{"id":41510,"date":"2024-07-11T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/?p=41510"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:16:28","slug":"paving-the-way-for-an-equality-centred-policy-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/paving-the-way-for-an-equality-centred-policy-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Paving the way for an equality-centred policy cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Union was founded on the principles of equality and non-discrimination. Yettoo many people continue to face discrimination and inequality across the Union, including intersectional and multiple forms of discrimination in all aspects of their lives.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1 ]<\/a>In the current climate, it is now imperative that the EU institutionsstrengthen their resolve to take meaningful and urgent action to address this reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As European Union leadersdecide on their priorities for the 2024-2029 cycle, wecall on them to ensure that equality and non-discrimination are included as central priorities in the EUwork programme for the next five years. Only by centring equality and protection from discrimination in this way can the EU truly respond to the key concerns of people living in the Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equality and non-discrimination agenda was afforded increased visibility and action during the last five years as a result of the ambitious \u201cUnion of Equality\u201d agenda and the appointment of the first Commissioner for Equality. This led to unprecedented progress in efforts to advance equality andnon-discrimination across EU policy making.Progress includedthe adoption of important initiatives such as the Directive on violence against women, inaugural Gender Equality and LGBTIQ Equality Strategies, an Anti-Racism Action Plan, a Green Paper on Ageing,an Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion, aStrategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU,aswell as the renewal of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU Roma strategic framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this critical juncture, it is vital that the EU continue to prioritize efforts to guarantee the founding values of equality and non-discrimination, to advance the entire package which comprises the Union of Equality, and to ensure an intersectional approach to this agenda.Failure to do so would seriously jeopardise progress in this area and mark a very dangerousstep backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this end we call on EU leadershipto take the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Appoint a Commissioner for Equalityand Fundamental Rights,ensuring the mandate has the power to renew and deepen the Union of Equality agenda and nominatinga candidate with a demonstrated commitment to equality;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen the Union of Equality agenda by introducing new strategies to address grounds not already covered, mainstreaming all strategies across policy areas andrenewing and building-out existing equality strategies, such as the Gender Equality Strategy, LGBTIQ Equality Strategy,the EU Anti-Racism Action Plan,the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion, the EU Strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities and the Roma strategic framework;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure the next EU budget includes robust funding streams for civil society organisations working on equality and non-discrimination;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure equality and non-discrimination objectives are also core components of EU priorities in the sphere of international cooperation, external andhumanitarian action;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintain the current status of the Parliament\u2019s Committee on Women\u2019s Rights and Gender Equality and refrain from weakening its mandate;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish a Council configuration dedicated to equality in the EU and ensure concrete commitments towards implementation of equality strategies by member states;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish a new Directorate-General for Equality and Fundamental Rights thereby strengthening the Commission\u2019s ability to design and monitor equality and non-discrimination laws and policies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renew and upgrade the mandates of the Commission Coordinators working on equality, ensuring a focus on intersectionality during this term;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrust the Commission Task Force on Equality with a strong mandate and ensure it works transparently and in close consultation and cooperation with civil society organizations and networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As 143 civil society organisations with significant expertise on equality, and as representativesof groups at increased risk of discrimination across the EU, we issue this call as a testament to oursolidarity with each other, and urgeEU leaders to ensure that the people most affected by EU policies and legislation on equalityand non-discrimination are always involvedin their development and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Scuola Per Conoscerci, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACCEPT LGBTI Cyprus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACCEPT Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACT Alliance EU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AESCO (Am\u00e9rica, Espa\u00f1a, Solidaridad y Cooperaci\u00f3n)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agapanto, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AGE Platform Europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agedo Nazionale, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aidos (Italian Association for Women in Development)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ALFI &#8211; Associazione Lesbica Femminista Italiana, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alfi Lune, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amnesty International<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amref Health Africa &#8211; Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anemos Dimiourgias &#8211; Greece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ANTAMA (Greece)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APRe!Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Aposentados, Pensionistas e Reformados, Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ARCIGAY LGBTQIA+ Association, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASKV Refugee Support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asociaci\u00f3n de Investigaci\u00f3n y Especializaci\u00f3nsobre Temas Iberoamericanos &#8211; AIETI, Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asociaci\u00f3n Por Ti Mujer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association BagdamEspace Lesbian, France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association Legebitra, Slovenia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association\u00a0Libellula ITALIA APS, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association Liberas, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association for Monitoring Equal Rights, Turkey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASTRA Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ATDAL Over 40, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austrian Disability Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austrian Family Planning Association, OGF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Autism-Europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avaaz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avocats Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belgian Disability Forum, BDF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brain Injured and families European Federation, BIF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00e7avaria, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centre for Gender Rights and Equality DIOTIMA, Greece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Center for Reproductive Rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certi Diritti, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale &#8221; Mario Mieli&#8221;, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civil Rights Defenders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COC Nederland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cologne