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Own-initiative report First reading

Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 71st 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: In committee: FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) is preparing the report (draft published 8 September 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 17 September 2026
  2. 2 Committee work FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
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
Giusi PRINCI PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS S&DBarbara BONTE PfEBeatrice TIMGREN ECRAbir AL-SAHLANI RenewAnna STROLENBERG Verts/ALEKathleen FUNCHION 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

Committee draft · latest Draft report (FEMM) 8 September 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 71st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, to be held in March 2027.

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

  1. Committee stage
  2. 6 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (FEMM)
  3. 17 September 2026 Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  4. 8 September 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (FEMM)