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Draft opinion
Recital A

~~A. whereas an aging Union population and low fertility rates are urgent concerns for every Member State;~~deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas gender equality is a core value of the Union enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that ‘in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women’, thus establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming, which stipulates that gender equality must be incorporated at all levels of the budgetary process;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Recital B

~~B. whereas gender dysphoria is a rapidly growing mental health challenge, especially amongst girls;~~deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas budgets are never gender- neutral and therefore need to be established with the clear objective of anti-discrimination and the goal of reaching everyone and their specific needs; whereas Parliament has requested that gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting be implemented throughout the budgetary procedure; whereas this is specifically needed in times of crises and conflict and to counter the backlash against gender equality and women’s rights in the Union;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Recital C

~~C. whereas there are no scientifically demonstrated benefits to abortion, causing harm to women and men and their offspring;~~deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to reduce budget allocations to civil societies that promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, as killing the next generation of Europeans is economically damaging;deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the importance of gender mainstreaming of all Union policies and of integrating a gender perspective in the budgetary cycle;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a similar reduction in budget allocations to civil society organisations promoting LGBTI+ ideologies, as they do not represent these diverse groups, but promote division by awarding special rights to sexual minorities;deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. repeats its concern at the interrelation between the attacks on the rule of law and the backlash on gender equality and women’s rights; calls on the Commission to strengthen the rule of law in the Union, and thus protect fundamental rights and gender equality, via the rule of law conditionality mechanism for access to Union funds; calls on the Commission to explore the core mission of those to whom Union funds are granted and to withhold funding from actors who seek to use Union funds for the purposes of backsliding human rights, particularly women’s rights and gender equality;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a reduced budget for the European Institute for Gender Equality at a time when citizens are facing cost of living crises as Member States have their own centres of expertise, and equal rights are already safeguarded in national constitutions;deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to increase the budget allocation to civil society organisations that promote women’s rights in Europe and beyond, highlights the importance to reach smaller grassroots organisations in order to guarantee the best impact on women’s rights and gender equality and therefore welcomes tenders and other financial support to such intermediaries; highlights the continued importance to fund organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and rights, such as those that facilitate cross-border cooperation between organisations providing safe and legal abortions guaranteeing women’s access to the fundamental right to decide over their bodies;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) should redirect allocation away from sexual minorities and gender identities towards genuine protection of victims of violence (both men and women), persons with disabilities and vulnerable children;deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. calls on the Commission to increase budget allocation to civil society organisations that promote women’s rights in Europe and beyond, including organisations dealing with combatting gender based violence, including women’s rights organisations, LGBTIQ+ organisations and organisations providing services and support for victims of conflict gender based violence; underlines the importance of appropriate ongoing funding of the Daphne programme to combat gender based violence in the Union;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Strongly urges the Commission to return to prioritising equality of opportunity for men and women, and not push an agenda of equality of outcome for all 27+ genders, including ‘non-binary’, ‘asexual’ and ‘genderfuck’;deleted

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental rights; calls for the budgetary allocations under EU4Health programme for the research into gender- specific conditions such as endometriosis and fibroids with an intersectional perspective, along with the provision of cross-border services to ensure the provision of safe and legal abortion to all citizens; underlines the importance of budgetary allocations for civil society organisations providing sexual and reproductive health and rights services and information, including cross border abortion care services in the light of the backlash on women’s rights in the Union;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Underlines the importance of funding women’s and LGBTIQ+ civil society organisations under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, as women in armed conflicts suffer disproportionate consequences, including conflict based gender-based (GBV), sexual violence and trafficking for sexual exploitation; calls for the budgetary allocations for actions and organisations preventing conflict based GBV, including in Ukraine, and for additional appropriations to be used for trainings for civil society organisations in order to raise their capacity and provide training to law enforcement to deal with such cases;

2023/07/20
Committee: FEMM

Activities of Maria NOICHL related to 2023/0264(BUD)

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