30 Amendments of Ángela VALLINA related to 2017/2001(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Conclusions of 26 May 2015 on gender and development and on A New Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015, and of 16 December 2014 on a transformative post-2015 agenda;
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women’s human rights and gender equality isare not only a fundamental human right, but a precondition for advancing development and reducing poverty and a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world;
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas harassment and violence against women encompass a wide range of human rights violations such as: sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, prostitution, trafficking of women and girls, violation of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, violence against women at work, violence against women in conflict situations, violence against women in prison or care institutions, violence against lesbians, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, and various harmful traditional practices such as genital mutilation, crimes of honour and forced marriages; whereas any one of these abuses can leave deep psychological scars and involve physical or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts and coercion, damage the general health of women and girls, including their reproductive and sexual health, and in some instances result in death;
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the fifth Sustainable Development Goal is to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls worldwide; whereas SDG5 is a stand- alone goal, meaning that it has to be mainstream into the whole 2030 Agenda and the realisation of all SDGs; whereas empowering women means enabling women to gain more power and control over their lives on an equal footing with men;
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women are important economic agents worldwide and women’s economic participation can grow economies, create jobs and build inclusive prosperity; whereas countries that value and empower women to participate fully in the labour market and decision-making are more stable, prosperous and secure; whereas gender budgeting is smart economics and ensures that public spending serves the advancement of equality between women and men;
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU plays an important role in fostering the empowerment of women and girls, within the EU as well as worldwide, by political and financial means; whereas the EU must play a key role of guardian of UN and EU agreed language on women’s human rights;
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas women continue to produce around 80% of food in the poorest countries and are currently the main guardians of biodiversity and crop seeds;
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas neoliberal adjustment policies have deepened the conditions of oppression, discrimination and increased violence against women and girls in rural areas, insecurity and instability in the work of women, and the lack of social protection, allowing for further exploitation with increased working hours becoming common;
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas the land is not only a means of production, but a space of culture and identity; whereas subsequently access to land is a fundamental component of life and an inalienable right for peasant and indigenous women;
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (a)
Paragraph 1 (a)
1 (a). Confirm its commitment to the Beijing Platform for Action and to the range of actions for women’s human rights and gender equality outlined therein; Confirm its commitment to the twin-track approach to women’s human rights, through gender mainstreaming in all policy areas and the implementation of specific actions for women’s human rights and gender equality;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (c)
Paragraph 1 (c)
1 (c). Combat all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres as a serious breach of their physical and psychological integrity preventing them from realising their full potential; advance towards the full ratification of the Istanbul Convention by all Member States;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (c a) (new)
Paragraph 1 (c a) (new)
1 (c a). Considers that the EU and its Member States, in order to become more efficient actors globally, must also step up their domestic efforts to eliminate violence against women and gender-based violence; therefore reiterates its call on the Commission to propose an EU strategy against violence against women, including a directive laying down minimum standards; in this context, also calls on both the EU and the individual Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (e a) (new)
Paragraph 1 (e a) (new)
1 (e a). Eliminate the gender pay, life- long earnings and pension gaps; End all forms of discrimination against women in laws and policies at all levels; Combat all forms of gender stereotypes perpetuating inequality, violence and discrimination, in all spheres of society; Support women’s organisations at all levels in their work; involve them as partners in policy making and ensure adequate funding; Apply gender budgeting, as a tool of gender mainstreaming, to all public expenditure;
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (g)
Paragraph 1 (g)
1 (g). Encourage all parties to enact policies and laws ensuring equal access to work, equal pay for equal work and work of equal value;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (h)
Paragraph 1 (h)
1 (h). Work towards policies supporting women’s enterprise development in the context of decent work and the removal of all barriers in their setting up of a business, including finance or access to public credit and markets in equal conditions;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (i)
Paragraph 1 (i)
1 (i). Promote new investment in social care infrastructure, education and health care and in public provision of accessible, affordablfree and quality child and dependent care;
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (i)
Paragraph 1 (i)
1 (i). Promote new investment in social care infrastructure, education and health care and in public provision of accessible, affordable child and dependentand quality care services throughout the life-cycle including, child, dependent and elderly care;
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (k a) (new)
Paragraph 1 (k a) (new)
1 (k a). Take effective measures in order to abolish child labour, since millions of female children are exploited; introduce new mechanisms in the current EU legislation to avoid trade importations whereby child labour is included;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (m)
Paragraph 1 (m)
1 (m). Ensure coherence between EU internal, external policies and the sustainable development goals;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (n)
Paragraph 1 (n)
1 (n). Protect civil and political rights and support ensuring gender balance in decision-making at all levels, including political decision-making, economic policy and programs, workplaces, business or academia;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (o)
Paragraph 1 (o)
1 (o). Involve social partners and women’s organisations in economic decision making;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (p)
Paragraph 1 (p)
1 (p). Strengthen women’s leadership and participation in decision making in conflict and post-conflict solutions and ensure for countries emerging out of conflicts, women’s access to jobs, public credit and markets, essential to stability;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (q)
Paragraph 1 (q)
1 (q). Facilitate land ownership and access to public credit for rural women, to enable them to become economically independent and to fully participate in and benefit from rural development; protect and promote short food supply chains, through active policies at both internal and external level in the EU;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (q a) (new)
Paragraph 1 (q a) (new)
1 (q a). Establish internal and international rules that guarantee limits to the massive land grabbing that goes against the interest of small owners, specially women;
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (q b) (new)
Paragraph 1 (q b) (new)
1 (q b). Calls on all parties to guarantee access to land for peasant and indigenous women through comprehensive Agrarian Reforms to redistribute land with women full participation and integration throughout the process, with a just appreciation of women productive and reproductive work;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (q c) (new)
Paragraph 1 (q c) (new)
1 (q c). Calls on all parties to encourage and generate appropriate public policies and programs for our cultures and ways of life, with resources that make viable peasant production, ensuring food sovereignty and the rights of peasants women and men with social justice;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (s)
Paragraph 1 (s)
1 (s). Call on all countries for the ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including Article 6 thereof entitled ‘Women with disabilities’;
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (u)
Paragraph 1 (u)
1 (u). Mobilise the resources required to realise women’s economic rights and reduce gender inequality, including through the use of the existing instruments at EU and Member State level; apply gender budgeting to all public expenditure to ensure equality between women and men;
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (u)
Paragraph 1 (u)
1 (u). Mobilise the resources required to realise women’s economic rights and reduce gender inequality, including through the use of the existing instruments at EU and Member State level; establish gender budgeting in all Member States in order to remove all gender inequalities;
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 (v a) (new)
Paragraph 1 (v a) (new)
1 (v a). Expresses its strong support for the work of UN WOMEN, which is a central actor in the UN system for eliminating violence against women and girls worldwide and bringing together all relevant stakeholders in order to generate policy change and coordinate actions; calls on all UN member states, as well as on the EU, to increase their funding for UN WOMEN;