The European Parliament defends women’s rights across the EU. Its efforts to ensure gender equality at work, in politics on a vast variety of issues: helping ending unequal pay, eliminating gender-based discrimination, boosting women’s presence on corporate boards and combatting violence against women.

The Parliament is currently finalising the legislative process to enable MEPs to delegate their vote while absent during pregnancy and after childbirth. Under the new rules, MEPs who are pregnant or have recently given birth will be able to delegate their plenary voting rights to another member - for up to three months before the estimated due date and six months after childbirth.&nbsp;

Furthemore, the Parliament is examining&nbsp;a joint report submitted by the FEMM and LIBE committees on the importance of defining rape based on consent in EU and national legislation. This represents a renewed effort in this direction following the failure to include such provisions in the EU directive currently in force on combating violence against women and domestic violence.

Every year Parliament holds a Gender Equality Week to take stock of the achievements and identify new measures to advance girls' and women's rights and ensure gender equality. Events are organised by Parliament's committees, delegations, political groups and administration.&nbsp;

Women's rights

Common definition of rape based on the absence of consent: extracts from the debate (27.05) and the vote (28.05)

Voting Session: Erixon (A10-0086/2026) - Incir, Scheuring-Wielgus (A10-0047/2026) - Sanchez (A10-0080/2026) - Zovko (A10-0043/2026) - Hohlmeier (A10-0022/2026) - Attard (A10-0078/2026)

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU: MEPs debate (part 2)

Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU: MEPs debate (part 1)

EP Plenary session - Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

International Women’s Day Celebration: one round of political group speakers

International Women’s Day 2026: extracts from the interparliamentary meeting

Infoclip: Women’s Rights - Combating Disinformation and Violence in the Digital Age

Photo action by pregnant women after voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), Rapporteur on proxy vote during pregnancy

Voting Session, including the proxy vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth

FEMM LIBE - Presentation by the Commission - Baseline evaluation procedure of the European Union's implementation of the Council of Europe   Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention)

Combating period poverty in the EU

The International Women’s Day

Press point with EP President Roberta Metsola and rapporteur Juan Fernando López Aguilar on Proxy voting in plenary before and after childbirth

Gender Equality Week: "Women's leadership on politics"

International Women's Day Celebration

Inter-parliamentary committee meeting on "Strengthening the Women on the occasion of the International Women's Day 2025

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Need to fight the systematic problem of gender based violence in Europe

Voting session

Plenary Debate -  Parliament marks International Women’s Day (8 March)

Women in the age of AI-enabled disinformation

Public hearing on Women's Leadership in Politics: speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Women's Leadership in Politics: extracts from the public hearing and statement by Lina GÁLVEZ (S&D, ES), Chair of FEMM Committee

Public hearing on Women's Leadership in Politics: welcoming remarks by Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Public hearing on Women's Leadership in Politics: speech by Antonella SBERNA, Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for the Gender Equality Week

European Electoral act - Proxy vote during pregnancy: extracts from the vote and statement by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), Rapporteur

Infoclip: Gender Equality Week - Women in Arts

Support to Belarusian political prisoners, in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President: extracts

Roadmap for Women`s Rights: closing statements by Roxana MÎNZATU, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, and Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs

Roadmap for Women`s Rights: MEPs debate (part 2)

Roadmap for Women`s Rights: MEPs debate (part 1)

Roadmap for Women`s Rights: opening statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Roxana MÎNZATU, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness

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