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\n The EU Commission has just unveiled its long-term political vision to maintain its commitment to gender equality, but some argue it lacks detailed solutions to long-standing challenges.
\n ADVERTISEMENTAmid a global backlash against women\u2019s rights, the EU Commission presented on Friday its long-term political vision for achieving a gender-equal society, known as the \u2018roadmap on women\u2019s rights\u2019, but detractors were disappointed with its lack of substance.\u00a0\u201cWe have felt this pushback coming from across the Atlantic, but we have this roadmap exactly to be sure that we are not going to be on the wrong side of the progress,\u201d EU Commissioner for Equality, Crisis Management, and Preparedness Hadja Lahbib told reporters in Brussels.\u00a0Lahbib outlined a series of challenges in the areas of health, work, education, money, power, and violence, effectively laying out a wish list for advancing gender equality\u2014yet without concrete details on how to address these longstanding issues.\u00a0\u201cFollowing the disappointment of seeing equality relegated to a sub-portfolio, this eagerly awaited initiative unfortunately falls short of what is at stake,\u201d MEP M\u00e9lissa Camara (France\/Greens) said after the roadmap\u2019s launch.\u00a0According to a new UN report, one in four countries worldwide reported a backlash against women\u2019s rights in 2024.\u00a0The EU has not been spared from the rise of anti-gender movements and persistently high levels of sexual and physical violence at home, work, and in public spaces, as several EU agencies have warned.\u00a0Around 50 million women across the bloc still experience gender-based violence, and between 2014 and 2024, the percentage of women aged 18-74 who have faced such violence has barely changed (31.4% vs. 30.7%).\u00a0\u201cIn 2025, progress is not just slowing\u2014it is under attack,\u201d MEP Lina Galvez (S&D\/Spain), chair of the European Parliament\u2019s committee on women\u2019s rights (FEMM), said.\u00a0\u201cThe roadmap presented by the Commission must be evaluated positively because it implies first and foremost a commitment to gender equality and women’s rights at a time when they are being attacked all over the world and also within Europe,\u201d she told Euronews.\u00a0The document lays the foundation for the next EU Gender Equality Strategy (2026-30) and has been welcomed by various stakeholders as a step in the right direction. However, it includes no binding proposals to strengthen women\u2019s rights and gender equality.\u00a0\u201cWords must now be followed by actions,\u201d said Iliana Balabanova, president of the European Women\u2019s Lobby.\u00a0\u201cWe need bold policies, firm commitments, and strong leadership to turn this vision into reality,\u201d Balabanova added.\u00a0\u2018Timid progress\u2019 on sexual and reproductive rightsThe elephant in the room of the Commission\u2019s communication is the issue of safe access to abortion and sexual health.\u00a0Sexual health and reproductive rights (SRHR) now fall under Lahbib\u2019s remit rather than that of Health Commissioner Oliver V\u00e1rhelyi, after the Parliament raised concerns over his lack of commitment to the topic.\u00a0The roadmap only briefly mentions the need to support women\u2019s health by reinforcing and complementing member states’ actions on SRHR access.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENT”Despite our requests to Hadja Lahbib, the Commissioner for Equality, for a clear commitment to sexual and reproductive rights, we have seen only timid progress,” said Camara.\u00a0She added that failing to address the right to abortion in the roadmap \u201cis particularly regrettable.\u201d\u00a0Safe access to abortion in the EU has been a widely debated issue across European institutions, with the Parliament long advocating for its inclusion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.\u00a0The roadmap also acknowledges the need to improve access to affordable menstrual hygiene products and contraception but does not outline specific measures to achieve this.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTEU GDP could increase by \u20ac1.2 trillion through improved gender equalityImproving women\u2019s rights is not only a moral imperative but also a strategic investment, the EU Commission said.\u00a0The bloc\u2019s GDP could increase from \u20ac1.95 trillion to \u20ac3.15 trillion by 2050 through greater empowerment of women in the workforce and decision-making processes, according to projections by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).\u00a0\u201cThe gender gap in employment remains a major issue in the region, along with the fact that care responsibilities and unpaid work still fall disproportionately on women,\u201d Bel\u00e9n Sanz, regional director of UN Women Europe and Central Asia, told Euronews in an interview.\u00a0In 2023, at the EU level, the employment rate for women aged 25-54 with children was 74.9%, compared to 91.9% for men with children.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTEIGE\u2019s findings also indicate that without reinforced action, achieving full gender equality in the EU could take another 60 years.\u00a0MEP Hel\u00e9ne Fritzon (Sweden\/S&D) has called on the EU and its member states to address the root causes of the persistent gender pay gap\u2014which stands at 13%\u2014and female poverty.\u00a0\u201cThis requires tackling horizontal pay and labour market segregation, as well as the systematic undervaluation of work in female-dominated sectors, such as care, which is essential to our societies,\u201d Fritzon argued.\u00a0Over the past five years, the EU has approved several initiatives to enhance pay transparency and work-life balance. However, implementing a directive aimed at improving gender balance on EU-listed company boards has faced challenges, and efforts to combat violence against women were weakened, as the final text excluded references to rape.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTDespite progress and achievements, \u201cit is clear that we need to do much more,\u201d reads the EU Commission\u2019s 2024 report on Gender Equality.\u00a0Looking ahead, the upcoming Gender Equality Strategy must further advance “transversality,\u201d Galvez said, referring to the integration of equality principles into all EU policies.\u00a0“Now what we have to do is turn [the roadmap] into concrete and cross-cutting actions across all policies and throughout the political cycle, with special attention to budgeting and evaluating policies and laws to see if they are really having that transformative character and improving equality,\u201d the Spanish socialist concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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