The European Parliament is calling for the regional and cohesion policy 2021-2027 to be enhanced and strengthened with regard to gender equality, in an own-initiative report by the Austrian MEP Monika Vana (Greens/EFA), adopted by 390 votes to 82 with 212 abstentions.
MEPs want national gender equality strategies to be put in place with binding ex-ante criteria to take gender equality into account in all actions funded by EU cohesion policy.
In addition to the European Social Fund Plus...