On Thursday 5 September, the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) welcomed the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Carlien Scheele, and the Director General of the European Commission’s DG JUST, Ana Gallego Torres, to take stock of legislative progress and future challenges in the field of gender equality.
Carlien Scheele stressed the urgent need to tackle gender-based violence, pointing out that “we are still...