Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 19 December 2024. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 10 October 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 December 2024
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 6 December 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 19 December 2024
- ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- Rapporteur
- Lina GÁLVEZ S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Eleonora MELETI PPEJoanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS S&DMargarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN PfELaurence TROCHU ECRAbir AL-SAHLANI RenewMélissa CAMARA Verts/ALEHanna GEDIN The LeftIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Adds concerns about women's sports and Syrian women's security under the new regime. Softens the foreign policy commitment by dropping 'feminist' and gender-transformative language. Removes the promotion of safe migration pathways, focusing only on labour migration policies. The only formal change is a punctuation correction. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands the scope to girls and adds universal principle, education, and stronger commitment language. Recitals are reorganized: new ones on data framework and gender mainstreaming replace earlier ones on SDG indicators and backlash. Recommendations are greatly expanded with new calls on Saudi Arabia, UN Women, WPS, intersectionality, and many specific policy areas. An explanatory section is added to justify the recommendation. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 19 December 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a clear majorityFor 322 Against 163 Abstained 46
Final vote on the motion for a resolution at 12:24 · 61% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 46 ballots in voting order
AdoptedAdopted3. Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, after point a 12:12 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point a – Am 2RejectedRejected5. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point hRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Amendment 14 to paragraph 1, after point i 12:12 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point i – Am 14Rejected7. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point mRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted11. Amendment 3 to paragraph 1, after point q 12:14 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point q – Am 3Rejected12. Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point q 12:14 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point q – Am 4RejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedRejectedAdoptedAdopted26. Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, after point af 12:17 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point af – Am 5RejectedRejected28. Amendment 7 to paragraph 1, after point ag 12:17 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point ag – Am 7Rejected29. Separate vote on paragraph 1, after point ajAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recordedRejectedRejectedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdoptedAdopted38. Amendment 9 to paragraph 1, after point ar 12:20 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – § 1, after point ar – Am 9Rejected39. Separate vote on citation 9AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted41. Vote on text inserted after recital GRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded42. Vote on text inserted after recital JAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recordedAdopted44. Amendment 1, adding text after recital K 12:22 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – after recital K – Am 1Rejected45. Vote on text inserted after recital IAdoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded46. Final vote on the motion for a resolution 12:24 A10–0030/2024 – Lina Gálvez – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)Adopted - 10 December – 11 December 2024 18 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 6 December 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 4 December 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 14 November 2024 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) proposed changes to the draft.
- 10 October 2024 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 10 October 2024 Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.