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• Labour09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  EU Pay Transparency Deadline Passes With Most States Not Ready

  European Commission, Rue de la Loi - Wetstraat, Quartier des Squares - Wijk van de Squares, Quartier européen - Europese wijk, Bruxelles - Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1040, België / Belgique / BelgienEuropean Union

  

  Starts 06/07/2026CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE111 days agoLittler^[1]: "governments were required to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law by June 7, 2026", matching Article 34(1) of the directive ("by 7 June 2026").

  The 7 June 2026 deadline to write the Pay Transparency Directive into national law passed with only Italy, Slovakia and Malta (and, by some counts, Lithuania) done; the Netherlands, Sweden, Czechia and Denmark said they would apply it from 1 January 2027.

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• Policy09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  EU Signs the Women on Boards Directive Setting a 40% Board Target

  Bâtiment Louise-Weiss, 1, Allée du Printemps, Wacken, Robertsau, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Collectivité européenne d'Alsace, Grand Est, France métropolitaine, 67070, FranceEuropean Union

  

  11/23/2022 - 12/31/2038CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE3.8 years agoThe Publications Office record is "Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022", the text ends "Done at Strasbourg, 23 November 2022", and Article 14 says "It shall expire on 31 December 2038", so the period ends at the exclusive 1 January 2039 boundary.^[1]

  Roberta Metsola and the Council presidency sign Directive (EU) 2022/2381 in Strasbourg, requiring large EU listed companies to have at least 40% of non-executive seats, or 33% of all board seats, held by the underrepresented sex by 30 June 2026.

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• Labour09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  EU Signs the Pay Transparency Directive to Close the Gender Pay Gap

  Bâtiment Louise-Weiss, 1, Allée du Printemps, Wacken, Robertsau, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Collectivité européenne d'Alsace, Grand Est, France métropolitaine, 67070, FranceEuropean Union

  

  Starts 05/10/2023CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE3.4 years agoThe directive is "of 10 May 2023" and "Done at Strasbourg, 10 May 2023"; it has no expiry clause, so it stays in force open-ended (member states had to transpose it "by 7 June 2026", Article 34(1)).^[1]

  Directive (EU) 2023/970, signed in Strasbourg on 10 May 2023, gives job applicants the right to see a salary range, bans questions about pay history and makes employers with 100 or more workers publish gender pay gap figures.

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• Fashion09/26/2026@FashionDesk

  Deadline for EU Countries to Set Up Textile Recycling Schemes

  Parlement européen - Europees Parlement, Rue de Trèves - Trierstraat, Quartier Léopold - Leopoldswijk, Ixelles - Elsene, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1047, België / Belgique / BelgienEuropean Union

  

  Starts 04/16/2028SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 1.6 yearsEuropean Commission: the revised Waste Framework Directive 'enters into force today (16 Oct)' 2025, and 'Member States will have 20 months to transpose the revised Directive into national laws and 30 months to establish EPR schemes for textile and footwear products' - 30 months from 16 October 2025 is 16 April 2028.^[1]

  EU member states must have mandatory extended-producer-responsibility schemes for textiles and footwear running by 16 April 2028, 30 months after the revised Waste Framework Directive entered into force. The schemes make clothing and footwear makers fund the collection, sorting and recycling of textile waste.

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• Labour09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  First EU Gender Pay Gap Reports Due Under the Pay Transparency Directive

  European Commission, Rue de la Loi - Wetstraat, Quartier des Squares - Wijk van de Squares, Quartier européen - Europese wijk, Bruxelles - Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1040, België / Belgique / BelgienEuropean Union

  

  Starts 06/07/2027SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 254 daysArticle 9(2) and (3): employers with 250 or more workers, and those with 150 to 249, "shall, by 7 June 2027" provide the information relating to the previous calendar year.^[1]

  Employers in the EU with 150 or more workers must file their first gender pay gap reports, covering 2026, by 7 June 2027 under the Pay Transparency Directive; those with 250 or more workers must then report every year.

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• Policy09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  CSW71 Meets at UN Headquarters on Women's Poverty and the 2030 Agenda

  United Nations Secretariat Building, 405, East 42nd Street, Tudor City, Manhattan Community Board 6, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10017, United StatesUN Women

  

  03/08/2027 - 03/19/2027SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 163 daysUN Women^[1]: "The seventy-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 8 to 19 March 2027."

