Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
FEMM · Standing committee
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) has 40 full members.
40 members and 37 substitutes · lead committee in 12 procedures, opinion in 35 · 10 final votes in plenary
Membership
- Chair
- Lina Gálvez (S&D), since 23 Jul 2024
- Vice-Chairs
- Irene Montero (The Left), Marko Vešligaj (S&D), Dainius Žalimas (Renew), Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (EPP)
Full members by political group (40)
- The Left (3): Carolina Morace, Elena Kountoura, Irene Montero (Vice-Chair)
- Greens/EFA (3): Alexandra Geese, Benedetta Scuderi, Mélissa Camara
- S&D (8): Alessandra Moretti, Emma Rafowicz, Gabriela Firea, Heléne Fritzon, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Lina Gálvez (Chair), Maria Noichl, Marko Vešligaj (Vice-Chair)
- Renew (4): Abir Al-Sahlani, Dainius Žalimas (Vice-Chair), Lucia Yar, Valérie Devaux
- EPP (10): Arba Kokalari, Csaba Bogdán, Eleonora Meleti, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Ewa Kopacz, Giusi Princi, Maria Walsh, Mirosława Nykiel, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (Vice-Chair), Sirpa Pietikäinen
- ECR (3): Assita Kanko, Chiara Gemma, Laurence Trochu
- PfE (6): Barbara Bonte, Elisabeth Dieringer, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Mathilde Androuët, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Sebastian Kruis
- ESN (1): Irmhild Boßdorf
- Non-attached Members (2): Fernand Kartheiser, Judita Laššáková
Substitute members by political group (37)
- The Left (3): Emma Fourreau, Hanna Gedin, Kathleen Funchion
- Greens/EFA (3): Alice Kuhnke, Anna Strolenberg, Katrin Langensiepen
- S&D (8): Carla Tavares, Cecilia Strada, Elisabeth Grossmann, Maria Guzenina, Marianne Vind, Marina Kaljurand, Sabrina Repp, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
- Renew (4): Billy Kelleher, Jana Toom, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová
- EPP (9): Alma Ezcurra Almansa, Elena Nevado del Campo, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak, Liesbet Sommen, Loucas Fourlas, Manuela Ripa, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Verena Mertens
- ECR (3): Beatrice Timgren, Elena Donazzan, Jadwiga Wiśniewska
- PfE (5): Anna Maria Cisint, Catherine Griset, Mieke Andriese, Susanna Ceccardi, Viktória Ferenc
- ESN (1): Christine Anderson
- Non-attached Members (1): Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă
Changes since July 2024
Since the first appointments on 19 Jul 2024: 14 new memberships, 10 ended (3 of them with the end of the mandate), 7 changes of role.
- 14 Sep 2026: Viktória Ferenc (PfE), changed from member to substitute
- 14 Sep 2026: Barbara Bonte (PfE), changed from substitute to member
- 14 Sep 2026: Mireia Borrás Pabón (PfE), changed from substitute to member
- 15 Jun 2026: Csaba Bogdán (EPP), Joined as member
- 14 Jun 2026: Gabriella Gerzsenyi (EPP), Left as member
- 13 Apr 2026: Anders Vistisen (PfE), Left as member, end of mandate
- 22 Jan 2026: Barbara Bonte (PfE), Joined as substitute
- 21 Nov 2025: Mieke Andriese (PfE), Joined as substitute
- 10 Jul 2025: Fernand Kartheiser (Non-attached), Joined as member
- 6 Jul 2025: Galato Alexandraki (ECR), Left as member
- 2 Jul 2025: Georgiana Teodorescu (ECR), Left as substitute
- 21 May 2025: Anders Vistisen (PfE), Joined as member
- 21 May 2025: Mireia Borrás Pabón (PfE), changed from member to substitute
- 24 Apr 2025: Beatrice Timgren (ECR), Joined as substitute
- 12 Mar 2025: Gabriella Gerzsenyi (EPP), Joined as member
- 11 Mar 2025: Zoltán Tarr (EPP), Left as member
- 16 Dec 2024: Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP), Joined as member
- 12 Dec 2024: Manuela Ripa (EPP), Joined as substitute
- 30 Nov 2024: Henna Virkkunen (EPP), Left as member, end of mandate
- 25 Nov 2024: Catherine Griset (PfE), changed from member to substitute
- 25 Nov 2024: Sebastian Kruis (PfE), Joined as member
- 21 Oct 2024: Catherine Griset (PfE), changed from substitute to member
- 14 Oct 2024: Marko Vešligaj (S&D), changed from member to Vice-Chair
- 7 Oct 2024: Ondřej Dostál (Non-attached), Left as substitute
- 7 Oct 2024: Maria Walsh (EPP), Joined as member
- 30 Sep 2024: Tomasz Buczek (Non-attached), Left as member
- 27 Sep 2024: Emma Fourreau (The Left), Joined as substitute
- 19 Sep 2024: Assita Kanko (ECR), Joined as member
- 18 Sep 2024: Marlena Maląg (ECR), Left as member
- 16 Sep 2024: Marko Vešligaj (S&D), Joined as member
- 23 Aug 2024: Predrag Fred Matić (S&D), Left as Vice-Chair, end of mandate
Not counted: memberships beginning or ending in the first two weeks after the first appointments (constituent phase). Political group: on the day of the change.
Procedures
Procedures with a vote or date in plenary since July 2024. Lead: the committee drafts the report; with joint lead committees, the procedure appears for each of them. Opinion: the committee gives an opinion. Date: latest step.
Lead (12)
- Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions: 2025/2074(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Billy Kelleher (Renew) · final vote: adopted · 16 Sep 2026
- The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality: 2026/2617(RSP) · Resolution · Rapporteur: Eleonora Meleti (EPP) · final vote: adopted · 8 Jul 2026
- Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: 2023/0250(COD) · Legislation · Rapporteur: Lucia Yar (Renew) · jointly with LIBE · final vote: adopted · Official Journal 30 Jun 2026 · 30 Jun 2026
- Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap: 2025/2039(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (EPP) · jointly with EMPL · final vote: adopted · 21 May 2026
- Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions: 2024/2124(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (EPP) · final vote: adopted · 30 Apr 2026
- Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU: 2025/2040(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (S&D) · jointly with LIBE · final vote: adopted · 28 Apr 2026
- Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors: 2025/2038(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Mirosława Nykiel (EPP) · jointly with EMPL · final vote: adopted · 11 Mar 2026
- Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women: 2025/2240(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · final vote: adopted · 12 Feb 2026
- European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’: 2025/3007(RSP) · Resolution · Rapporteur: Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew) · final vote: adopted · 17 Dec 2025
- Gender Equality Strategy 2025: 2024/2125(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Marko Vešligaj (S&D) · final vote: adopted · 13 Nov 2025
- Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society: 2025/2780(RSP) · Resolution · Rapporteur: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · 9 Oct 2025
- Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women: 2024/2057(INI) · Own-initiative · Rapporteur: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · 19 Dec 2024
All 12 in the list of procedures
Opinion (35)
- Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast): 2024/0035(COD) · Legislation · Opinion: Heléne Fritzon (S&D) · lead: LIBE · 4 Nov 2026
- Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition: 2026/2070(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: EMPL · 21 Oct 2026
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections: 2026/0196(BUD) · Budget · Opinion: Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Renew) · lead: BUDE, BUDG · 21 Oct 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 2025/2147(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 21 Oct 2026
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people: 2025/2081(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Anna Strolenberg (Greens/EFA) · lead: CULT · 17 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: Agencies: 2025/2156(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Renew) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman: 2025/2153(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions: 2025/2152(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee: 2025/2151(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors: 2025/2149(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament: 2025/2146(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Renew) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission: 2025/2145(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Renew) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Sep 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union: 2025/2148(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · 29 Apr 2026
- Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III: 2025/2246(BUI) · Budget · Opinion: Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle (Renew) · lead: BUDG · 28 Apr 2026
- 2026 budgetary procedure: joint text: 2025/0210(BUD) · Budget · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: BUDE, BUDG · Official Journal 26 Feb 2026 · 26 Feb 2026
- Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy: 2025/2095(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: EMPL · 12 Feb 2026
- Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025: 2025/2166(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: AFET · 21 Jan 2026
- Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises: 2025/2085(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: DEVE · 20 Jan 2026
