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2008/2245(INI) Gender mainstreaming in the work of committees and delegations

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead FEMM ZÁBORSKÁ Anna (icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 54-p4

Events

2009/04/22
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2009/04/22
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 603 votes to 12, with 64 abstentions, a resolution on gender mainstreaming in the work of its committees and delegations.

The resolution recalls the steady increase in the percentage of female Members of the European Parliament from 17.5% in 1979 to 31.08% in 2009. It notes that women are over-represented in Parliament’s Directorates-General for Internal Policies and External Policies, where they account for 66.5% and 66% of staff respectively. It also stresses the major increase in the percentage of women in senior administrative posts (for example, in 2005 the percentage of female heads of unit rose from 5% to 30%).

The Parliament stresses that the majority of parliamentary committees generally attach importance to gender mainstreaming (for example in the context of their legislative activity, their institutional relations with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the drawing up of a programme of action for equality, etc.), although a minority of committees rarely or never take an interest in the matter. It congratulates the parliamentary committees which have put gender mainstreaming into practice in their work, and calls on the other committees and delegations to do likewise.

The resolution reiterates the need to adopt and apply a gender mainstreaming strategy incorporating specific targets in all Community policies which fall with the purview of parliamentary committees and delegations. MEPs stress the importance of the task of the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity and calls on it to continue to encourage and promote this process throughout Parliament, in its relations with the Commission, the Council and other institutions and in cooperation with them.

The resolution encourages the Secretary-General to prioritise training in gender mainstreaming for officials working at every level in parliamentary committees and delegations. In this context, all Members of Parliament should be provided with equal opportunity training from the beginning of the next Parliament. Moreover, the Secretary-General is called upon to continue to implement the integrated strategy for combining life in the family and at the workplace and to facilitate the career development of female employees.

The political groups are called upon to take account of gender equality objectives in selecting staff to fill senior posts.

MEPs stress the need for the parliamentary committees and delegations to have at their disposal appropriate means of gaining a sound understanding of gender mainstreaming, including indicators, data and statistics broken down by gender , and for budgetary resources to be allocated with an eye to ensuring equality between women and men. They also call for the committees and delegations to play an active role in the regular assessments carried out under the auspices of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.

Lastly, the Parliament’s Bureau is called upon to stress, in its dealings with the parliaments of the Member States, the positive example set by the high level group on gender equality and diversity.

Documents
2009/04/22
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2009/04/21
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2009/04/02
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2009/04/02
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2009/03/31
   EP - Vote in committee
Details

The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality adopted an own-initiative report drawn up by Anna ZÁBORSKÁ (EPP-ED, SK) on gender mainstreaming in the work of its committees and delegations.

The report recalls the steady increase in the percentage of female Members of the European Parliament from 17.5% in 1979 to 31.08% in 2009. It notes that women are over-represented in Parliament’s Directorates-General for Internal Policies and External Policies, where they account for 66.5% and 66% of staff respectively. It also stresses the major increase in the percentage of women in senior administrative posts (for example, in 2005 the percentage of female heads of unit rose from 5% to 30%).

The majority of parliamentary committees generally attach importance to gender mainstreaming (for example in the context of their legislative activity, their institutional relations with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the drawing up of a programme of action for equality, etc.), although a minority of committees rarely or never take an interest in the matter.

On this basis, the committee reiterates the need to adopt and apply a gender mainstreaming strategy incorporating specific targets in all Community policies which fall with the purview of parliamentary committees and delegations. MEPs stress the importance of the task of the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity and calls on it to continue to encourage and promote this process throughout Parliament, in its relations with the Commission, the Council and other institutions and in cooperation with them.

The report encourages the Secretary-General to prioritise training in gender mainstreaming for officials working at every level in parliamentary committees and delegations. In this context, all Members of Parliament should be provided with equal opportunity training from the beginning of the next Parliament. Moreover, the Secretary-General is called upon to continue to implement the integrated strategy for combining life in the family and at the workplace and to facilitate the career development of female employees.

MEPs stress the need for the parliamentary committees and delegations to have at their disposal appropriate means of gaining a sound understanding of gender mainstreaming, including indicators, data and statistics broken down by gender, and for budgetary resources to be allocated with an eye to ensuring equality between women and men. They also call for the committees and delegations to play an active role in the regular assessments carried out under the auspices of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.