  The 71st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women runs from 8 to 19 March 2027 in New York, with the priority theme of speeding up gender equality under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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• Policy09/26/2026@FashionDesk

  EU Agrees to End Duty-Free Threshold for Low-Value Parcels

  Europa, Rue de la Loi - Wetstraat, Quartier des Squares - Wijk van de Squares, Quartier européen - Europese wijk, Bruxelles - Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1040, België / Belgique / BelgienEuropean Union

  

  Starts 07/01/2026SCHEDULED77% CONFIDENCE87 days agoThe European Commission states member states agreed on 13 November 2025 'to remove the 150 EUR customs duty relief threshold' and 'decided on an earlier application date of the measure already in 2026'; Avalara^[2] (13 November 2025) gives the specific date: 'From 1 July 2026, the EU is abolishing the de minimis customs duty relief.'

  EU member states reached political agreement on 13 November 2025 to scrap the €150 customs-duty exemption for low-value parcels earlier than originally planned. The exemption ends and a flat customs duty on direct-to-consumer packages begins on 1 July 2026, targeting the flood of parcels shipped directly to EU shoppers by platforms such as Shein and Temu.

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• Law09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Crime and Policing Act Takes Women Out of Abortion Law in England and Wales

  House of Commons, Public Stairs, Westminster, Millbank, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, SW1A 0AA, United KingdomParliament of the United Kingdom

  

  Starts 04/29/2026CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE150 days agolegislation.gov.uk^[1][2]: "S. 241 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(2)(j)", and the Act's enacted text is dated [29th April 2026]; no sunset, so the period is open-ended.

  The Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, and its section 241 took effect at once: no woman commits an offence under abortion law by acting in relation to her own pregnancy.

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• Fashion09/25/2026@FashionDesk

  French Parliament Definitively Adopts the Anti-Fast-Fashion Law

  Palais du Luxembourg, Cour d'Honneur, Quartier de l'Odéon, Paris 6e Arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France métropolitaine, 75006, FranceFrance

  

  Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE89 days agoFranceinfo^[1] reports the joint committee (commission mixte paritaire) reached agreement on 17 June 2026, the National Assembly gave final approval on 24 June 2026, and the Senate's final adoption vote followed on 29 June 2026, completing the legislative process.

  France's Senate cast the final vote on 29 June 2026 to definitively adopt the anti-fast-fashion law targeting Shein and Temu, after the National Assembly's own final vote on 24 June and a joint committee compromise reached on 17 June. The law introduces a rising eco-penalty on ultra-fast-fashion garments, from €5 today to €10 by 2030, capped at 50% of the pre-tax price.

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• Law09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  France Writes Abortion Freedom Into Its Constitution in Versailles Vote

  Palace of Versailles, Rue de la Chancellerie, Saint-Louis, Versailles, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, 78000, FranceFrench Parliament

  

  Starts 03/04/2024CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE2.6 years agoPublic Sénat: "Députés et sénateurs réunis en Congrès ont approuvé lundi 4 mars la constitutionnalisation de l'interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG), par 780 voix pour et 72 contre."^[1]

  Meeting in Congress at Versailles on 4 March 2024, France's deputies and senators voted 780 to 72 to add women's guaranteed freedom to have an abortion to the Constitution, the first country to do so.

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• Business09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Deadline for EU Listed Companies to Reach 40% Women on Boards

  European Commission, Rue de la Loi - Wetstraat, Quartier des Squares - Wijk van de Squares, Quartier européen - Europese wijk, Bruxelles - Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1040, België / Belgique / BelgienEuropean Union

  

  Starts 06/30/2026CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE88 days agoArticle 5(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2381 says listed companies are subject to the 40% or 33% objectives "to be reached by 30 June 2026".^[1]

  From 30 June 2026 large listed companies across the EU are expected to have at least 40% of non-executive board seats, or 33% of all board seats, held by the underrepresented sex, the target date set in the Women on Boards Directive.

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• Law09/25/2026@WomenDesk

  Taliban Publish a Vice-and-Virtue Law Silencing Women in Public

  Ministry of Justice, NH0104;NH08, 2nd District, Kabul, Kabul District, Kabul Province, 1001, AfghanistanTaliban

  

  Starts 08/21/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoCentre for Information Resilience: "On 21 August 2024, the Taliban's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced the publication of the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) Law in the Ministry's Official Gazette"; the law has no sunset.^[1]

  The Taliban's Ministry of Justice published the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice law on 21 August 2024: 35 articles that make women cover their faces and bodies, bar their voices from being heard in public and stop them travelling without a male guardian.

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