The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) met on 2 December to discuss the 2025 Gender Equality Index. The Committee President, Lina Galvez (S&D, Spain), welcomed Carlien Scheele, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), who presented the new Index highlighting disparities across the dimensions knowledge, money, health, work, power, and time. The 2025 Index introduces new indicators reflecting digitalisation, intensity of care, and income inequalities, offering policymakers a clearer baseline to design targeted policies. Scheele underlined that, although the EU has made steady progress, gender equality is advancing far too slowly, with persistent gaps in care, income, financial independence, and representation in positions of power. The EU average score currently stands at 63.4/100, an increase of 10.5 points over the last decade, indicating that at the current pace full equality remains over 50 years away. A striking concern is the social power subdomain — which measures the share of women in the highest decision-making bodies of the 10 most popular national Olympic sport organisations. With a score of just 28.4 points, it is lagging significantly behind other areas of power, such as political and economic power. Committee members stressed the importance of implementing existing legislation, mainstreaming gender in all policies, and addressing persistent inequalities in unpaid care, the labour market, and digital opportunities. The EOC EU Office contributes to advancing gender equality in sports leadership as a committed partner of the ongoing EmpowHER Volleyball Game Changer (EVGC) project, implemented by the European Volleyball Confederation and via its own GAMES project, both co-funded by the European Union.