11 Amendments of Terry REINTKE related to 2017/2131(INL)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice1a, 27th of May, 2016, __________________ 1a http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pa ges/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20027&L angID=E
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the reasoned opinions by the EU Commission with regards to EU law on equal treatment of men and women in employment and occupation (Equal Treatment Directive, Directive 2006/54/EC) as well as the Maternity Leave Directive (Council Directive 92/85/EEC), 27th of April 2017,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas only 10.1% of the members of the Hungarian national parliament are women, which represents the lowest number within the EU; whereas there is no female minister in the national government;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the reinterpretation and narrowing of gender equality policies towards family policies and recalls the National Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2010-2021), which Hungary has not yet implemented; highlights the importance of the empowerment of women especially with regards to their political, economic and social rights as a precondition for an environment where families can flourish;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotStrongly deplores the very low number of women in political decision- making positions; recalls the recommendations by the UN CEDAW and the OSCE to implement legislative quotas for national elections; stresses that political parties should lead by example with regards to equal opportunity and gender balance;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is worried about the shrinking space for civil society organisations and the attempts to control NGOs restricting their ability to carry out their legitimate work; is concerned about the impact of Hungary’s Law on the Transparency of Organisations Receiving Foreign Funds on civil society organisations that receive funds from the EU, EEA and third countries and on the futurs well as the introduction of the so-called 'Stop Soros' legislative package; highlights that these developments negatively impact the functioning of non- governmental organisations, which includeing many women's rights organisorganisations working for the rights of women, LGBTI people, people with disabilities, ethnic and religious minorities, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other groups in a vulnerable situations, which are crucial for the protection of fundamental human rights and the functioning and progress of society;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Proposes to set up an internal European Democracy Fund for the strengthened support of civil society and NGOs working in the fields of democracy and human rights to be managed by the Commission in order to strengthen civil society actors such as girls and women’s rights organisations;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that violence against women in Hungary, as in all other Member States, is a persistent structural violation of human rights; calls on the Hungarian government to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible; points out that a misinterpretation and ideologisation of the concept of gender has dominated the public discourse in Hungary preventing a comprehensive approach to the Convention which is a key corner stone in fighting violence against women;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly condemns, in this context, the ill-treatment and discrimination of Roma women as well as other minorities in fields such as access to healthcare; pronounces the particularly harmful restrictions for undocumented migrant women who are excluded from any access to medical care that is not emergency care;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the attacks on free teaching and research, in particular on gender studies, which have become the target of defamation campaigns.; calls for the fundamental democratic principle of educational freedom to be fully restored and safeguarded;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that the current situation in Hungary represents a clear risk of a serious breach of the values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU and warrants the launch of the Article 7(1) TEU procedure;