Activities of Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI related to 2017/2012(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender equality and women's empowerment: transforming the lives of girls and women through EU external relations 2016-2020 (debate) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182 - Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 PDF (480 KB) DOC (88 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the original Gender Action Plan I (2010- 2015) brought some progress, it also contained a number of gaps : narrow scope, a weak understanding of the gender equality framework by the EU delegations, a lack of commitment among the EU leadership and a lack of institutional architecture and incentives to motivate staff;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Positively notes the practical steps towards culture change: placing the overall responsibility for reporting on the GAP lying with the head of delegation, and involvingan increased number of high- level staff involved in the implementation of the GAP II and the appointment of an increasing number of gender champions and gender focal points in EU delegations; calls for more management level time to be dedicated to gender and for the remaining delegations to appoint their gender focal points. All gender focal points should be given sufficient time and capacity to carry out their tasks;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the increased number of actions with a gender dimension (G1 & G2 markers), and the requirement for delegations to justify projects with no gender dimension; underscores that overall increases in such projects should not come at the expense of specific gender targeted projects (G2 marker), recommends therefore a specific target for G2 projects;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for strengthening human resource capacity dedicated to gender mainstreaming within the Commission services through tailored training and rearrangement of the existing structures; suggests that increased staff training as well as a gender focal point per unit and a gender coordination group across units in DG DEVCO, DG NEAR and the EEAS wonsiders that more awareness- raising among staff could better help to mainstream gender across the external policy units;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the link between trade and gender is not sufficiently addressed in the GAP II; recalls in this respect that negotiation of trade agreements could be used as an effective tool for advancing equality between women and men and calls for all EU trade agreements to include references to women’s rights and gender equalityPoints out that the negotiation of certain trade agreements, which may lend themselves to such a purpose, could be used as an effective tool for advancing equality between women and men;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that women’s rights are human rights and encourages further work to be undertaken with regards to addressing social norms and gender stereotypes in societies through greater and men have equal rights and that, bearing this in mind, anything impinging on those rights should be deplored and condemned; points out that awareness raising about threats to women’s rights in the EU can be carried out in cooperation with civil society, and grass -roots organisations advocating women’s rights, creating new or developing existing networks, and involvement of the private sector, if possible; notes that girls and women are agents of change and that inclusion of boys and men is necessary to ensure real equality between women and men;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages European Parliament delegations in their work with their partner countries to enquire systematically, if necessary, about gender programming and work on promoting gender equality as well as women’s empowerment;