Gender health gap: MEPs call for more EU action
The European Parliament said in a June 23 press release that the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee adopted a draft report on gender inequalities in health.
At a glance
- The EP Women's Rights committee adopted a draft report on gender inequalities in health, per the June 23 release.
- The report calls for stronger EU action against systemic bias in medical research, diagnosis and treatment.
VERDICT — CONFIRMED
The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality adopted a draft report on gender inequalities in health, the Parliament said in a press release of 23 June.
According to the release, the report calls for stronger EU action to tackle systemic bias in medical research, diagnosis and treatment — a framing that places the gender health gap within the bloc's wider health and equality agenda and presses the Commission and member states to respond.
The document remains at committee stage. The vote tally, the rapporteur's name and the timing of any plenary vote were not detailed in the material available; the report's formal standing as a position of the full Parliament awaits that further step.
Key facts on file
- The EP Women's Rights committee adopted a draft report on gender inequalities in health, per the June 23 release.
- The report calls for stronger EU action against systemic bias in medical research, diagnosis and treatment.
