Activities of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2019/2167(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy
Amendments (37)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s List of Actions to Advance LGBTI Equality published in December 2015,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
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, empowerment of women and girls and women's representation into the EU’s foreign and security policy and for gender-responsive leadership to be part of middle and senior management job descriptions; calls on the EU to lead by example and make the EU's commitment to gender equality visible in all policy areas, in particular at international level;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency and their empowerment is essential to tackle these issues; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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 and recruitment, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory and recurrent training on gender equality;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women’s direct participation in peace negotiations increases the sustainability and the quality of peace;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas women civil society groups and activists play critical roles in advancing the peace and security agenda and their participation is essential to mainstreaming gender equality concerns;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman and only two out of eight EU special representatives are women; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; believes that advancing women's rights and gender equality should be horizontal priorities for all EU special representatives and should therefore be a cornerstone of their mandate, in particular for the EU special representative on human rights;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that efforts to increase the recruitment and participation of women in peace and security matters, including in the armed forces, and to remove gender stereotypes are indispensable to achieve gender equality in the EU's foreign affairs and security policy;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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 resolutionstrongly contributes to effective and lasting conflict prevention, management and resolution; notes in this regard the crucial role played by female human rights defenders and activists, civil society and community- based women’s organisations in peace building and the need for adequate capacity building and financial support to maintain and foster their work;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but imporsubstantial shortcomings in the provision of and access to SRHR continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is central to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning, conductimplementation and evaluation, as well as to facilitating the integration of a gender perspective into daily tasks and operations; whereas gender advisers and focal points face numerous challenges in the performance of their duties;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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 despite clear objectives and indicators translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge and calls for its robust implementation;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
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;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls the pivotal role of women as peacebuilders and stresses the need to ensure the equal participation of women in the maintenance of international peace and security, the expansion of women’s roles in preventing and resolving conflict, and women’s protection in order to advance the international peace and security agenda;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporatemainstreams a gender-transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations at its centre; stresses the need for such policy to be grounded in rigorous gender analysis and systematic gender impact assessments, and for a meaningful and equitable role at all levels and stages of decision-making to be secured for women and for people from diverse backgrounds;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
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.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including on SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan; further welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025 and A New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings foreseen this year;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges and for the sustainable development of our societies.
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to deliver the first LGBTI Equality Strategy by the end of this year; stresses that this Strategy must be ambitious, build upon the existing guidelines and list of actions and include a strong external action component;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the UN has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating all kinds of inequalities, including gender inequality; calls on the EU to target specific actions and support for women and girls in all efforts to support third countries in addressing the socio-economic impact of COVID-19;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for further policy coherence and coordination in the implementation of the range of commitments on gender equality included in the EU’s external action; stresses that the EU Strategic Approach should be linked to and synchronised with the new GAP III, and calls for the 2019 EU Action Plan on WPS to be included in GAP III as a separate chapter; stresses the importance of the existing normative framework pertaining to the women, peace and security agenda, insists that this framework should be the baseline for all actions at EU and international level and that any attempts to resile from or roll back established commitments in this field must be firmly rejected;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on all Members States to adopt a feminist foreign and security policy that addresses the barriers for women to enter and maintain not only high-level leadership roles, and key positions such as ambassadorships and mediator positions in international peace talks and negotiations, but also entry-level positions. Recalls that factors that might deter women’s participation such as a lack of conducive work-life balance policies, equal sharing of family responsibilities and expectations that women will be primary caregivers leading women to often take career breaks or move to part-time work, and the public perception globally of women’s leadership should be taken into account; Further stresses that in advancing the targets of women’s leadership in the WPS, equal pay for equal work is one of the EU’s founding principles and should be mainstreamed through the advancement of women’s economic and social rights, both outside and within the EU; that Member States have an obligation to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex with regard to all aspects and conditions of remuneration for the same work or for work of equal value;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that education is key to realising gender equality and empowerment of women and girls; therefore calls on the EU to increase its commitment to promoting gender equality and combating gender stereotypes in and through education systems in its upcoming Gender Action Plan III; furthermore 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 (FGM), child, early and forced marriages and violations of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
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;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the essential work done by CSOs on the ground to sustain peace and promote women’s engagement in peace processes, politics, governance, institution-building, the rule of law and the security sector and stresses the need to ensure significant funding and capacity building to maintain and support these efforts; Calls for specific earmarked funding on gender equality in the framework of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs; stresses the importance of ensuring that partners can count on receiving sufficient financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of equal access to capital for female entrepreneurs. Calls in this regard on the Member States and EU institutions to increase the availability of financing by means of microcredit and to actively promote the use of microcredit;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP-missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and drives the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for men and women worldwide.1a Calls in this regard on the Member States and the EU institutions to advance women’s participation in CSDP-missions. _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2017/603855/EXPO_STU(2 017)603855_EN.pdf