11 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2017/2131(INL)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores the fact that Hungary has still not met the Union’s Barcelona Targets, and calls on the Hungarian Government to give those targets priority and to tailor its family policies to the needs of the most vulnerable members of society as well;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the reinterpretation and narrowing of gender equality policies towards family policies and recalls the National Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2010-2021), which Hungary has not yet implemented; condemns the wilful misinterpretation of the terms gender and gender equality; emphasises that the aim of gender equality policy in all areas of society must be to ensure that no one is disadvantaged on the grounds of his/her gender, that every individual’s rights are safeguarded and can be exercised and that the involvement of women and men in the life of society at all levels on the basis of equal rights is guaranteed; calls, therefore, for a return to the idea of gender mainstreaming as an analytical and policy-making tool and for the national strategy to be implemented with these objectives in all areas;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the very low number of women in political decision-making positions; deplores, in that connection, the fact that until now only 10% of the members of the Hungarian Parliament have been women, the lowest proportion in any EU Member State; emphasises that the involvement of women in political decision-making on an equal footing with men is fundamental to effective democracy;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes with concern the mood in society which has been fuelled by the policies implemented in recent years, and condemns the mistrust and hostility which many women's rights advocates and academics encounter as a result of their work and their insistence on standing up for their views;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that violence against women in Hungary, as in all other Member States, is a persistent structural violation of human rights; calls on the Hungarian government to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible and to urge other EU Member States to do the same; condemns, in that connection, the fact that domestic violence must be perpetrated twice before being treated as a criminal offence; calls for bodies which provide information, advice and assistance to receive ongoing funding, as a way of offering women effective protection and safety;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the right of women to self-determination and, in this context, the importance of respecting their sexual and reproductive rights, including the respect of women patients' rights to a safe and, non-violent birthwoman-centred birth; emphasises, in that connection, the importance of unrestricted access to impartial information and value-neutral counselling;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly condemns, in this context, the ill-treatment and discrimination of Roma women in fields such as access to healthcare; draws attention, in that connection, to the cases of forced sterilisation which have come to light, which constitute an unacceptable violation of the human rights of the women concerned;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the attacks on free teaching and research, in particular on gender studies, which represent an attempt to analyse power relationships, discrimination and gender relations in society and find solutions to forms of inequality and have become the target of defamation campaigns.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of prejudice- and stereotype-free upbringing and education; calls for this to be taken into account when a new national curriculum is drawn up, with a view to guaranteeing in the future the provision of education which does not encourage stereotyping and the denigration of women and girls, and also of men and boys;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Expresses concern at the policies implemented in recent years and the use of rhetoric and symbols to create an attitude, widely held in society, which reduces women to the role of mothers and grants them respect only in that role; points out that this restricts the freedom of both women and men to develop and take decisions and deprives women of their rights;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Emphasises that women’s rights and equal rights are shared, fundamental European values; deplores the fact that Hungary is increasingly turning its back on these values and thus leaving itself isolated;