EU third Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in External Action 2021–2025 (GAP III)  

Rooted in the EU Gender Equality Strategy, the EU’s commitments to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment through all external actions are laid out in its third Gender Action Plan - GAP III: 2021-2025. Transformative and intersectional approaches shall address the structural causes of gender inequality and gender-based discrimination, including by actively engaging men and boys in challenging gender norms and stereotypes. The EU GAP III makes gender equality and women's empowerment a cross-cutting priority of EU external action, with special attention also to the situation of girls. The GAP III sets the objective that 85% of all new EU actions will contribute to achieve Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GEWE) by 2025.