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Committee On Women's Rights And Gender Equality
The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is a committee of the European Parliament. Membership Chair 9th Term Vice Chairs * Eugenia Rodríguez Palop * Sylwia Spurek * Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi * Radka Maxova 7th Term Members *Regina Bastos * Edit Bauer * Godfrey Bloom * Emine Bozkurt * Andrea Češková * Marije Cornelissen *Silvia Costa * Tadeusz Cymański * Ilda Figueiredo *Iratxe García * Zita Gurmai * Mary Honeyball *Sophie in 't Veld * Teresa Jiménez-Becerril * Nicole Kiil-Nielsen * Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou *Constance Le Grip * Astrid Lulling * Angelika Niebler * Siiri Oviir * Antonia Parvanova * Frédérique Ries * Raül Romeva * Nikki Sinclaire * Joanna Skrzydlewska * Marc Tarabella * Britta Thomsen * Marina Yannakoudakis * Anna Záborská * Helene Fritzon Substitutes * Roberta Angelilli * Izaskun Bilbao Barandica *Vilija Blinkevičiūtė * Franziska Brantner * Anne Delv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committees Of The European Parliament
The committees of the European Parliament are designed to examine proposals in detail before the matter is dealt with by the full Parliament. They comprise Standing Committees and occasional Temporary Committees or Committees on Inquiry. Each committee is comopsed to reflect the overall political balance of the Parliament as a whole, with seats allocated to each of the political Groups in proportion to their size. Each committee also has substitute members who may vote in place of an absennt full member from their political Group. Standing Committees generally produce reports for consideration by Parliament in its debates. These can be on legislative proposals from the European Commission, or "own initiative reports" on a matter which the committee wishes to take up. Reports are usually drafted by a rapporteur, who is appointed by the committee, selected from amongst its members. The rapporteur's draft is voted on by the committee, typically with amendments being tabled and vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zita Gurmai
Zita Gurmai (born 1 June 1965 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Education and early career *1983–1988. Karl Marx University of Economics (1983–1988); doctorate 1991 *1988–1990. Comporgan company, communications coordinator *1990–1992. T-Mobile International AG, Westel Rádiótelefon Kft., sales executive *1994–1995. Political History Institute, PR manager *1995–2002. Szelén Művelődési Tanácsadó Kft., manager Political career From the 1990s Gurmai was active in civil society, sets up many foundations: Nők a valódi esélyegenlőségért Alapítvány (Women's Foundation for Genuine Equality), Nők a közéletben Alapítvány (Women in Public Life Foundation). She drew up many reports on equality and done research as organiser and co-author. *2002–2004. Member of the Hungarian Parliament, delega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Skrzydlewska
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska (born 17 February 1977 in Łódź) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 11,822 votes in 9 Łódź district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. Career She is a member of Civic Platform. In 2009, she was elected to the European Parliament from Łódź constituency. She lost her re-election bid five years later. She ran again to the European Parliament in 2019 and 2024, but she didn't gain enough votes to win a seat. She was elected to the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. She was a member of the voivodeship board until 2018. In 2019, she resigned from the Sejmik after being appointed as Vice-Mayor of Łódź. She returned to the Voivodeship Sejmik in April 2024. In June 2024, she was elected by Civic Coalition, Third Way The Third Way is a predominantly centrist political position that attempts to reconcile centre-right and centre-left politics by advocating a va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Sinclaire
Nicole Sinclaire (born 26 July 1968) is a British former politician who was leader of the We Demand a Referendum Party, and served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 2009 to 2014. She was elected MEP in June 2009, as a UK Independence Party candidate but later resigned from the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group in which UKIP sat as a part in the European Parliament, citing the alleged extreme right-wing views of some of the group's members, including outspoken views condemning homosexuals and migrants. Subsequently, Sinclaire sat as an Independent MEP from January 2010 until September 2012, during which time she set up the We Demand a Referendum Now party. She was defeated in the 2014 elections, saying in a statement on her website: "my employers have spoken, and it would seem I have been unsuccessful in my attempt to be re-elected as an MEP for the West Midlands region." Sinclaire was the first ever trans British parliamentarian. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raül Romeva
Raül Romeva i Rueda (born 12 March 1971) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a former Member of the European Parliament with the , part of the European Greens. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led the pro-Catalan independence electoral list Junts pel Sí. On 14 January 2016, he was named Minister for External and Institutional Relations, and Transparency in the Catalan Regional Government under President Carles Puigdemont, before his role was revoked by the Spanish government on the 27 October 2017, as part of the application of the constitution's article 155 during the Catalan crisis. Romeva spent almost 4 years in prison from 2017 to 2021, and in 2019 was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for sedition along with other members of the Puigdemont government. He was pardoned in 2021 and freed from prison. Childhood and education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédérique Ries
