20 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2017/2086(INI)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas, in certain regions, almost 70 % of all women in employment work in the agricultural sector and produce up to 90 % of some agricultural products, yet they are often excluded from talks about the actions and issues linked to climate change;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the safeguarding of civil and political rights and for the promotion of gender balance at all levels of the decision-making process, including in policy-making and in the context of cooperation with development in the area of social policies and programmes and sustainable development;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to consider the social and environmental impacts of its trade and foreign development policies, including the impact of its actions regarding women; Further calls on the Commission to make the social and environmental norms in the chapters on sustainable development in the trade agreements that it is negotiating binding and to apply sanctions in the event of non-compliance;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Strongly condemns the use of sexual violence against displaced and migrant women; considers that special attention should be given to migrant women and girls who have been victims of violence throughout their journey, ensuring that they have access to psychological and medical services;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States, working together with civil society organisations on the ground, to support, strengthen and implement monitoring mechanisms in reception centres for the displaced and migrants which do not have the necessary minimum conditions to prevent gender- based violence, with a view to stopping all types of harassment of women and girls;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission, in the context of its foreign policy, to work together with civil society and human rights organisations to ensure that the human rights of refugees and displaced persons in reception centres are upheld, particularly in respect of vulnerable women and girls;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that gender equality and climate change is not a priority area in the EU GAP on gender equality and women’s empowerment and that gender-sensitive indicators have not been adequately developed or integrated into results reporting and that internal accountability and funding for GEWE results remain weak; deplores that the only objective relating to climate and women’s participation in the GAP’s accompanying joint staff working document (SWD(2015)0182), objective 20, on equal rights enjoyed by women to participate in and influence decision-making processes on climate and environmental issues has as an indicator (20.1) the number of deaths per 100 000 from climate-related and natural disasters – average over the last ten years;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop indicators to evaluate the gender impact of projects and programmes and to promote gender budgeting in climate-related policies, whether these policies are conducted at international, national, regional or local levels;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Notes that there is a strong presence of women in agricultural activities in the rural areas of regions directly affected by global warming; Notes that the Commission and the Member States must, therefore, in their foreign policy, support women as a major player in the fight against global warming;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Recalls that the inclusion in EU foreign policy of issues relating to the promotion of equality between men and women and the elimination of discrimination should continue to contribute to women playing a central role in decision-making, policy formation, the management, conservation and monitoring of natural resources and of the environment, and in efforts to combat climate change;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Therefore calls on the Commission to encourage and support the creation of networks between women’s organisations and actors of civil society to promote the exchange of experience and best practices;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Also notes the importance of the participation of women's organisations in rural areas in the development of climate policies and measures at local, regional, national and international levels;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12f. Notes that women’s participation in the labour market in rural areas includes a wide spectrum of jobs that goes beyond conventional agriculture, and stresses in this regard that women in rural areas can be agents of change in moving towards sustainable and ecologically sound agriculture and can play an important role in the creation of green jobs
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12f. Also calls on the Commission to implement programmes through which the transfer of modern technologies and know-how can help developing communities and regions to adapt to climate change while working with women, who represent 70 % of the agricultural workforce in disaster-prone countries;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)
Paragraph 12 h (new)
12h. Notes that it is crucial to continue and step up policy-making efforts that are aimed at supporting and promoting female entrepreneurship in decent work and the removal of barriers to and social prejudices against women founding and managing businesses;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)
Paragraph 12 i (new)
12i. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to promote land ownership and access to credit for rural women, to enable them to become economically independent and to fully participate in and benefit from sustainable rural development;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)
Paragraph 12 j (new)
12j. Calls, therefore, on the Commission and on the Member States to support a balanced redistribution between men and women of land ownership in terms of quality, area and rights; Considers it possible to achieve this by promoting the systematic distribution of land to women via the removal of all land tenure policies and practices that are discriminatory towards women;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 k (new)
Paragraph 12 k (new)
12k. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to promote legislative reforms that would contribute to facilitating women’s access to justice at national and supranational level by removing, in particular, barriers which reduce the direct access of civil society organisations and of individuals to the competent judicial authorities;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 l (new)
Paragraph 12 l (new)
12l. Is convinced that the support of women in agriculture should be accompanied by global policies and ambitious public and private investment plans at national, regional, local and international level and which should mitigate the effects of threats facing women in agriculture as a result of climate change, and which should support the adaptation of farms in rural areas to green agriculture whilst protecting the ecosystem including water resources and soil fertility which farmers need to provide food security;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 m (new)
Paragraph 12 m (new)
12m. Calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to promote new financing solutions, revised upwards, and additional funding, particularly regarding adaptation activities which would directly benefit women, who are more vulnerable to the impact of climate change;