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Evelyn Regner MEP addresses the particular impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women as frontline workers, on women in the home, and on gender-based and domestic violence. Ms Regner explores the policies and solutions needed to address these and related long-term issues of the post-COVID recovery such as fair wages, equality of pay and recognition, and the EU\u2019s digital and green transitions.\n\nShe also discusses the work of the European Parliament Committee on Women\u2019s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM Committee) including the Committee\u2019s engagement with the new EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.\n\nThis event is part of the IIEA\u2019s Future of the EU27 Project which is supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\xa0\n\nEvelyn Regner MEP is Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Women\u2019s Rights and Gender Equality. In May 2019, she was elected to the European Parliament for a third consecutive term. Ms Regner first became an MEP in 2009. During her time at the European Parliament, she has served on the Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance and as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs. Prior to this, she worked at the Austrian Trade Union Federation (\xd6GB) and was appointed Head of the \xd6GB EU and International Department in 2009.