Activities of Annika BRUNA related to 2021/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Gender Action Plan III (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality between men and women is a value upheld by the European Union and a fundamental, natural and universal human right;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence is the most extreme form of gender inequality between men and women;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas with regard to healthcare services and services relating to sexual and reproductive rights, access must be universallegislation on sexual and reproductive health and rights is governed exclusively by the Member States, which have sovereign powers in this area;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions owing to objections from four Member States to the word ‘gender’use of the ideologically-loaded term ‘gender’, referring to controversial and unscientific gender theory, has caused conflict in the Council of the European Union; deplores the fact that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions owing to the use of this ideologically-loaded term, even though equality between men and women and the rejection of violence against women are major causes which, without such a harmful ideology, would meet with the unanimous approval of the states;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for no new free trade agreements to be signed with countries that violate the rights of women and girls, including by condoning forced marriages or genital mutilation.
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls strongly for GAP III to be coordinated with other initiatives, such as the Spotlight Initiative, whose effectiveness needs to be improved and budget increasbeneficiary countries – some of which have a standard of living equivalent to that of some Member States and thus do not qualify for development-related aid – need to be reviewed;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the factNotes that 85% of all new external actions will be required toshould incorporate gender as a significant or principal objective; stresses that the objectives set should alsonot be quantified in terms of dedicated funding and not just a percentage of the overall programmas a percentage of the overall programmes; adds that other external action priorities, such as respect for the environment, must not be undermined by this major objective; recalls that external action remains first and foremost the competence of the Member States;.
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that that surrogate motherhood is a form of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Calls for this practice to be combatted within and outside the EU.
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses concern at the rise of conservative rhetoric and organised religious and other groupings, which is thin attacks on freedom of expression and rhetoric aimed at prohibiting any democratic and peaceful debate on issues relatening to undermined to equality between men and women, the family, or sexual and reproductive rights inside and out, particularly inside the Union;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses concern at the rise of conservativ, inside and outside rthet Union, of theorices and organised religious and other groupings, which is threatening to undermine sexual and reproductive rights inside and outside the Unlifestyles linked to radical Islam which give rise to an archaic view of women and behaviour that flies in the face of the values of European civilisation;.
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for GAP III to attach greater importance to these rights and for adequate funding to be allocated to them when programming the ‘Europe in the World’ instrument;respect national sovereignty in this area in its action within and outside the Union.
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of sexual and reproductive rights with regard to women’s bodies and their autonomy and urges that they be treated as national public health issues; recalls for universal access to sexual education, contraception and safe and legal abortion;that education and abortion-related policy are the exclusive competence of the Member States.
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for humanitarian aid to be made contingent on equal access to schooling for girls and boys, and expresses concern at the deteriorating situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, in particular the Taliban regime’s refusal to enable girls to enrol in secondary education.
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that women are under- represented at every level of political and public life; calls for programme funding to promote the training and participation of women; while rejecting any quota system, which runs counter to meritocracy and undermines the legitimacy of the category of people they claim to help.
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for women and girls to be given better access to digital tools and training in the use thereof and for measures to be taken to promote their advancement in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM professions); without, however, using a system of quotas, as they are discriminatory; and while respecting the aspirations and preferences of women at all times.
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need for digital platforms to be suitably regulated in order to combat gendersex-based online violence and cyberbullying; calls forwould like to see the greater involvement of women in the design, manufacture and development of artificial intelligence applications in order to combat the perpetuation of gender stereotyping and prejudice;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates the need for the EUMember States to play a leading role at multilateral level in promoting feminist diplomacy, thus enabling them to promote the European values of equality between man and women worldwide;