The Way Forward: Gender Neutrality And Gender Inclusion

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The principle of equality between men and women is a fundamental value constantly on the European Union's agenda.  Ample EU institutes, programmes, and legislation provide for gender equality, and case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union ('CJEU') reaffirms the progress made in this respect.  On a member state level, the enactment of gender neutral laws (particularly in the fields of inheritance law, marriage law, and employment law), may be considered as having reached its culmination in a number of EU member states, in the legal recognition of non-binary people.  In turn, the European Parliament is now actively seeking to bring language evolution at par with gender inclusive legislation.