Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

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Added62. Calls for the Commission to develop and implement a specific women’s health strategy, embedded in the European Pillar of Social Rights at EU level, to be implemented across the Member States, with the aim of reducing gender health gaps, boosting public research into gender-specific conditions and guaranteeing equal access to healthcare across the EU; stresses that the strategy should include specific indicators and reporting requirements regarding progress; calls on the Commission to prioritise earmarked funding under the new European Competitiveness Fund and Horizon Europe 2028-2034 (FP10) for research into women’s health; calls for dedicated, ring-fenced and traceable EU funding for women’s health, gender-specific conditions and sexual and reproductive healthcare, as well as for projects aiming to close sex- and gender-based data gaps; underscores the need for adequate funding because, on average, women face greater socio-economic constraints and are therefore more dependent on public healthcare and social services; highlights that the underfunding of care for gender-specific conditions can have negative impacts on Member States’ economies and workforce;

Added63. Emphasises the critical role of civil society organisations in providing needs-based, community-level and peer-to-peer healthcare services, particularly for women facing poverty, discrimination or social exclusion; stresses that these organisations act as a bridge between patients and public institutions, and also work to advance gender equality and SRHR, collect data on women’s health experiences and needs, prevent online health scams, and contribute to ensuring more gender-inclusive laws and policies in the field of healthcare; calls for their role to be explicitly acknowledged, in the upcoming European Competitiveness Fund and AgoraEU programme, through the earmarking of sufficient levels of funding for civil society organisations working on gender equality and SRHR in both programmes; expresses concern about the shrinking civic space and the decrease in funding available for civil society organisations working on women’s health and rights across the EU; strongly condemns the Commission’s decision to unexpectedly cut funding, including operating grants for health civil society organisations, in the EU4Health programme, and urges the Commission to immediately reinstate adequate funding for these health non-governmental organisations;

Added64. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote greater participation of women in all aspects of scientific research, both as researchers and as participants in research; recommends that measures be adopted to remove barriers to women’s career progression in science and to ensure equal opportunities in access to research funding and management positions; stresses that a more gender-balanced composition of research teams and greater participation of women in clinical trials will contribute to improving the quality and reliability of health outcomes;

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65. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.