Gender equality, is one of the
social terms which attracts me as a feminist, and I try to explore it in every
field and every nation. Right now it is the time to explore it for the first
time in the EU institutions. Before planning to do this article, I had two main
questions. Does the European Institution take any measures to improve Gender
equality in the level of the institutions and the member states? Is there a
bottom up action to promote Gender mainstreaming in the level of EU citizens?
Is the Gender Equality principle strong enough to face the current economic
crisis in EU? In spite of the efforts of the EU institutions to integrate
gender equality in their policies and legislation, as a resident in Warsaw,
Poland I observe on the reality that there is still inequality between men and
women in the sphere of society especially when it comes to decision-making
positions at the work place, so I see the majority in those highly prestigious
positions are men.
The Treaty of
Amsterdam and later the Lisbon Treaty have entrenched “gender equality as one
of the central missions and activities of the Union, and the Treaty on European
Union formalized the EU's positive obligation to not only achieve but also to
promote gender equality. Article 2 TEU includes equality as one of the values
on which the Union is founded. Article 3 TEU provided that gender equality and
the combat of discrimination constitute aims of the EU.
