Translation of "Sensibilité aux questions d'égalité des sexes " (French → English) :

10. Recalls that the Doha Mandate, approved by all participating states at the 13th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (XIII UNCTAD - Doha, 21 to 26 April 2012), insists on the links between gender equality and inclusive development, asks UNCTAD to ‘strengthen its work on the links between gender equality, women’s empowerment, and trade and development’, and includes gender equality and women’s empowerment issues within the list of essential objectives for all countries; calls for the EU to intensify its own efforts and to play a leading role in integrating gender perspectives within t ...[+++]rade policies; calls for the systematic integration of the findings and recommendations on Gender Equality and Trade Policy of UN Women that refer to the existence of conclusive evidence that economic development and social equality go hand in hand, in addition to noting the strong correlation between gender equality and competitiveness and GDP per capita; calls, therefore, for gender inequality to continue to be used as a sustainability indicator in the revision of the EU Handbook on Sustainability Impact Assessments;

26. Welcomes the progress made in relation to the promotion of gender equality, in particular the adoption of the Gender Equality Act and the adoption of the national action plan for improving the position of women and promoting gender equality; recalls, however, that the implementation of these measures is still pending and that women remain discriminated against, notably in the labour market; therefore calls on the Serbian authorities to swiftly put the new legal framework on gender equality into practice and tackle wider issues of gender-based discrimination, such as the increasing level of domestic violence in Serbia;

26. Welcomes the progress made in relation to the promotion of gender equality, in particular the adoption of the Gender Equality Act and the adoption of the national action plan for improving the position of women and promoting gender equality; recalls, however, that the implementation of these measures is still pending and that women remain discriminated against, notably in the labour market; therefore calls on the Serbian authorities to swiftly put the new legal framework on gender equality into practice and tackle wider issues of gender-based discrimination, such as the increasing level of domestic violence in Serbia;

26. Welcomes the progress made in relation to the promotion of gender equality, in particular the adoption of the Gender Equality Act and the adoption of the national action plan for improving the position of women and promoting gender equality; recalls, however, that the implementation of these measures is still pending and that women remain discriminated against, notably in the labour market; therefore calls on the Serbian authorities to swiftly put the new legal framework on gender equality into practice and tackle wider issues of gender-based discrimination, such as the increasing level of domestic violence in Serbia;

We think that the efficiency of the measures to promote and defend woman's rights as well as the control of their implementation also depend on the European parties, institutions and our governments' sensitivity towards gender issues.

In 2002 the Commission carried out an evaluation of the European Employment Strategy which revealed that more emphasis is being put on the gender equality issue, even in the Member States that were "lagging behind", and the gap between the sexes has narrowed in terms of employment and unemployment rates.