Reports under preparation in the Committees of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe
(October 2005-January 2006)

COMMITTEE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND MEN

Committee Secretary: Mrs T. Kleinsorge
Committee Deputy Secretaries: Mrs Sylvie Affholder, Ms J. Devaux

1.	Title of draft report:	MECHANISMS TO ENSURE WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING
	Title of Motion (if different):	Mechanisms to promote gender equality in practice and Women’s participation in decision-making
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Minodora Cliveti
	Country:	Romania
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:	30.09.2003
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	9865 and 9866
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	2861
	Reference date:	08.09.2003
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:	06.06.2005 (extension of ref.)
	Reference valid until:	07.10.2005
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	The Committee adopted a draft resolution and a draft recommendation at its meeting in Reykjavik on 12.09.2005.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly1:	Standing Committee, Bucharest, 25.11.2005
2.	Title of draft report:	INTEGRATION OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN EUROPE
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Gülsün Bilgehan
	Country:	Turkey
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:	07.10.2004
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:	Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population
	Rapporteur(s):	Mrs Terezija Stoisits
	Country:	Austria
	Political Group:	SOC
	Doc. No of Motion:	10236
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	2988
	Reference date:	07.09.2004
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	07.09.2006
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	On 01.03.2005 in Paris, the Committee organised a joint hearing on the subject with the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population. It considered an introductory memorandum at its meeting in Reykjavik on 13.09.05. It will consider a draft report at its meeting in Paris on 2.12.2005.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:	1st part-session of 2006 (23-27.01.2006)
3.	Title of draft report:	GENDER BUDGETING
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Anna Curdová
	Country:	Czech Republic
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:	27.01.2004
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10031
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	2913
	Reference date:	26.01.2004
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:	Standing Committee
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	26.01.2006
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	The Committee considered an outline report and organised a hearing on this issue on 25.05.2004 in Prague. It considered an expert paper prepared by Ms Villagómez (Spain) at its meeting in Paris on 28.02.2005. It will consider a draft report at its meeting in Paris on 2.12.2005.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:	1st part-session of 2006 (23-27.01.2006) or a subsequent Standing Committee
4.	Title of draft report:	THE NEED TO RECONCILE WORK AND FAMILY LIFE
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Antigoni Pericleous Papadopoulos
	Country:	Cyprus
	Political Group:	ALDE
	Appointed on:	27.04.2005
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10464
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3062
	Reference date:	18.03.2005
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	18.03.2007
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	The Committee considered an outline report at its meeting in Reykjavik on 13.09.2005. It also approved a questionnaire on this issue which wasl sent to the national delegations of the Council of Europe member states for reply by 15.12.2005.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
5.	Title of draft report:	THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Vera Oskina
	Country:	Russia
	Political Group:	EDG
	Appointed on:	28.02.2005
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10430
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3054
	Reference date:	28.01.2005
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	28.01.2007
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	The Committee considered an outline report at its meeting in Reykjavik on 13.09.2005. It organised a Regional parliamentary seminar and a public hearing on gender equality in Tbilisi (Georgia) on 13 and 14 October 2005 and authorised the rapporteur to make a fact-finding mission to the region.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
6.	Title of draft report:	RESPECT FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY IN CIVIL LAW
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Svetlana Smirnova
	Country:	Russia
	Political Group:	EDG
	Appointed on:	10.12.2004
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10344
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3026
	Reference date:	23.11.2004
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	23.11.2006
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	At its meeting in Reykjavik on 13.09.2005, the Committee appointed Ms Stéphanie Billaud (France) as an expert consultant who will write an expert paper on this issue.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
7.	Title of draft report:	THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE COUNTRIES OF POST-COMMUNISM TRANSITION
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Anna Curdová
	Country:	Czech Republic
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:	07.10.2004
	First Rapporteur appointed on:	07.06.2002 (Ms Olga Keltošová, Slovakia, EDG) and 29.01.2003 (Ms Magdolna Kósá-Kovács, Hungary, SOC)
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	9441
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	2729 and 2999
	Reference date:	7.09.2004
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:	Reference back to Committee of Doc. 9997 rev. by Standing Committee on 7.09.2004
	Reference valid until:	7.09.2006
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
8.	Title of draft report:	SEXUAL ASSAULTS LINKED TO “DATE-RAPE DRUGS”
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Maria Damanaki
	Country:	Greece
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:	10.12.2004
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:	Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee
	Rapporteur(s):	To be appointed
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10317
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3008
	Reference date:	08.10.2004
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	08.10.2006
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
9.	Title of draft report:	PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
	Title of Motion (if different):	Warsaw Declaration and Action Plan adopted at the Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe (Warsaw, 16-17 May 2005)
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Minodora Cliveti
	Country:	Romania
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:	21.06.2005
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10555 and 10556
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3095 and 3096
	Reference date:	06.06.2005
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	06.06.2007
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	At its meeting in Reykjavik on 13.09.2005, the Committee considered an introductory memorandum. On 6.10.2005, it proposed to the Bureau that Ms Hilary Fisher, Director of Amnesty International’s “Stop Violence against Women” campaign, be put forward in a personal capacity as the international expert to take part in the Task Force to combat violence against women.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
10.	Title of draft report:	THE FEMINISATION OF POVERTY
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold
	Country:	Switzerland
	Political Group:	SOC
	Appointed on:
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:	Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee
	Rapporteur(s):	To be appointed
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10605
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3109
	Reference date:	24.06.2005
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	24.06.2007
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:	The Committee will organise a hearing on this subject on 9-10.3.06 in Paris.
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:
11.	Title of draft report:	THE IMAGE OF WOMEN IN ADVERTISING
	Title of Motion (if different):
	Rapporteur:	To be appointed
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Appointed on:
	First Rapporteur appointed on:
	Committee(s) for Opinion:
	Rapporteur(s):
	Country:
	Political Group:
	Doc. No of Motion:	10668
	No of Order:
	Procedural provision (Committee terms of Ref.):
	Reference number:	3139
	Reference date:	03.10.2005
	Reference to Standing Committee or Plenary:
	Reference modified on:
	Reference valid until:	03.10.2007
	Other Motion(s) taken into account:
	Other relevant Bureau decisions:
	State of work in Committee:
	Adopted in Committee on:
	Special procedure(s) applied in Committee:
	Date of debate foreseen in the Assembly:

¹ The date of debate foreseen in the Assembly is indicative and is drawn up on the basis of information provided by the Secretariat of the competent Committee.