Activities of Eleonora FORENZA related to 2018/2098(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2017 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (14)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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1. Underlines the need for the EU, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2030 Agenda and the Gender Equality Action Plan 2016-2020 (GAP II), to continue to pursue its commitment to developing societies free from all forms of discrimination and violence and contributing to a secure, prosperous and sustainable world;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Observes that neo-liberal framework is actually damaging sustainable development and human rights, including women’s rights, which are part of human rights themselves; calls on the Commission to provide continued support to protect human rights defenders, women’s organizations and women leaders as active actors committed to promoting, protecting and raising awareness of women’s rights;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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2. Highlights the affirmation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres that 'there is overwhelming evidence that investing in women is the most effective way to lift communities, companies and countries. Women’s participation makes peace agreements stronger, societies more resilient and economies more vigorous'as they have never constructed their political identity on nationalistic bases;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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3. Highlights the need to guarantee healthy living and well-being for all, as called for in SDG 3, and to promote access to affordable, safe and quality medicines; Stresses that the focus on gender equality and women’s empowerment is explicit across all the SDGs and more efforts should be pursued to seek the full realization of women’s rights and the effective implementation of policies promoting women’s empowerment and participation in decision-making;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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4. Highlights the need to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services, to ensure that women receive the recommended natal care and to prevent child and maternal mortality; and rights; strongly condemns the Global Gag Rule and its impact on girls access to comprehensive sexuality education, sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortions; calls on the EU and the Member States to counter the impact of the gag rule by significantly increasing financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights, in particular funding explicitly destined to ensure access to birth control and safe and legal abortion, using both national as well as EU development funding, in order to fill the financing gap left after the Trump administration’s moves to cease funding all overseas aid organisations that provide sexual and reproductive health and rights services; emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights contributes to prenatal care and the ability to avoid high-risk births, reduce infant and child mortality; points out that family planning, maternal health and safe abortion services are important elements to save children and women’s lives;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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6. Stresses the importance of making education and training in the STEM, as well as in the Humanity subjects accessible to women and girls, with particular emphasis on increasing their digitaltalents and competences;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that in the framework of education appropriate measures should be developed in order to support educational programs without stereotypes to include civic participation, human rights, gender equality, promotion of intercultural awareness and understanding to better prepare students for citizenship;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
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8. Urges theCalls on the EU and its Member States to speed up negotiations on the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention, the first legally binding international instrument seeking to prevent and combat violence against women, in all its parts in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action in this field;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
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9. Emphasises that the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all of its actions; and so that gender equality should be a key priority in all EU guidelines, working relations, policies and actions, including external actions of the EU, and supports the related coordinated efforts in the multilateral dialogues and activities of EU delegations such as election observation missions, as well as the work of the EEAS Principle Advisor on Gender in third countries, aimed at promoting peace, security and fundamental freedom; stresses the need to reinforce the role of the EEAS Principle Advisor on Gender by ensuring a specific budget dedicated to her area of competences;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to include a gender chapter in free-trade agreements with third countries and clauses calling on those countries to ratify and implement the 27 international conventions – on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance – listed in the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+; underlines that it is crucial to monitor their implementation, to take action when needed and to pay particular attention to gender equality; highlights that CEDAW is one of the relevant conventions under GSP+;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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10. Welcomes the approach of integrating the gender perspective in EU Common Security and Defence Policy activities and uUnderlines the importance of providing adequate gender sensitive training to healthcare professionals and humanitarian aid workers, including those working in emergency assistance;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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11. SUnderlines that religious, cultural and traditional differences can in no way justify discrimination or any form of violence; supports the EU’s initiative on 'Preventing Violent Extremism: A Gender Sensitive Approach' and pushes for the promotion of gender sensitive projects that strengthen the roles of women and girls in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and humanitarian response;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
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13. Condemns the atrocities practised on displaced people such as refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, especially women and girls, around the world, particularly in Venezuela and on members of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar.; Condemns the fact that in some third countries homosexuality is still a crime; condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTI people; condemns the ongoing situation where in order to seek asylum in the EU, women and LGBTI people put themselves under serious risk of sexual and gender-based violence along routes and in reception centres; underlines that women, girls, and LGBTI people who claim a well-founded fear of gender-based persecution need to be able to safely request visas on humanitarian grounds;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights that gendered forms of violence and discrimination, including but not limited to rape and sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage, domestic violence, so-called honour crimes and gender discrimination condoned by the state, constitute persecution and should be valid reasons for seeking asylum or humanitarian protection and therefore be reflected in the new instrument; calls on the Commission therefore to recognize gender-based persecution as a valid ground for seeking international protection as well as to ensure the inclusion of the gender perspective in all phases of the asylum procedure by complying with the 2002 UNHCR Guidelines on international protection: gender-related persecution;