8 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2014/2143(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Finds it regrettable that the current MDGs have not effectively addressed the structural causes of gender inequality and do not go far enough in addressing the structural changes needed to realize substantive equality, stresses the fact that this is caused not only by a lack of resources but of political will as well;
Amendment 36 #
2a. Calls for a specific gender equality action plan accompanied by the necessary financing mechanism including gender budgeting tools in order to tackle intersecting and structural drivers of inequalities, and multiple forms of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, cultural or religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, health status and abilities;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for ambitious gender-specific targets to be set as regards ending the feminisation of poverty and closing gender gaps, including enhanced access for women and girls to quality education, universal access to quality health care, the enhancement of access for women to sexual and reproductive health and rights, the boosting of women’s social and economic independence, particularly in terms of employment and their participation in decision-making processes, and the ending of all forms of violence against women and girls as well as gender- based violence;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that any goal on health must include the achievement of the right to highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; emphasises that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, notably through easy access to contraception and abortion, points out that the right to reproductive health is an integral element of human rights; in this context, strongly demands the criminalisation of forced sterilisation;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that special attention should be paid to overcome financial and legal obstacles to sustainable development, protection and fulfilment of all women’s human rights; urges the international community to address the unjust social, economic and environmental conditions that perpetuate the feminization of poverty, commodification of natural resources, and threats to food sovereignty that impede women and girls from becoming empowered, stresses in this context the issue of large-scale land acquisition by foreign investors, which is affecting local farmers and which has a devastating impact on women and children;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the fact that the EU should stress the importance of a participatory approach in the new development framework, aiming to involve at all times actors at all levels, including civil-society and, in particular women’s organisations and gender equality organisations.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the proposed targets do not recognise the differential impacts of environmental threats on the lives of women and girls, on their distinctive role in contributing to sustainability and to peace building activities.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for promoting gender equality strategies and objectives and the integration of a gender perspective in environmental and climate change policies, given that climate change has a strong gender dimension, both in its effects and in the solutions thereto, gender equality concerns should be included as a cross-cutting issue in programmes and projects on climate change and the environment from their implementation through to their evaluation, so as to provide factual information to evaluate and improve the impact of these policies.