Type: Acts of the European Union: European Parliament resolution on gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament

Authority: European Authorities - European Union: European Parliament

Date: 11/17/2011

Subject: The European Parliament affirms that the main aim of its gender mainstreaming policy plan for the coming three-year period should be to achieve more consistent and effective implementation of gender mainstreaming in all Parliament's work, on the basis of the following priorities: a continued commitment at the level of Parliament's Bureau, through the work of the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity; a dual approach – mainstreaming gender in Parliament's activities through, on the one hand, effective work by the committee responsible, and, on the other, integration of the gender perspective into the work of the other committees and delegations; awareness of the need for a gender balance in decision-making processes, to be achieved by increasing the representation of women on Parliament's governing bodies, on the bureaux of political groups, on the bureaux of committees and delegations; incorporation of gender analysis into all stages of the budgetary process; an effective press and information policy which systematically takes gender equality into account and avoids gender stereotypes; continued submission of regular reports to plenary on the progress achieved in gender mainstreaming in the work of Parliament's committees and delegations; a focus on the need for adequate financial and human resources; continued development of Parliament's Gender Mainstreaming Network; attention to the importance of employing specific terminology and definitions which comply with international standards when terms are used in relation to gender mainstreaming. The Parliament asks the Commission to address and prioritise gender inequalities in a more consistent and systematic manner when programming and implementing all policies, and insists that the mainstreaming of gender issues through all policies must be improved in order to achieve the goals of gender equality.

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Art. 23 Equality between men and women

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