when the bigger decisions are made, women are not often at the table. So they have to be included.

Then there's one topic that isn't included, but I do think we have to talk about it, and that is the online sphere.

If you look at how our lives are changing, how economies are changing, this is such a big part of our lives. So to have an emphasis on preventing and fighting cyber violence against women, gender disinformation, and online misogyny would be high priorities, because it's spreading so, so fast. I talk weekly about people who have experienced deepfakes, grooming, revenge porn. So it has big effects and it traumatizes women and girls. So I hope we can also include this and have some strong commitments on the global level on this topic.

Last point that I will focus on is funding for civil society organizations, because this is essential to keep the fight going for equality. Thank you to the rapporteur and look forward to work together. Thanks.

36:38 - 36:47

Lina Gálvez

Thank you, thank you very much. From the Left, I have Kathleen Funchion, but Hannah, Hannah Getty will be taking the floor for two minutes and a half. Thank you.

36:47 - 39:15

Hanna Gedin

Thank you, chair. So my colleague Kathleen Funchion was unfortunately unable to be here today, but she would like to thank the rapporteur, Giusi Princi, for her very good proposal for a report which provides a solid basis for our work in the coming weeks. The United Nations continues to be a fundamental pillar of the international order, despite its limitations and the numerous attacks it has faced. It remains an essential forum for dialogue and cooperation. In this respect, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women plays a particularly important role.

It allows us to address the challenges and discrimination that millions of women around the world still face today. Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls within the framework of the 2030 Agenda must remain a priority. In doing so, we must start with the most vulnerable of women: those living in extreme poverty, those suffering violence and genocide and atrocious violence, those without sufficient access to food and water, those who are victims of female genital mutilation, land dispossession, or the consequences of neocolonialism. And we must also address with greater determination one of the central issues of this year's conference: climate change. Climate change is also a matter of gender equality and women's rights.

The United Nations itself provides ample evidence that around the world women will be disproportionately affected by the extreme impacts of climate change. Kathleen will table amendments to strengthen this aspect of the report, to recognize human responsibility for climate change, to address rising sea levels and extreme heatwaves, and also to highlight the devastating impact of wars on the environment. Wars dramatically undermine the work being carried out around the world to achieve climate justice and to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals. Kathleen hopes to work with all political groups to achieve a strong, concrete, and effective report ahead of the 71st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Thank you.

39:15 - 39:36

Lina Gálvez

Thank you. We hope it's United Nations and not United States Commission. Sorry, sorry, it's just because they have, as you know, removed all the money for this purpose, so why I'm saying that. So now we move to ESN, Mrs. Wolters, please, the floor is yours for two minutes and a half.

39:36 - 40:52

Irmhild Boßdorf

Ja, ich möchte gerne auf Deutsch sprechen. Das ist schon irre, was hier angesprochen wird. Klimawandel, Dürren, strukturelle Hindernisse, Cybergewalt, Frauen-Bashing, Deepfakes, Groomings, NGOs, Kriege, all das beeinflusst offenbar die Berufsauswahl und die Berufsbildung von Frauen. Ich wüsste gerne wie. Was wir möchten, das ist Freiheit für Frauen bei der Berufswahl, Freiheit bei der Ausbildung, bei der Wahl eines Studiums.

Und wir sehen das auch in Deutschland, immer mehr Frauen in MINT-Fächer strömen, ganz von alleine, ohne Förderquoten. Wir müssen allerdings die Grundvoraussetzung dafür schaffen, dass Frauen, die während ihres Studiums, während ihrer Ausbildung oder bei Berufstätigkeit Mütter werden oder werden wollen, dass diese endlich unterstützt werden. Ein letzter Hinweis an die Übersetzer, denen ich sehr danke für ihre Übersetzung, aber es gibt keine Mitgliederinnen. Es heißt das Mitglied, das ist ein Neutrum-Wort, das können Sie nicht gendern und ich würde Sie bitten, in Zukunft auch das Mitglied mit das Mitglied zu belassen. Danke schön.

40:52 - 41:46

Lina Gálvez

So thank you, so the, I was not listening the German cabin, so I don't know what it is, but in any case, probably you can talk directly with them and just to reassure that we appreciate very, very much the work you all do. Without you, we will be lost and you do an excellent job, but if you have something specifically, yeah, just say it. Thank you, thank you. So there are other members that would like to take the floor? Carolina Morace, please, the floor is yours.

41:46 - 43:07

Carolina Morace

È inaccettabile e offensivo in questa commissione sentir ridurre l'identità femminile alla sola dimensione della maternità. Essere donna non è sinonimo di essere madre. Questa visione limitata è esattamente il tipo di agenda ideologica che ci allontana dai problemi reali e concreti. Quando una donna chiede protezione, giustizia o sicurezza, non lo fa in quanto madre, ma in quanto persona i cui diritti fondamentali sono minacciati. Le istituzioni devono rispondere a questa esigenza universale senza discriminare o imporre etichette.

