Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2016/2060(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on rights of women in Eastern Partnership States
Amendments (13)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select botresses, that in those appointments as public representatives neither sex should be more or less privileged and the whole recruitment process must be done objectively, on the male and female candidateserit base exclusively; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women- related issues;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas surrogate motherhood always means violence against women, and Ukraine and other eastern neighbours of the EU are among the global focal points of this practice;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that affordable childcare services and clear parental leave provisions are decisive in improving the participation of women in the labour market; notes that in some cases the lack thereof impacts girls’ and young women’s access to education because they have to take care of their siblings;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the lack of non- discriminatory recognition of mothers' input in raising children and a balanced participation of their fathers in the EU's eastern neighbours, and that women with children are often hindered in their professional reintegration;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the problems of domestic violence and gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, forced surrogacy and trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation in the EaP countries, which is often unreported owing to societal acceptance of such behaviour;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Stresses the special importance of human rights in the birth of a child and calls for guarantees for a free, self- determined birth, health protection for the mother and child and a strengthening of the role of midwives;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates that gender-biased sex selection is aand forced abortion are severe forms of gender-based violence and a violation of human rights; encourages public awareness campaigns in order to change the attitudes of society concerning sex selection practices and forced abortions and calls for increasing efforts to prevent them;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the eastern neighbours to consistently oppose any form of exploitation and abuse of women through surrogacy;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and cCalls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the governments to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute suspected traffickers and convict labour and sex traffickers, to protect the integrity of the women concerned according to the 'Nordic model' and to declare prostitution as a male violence against women and children and to support NGO partners that provide rehabilitation and reintegration services to victims;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CFiercely condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;