Activities of Alexandra GEESE related to 2021/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Gender Action Plan III (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Gender Action Plan III
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective and at least one dedicated action program for each country; calls for 20 % of ODA in each country to be allocated to programmes having gender equality as one of its principal objectives; expects no ODA spending to counter gender-equality achievements; emphasises the need for coordinated and coherent EU action and calls for close cooperation with other actors; especially Member States and multilateral development banks, in order to maximise development effectiveness, including in the use of innovative financial instruments such as blending;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that in order to maximise the impact of EU action funding needs to be accessible for local and small civil society organisations and other relevant local actors that work most closely with girls and women in all their diversity with special focus on single parents and vulnerable situations; emphasises the key role of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument and stresses that administrative and implementation barriers should be avoided, since they might hamper the involvement of the most relevant actors; recalls the urgent need for significant funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting, the creation of specific gender indicators and the collection of gender-disaggregated data; expects the Commission to consult Parliament on the monitoring system and in particular, welcomes the support announced by the Commission regarding the inclusion of the module on gender responsiveness in all new public expenditures and financial accountability assessment reports; expects the Commission to consult Parliament on the monitoring system in line with the agreement as per Article 16 (f) of the Inter-institutional Agreement on budgetary discipline;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the accomplishments made so far on gender in landing policies of the European Investment Bank and calls on the Bank to scale up its efforts and in particular to take into account to the maximum extent possible the policy goals of the GAP III in its external landing mandate;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an extensive and comprehensive training programme to underpin the implementation of the GAP III, and for the EU to develop gender equality guidelines for all EU actors implementing the GAP III; namely on gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting, gender impact assessments and gender analyses as well as gender-based violence; and for the EU to develop gender equality guidelines for all EU actors implementing the GAP III; and in particular, to employ a full time gender focal points in each EU delegation with sufficient resources and time to perform their tasks as well as gender advisers in military CSDP missions;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expects that the gender transformative approach of the GAP III be fully respected and that the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics be fully upheld in the implementation of all funds and accessibility for projects and applicants; believes that this entails the proactive inclusion of civil society organisations working on the intersection of women’s rights and LGBTIQ rights. in particular for projects focused on gender- based and/or domestic violence, education, SRHR and combatting gender stereotypes;