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EU Gender Action Plan IV – priorities for gender equality and women’s rights in external action

Reference
2026/2039(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands
In committee: FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) is preparing the report (draft published 2 September 2026).
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality FEMM
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Rapporteurs
Abir AL-SAHLANI, Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL
Shadow rapporteurs
10 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Opinions from
AFET

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  1. Referred to committee (done) 30 April 2026
  2. Committee work (current step) FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) preparing the report
  3. Tabled for plenary (to come)
  4. Plenary vote (to come)
  5. Parliament’s position (to come)

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Lead committee
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality FEMM
Opinion: AFET
Foreign Affairs · rapporteur Hannah NEUMANN (Greens)

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Committee stage 2 steps · 30 Apr 2026–2 Sept 2026
  1. 2 September 2026

    Draft report published

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    CJ07-PR-791053

  2. 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.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU Gender Action Plan IV – priorities for gender equality and women’s rights in external action”. Dossier. reference 2026/2039(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-2039 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2026/2039(INI), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026%2F2039(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2026-2039,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU Gender Action Plan IV – priorities for gender equality and women’s rights in external action}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-2039}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-2039},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2026/2039(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026\%2F2039(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}