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Anti-discrimination & minorities

Decisions about discrimination, racism, LGBTIQ rights, persons with disabilities or minorities.

Decisions
15 on 13 sitting days
Outcomes
15 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
19 Sept 2024 – 16 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
13
By kind
Resolutions 15
Part of
Jobs, social affairs & equality
Key
social/equality
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Decisions, 15

Export

The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
16 Sept 2026Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions ResolutionsAdopted390 for, 218 against, 29 abstained by roll call
9 Jul 2026The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
21 May 2026Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts ResolutionsAdopted480 for, 5 against, 83 abstained by roll call
30 Apr 2026New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities ResolutionsAdopted439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained by roll call
30 Apr 2026Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions ResolutionsAdopted404 for, 102 against, 67 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026Gender 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 ResolutionsAdopted458 for, 72 against, 98 abstained by roll call
27 Nov 2025Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran ResolutionsAdopted549 for, 7 against, 31 abstained by roll call
27 Nov 2025EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 ResolutionsAdopted490 for, 9 against, 109 abstained by roll call
25 Nov 20252024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget ResolutionsAdopted389 for, 213 against, 36 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Gender Equality Strategy 2025 ResolutionsAdopted310 for, 222 against, 68 abstained by roll call

All 15 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 12

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions 2025-2074Decisions116 Sept 2026 · Adopted
The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan 2026-2801Decisions19 Jul 2026 · Adopted
Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts 2026-2737Decisions121 May 2026 · Adopted
Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions 2024-2124Decisions130 Apr 2026 · Adopted
New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities 2026-2703Decisions130 Apr 2026 · Adopted
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 2025-2038Decisions111 Mar 2026 · Adopted
EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 2025-2057Decisions127 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran 2025-2987Decisions127 Nov 2025 · Adopted
2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget 2025-2033Decisions125 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Gender Equality Strategy 2025 2024-2125Decisions113 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Show 2 more dossiers
Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society 2025-2780Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus 2025-2798Decisions110 Jul 2025 · Adopted

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 13 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor12Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome13of13
GreensFor13Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome13of13
S&DFor13Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome13of13
RenewFor13Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome13of13
EPPFor10Against0Abst.0Divided3With outcome11of13
ECRFor6Against4Abst.1Divided2With outcome7of13
PatriotsFor4Against3Abst.2Divided4With outcome4of13
ESNFor1Against6Abst.4Divided2With outcome2of13

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

  • Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.
  • Topic EU budget & funds Annual budget, the long-term budget, discharge, cohesion funds.
  • Topic Health Public health, medicines, tobacco, health and safety.

Running issues

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=equality
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Anti-discrimination & minorities”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=equality (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-topic-social-equality,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Anti-discrimination \& minorities}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=equality}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=equality},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}