9 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the gender dimension of trade is often overlooked and gender equality is currently integrated only to a limited extent in trade policies and agreements; despite the fact that trade agreements impact differently on women and men due to gender inequalities across sectors;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a reduction or cuts in public services and provisions usually shifts labour, costs and risks to the unpaid care and household economy, which is predominantly female and will consequently hinder gender equality;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas TiSA should on no account weaken the progress attained by the EU, or its Member States, in gender equality;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order for Parliament to be able to make an informed decision regarding consent, the Commission shouldmust perform a gender impact assessment as well as a fundamental rights impact assessment in all phases of the trade agreement (negotiation, implementation, evaluation), on the basis of its reinforced assessment of the impact of new legislative proposals on fundamental rights and in order to guarantee that the EU is beyond reproach in upholding women’s rights;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that Parliament was not consulted before the Council adopted the mandate; considers this a lost opportunity to make the negotiations as democratic as possible and to involve those who might be most affected by TiSA, for example women, from the very beginning;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to increase coherence among different but interlinked policies, such as trade, development, employment, migration and gender equality, and to include the impact on women´s and girl´s rights, the rights to health, education, food, work and water;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the impact of TiSA mightwill be gender biased; calls for the introduction of gender-sensitive flanking measures to deal with possible negative outcomes for women from the implementation of TiSA;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the EU to adopt an approach where human, labour, consumer and environmental rights should guide transnational and national trade and investment, not the other way around.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that TiSA can mean a backlash for gender equality in Europe and weaken women´s rights e.g. the dismantling of public services will shift labour, costs and risks to the unpaid care and household work, which will foremost affect women who are predominant in this sector, and who are more dependent on public services such as child care or care for elderly.