18 Amendments of Edouard MARTIN related to 2018/2684(RSP)
Amendment 18 #
Recital A
A. whereas backlash can be defined as resistance to progressive social change, regression on acquired rights or seeking to maintain gender inequalities; whereas this resistance can be both formal and informal and can involve passive or active strategies to counter further progress; whereas this resistance is exercised regardless of social origin or age;
Amendment 20 #
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in some Member States, organisations actively opposed to sexual and reproductive rights for women receive the full support of governments in the form of public funding, which enables them to organise coordinated activities at international and European level;
Amendment 27 #
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas many Member States have still neither ratified nor transposed the Istanbul Convention, and whereas there are state limits on access to sexual and reproductive rights in the European Union;
Amendment 32 #
Recital C
C. whereas the Gender Equality Index shows persistent inequalities with only marginal progress from 2005 to 2015; whereas significant improvements are still needed in all Member States in order to create gender-equal societies in which women and men can enjoy equal levels of well-being in all areas of life and work; whereas if we stop making progress on women's rights issues, we will go backwards;
Amendment 38 #
Recital D
D. whereas the present decade has witnessed a visible drive, organised at European level, against gender equality and the women’s rights agenda across continents, including in the EU;
Amendment 48 #
Recital E
E. whereas the main targets of this backlash appear to be common across countries and include the key areas of the institutional and policy framework for gender equality, such as gender mainstreaming programmes, sexual and reproductive rights, social and labour protection, education, sexual and reproductive health and rights, preventing and combating violence against women, and working space for women’s organisations;
Amendment 59 #
Recital F
F. whereas women’s organisations have acted as catalysts of and leaders in legislative and policy developments in the past decade in the progression and implementation of women’s rights, but are experiencing significant challenges in accessing funding, which no longer enables them to carry out their public service missions effectively;
Amendment 65 #
Recital G
G. whereas in the first half of 2018, several countries in the EU witnessed backlash against the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention); whereas this resistance has never been opposed in the Council or the European Council;
Amendment 70 #
Recital H
H. whereas in 2017, the Council of Europe warned that women’s sexual and reproductive rights were under threat as several members sought to restrict legislation on access to abortion and contraception; whereas in a similar vein, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) issued a joint statement in August 2018 emphasising that access to safe and legal abortion, as well as to related services and information, were essential aspects of women’s reproductive health, while urging countries to stop regressing on the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls; whereas the European Parliament has acknowledged that denying guaranteed, legal access to abortion constitutes violence against women;
Amendment 81 #
Recital I
I. whereas sexuality and gender equality education is not provided in many Member States and is falling short of international requirements, including the World Health Organisation Standards for Sexuality Education; whereas this gender equality education faces considerable resistance in the countries in which it is provided;
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maintain a strong commitment to gender equality and women’s rights, which it should make a priority;
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that enshrining the defence of women’s rights in law is not sufficient to achieve gender equality; bemoans the fact that defending women's rights is not seen in a holistic light, as a driving principle of all national and European public policies, and deplores the fact that these policies are not accompanied by real political will and the allocation of a large budget;
Amendment 124 #
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that preventing and combating acts of violence against women is more important than ever, as in addition to persistent problems in state responses, new forms of violence have spread, such as sexist hate speech, misogyny and online violence;
Amendment 125 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Parliament to demonstrate a no-tolerance policy towards sexist hate speech during plenary sessions by amending the Rules of Procedure to include a ban on such speech;
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Repeats our call for the implementation in the European Parliament of the most effective measures possible to combat sexual harassment in order to achieve real gender equality; calls for the implementation of an external audit to highlight the best operating rules to introduce, compulsory training in 'Respect and dignity at work' for all Parliament's staff, including Members, and a reconstitution of the two committees responsible for harassment so that they comprise independent experts and respect equality;
Amendment 145 #
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its strong support and solidarity for the widespread initiatives, including grassroots initiatives, demanding equality for women and men promoted by women’s organisations¸
Amendment 160 #
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to not hold back from legislating on the matter of prostitution, whose network of traffickers benefits from the Single Market, and to introduce legislation to provide financial assistance enabling victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation to escape from prostitution;
Amendment 186 #
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to include a chapter dealing with misinformation on abortion in its anti- fake news strategy;