6 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2015/2038(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade agreements may affect women and men differently owing to genderstructural inequalities in access to education, job opportunities, services, resources and decision makingbetween them on the labour market;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas comprehensive and balanced trade agreements may have a positive impact on women’s employment rate, contributing to growth and social cohesion;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its strong support for the practice of includinginclusion of human rights aspects in the EU’s international trade agreements, including through, where appropriate, legally binding human rights clauses, with particular emphasis on women’s rights, in the EU’s international trade agreements;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it regrettable that trade agreements are often negotiated without reference to their impact on women’s and girls’ righalls on the Commission and the Member States to collect data on the potential specific impact of trade agreements –on the rights to health, education, food, work and water – and calls on the Commission and the Member Statessituation of women in third countries, in order to increase coherence among different but interlinked policies, such as trade, development, employment, migration and gender equality;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that EU trade policy must ensure that states’ capacity to regulate andshould incentivise third country partners to protect women’s rights, the environment, consumer rights and workers’ rights is not undermined, and make sure that, but should also promote EU corporations’ and investors are held accountable to people and governments for their’ responsibility as regards their impact on human rights, gender equality, social, environmental and development impacts.