Gender equality and women's empowerment: transforming the lives of girls and women through EU external relations 2016-2020

This own-initiative dossier concerns gender equality and women's empowerment through EU external relations 2016-2020. The amendments stress the Gender Action Plan, women's economic empowerment, the role of EU Delegations and the EEAS, ratification of the Istanbul Convention, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Sustainable Development Goals, combating violence against women, and the Spotlight initiative with the United Nations.