Counselling, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confederaci\u00f3n Sindical de Comisiones Obreras\u00a0(CCOO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dachverband Lesben und Alter e.V. , Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danish Family Planning Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deutscher Behindertenrat (DBR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disabled Peoples&#8217; International European Region (DPI Europe)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctors of the World, Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EDGE, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EMAIZE Sexologia Zentroa &#8211; Centro Sexol\u00f3gico<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End FGM EU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Epen, El Parto es Nuestro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Euro Central Asian Lesbian* Community (EL*C)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Blind Union (EBU)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Disability Forum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Dyslexia Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Federation of Hard of Hearing People<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Network Against Racism (ENAR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network (ERGO Network)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Sex Workers&#8217; Rights Alliance (ESWA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Women\u2019s Lobby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Famiglie Arcobaleno APS, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federaci\u00f3n de Mujeres Progresistas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>F\u00e9d\u00e9ration La\u00efque de Centres de Planning Familial (FLCPF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foundation for Women and Family Planning (FEDERA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>French Family Planning \/ le Planning Familial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fundaci\u00f3n Aspacia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GAMS Belgium (Groupe pour l\u2019Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles f\u00e9minines)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaynet &#8211; Formazione e Comunicazione sui temi Lgbti, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender Lens, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General Commission for Justice and Peace of Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GLAS Foundation, Bulgaria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haurralde Fundazioa\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HelpAge International<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HelpAge International Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Rights Watch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IGLYO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ILGA-Europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iniciat\u00edvaInakos\u0165, Slovakia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Commission of Jurists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Federation of Persons with Physical Disabilities (FIMITIC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF EN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intersex Esiste, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irish Family Planning Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joves\u00f3lides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kif Kifvzw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KISA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo, Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La Strada International<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Labrisz Lesbian Association, Hungary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesben Ringe.V. , Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesbian Magazine and Program Organizing Association, Hungary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesbian Organisation Rijeka \u2013 LORI, Croatia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Les Working, Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LGBT komiteen &#8211; The LGBT Committee, Denmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Light for the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LSVD, the Lesbian and Gay Federation, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malta Federation of Organisations Persons with Disability (MFOPD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malta LGBTIQ Rights Movement (MGRM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>medicus mundi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mujeres J\u00f3venes de la Regi\u00f3n de Murcia: 8 de marzo (MUJOMUR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mujeres Supervivientes de Sevilla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NET.Collect, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N\u0151k\u00e9rtEgyes\u00fclet \/ Association for Women, Hungary\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nothern Ireland Council for Racial Equality (NICRE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OII Europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Older Women\u2019s Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PA.SY.D.Y. Pensioners Union, Cyprus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polish Women&#8217;s Strike<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possibile LGBTI+, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PRISME \u2013 F\u00e9d\u00e9ration wallonne LGBTQIA+, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>pro familia Bundesverband<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quaker Council for European Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queer Base &#8211; Welcome &amp; Support for LGBTIQ Refugees &#8211; Austria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queer Sisterhood Cluj, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quore, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rainbow Families Croatia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red de Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe, Espa\u00f1a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rete Genitori Rainbow, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RFSL, Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rutgers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the Children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SB Overseas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sdru\u017een\u00ed pro integraci a migraci (SIMI) \/ Association for Integration and Migration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SEDRA-Federaci\u00f3n Planificaci\u00f3n Familiar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensoa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Society for Education on Contraception and Sexuality (SECS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solidarity Now<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stichting LOS, Netherlands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terre des Femmes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TGEU \u2013 Transgender Europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toutes des Femmes, France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turun Valkonauhary, Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women Against Violence Europe &#8211; WAVE Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zavod Moja mavrica, Slovenia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zavod Transfeministi\u010dnaIniciativa Trans Akcija, Slovenia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Throughout the text, \u201cequality and non-discrimination\u201d is to be understood as encompassing equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of the full range of human rights, including all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> It is vital that the EU continue to prioritize efforts to guarantee the founding values of equality and non-discrimination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[867],"tags":[1146],"class_list":["post-41510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-emfyla-dikaiomata-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41510"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44396,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41510\/revisions\/44396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diotima.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}