27 Amendments of Terry REINTKE related to 2019/2169(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and should be fully respected and protected;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas racial, ethnic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate-crime and hate-speech, lack of access to justice, and sustained socio-economic inequalities, which needs to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barrier to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Anti-Discrimination Directive which would provide a greater scope of protection through a horizontal approach remains blocked in the Council for more than a decade;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas gender-based violence in all its forms is a violation of fundamental rights which affects all levels of society regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence; whereas gender-based violence is both a cause and a consequence of the structural inequalities; whereas combating gender-based violence requires an understanding of its causes and contributing factors;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas after nine years have elapsed since its approval, the Istanbul Convention has not yet been ratified by all Member States, or by the EU;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the present decade is witnessing a serious backlash against gender equality and women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas gender stereotyping result from and are the cause of deeply engrained attitudes, values, norms and prejudices, and presents a serious obstacle to the achievement of real gender equality which feeds into gender discrimination;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importancenecessity of maintaining an intersectional approach in the Gender Equality Strategy (GES), and adding specific and measurable undertakings, especially relating to groups protected from discrimination by EU law and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that gender mainstreaming is an indispensable tool to eliminate inequalities, promote gender equality and combat discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure that gender mainstreaming is introduced in all Union policies and activities and to present concrete follow-up measures; welcomes the commitment to create a Task Force on Equality with the aim of building an intersectional approach on gender mainstreaming in all EU policies; believes that stronger inter-institutional relations in the field of gender mainstreaming can help develop gender-sensitive EU policies and therefore calls for structured cooperation on gender mainstreaming with all institutional partners, such as the Parliament, the Commission, the Council and the EIGE;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes that intersectionality will also be a cross-cutting principle for the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion and the EU strategic frameworks on disability, LGBTI+, Roma inclusion and children’s rights; reiterates the need to step up specific measures to guarantee the non-discrimination and protection of structurally underrepresented groups and groups in vulnerable situations, such as women, people with disabilities, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, LGBTI+ people and minorities such as Roma and people with a socioeconomically and disadvantage background or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; reminds the Commission that further efforts in this direction are needed;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission to use clear indicators, objectives, resources and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that gender mainstreaming is systematically included in all stages of policy design in all EU policies and with an intersectional approach; calls in this sense on the Commission to come up with a roadmap on how to implement gender mainstreaming, including gender budgeting, and an intersectional perspective in all EU polices;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to swiftly adopt the Horizontal Anti-discrimination Directive in order to close the current protection gap in the EU legal framework concerning non-discrimination on grounds of age, disability, religion or belief, or sexual orientation in key areas of life, such as social protection, education and access to goods and services, and to ensure that the EU does not operate an artificial hierarchy of grounds;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the lack of full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); regrets the lack of specific measures in the European Gender Equality strategy to support SRHR in the EU and calls to include SRHR in the next EU Health Strategy and ensure specific funding for their protection; recalls the need for appropriate tools to measure progress with regard to ensuring universal access to SRHR and urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the protection and fulfilment of SRHR for all; calls on the Commission to closely monitor SRHR in Member States;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of health and sexuality education, in particular for girls and young LGBTI people, who are particularly impacted by inequitable gender norms; calls in this regard for the adoption of an European approach to Comprehensive Sexuality Education in line with the WHO standards and UNESCO guidelines and to support Member States to ensure universal access to this education without discrimination on any ground; highlights the important role of civil society organisations in providing sexuality education; urges the Commission to provide adequate funding for the organisations concerned;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that women’s rights are human rights, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up further work with regard to addressing gender stereotypes through greater cooperation with civil society and grassroots organisations advocating women’s rights and empowerment;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention without delay; commends the Commission on its commitment to propose measures to achieve the same objectives if accession to the Convention remains blockedCouncil to conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention without delay, on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations; commends the Commission on its commitment to step up efforts to conclude as a priority the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and recalls that new legislative measures on gender-based violence should be complementary to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, but in any case an alternative; urges those Member States who have not ratified the Convention yet, which are Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungry, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, to do so;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is extremely concerned about the recent decision of Hungary to prohibit the right to legal gender recognition, which severely violates the rights of transgender and intersex people and puts transgender and intersex people at risk; recalls that the European Court of Human Rights has consistently and clearly asserted that legal gender recognition falls within the right to private and family life in the European legal framework, which is specifically protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the engagement of the Commission to present an initiative extending the areas of crime to specific forms of gender-based violence in accordance to Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of GBV; to this end calls for the appointment of a coordinator to implement this action plan; stresses, however, that the best way forward is to regulate all dimensions on gender-based violence in the same piece of legislation by adopting a directive to combat all forms of gender-based violence; reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently submit a legal act on the prevention and suppression of all forms of gender-based violence by making use of the right to legislative initiative enshrined in Article 225 of the TFEU; urges the Commission to step up efforts to move forward in this direction;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of cybergender-based violence, whisuch are expressions of GBVs cyber violence; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative instrument on combating all other forms of gender-based violence, including cyber violence;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on GBV and hate crimes, including those committed online, and to guarantee that the rights of the victim are placed at the centre in order to avoid discrimination, traumatisation or re-victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings; calls on Member States to ensure safe conditions for reporting, combataddress under- reporting, and provide legal aid as well as integrated support services and shelters;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests the Commission to put forward without delay a proposal for a review of the Victims' Rights Directive with a view to adding a specific chapter devoted to victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the issuencreasing trend of shrinking civic space in relation tofor civil society organisations and human rights defenders working on gender equality, minority and women’s rights and SRHR.; is strongly concerned that anti-gender equality and LGBTI movements which have gained ground in a number of Member States seek to challenge established fundamental rights in the area of gender equality and aim at blocking and rolling back laws and policies protecting women’s rights and LGBTI people against hate crimes and discrimination;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to put forward specific actions to ensure that grassroots organisations providing essential services have access to funding and are protected against any attack or discriminatory behaviour;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Commission to implement gender budgeting as an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages and budget lines; calls for spending on gender equality to be tracked and to assign an independent budget line for each targeted action and proper indicators, impact assessments and a dedicated methodology; calls for relevant accountability and transparency mechanisms, as well as regular and gender-sensitive reporting of the outcomes to be developed and applied;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the availability and comparability of quality disaggregated data on gender-based violence through cooperation with Eurostat, the FRA and the EIGE; calls once again on the Commission to set up a European Monitoring Observatory on gender-based violence;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission to adopt concrete measures and monitoring mechanisms to ensure gender balance in all JHA Agencies, including in all levels of management and in leadership positions;