Frédérique Ries (born 14 May 1959) is a Belgian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/ MCC/ PRL, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She was a member of the delegation of the European Parliament for relations with Israel. She is vice-president of the Israel lobby group European Friends of Israel. Early life and career Ries graduated in Economics and mastered in Journalism at the University of Liège in 1981. Ries worked as commercial director at Radio FM56 from 1981 to 1984. In 1984, she was hired at RTL (Radio Télévision Luxembourg) first in Luxembourg, as a producer and TV presenter from 1984 to 1987, then in Brussels where she edited and presented the news from 1987 to 1998. Political career In 1999, Ries joined the MR (PRL at the time) to become a candidate on the European elections list. Elected Member of the European Parliament since 1999, she has since been a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Parvanova
Antonyia Parvanova (; born 26 April 1962, in Dobrich) is a Bulgarian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament in 2007 and from 2009 until 2014. She is a member of the National Movement Simeon II, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Political career Parvanova became a Member of the European Parliament on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union. During her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2007, 2009–2014) and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2009–2014). In addition to her committee assignments, Parvanova was part of the parliament's delegations for relations with Canada and to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean from 2009 until 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siiri Oviir
Siiri Oviir (born 3 November 1947) is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Oviir was born in Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and .... As an MEP, she belonged to the Estonian Centre Party until she decided to leave on 9 April 2012. Oviir is married to civil servant Mihkel Oviir. Her daughter is politician Liisa Oviir. References External links European Parliament biography 1947 births Living people Politicians from Tallinn Government ministers of Estonia Estonian Centre Party politicians Estonian Centre Party MEPs MEPs for Estonia 2004–2009 MEPs for Estonia 2009–2014 Women MEPs for Estonia Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelika Niebler
Angelika Niebler (née Rupertseder; born 18 February 1963) is a German lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. She is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party. Since 2015, she has been serving as her party's deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of successive chairmen Horst Seehofer and Markus Söder. Education * 1988: First state law examination * 1991: Second state law examination * 1992: Doctor of law, dissertation: ''Der Einsatz einer Expertensystemshell im Gesetzgebungsverfahren'' (English: "The use of expert systems in legislative procedure") Professional career Niebler practiced with Lovells from 1991 to 1997 and – as Salary Partner – with Beiten Burkhardt from 1997 to 2004. From 2004 to 2015, she worked at Bird & Bird’s Munich office. In September 2015, she joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Munich office as of counsel, where she supports the firm's Media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Lulling
Astrid Lulling (born 11 June 1929, in Schifflange) is a Luxembourgish politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament (1965–1974 and 1989–2014) for the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party. Positions held * Member of the Parliament's Bureau. * Member of the Quaestors. * Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. * Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. * Member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America. * Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. * Substitute of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. * Substitute of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Curriculum vitae * Studied political economy at the University of Saarbrücken (1953–1955). * Secretary and editor of the Luxembourg Workers' Union (1949–1963). * Worked for the Mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou is a Greece, Greek politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2014, and served as Vice-President of the European Parliament, First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009. She was Administrative regions of Greece, Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands from 2019 to 2023. She was born and brought up at the island of Zakynthos, Greece. She studied Sociology (specialising in political sociology) at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Her postgraduate studies followed at the Institute of European Studies of the same university. She was first elected as an MEP in 1999. She was re-elected in 2004 and in 2009. Her parliamentary work was rich and multifaceted with numerous interventions on issues like European integration, regional cohesion and economic development of Europe, the upgrading of women's participation and the presence of the EU at international level. European Parliament Responsibilities as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Kiil-Nielsen
Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (born 21 August 1949, in Larchamp) is a French politician of The Greens who served as a Member of the European Parliament from the 2009 European election to 2014, representing the West France constituency. Kiil-Nielsen has been a feminist and anti-nuclear activist since the 1960s. She won her first elected office in the 2001 municipal elections in Rennes as a candidate on Edmond Hervé's winning left-wing coalition list. She became assistant to the Mayor in charge of decentralized co-operation and international solidarity. However, in the 2008 municipal elections, she did not join Daniel Delaveau's left-wing union list and led her own list, ''Rennes verte et solidaire'', which won 8.93% in the first round and did not participate in the runoff. In the 2009 European elections, Kiil-Nielsen was the second candidate on the Europe Écologie list in the West region and was elected to the European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
