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Recommendation 1949 (2010) Final version
Promoting the most favourable gender equality laws in Europe
1. Recalling its Resolution 1780 (2010) on promoting
the most favourable gender equality laws in Europe, the Parliamentary
Assembly notes that equality between women and men, which is a precondition
for democracy, is far from being fully achieved in the member states
and varies considerably from one country to another. Depending on
where they live, the state of progress of women’s rights differs
significantly.
2. The Assembly welcomes the recent stances in favour of equality
between women and men taken by the Committee of Ministers (Declaration
CM(2009)68 “Making gender equality a reality”, adopted at its 119th session
in Madrid on 12 May 2009) and the ministers responsible for equality
between women and men (Resolution MEG 7 (2010) 1 “Bridging the gap
between de jure and de facto equality to achieve real gender equality”
and Action Plan, adopted at the 7th ministerial conference in Baku
on 25 May 2010). It encourages the Committee of Ministers to continue
its efforts and to make equality between women and men a priority activity.
3. The Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to:
3.1. instruct the relevant steering
committees to identify the laws that are most favourable to women, in
accordance with the Council of Europe’s standards;
3.2. ensure that the right to equality between women and men
is interpreted in a uniform way by preparing an additional protocol
to the European Convention on Human Rights on equality between women
and men;
3.3. develop assistance and co-operation programmes, including
parliamentary co-operation (subject to available financial resources)
to promote the “bouquet of the most advanced legislation on equality between
women and men” in all the Council of Europe member states, thereby
encouraging them to adopt progressive legislation.