Activities of Ángela VALLINA related to 2018/2160(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the post-Arab Spring: way forward for the MENA region
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the recommendations of the Committee on Women’s Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean, particularly its recommendation on women’s participation in leadership positions and decision-making: challenges and perspectives, adopted at its 13th Plenary Session held in May 2017 in Rome,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is disappointed that the situation of women has not improved in most countries affected by the Arab Spring in spite of their large-scale support for the rev active role that women from these countries have played in the mobilisation for democracy and social, poluitioncal and civil rights;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores the complicity of the European Union and its Member States with both deposed and undeposed authoritarian regimes during the Arab Spring in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa; strongly condemns the intensive arms trade of some EU Member States in the region; condemns the military interventions of the Member States and NATO in countries such as Libya that have led to war, death and the destruction of those countries and instability in neighbouring countries; takes the view that the EU should establish a new framework for relations with the countries in the MENA region based on strict compliance with international law and the United Nations Charter and on non-intervention in their internal affairs and respect for their sovereignty, with the aim of supporting the development of neighbouring regions and promoting employment, education and gender equality, instead of association agreements geared solely towards establishing free-trade areas that harm people and offer benefits only for corporate interests on the European side and for elites in the MENA countries;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the countries in the MENA region to implement the Beijing Action Plan for education andwomen’s access to education and sexual and reproductive health as fundamental human rights;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Also calls onUrges all these countries to ratify and lift all existing reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), further urges these countries to take the requisite measures to uphold gender equality in society, for example by adopting national action plans in conjunction withthat include effective gender equality measures in conjunction with women’s organisations and other civil society stakeholders;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the governments and parliaments of the MENA countries to take measures to promote women’s effective participation in every level of political life, at national, regional and local parliament and government level, and at international organisations such as the United Nations; calls, in this regard, for the exchange of best practices to be stepped up with a view to promoting gender equality by strengthening cooperation at international level with UN Women, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Committee on Women’s Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of including a gender perspective in the consideration and approval of Union for the Mediterranean projects so that they might serve to effectively foster the economic, social and political empowerment of women in the region;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that women can be powerful drivers of change, able to draw up and implement effective strategies for climate adaptation, promoting peace and conflict resolution, anti-radicalisation and reducing the impact of theseending foreign occupation and tackling violent extremism;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Reiterates the call of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean to support a Euro- Mediterranean project on gender gaps and which includes an analysis of women’s representation rates in national and regional parliaments and in local institutions; takes the view that the Committee on Women’s Rights of that Parliamentary Assembly and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament should receive information annually on gender inequality indicators in the Euro-Mediterranean region;