News for March 9th, 2016
Parliament demands inclusion LGBTI people in gender mainstreaming activities
In a key report voted yesterday on Gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament, the European Parliament made a strong call to include “the rights, perspectives and well-being of LGBTIQ people” in all gender mainstreaming* activities. An attempt …
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MEPs welcome Member States’ support to Commission’s actions on LGBTI equality, deplore opposition of Hungary
This Monday, the Council (i.e. Ministers of the Member States), failed to reach agreement on a common response to the Commission’s “List of Actions to advance LGBTI equality“. Nearly all Member States had expressed their support for the List of …
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Upcoming event – Professionally Speaking: challenges to achieving equality for LGBTI people
On Wednesday 16 March, the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency will launch their latest report on public authorities’ role in achieving equality for LGBTI people. On this occasion, the Intergroup is hosting a roundtable to discuss the report with FRA Director …
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2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights