19 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2016/2301(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft report
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gender equality perspective is often overlooked in the analysis of global value chains; Whereas according to the ILO 20.9 million people (55% women and girls) were victims of forced labour globally in 2012 and 90% of them are exploited in the private economy, by individuals or enterprises;
Amendment 3 #
Draft report
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women comprise the majority of workers in certain segments of the garment, horticulture, mobile phone and tourism global supply chains but they tend to be more concentrated in low-wage or low-status forms of employment than men leading to gender segregation in types of occupations and activities, gender gaps in wages and working conditions, and gender-specific constraints in access to productive resources, infrastructure and services;
Amendment 6 #
Draft report
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a comprehensive analysis on the differences and inequalities in the framework of global value chains: (i) gender differences in time use, mainly resulting from women’s primary responsibility for reproductive work; (ii) gender differences in access to productive inputs and resources, particularly land, credit, training, and networks; and (iii) gender differences stemming from market and institutional failures and discrimination;
Amendment 10 #
Draft report
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the binding application of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) core labour standards and of its Decent Work Agenda, given that ILO standards are particularly relevant to improving gender equality because of their principles of non-discrimination on the grounds of sex and equal pay for men and women, as well as international environmental protection commitments in EU preferential trade agreements;
Amendment 11 #
Draft report
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for a broad-based effective and transparent participation of women and women’s rights organisations and trade unions, into the policy framework of the GVCs;
Amendment 13 #
Draft report
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas global value chains (GVCs) have become a key feature of today’s global economy; whereas, on the one hand, GVCs offer new prospects for growth, development and jobs, but on the other hand, their complex nature, lack of transparency and dilution of liabilities has led to a higher risk of human rights violations; whereas the fragmentation of production structured around the GVC can enhance the role of women in the economy because of the wide range of opportunities that it creates;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas gender equality in all EU policies is firmly established in Article 8 of the TFEU; whereas trade and investment agreements affect women and men differently owing to structural gender inequalities; whereas gender equality perspective is often overlooked in the analysis of global value chains; whereas according to the ILO 20.9 million people (55% women and girls) were victims of forced labour globally in 2012 and 90% of them are exploited in the private economy, by individuals or enterprises;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas women comprise the majority of workers in certain segments of the garment, horticulture, mobile phone and tourism global supply chains but they tend to be more concentrated in low-wage or low-status forms of employment than men leading to gender segregation in types of occupations and activities, gender gaps in wages and working conditions, and gender-specific constraints in access to productive resources, infrastructure and services;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas making customs data on imports entering the EU publicly available would increase GVC transparency and accountability; whereas due to the complex nature of GVC there is a lack of statistics that doesn’t allow to have a clear picture of the role played by women; whereas transparency is a key factor to reduce discrimination, exploitation and abuses;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for a comprehensive analysis on the differences and inequalities in the framework of global value chains: (i) gender differences in time use, mainly resulting from women’s primary responsibility for reproductive work; (ii) gender differences in access to productive inputs and resources, particularly land, credit, training, and networks; and (iii) gender differences stemming from market and institutional failures and discrimination;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Understands EU trade policy should be a tool to address gender challenges and promote gender equality; notes that the EU and Member States should integrate a gender perspective in international trade as well as EU’s trade policies on Global Value Chains, to better understand and tackle the gender implications of trade;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the EU and Member States to elaborate and include a gender impact assessment and a gender risk evaluation in any EU trade agreement or in any analysis of global value chains. These assessments will evaluate potential positive and negative effects on gender equality that will be considered in order to introduce preventive measures.EU trade authorities should count with gender equality experts for producing these analysis;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Calls for the binding and enforceable application of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) core labour standards and of its Decent Work Agenda, given that ILO standards are particularly relevant to improving gender equality because of their principles of non-discrimination on the grounds of sex and equal pay for men and women, as well as international environmental protection commitments in EU preferential trade agreements;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Calls for a broad-based effective and transparent participation of women and women’s rights organisations and trade unions, into the policy framework of the GVCs;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14 f. Stresses that the EU and Member States, when negotiating trade agreements, should be concerned with not only improving global social and environmental standards and a fairer and equitable global model of trade, but also with promoting gender equality within the GVCs by ensuring adequate work conditions and rights for women throughout their supply chains, and to avoid sourcing material from conflict areas where there is widespread gender- based violence;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 g (new)
Paragraph 14 g (new)
14 g. Supports the introduction of gender budgeting in international EU´s trade to be aligned with the EU´s trade policy key principles of effectiveness, transparency and values; stresses gender budgeting is an important strategy to address and advance gender equality; notes gender budgeting requires increased gender expertise;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 h (new)
Paragraph 14 h (new)
14h. Warns against the negative impacts of trade expansion and liberalisation on the quality of employment, as well as the risk of increasing labour trafficking of persons; stresses that women tend to be the ones suffering most and that very often in the case of women, labour trafficking of persons runs in parallel with sexual trafficking and femicides;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 i (new)
Paragraph 14 i (new)
14i. Proposes that international trade and EU´s trade policies on Global Value Chains should include and develop a specific strategy to formally protect individuals who denounce practices of femicides, labour trafficking of persons and sexual trafficking and to defend the victims of the latter; stresses these denouncers should be given a similar recognition and protection as requested in the case of “whistle-blowers”, in the field of international and EU trade;