Activities of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2060(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Rights of women in the Eastern Partnership States (A8-0365/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) EL
Rights of women in the Eastern Partnership States (short presentation) (debate) EL
Amendments (25)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Γ
Recital Γ
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is discrimination between men and women concerning labour rights and many women in rural areas lacking other possibilities tend to accept low-paid jobs in agriculture, often without official registration and without any social security rights;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas gapserious shortcomings in access to justice for women victims of gender-based violence persist, in particular an absence of criminalisation of all forms of violence against women, severe under- reporting of such crimes, very few convictions for rape, and very little or no state funding for support services;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the situation in the area of women’s rights in the EaP countries to be stableis in need of improvement; points out, however, that profound economic changes and economic uncertainty have had a negative effect on the economic situation of women, leading to shortcomings in their de facto equality;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes all efforts made byExpresses the need for the EaP countries to take immediate action to increase equality between women and men in society, including adoption of national action plans and cooperation with international organisations and civil society stakeholders;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and of equal opportunities in finding work, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women- related issues;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EaP countries to overcome gaps in their anti-discrimination frameworks, and for greater use of anti- discrimination legislation on the grounds of sex, including greater use of international standards in judicial decisions, in order to increase the enforceability of laws and for an end to violations of women's rights in these countries;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the urgent need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EaP States to promote and strengthen the political participation and access of women to power structures and leadership by womenpositions; underlines that increased participation of women in administrations leading key reforms, such as anti-corruption and economic reforms, would be beneficial; welcomes all efforts aimed at reaching this goal, such as obligatory or voluntary quotas for the lists of candidates, grants, training and support provided to female politicians and activists, and mentoring programmes and awareness- raising campaigns changing the image of women in the media;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls also for the eradication of early and forced marriage and genital mutilation;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that gender stereotypes and constant discrimination against women prevent greater inclusion of women in the labour market and are at the root of additional barriers to female entrepreneurship activities;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. HighlightsDeplores the fact that women are employed to a much higher extent in services and state sectors with significantly lower wages than in the sectors employing a majority of males, that the gender pay gap remains high and can be as much as 50 %, and that women encounter cultural and sociological barriers in their access to managerial positions, as is also often the case in the EU where the wage and pension gap between men and women is quite wide;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement ofequal opportunities for men and women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the problems ofExpresses the need to combat domestic violence and gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, and trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation in the EaP countries, which is often unreported owing to societal acceptance of such behaviour;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work so as to eliminate wage and pension differences between the two sexes;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UrgesCalls on the governments to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute suspected traffickers and convict labour and sex traffickers, and to support NGO partners that provide rehabilitation and reintegration services to victims;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for greater cooperation between EaP States on the one hand and the EU agencies and Member States’ law enforcement bodies on the other hand, in order to combat trafficking in human beings, which is also one of the most profitable organised crime activities, and dismantle criminal networks;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women in both private and in public life;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the EaP countries to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG target 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and particularly SDG target 5(2), which calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that while gender equality ishould be a horizontal principle within the ENP and the ENI, more precise and measurable targets in the area of gender equality should be pursued, also with regard to the new Gender Action Plan in Development 2016-2020;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for universal access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights the need to include women’s rights and gender equality issues on the agenda of regular political and human rights dialogues with the EaP partners together with proposed actions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes which constitutes the most lucrative form of human trafficking; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the important role of parliamentary diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices;