5 Amendments of Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ related to 2014/2204(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly exposed to EVD because of their roles as principal caregivers, maternal patients or as those handling corpses before burial rites, and they are severely affected as smallholder farmers or cross-border traders confronted by a decline in food production and closed borders;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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1. Calls on the international communityAcknowledges the role played by the international community in combatting EVD and calls on it, in formulating its further response strategies, to address the realities facing women and girls, and; underlines the importance of gender- balanced health specialist teams and the availability of sex-disaggregated data and research;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the international community, in formulating its response strategies, to address the realities facing women and girls, and underlines the importance of gender-balanced health specialist teams and the availability of sex-disaggregated data and research; stresses to consider necessary the promotion of initiatives aimed at ensuring greater psychological and health support for women infected with the virus as a result of the patients' care;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the negative effect of disintegrating health systems on maternal health is of major concern, given the declining availability of beds and the risk that (future) mothers will refrainbe hindered from going to hospitals when necessary or later refrain from doing so; emphasises, that the sameerefore, that such negative perceptions keep patients at home in the hands of female caregivers;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
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4. Remains deeply concerned about the heavy toll of EVD on women and girls, and believes that failure to address gender- specific issues will have a negative impact on the prospects for long-term recovery. Emphasises the importance of promoting awareness campaigns and the best health practices within the countries most affected by the virus.