Mentre discutiamo di concetti ambigui, milioni di donne, madri o meno, affrontano ogni giorno violenza, precarietà e mancanza di servizi. I 191 milioni di euro di cui parliamo devono servire a finanziare soluzioni tangibili per tutte, non a promuovere una visione patriarcale e riduttiva. La dignità di una donna risiede nella sua persona, non nel suo ruolo familiare. È ora di abbandonare questa retorica e di lavorare per un'uguaglianza reale che rispetti l'identità e la libertà di ogni singola donna. Grazie.

43:07 - 43:17

Lina Gálvez

Grazie. Anyone else? If not, I would like to give back the floor to the rapporteur, Giusi Princi, you have the floor for two minutes. Thank you.

43:17 - 45:00

Giusi Princi

Grazie nuovamente, Presidente. Ho ascoltato con grande attenzione gli interventi dei colleghi e desidero ringraziare ciascuno per il contributo serio e puntuale.

Abbiamo ed è emerso dal confronto la volontà comune di rafforzare l'impegno dell'Unione Europea lavorando su un file che rispecchi un quadro unitario che vada a tutelare i diritti delle donne e l'impegno appunto dell'Europa di rivendicarne una piena parità in tutti quanti gli ambiti che sono emersi anche dal dibattito. Io tengo a chiarire alla collega del S&D che intanto la scelta del relatore è una decisione che dipende dai coordinatori e quindi anche la commissione FEMM è stata coinvolta ovviamente in questa scelta. E poi magari penso che ci sia stata qualche distrazione nel leggere prima il file da parte della collega perché il mio ufficio lo ha trasmesso giovedì 3 settembre, la scadenza era il 4 settembre e come ha detto poc'anzi la presidente della commissione il rapporto è stato mandato già da qualche giorno a tutti quanti i colleghi che come si vede avete avuto la possibilità di leggerlo puntualmente e di rappresentare le diciamo i personali contributi. Per cui ringrazio nuovamente tutti quanti, aspetto i contributi di ciascuno affinché il file possa essere appunto una sintesi delle posizioni univoche del Parlamento. Grazie.

45:00 - 47:01

Lina Gálvez

Grazie. I hope that will be that will be the case. I'm completely sure that we will manage to do it. For us it's extremely important that we manage to do so, that we achieve that goal because it is probably the place in which we are more represented as a committee, we are representing more this Parliament and the European citizens. So it is extremely important contribution we do each year to this very important conference that normally takes place in in New York.

So I'm sure that will be the place. It is also a very important topic as we have discussed especially because everything is speeding up especially the effect of climate change and these very unequal outcomes in in people. So thank you, thank you very much. I wish you a very good job achieving this common this common goal and that we will be able really to do an excellent job regarding the Commission, Member States and also our role in New York. And now we have in five minutes the next point which is Gender Mainstreaming Network.

I know there are a lot of votes going on, myself I have to go to vote to ITRE. I will be back as soon as I finish my vote and I hope we will have enough colleagues for this Gender Mainstreaming Network but I'm I'm aware that there is a lot of voting going on at the same time. So we will restart in five minutes and see you in a moment. Thank you.

55:41 - 58:06

Dainius Žalimas

Dear colleagues and guests, I have an honor to chair gender mainstreaming network meeting and it's time to start. So first of all, I would like to express warm welcome to all the participants at the gender mainstreaming network meeting. I would like to remind you that the meeting is not web streamed, but it is public and anyone can attend it. The second item in our agenda is the adoption of the draft agenda itself. So if there are no changes proposed, the draft agenda of today's meeting I think can be adopted, right?

Then the next item is adoption of the minutes from the previous meeting. If there are no objections, the minutes of the meeting of 14th April 2026 also I think can be approved. Thank you. Now the chair's announcement. Firstly, I would like to inform you that this year gender equality week will take place during the first week of November from the 3rd to 8th of November 2026.

The chairs of committees and delegations have received my letter, or the chair's letter, it's better to say FEM chair's letter, informing about it. This initiative has established itself as a standing and firmly rooted annual event of the European Parliament. Thanks as well to your steadfast commitment, we have witnessed the success of six European gender equality weeks organized by the European Parliament over the past years. Therefore, on behalf of the FEM committee, I would like to invite the European Parliament committees and delegations to continue this important initiative in 2026. I hope that a lot of committees and delegations will join the seventh European gender equality week by organizing various events addressing gender equality issues in their areas of competence.

I would greatly appreciate your personal support and involvement in this. Secondly, I would like to inform you that the FEM committee is starting its