18 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the gender dimension of trade is often overlooked and gender equality is currently integrated only to a limited extent in trade policies and agreements; whereas the gender-specific consequences of progressive trade liberalisation have yet to be fully investigated;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women are still under- represented in economic and political decision-making positions and are therefore less able to influence decisions, such as those concerning trade policy, which actually affect them directly;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the success of trade policy should be judged on whether it positively impacts both genders equally, and therefore the various and complex effects on the genders must be studied, analysed and involved from the preliminary stages; notes that the precautionary principle should serve as the basis in this case as well;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas trade agreements must as a matter of principle contain an equity dimension with the aim of reducing poverty, pushing forward sustainable development and promoting genuine equality worldwide; trade policy must actively support these objectives and should not force people into flight;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas gender relations influence all economic activities and processes and are reflected in matters concerning labour, employment and salary; whereas women continue to be discriminated against on a structural level and the gender pay gap, for example, still exists in all corners of the world; whereas the gender pay gap is also used as a competitive advantage, but a trade agreement should work to stop this;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the varying roles of women (consumers, employees, entrepreneurs) should be taken into account in the course of the trade agreement impact assessment;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Ba. whereas women around the world suffer in particular from the effects of climate change and some of whom, as a result, are forced to abandon their homes; notes that trade policy should prevent the causes of flight and should therefore be designed to be sustainable;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women are more dependent oan above-average number of women are employed in the public service or public service sector and, as users of these services, are more dependent on high-quality, affordable, conveniently located and demand-driven public services than men, particularly with regard to social services such as child care and care for the elderly; whereas reductions and cuts to public services, as well as price increases, tend to shift these care services onto unpaid women who, as a result, are unable to pursue insurable employment, or may only do so part-time;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends that Member States plan for further measures to help successfully implement the trade agreement, for instance comprehensive information campaigns for female founders and entrepreneurs, as well as networking platforms for the latter;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly recommends that the EU exercise its political will in order to fully exclude public services and services of general public interest, and in particular all social services, both publicly and privately funded, from the scope of TiSA and to include a gold standard clause for these services in order to safeguard their quality; stresses in this regard the particular importance of the education and health sectors, the global liberalisation of which could prove to be catastrophic for women and girl’s access thereto;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the positive list approach towards TiSA, in which only those services which are expressly mentioned therein are subject to negotiation, and the exclusion of standstill and blackout clauses from the agreement;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises the importance of the renationalisation of services and the obligation to maintain high levels of social, employment and environmental standards;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the impact of TiSA might be gender biased; calls for the introduction of gender-sensitive flanking measures and financial resources to deal with possible negative outcomes for women from the implementation of TiSA;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is concerned that this will lead to an increase in informal labour in the service sector, a rise in the number of precarious, unpaid and uninsured job positions, and, above all, circumstances whereby women feel compelled to accept this kind of employment; calls, at this juncture, for compliance with ILO core labour standards;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Furthermore calls for compliance with laws on equal treatment for men and women, in particular those relating to equal pay and anti-discrimination, with regards to both domestic and foreign service providers, and calls for sanctions in the event of non-compliance with these laws;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls in this regard for the introduction of a legally binding human rights clause in TiSA which pays special attention to the rights of women and girls, and gender equality;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to push for a section on sustainable and social development with regards to employment and environmental issues, which section verbalises not only ambitious objectives, but also objectives that are binding and enforceable and to which all undertakings, both domestic and foreign, must adhere;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned that unforeseen interactions will arise between the various trade agreements which could have negative repercussions for the employment situation and everyday life of women, for example.