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1. Highlights - ICM on the occasion of International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 - 6 March - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

   On Thursday, 6 March 2025, to celebrate the IWD 2025, the FEMM Committee, in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments, organises an inter-parliamentary committee meeting on "Strengthening the Women, Peace and Security Agenda – Upholding Women’s Rights in Defence, Security and Peace Building”.

   
   

   This year's IWD event will, amongst others, focus on the need to ensure women's full participation in decision-making processes, particularly in defence, security, and peacebuilding, where their leadership leads to more inclusive and lasting peace. It is further crucial to protect women and girls in conflict and post-conflict settings from trafficking, exploitation, and the use of rape as a weapon of war.

   High-level representatives of Members States, EU institutions, Members of the European Parliament and of EU National Parliaments are invited to discuss the different ways in which women can contribute to combating inequalities and empowering future generations.

   
   

   
   Event page

   
   Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

2. Highlights - Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

   

   On Monday, 3 March 2025, the FEMM Committee will vote on the draft legislative opinion on “Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)”.

   
   

   Child sexual abuse is a growing issue both online and offline. In 2023 alone, there were 1.3 million reports of child sexual abuse in the EU. 9 out of 10 victims are girls. The FEMM Committee is working on a legislative opinion on combating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the context of the proposal for a recast of Directive 2011/93/EU. The Rapporteur? Heléne Fritzon (S&D)? is looking to strengthen prevention and support to victims. The Directive must emphasize the principle that only an explicit and informed 'yes' constitutes a consent.

   
   Procedure: 2024/0035(COD)
   Rapporteur: Heléne Fritzon (S&D)

   
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3. Latest news - Next meeting of the FEMM Committee: 3 March and IWD event on 6 March - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

   

   The next meeting of the Committee on Gender Equality and Women's Rights will take place on:

   • 3 March 2025 from 16.30 - 17.30 in room ANTALL 6Q2 FEMM committee meeting
   • 6 March 2025from 9.00 - 12.30 in room ANTALL 6Q2International Women's Day 2025 event

   
   

   
   FEMM Committee meetings calendars
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   FEMM work in progress
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4. Latest news - Next meeting: 6 March 2025, 9.30 - 13.00 (Brussels) - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

   

   
   LIBE Coordinators
   Provisional calendar of the LIBE Committee meetings in 2025

   
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5. Latest news - Next meeting - Committee on Regional Development

   The Committee on Regional Development will hold its next meeting in Brussels on Wednesday 19 March from 09:00-12:30 and 14:30-18:30.

   
   REGI Meetings_Calendar 2025
   REGI Meetings_Calendar 2024_2nd Semester_NEW
   LIST Coordinators REGI - 10th term_21.01.2025
   REGI Newsletter
   Research studies for REGI Committee

   
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