- Discharge 2023: Agencies: 2024/2030(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 13 Jan 2026 · 13 Jan 2026
- Statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013: 2023/0008(COD) · Legislation · lead: EMPL · Official Journal 12 Dec 2025 · 12 Dec 2025
- EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024: 2025/2057(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Giusi Princi (EPP) · lead: EMPL · 27 Nov 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 2024/2021(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 22 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Ombudsman: 2024/2027(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions: 2024/2026(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee: 2024/2025(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors: 2024/2023(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union: 2024/2022(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Parliament: 2024/2020(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds: 2024/2019(DEC) · Discharge · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: CONT · Official Journal 8 Oct 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
- Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum: 2025/2014(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: DEVE, ENVI · 9 Jul 2025
- A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world: 2024/2051(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Alexandra Geese (Greens/EFA) · lead: BUDG · 7 May 2025
- Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III: 2024/2110(BUI) · Budget · lead: BUDG · 2 Apr 2025
- Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024: 2024/2081(INI) · Own-initiative · Opinion: Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew) · lead: AFET · 2 Apr 2025
- 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text: 2024/0176(BUD) · Budget · Opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D) · lead: BUDE, BUDG · Official Journal 27 Feb 2025 · 27 Feb 2025
- 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council: 2023/2131(DEC) · Discharge · lead: CONT · Official Journal 10 Oct 2024 · 22 Oct 2024
Votes in plenary
Committee votes are not part of Parliament’s open data (mostly published as PDF only). Shown here are membership, procedures and the final plenary votes in the procedures led by the committee.
10 roll-call final votes since July 2024 in procedures with this committee as lead committee: 10 adopted, 0 rejected. By type of procedure: legislation 1, other procedures 9.
- Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions: 16 Sep 2026 · A10-0200/2026 · Report · Adopted: 390 for, 218 against, 29 abstentions
- The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality: 8 Jul 2026 · B10-0333/2026 · Resolution · Adopted: 575 for, 33 against, 43 abstentions
- Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: 21 May 2026 · A9-0157/2024 · Legislation · first reading · Adopted: 440 for, 49 against, 84 abstentions
- Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap: 21 May 2026 · A10-0083/2026 · Report · Adopted: 263 for, 83 against, 154 abstentions
- Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions: 30 Apr 2026 · A10-0058/2026 · Report · Adopted: 404 for, 102 against, 67 abstentions
- Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU: 28 Apr 2026 · A10-0047/2026 · Report · Adopted: 447 for, 160 against, 43 abstentions
- Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors: 11 Mar 2026 · A10-0021/2026 · Report · Adopted: 458 for, 72 against, 98 abstentions
- Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women: 12 Feb 2026 · A10-0010/2026 · Report · Adopted: 340 for, 141 against, 68 abstentions
- European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’: 17 Dec 2025 · B10-0558/2025 · Resolution · Adopted: 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstentions
- Gender Equality Strategy 2025: 13 Nov 2025 · A10-0210/2025 · Report · Adopted: 310 for, 222 against, 68 abstentions
The list of votes filtered by FEMM shows 6 of them. The voting data name no lead committee for objections and resolutions, and only one where several committees share the lead.
These 6 votes in the statistics, with the political groups’ majorities
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (bodies, MEPs’ memberships, procedures, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Committee names from the European Parliament’s data. Committee page at the European Parliament Body record in the Open Data Portal (JSON-LD)
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (bodies, MEPs’ memberships, procedures, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Committee names from the European Parliament’s data.