Highlights - Women’s rights and gender equality - key studies from the Policy Departments - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Equality between men and women is one of the founding values of the Union and enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. 51 % of the Union’s population are women. Taking into account their needs is relevant for better law-making. The Strategy for equality between men and women 2010-2015 is the main tool to support gender equality in the implementation of the prominent EU2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. In this framework, a number of studies and workshop contributions were published by the European Parliament’s Policy Departments to enable evidence-based policy making. You can find the study on "Consumer behaviour in a digital environment" and other key publications here.