8 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2015/2051(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the use of schools and other forms of educational facilities for military use hinders and restricts the use of such facilities for their rightful purpose by students and teachers, in both the short and long term; whereas education is one of the most important tools in preventing different forms of discrimination and oppressbuilding a fair and prosperous society free of violence, oppression and discrimination;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that crises are not gender neutral and that gender-sensitive considerations should be included inoften leave women and children at the mercy of groups of armed men and that proper account of the special role played by women in looking after children and the home should be taken at all stages of humanitarian programming, withand the participation of women’s rights groups and organisations, including local and regional ones should be ensured;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction of the gender marker for humanitarian programming; calls on donors to use the gender marker and to monitor gender integration throughout the whole humanitarian cyclesteps to take account of the different impact crisis situations have on groups at risk of marginalisation, including women, children, older people and ethnic minorities; stresses that taking account of the position of such groups when setting up humanitarian programmes is of key importance to effective implementation of the programmes;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that children have proper access to education during lengthy humanitarian crises, because failure to do so could exacerbate and prolong the negative impact of conflicts;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses, in connection with the growing scale of the problems of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, the key role women play in keeping communities going, and calls for them to be given special protection, as well as access to education and training;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that women and children have traditionally been responsible for fetching water for households and therefore stresses the role of education in preparing women to act as ‘hygiene promotors’ in communities, with a view to preventing the spread of disease and epidemics;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that all staff involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance, including police or military forces, should receive adequate gender-sensitive trainingtraining in the special needs of those most at risk of psychological trauma, in particular women and children, and that a strict code of conduct must be put in place to prevent them from abusing their position;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points to the need for universal access to health care, essential medicines and clean water, the lack of which is recognised as the principal cause of death among pregnant women and unborn children;