Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2014/2152(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (A8-0163/2015 - Maria Noichl) DE
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (debate) DE
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (debate) DE
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU strategy for equality between women and men post 2015
Amendments (16)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning Public health and in particular Article 168(7) which states that " Union action shall respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of their health policy and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution on sexual and reproductive health and rights of 10 December 20131 __________________ 1 Text adopted, P7_TA (2013) 0548
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas forced Prostitution is violence that particularly affects the most vulnerable, is mainly about organized crime networks and trafficking in human beings and is an obstacle to equality between women and men;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the Cairo ICPD Programme of Action gives a definition of sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, nationality and age);
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, to involve civil society and the, social partners (following Article 152 TFEU) and churches (following Article 17 TFEU) in a structured way in the development and continuous evaluation of the strategy;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onappreciates the Commission to introduce a specific pillar fors succesfull and holistic measures to respect and to promote equality between women and men in the Europe 2020 strategy, to consider the objectives of the future strategy as an aspect of the European Semester and to insert a gender perspective in the country- specific recommendations and the Annual Growth Survey ;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls onappreciates the Commissions measures to gather gender-specific data in all areas of European policy areas;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its appeal to the Commission to designate 2016 European Year for combatingagainst Violence, with one special focus on combating domestic violence against women and men and all kinds of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. calls on the member states to implement the abolitionist model of prostitution law as the only proven model, which aims to reduce prostitution and allow prostituted persons to exit it;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission in the new sto draft an European Family Strategy that also pays special attention to the various ways of reconciling family life and work and regrets in this connection the faltering of the negotiations on the adoption of the Maternity Protection Directive and reiterates Parliament’s unrestricted willingness to cooperate;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. calls on the Member States to appreciate the economic and social benefit of raising children and family time by mothers and fathers and to enhance this educational performance through appropriate financial instruments like a national education salary;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of flexible forms of work in allowing women, but more especially men, to reconcile work and family life and instructs the Commission to coordinate and promote exchanges of best practices; Calls the Commission to include in the upcoming revision of the working time Directive the right for a worker to ask for specific working time arrangements (e.g. flexitime, telework) depending on their personal situation, and to have their request duly considered; stresses in this connection the need for awareness campaigns for the equal division of domestic work and care and nursing, for the inclusion of men and the introduction of paternity leave of at least 10 days and parental leave to be divided between both parents;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in ensuring high-quality, geographically appropriate and readily accessible services in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights, safe and legal abortion and contraception as well ascross- border accessible general health care;