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GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE - European Parliament
GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGEin theEuropean Parliament2 FOREWORDIn 2008, the European Parliament was one of the first international organisations toadopt multilingual guidelines on GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE . I am pleased that, sincethen, many other institutions and organisations have adopted similar guidance. Onthe occasion of the 10 year anniversary of the guidelines, and in order to reflectlinguistic and cultural developments, the High-Level Group on gender Equality andDiversity requested Parliament s services to update the GENDER-NEUTRAL languageguidelines, whichprovide practical advice in all official languages on the use ofgender-fair and inclusive behalf of the High-Level Group, I very much welcome this updated edition of thegender- neutral LANGUAGE guidelines which is the fruit of a close collaboration amongthe relevant linguistic and administrative European Parliament remains as committed as ever to the use of gender -neutrallanguage in its written and spoken communications and I now invite the relevantservices to raiseawareness of the updated guidelines and the import
IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 1. GENERAL CONTEXT The principle of gender equality and non-discrimination on gender grounds is firmly rooted in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and it has been endorsed by the European Parliament on many occasions. The language used in Parliament should therefore reflect this.
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