Lastly, the Parliament’s Bureau is called upon to stress, in its dealings with the parliaments of the Member States, the positive example set by the high level group on gender equality and diversity.

2009/02/24
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2009/01/30
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2008/10/07
   EP - ZÁBORSKÁ Anna (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
2008/09/23
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament

Documents

Votes

Rapport ZÁBORSKÁ A6-0198/2009 - résolution #

2009/04/22 Outcome: +: 603, 0: 64, -: 12
DE FR IT ES GB RO PL NL HU PT BE EL BG SE AT FI CZ LT DK SK IE LV SI EE LU CY MT ??
Total
93
69
52
43
69
31
46
26
22
21
22
19
16
17
16
14
22
12
13
11
9
8
7
6
6
4
4
1
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254
2

Denmark PPE-DE

1

Latvia PPE-DE

3

Estonia PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE-DE

3

Cyprus PPE-DE

2

Malta PPE-DE

2
icon: PSE PSE
194

Czechia PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

2

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

1

Estonia PSE

3

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

1

Malta PSE

2
icon: ALDE ALDE
85

Spain ALDE

1
2

Sweden ALDE

2

Austria ALDE

1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

1

Latvia ALDE

1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Estonia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

1

ALDE

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
41

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Spain Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

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For (1)

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
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33

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2

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

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Abstain (1)

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

2

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

For (1)

1
icon: UEN UEN
36

Lithuania UEN

2

Denmark UEN

Against (1)

1

Ireland UEN

3
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
14

France IND/DEM

2

United Kingdom IND/DEM

4

Poland IND/DEM

Abstain (1)

2

Netherlands IND/DEM

2

Greece IND/DEM

1

Sweden IND/DEM

For (1)

1

Czechia IND/DEM

Against (1)

1

Denmark IND/DEM

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
22

Italy NI

2

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Abstain (1)

6

Poland NI

1

Belgium NI

3

Bulgaria NI

For (1)

1

Austria NI

Abstain (1)

1

Czechia NI

Abstain (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
16 2008/2245(INI)
2009/02/24 FEMM 16 amendments...
source: PE-421.194

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  • date: 2009-03-31T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality adopted an own-initiative report drawn up by Anna ZÁBORSKÁ (EPP-ED, SK) on gender mainstreaming in the work of its committees and delegations. The report recalls the steady increase in the percentage of female Members of the European Parliament from 17.5% in 1979 to 31.08% in 2009. It notes that women are over-represented in Parliament’s Directorates-General for Internal Policies and External Policies, where they account for 66.5% and 66% of staff respectively. It also stresses the major increase in the percentage of women in senior administrative posts (for example, in 2005 the percentage of female heads of unit rose from 5% to 30%). The majority of parliamentary committees generally attach importance to gender mainstreaming (for example in the context of their legislative activity, their institutional relations with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the drawing up of a programme of action for equality, etc.), although a minority of committees rarely or never take an interest in the matter. On this basis, the committee reiterates the need to adopt and apply a gender mainstreaming strategy incorporating specific targets in all Community policies which fall with the purview of parliamentary committees and delegations. MEPs stress the importance of the task of the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity and calls on it to continue to encourage and promote this process throughout Parliament, in its relations with the Commission, the Council and other institutions and in cooperation with them. The report encourages the Secretary-General to prioritise training in gender mainstreaming for officials working at every level in parliamentary committees and delegations. In this context, all Members of Parliament should be provided with equal opportunity training from the beginning of the next Parliament. Moreover, the Secretary-General is called upon to continue to implement the integrated strategy for combining life in the family and at the workplace and to facilitate the career development of female employees. MEPs stress the need for the parliamentary committees and delegations to have at their disposal appropriate means of gaining a sound understanding of gender mainstreaming, including indicators, data and statistics broken down by gender, and for budgetary resources to be allocated with an eye to ensuring equality between women and men. They also call for the committees and delegations to play an active role in the regular assessments carried out under the auspices of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Lastly, the Parliament’s Bureau is called upon to stress, in its dealings with the parliaments of the Member States, the positive example set by the high level group on gender equality and diversity.
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