“Seeing where we’ve come from makes it easier to see where we’re going”. The Belgian Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Marie-Colline Leroy, who chaired the informal ministerial meeting on gender equality in Brussels on Tuesday 27 February, defined this meeting as a time to reflect and look to the future in terms of gender equality within the European Union. The meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of the progress made to date and to define future directions for...