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Strasbourg, 27 April 2016                                                                           GEC (2016) OJ1 Rev

GENDER EQUALITY COMMISSION

(GEC)

9th meeting

27-28 April 2016, 9.00 am - 5.30 pm

29 April 2016, 9.00 am - 1.00 pm

AGORA meeting room G01

Strasbourg

AGENDA

I.                   Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

o   Draft Agenda                                                                         GEC(2016)OJ 1 Rev

II.                Exchange of views with Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Chairperson of the Rapporteur Group on Human Rights (GR-H)

III.             Council of Europe Transversal Programme on Gender Equality

1.      Draft work plan of the Gender Equality Commission 2016-2017    GEC(2016)1

2.      Network of National Focal Points on Gender Equality (NFPs)

3.      Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017

a.      Objective 1 - Combating gender stereotypes and sexism

-          Seminar on “Combating Sexist Hate Speech” organised by the No Hate Speech Movement Campaign in co-operation with the Gender Equality Unit (Strasbourg, 10-12 February 2016)                                                                                               

o   Report of the seminar                                                                        Report

o   Follow-up action to seminar                                              Oral presentation

o   ECRI General Policy Recommendation No. 15 on combating hate speech   

                                                                                                     CRI(2016)15

                                                                                                                   

b.      Objective 2 - Preventing and combating violence against women

-          Exchange of views with Feride Acar, President of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) (baseline questionnaire for the 1st round of monitoring)

Questionnaire on legislative and other measures

giving effect to the provisions of the (Istanbul Convention

-          Latest publications

o  Paper on Article 11 of the Istanbul Convention                           Publication

o  Paper on Article 17 of the Istanbul Convention                           Publication

c.       Objective 3 - Guaranteeing equal access of women to justice

-          Report of the Conference on “Towards guaranteeing equal access of women to justice” (Bern, 15-16 October 2015)                                                         GEC(2016)5

-          Follow-up to Bern Conference                                            Oral presentation

-          Video of Bern Conference                                                                      Video

-          Latest publications/documents

o   Council of Europe Plan of Action on “Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality”                                                                   CM(2016)36 final

o   Factsheet on Gender equality prepared by the European Court of Human Rights                                                                                                      Factsheet

-          Regional Project on “Improving women’s access to justice in five EAP countries”    Oral presentation

o   Review of international good practices on women’s rights training

for legal professionals                                                              GEC(2016)2

d.      Objective 4 - Achieving balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making

-       Third round of monitoring the implementation of CM Recommendation Rec(2003)3 on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making Oral presentation

-       Presentation by Ajla van Heel, Adviser on Gender Issues, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the compendium of good practices for advancing women’s political participation in the OSCE region Compendium

-       Latest documents

o  “Assessing the impact of measures to improve women’s political representation”                                                                                                PACE report

e.      Objective 5 - Achieving gender mainstreaming in all policies and measures

-       Follow-up to training on gender mainstreaming for

Gender Equality Rapporteurs                                            Oral presentation

-       Presentation by Regina Jensdóttir, Head of Division and Programme co-ordinator, of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021)  Oral presentation

                                                                                                           Strategy

-          Presentation by Robert Rustem, Support Team to the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma[1] Issues, of the Thematic Action Plan for Roma and Travellers (2016-2019)                                                        Oral Presentation

                                                                                                      Action Plan

                                                                                                                        

-          Latest publications/documents

o   Gender mainstreaming policy briefs and CoE activities, 2nd Edition

March 2016                                                                               Publication

o   Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers to member States

on the protection and promotion of human rights in

culturally diverse societies                                                    CM Document

4.      Conference 2016 – Tallinn, Estonia

                                                                                                          Oral presentation

o   Draft Programme                                                                         GEC(2016)4

o   Draft Concept Note                                                             GEC(2015)12 Rev

5.      Co-operation with other sectors of the Council of Europe

-       Exchange of views with Elena Centemero, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Rapporteur on assessing the impact of measures to improve women’s political representation

-     Presentation by Alessandra Siino, Project Officer (Strasbourg) - “Preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in Ukraine”


IV.             Co-operation with international/regional organisations

-       Exchange of views with Ingibjorg Gisladottir, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Representative to Turkey of UN Women

-       Presentation by Anastasia Divinskaya, Gender Advisor, of UN Women’s perspectives on the key priorities, challenges and ways ahead for the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights in Ukraine

-       Exchange of views with Gesa Böckermann, Unit on Gender Equality, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission

                                                                                     Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality

                                                                                                                                     2016-2019

-       European Union gender equality agenda:

o   Netherlands Presidency (January – June 2016)

o   Slovakian Presidency (July – December 2016)

V.                Report of events attended by GEC members, National Focal Points and the Secretariat                                                                                                                       GEC(2016)3

                                                                                                CSW60 Agreed Conclusions

VI.             Current and future activities at national level and at international level

-       Council of Europe gender equality agenda:

o   Bulgarian Chairmanship (November 2015 – May 2016)

o   Estonian Chairmanship (May – November 2016)

VII.          Other business

VIII.       Date and place of next meetings:

GEC

10th meeting: Strasbourg, 16 –18 November 2016

Calendar of forthcoming events and meetings:

Council of Europe

Annual Conference, Tallinn, Estonia (30 June – 1 July 2016)

Regional Conference in the framework of the project Improving Women’s Access to Justice in Five Eastern Partnership Countries, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (24-25 October 2016)

Other organisations

Conference: “Who cares? Who shares? Men as actors and beneficiaries in Gender Equality Policies”, organised by the Luxembourg Ministry of Equal Opportunities in partnership with the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of the Federal Republic of Germany (Luxembourg, 17-18 October 2016)



[1] The terms “Roma” and “Travellers” are being used at the Council of Europe to encompass the wide diversity of the groups covered by the work of the Council of Europe in this field: on the one hand a) Roma, Sinti/Manush, Calé, Kaale, Romanichals, Boyash/Rudari; b) Balkan Egyptians (Egyptians and Ashkali); c) Eastern groups (Dom, Lom and Abdal); and, on the other hand, groups such as Travellers, Yenish, and the populations designated under the administrative term “Gens du voyage”, as well as persons who identify themselves as Gypsies.