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12 Amendments of Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI related to 2018/2684(RSP)

Amendment 13 #

Recital A
A. whereas backlash can be defined as resistance to progressive socialagainst women's rights in the EU change, be defined as regression on acquired rights or seeking to maintain gender inequalities; whereas this resistancebacklash can be both formal and informal and can involve passive or active strategies to counter further progresswomen's rights as they exist in European legislation;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

Recital B
B. whereas all Member States have assumed obligations and duties under international law to respect, guarantee, protect and fulfil fundamental rights and the rights of women;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

Recital C
C. whereas the Gender Equality Index shows persistent inequalities with only marginal progress from 2005 to 2015; whereas significant improvements are still needed in all Member States in order to create gender-equal societiessocieties promoting the common good in which women and men can enjoy equal levels of well-being in all areas of life and work;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

Recital E
E. whereas the main targets of this backlash appears to be common across countries and include the key areas of the institutional and policy framework for gender equality, such as gender mainstreaming, social and labour protection, education, sexual and reproductive health and rights,s focused on preventing and combating violence against women, and working space for women’s organisations;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

Recital F
F. whereas women’s organisations have acted as catalysts of and leaders in legislative and policy developments in the past decade in the progression and implementation of women’s rights, but are experiencing significant challenges in accessing funding;deleted
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #

Recital H
H. whereas in 2017, the Council of Europe warned that women’s sexual and reproductive rights were under threat as several members sought to restrict legislation on access to abortion and contraception; whereas in a similar vein, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) issued a joint statement in August 2018 emphasising that access to safe and legal abortion, as well as to related services and information, were essential aspects of women’s reproductive health, while urging countries to stop regressing on the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls;deleted
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 75 #

Recital I
I. whereas sexuality and gender equality education is not provided in many Member States and is falling short of international requirements, including the World Health Organisation Standards for Sexuality Education;deleted
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 117 #

Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that preventing and combating violence against women is more important than ever, as in addition to persistent problems in state responses,remains vitally important, as new forms of violence have spread, such as sexist hate speech, misogyny and online violence;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 133 #

Paragraph 6
6. Considers it striking that the backlash is built on a convention that targets violence against women, a policy area on which there is a strong consensus; is therefore worried that the rejection of the norm of zero tolerance of violence against women indicates that the very essence of the principles of human rights, equality and dignity is being questioned; calls on the Council to conclude the accession and full implementation of the Istanbul Convention by the EU and to advocate its ratification by the Member Statesthat violence directed specifically against women is never taken at full value by Parliament; considers that the fight for women's rights is exploited with the aim of pushing forward a political agenda in terms of re-educating children and individuals in order to teach a dangerous ideology come what may: gender theory;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 141 #

Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its strong support for the widespread initiatives, including grassroots initiatives, demanding equality for women and men promoted by women’s organisations¸which promote respect for women in a non-partisan way;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 175 #

Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to end and reverse austerity measures and cutbacks that apply to gender equality programming, and public services and, in particular, the provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 183 #

Paragraph 12
12. Expresses concern that the opponents of reproductive rights and autonomylobbies and certain political personalities have had a significant influence on national law and policy, seeking to impose further restricthe latter having made abortion and contraception the sine qua non solution to the emancipations onf women’s health and reproductive right; notes that they regularly express, in the European Parliament and all the other European institutions, their desire further to impose their ideology to citizens or citizens' groups putting forward alternative solutions to these issues;
2018/10/09
Committee: FEMM