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Gender equality

Decisions about gender equality, women’s rights, violence against women or reproductive rights.

Decisions
17 on 16 sitting days
Outcomes
17 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
19 Sept 2024 – 16 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
14
By kind
Resolutions 17
Part of
Jobs, social affairs & equality
Key
social/gender
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Decisions, 17

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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
8 Jul 2026The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality ResolutionsAdopted575 for, 33 against, 43 abstained by roll call
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
21 May 2026Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap ResolutionsAdopted263 for, 83 against, 154 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
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU ResolutionsAdopted447 for, 160 against, 43 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
12 Feb 2026Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women ResolutionsAdopted340 for, 141 against, 68 abstained by roll call
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ ResolutionsAdopted358 for, 202 against, 79 abstained by roll call

All 17 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
The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality 2026-2617Decisions18 Jul 2026 · Adopted
Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap 2025-2039Decisions121 May 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
Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU 2025-2040Decisions128 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
Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women 2025-2240Decisions112 Feb 2026 · Adopted
European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ 2025-3007Decisions117 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Show 2 more dossiers
Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
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

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 14 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 LeftFor14Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome14of14
GreensFor14Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome14of14
S&DFor13Against0Abst.1Divided0With outcome13of14
RenewFor14Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome14of14
EPPFor10Against0Abst.0Divided4With outcome12of14
ECRFor3Against7Abst.2Divided2With outcome4of14
PatriotsFor3Against4Abst.1Divided6With outcome3of14
ESNFor0Against11Abst.3Divided0With outcome0of14

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.
  • Topic Justice, rule of law & rights Rule of law, fundamental rights, judicial and police cooperation.

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=gender
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

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