Activities of György HÖLVÉNYI related to 2020/2215(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health
Amendments (14)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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1. ReaffirmBelieves that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) areis grounded in human rights, areis a fundamental elements of human dignity, and remain crucial to achieving gender equality, and remains committed to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and to the full and effective implementation Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences in the EU’s external action and development, as such and remains committed to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in this context;
Amendment 17 #
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1a. Believes that to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly goals 3 and 5 and their associated targets, it is necessary to be committed to the established framework of the Agenda 2030, notably in the context of sexual and reproductive health care;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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1b. Notes that women’s economic and social empowerment, including their access to education, health and employment, as crucial for sustainable development and growth;
Amendment 21 #
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2. Calls for the immediate elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; and that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the delay or interruption of community outreach programmes and education on harmful practices globally is estimated to lead 2 million more cases of FGM and 13 million more child marriages over the next decade compared to pre-pandemic estimates; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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2a. Calls for zero tolerance for sexual and gender-based violence, including trafficking, female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, sex-selective abortion, sexual and reproductive exploitation, as well as sexual enslavement through religious coercion;
Amendment 32 #
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3. Condemns any violations of SRHRsexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, including failures to provide access to comprehensive, age appropriate, evidence based sexuality education (CSE), family planning services and maternal healthcare;
Amendment 41 #
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4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth; recalls the role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school;
Amendment 53 #
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5. Recalls that safe and legal abortionaccessible sexual and reproductive health care is anchored in women’s health and rights; warns about the worrying backlash on women’s rights over their bodies in bothand calls to support women’s rights, through strengthening access to sexual and reproductive health care for women and girls, free from coercion, violence, discrimination and abuse in developing countries and the EU; stresses the need for the full implementation of the Maputo Protocol, especially Article 14 where appropriate;
Amendment 64 #
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6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries in line with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences;
Amendment 71 #
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7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHRsexual and reproductive health care, in its development cooperation policy stresses the importance of a continuous structural dialogue with developing countries in order to achieve sustainable solutions in the protection and fulfilment of women rights;
Amendment 81 #
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8. Emphasises that SRHRsexual and reproductive health care services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth- friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including during conflicts and disasters;
Amendment 92 #
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9. Reiterates its call onthat both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States toshall commit to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of SRHR free from discrimination, coercion and violence and to the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Actionfull and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcomes of their review conferences and shall commit to sexual and reproductive health and rights, in this context;
Amendment 99 #
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10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees arewomen and girls, especially in conflict affected areas are extremely exposed too often victims ofsexual exploitation, human traffickingers, and forced prostitution; insists that access to SRHR that they have a very limited access health care, including sexual and reproductive health care, therefore these populations is critical for y need special, targeted support, with otheir survivalvulnerable groups.
Amendment 107 #
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10a. Calls for ensuring that women can be empowered to fully avail of their human and legal rights, including access to legal status including through birth registration, inheritance rights for women and girls for property and access to land, capital and micro-finances; stresses that such economic empowerment can impact positively on their capability to fully exercises their rights in all domains.