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17 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2019/2167(INI)

Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy; recalls that one of the primary strategic goals of EU foreign and security policy is to promote peace and development; underlines that more gender-equal societies are more resilient healthier, and more prosperous, therefore more secure and better suited for peacebuilding and peacekeeping efforts;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, organisational hierarchy, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchypay gap, and work-life balance; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality and gender mainstreaming;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the Delegation’s work, including mandatory consultations with women’s rights defenders and activists as experts in third countries, and are required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal point in the EU Delegations;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; invites the Member States to pursue active recruitment strategies and to identify and address specific obstacles limiting women’s participation, through mission reports that include relevant statistics;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; underlines that countries where women are empowered are more secure in terms of food security, combating violent extremism, and conflict resolution; recalls that states with higher levels of gender equality are less likely to resort to violent means to settle disputes and conflict;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; insists on the importance of women’s full participation in the rebuilding of their countries in line with sustainable development goals, and highlights the unique contribution that women make to peacebuilding and reconstruction efforts;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and including it in decision making and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that in societies facing conflict, women and girls are exposed to heightened risks of violations of their human rights, necessitating for gender- sensitive language and gender provisions within peace agreements; notes that women have better access to critical information in conflict resolution due to their societal roles and responsibilities;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; insists on gender perspectives to be systematically addressed, together with gender balance and specific actions to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, throughout all relevant policy frameworks of foreign and security policy; regrets, however, that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; regrets, however, that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge; highlights that while inclusive peace processes are the most sustainable, women are generally underrepresented; calls for increased involvement of women in peace efforts and peacebuilding by closing the gender gap in workforce participation;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity of this role and calls for the advisor to’s role to be significantly strengthened as well as reporting directly to the VP/HR;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges; highlights the vulnerability of women and girls living in poverty to climate change; calls for gender-responsive climate action, so that women’s and men’s specific needs and priorities are identified and addressed.
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. RecogniStresses that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges due to the important contributions of women as decision makers, stakeholders, educators, carers and experts across sectors and at all levels.
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets that women and girls around the world are still subjected to systematic discrimination and subordination; notes that women’s poverty is largely due to a lack of access to economic resources; calls for increased investment in women’s education, economic empowerment and visibility for women’s entrepreneurship;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for increased efforts to prevent and combat all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and serious violations of human rights of women and girls, including the practice of Female Genital Mutilation;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Notes that as a consequence of the globally shrinking democratic space, women are often exposed in multiple ways; calls for increased support and protection for defenders of human rights, journalists, academics and artists;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET