Activities of Željana ZOVKO related to 2019/2167(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy
Amendments (21)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integratefurther strengthen their support for gender equality and gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy, to support the full enjoyment of human rights by all women and to strengthen their empowerment across the globe;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the increased women’s leadership in foreign and security policies and the need for meaningful participation, as well as integration of gender perspectives into the EU policies related to security, conflict prevention and resolution, and long-term peace building;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that gender mainstreaming requires not only high-level policy statements but also the political commitment of the EU and the Member States' leadership, prioritisation of objectives and monitoring of the progress made;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CWelcomes that gender equality has been prominently included in EU political positions and dialogues with partner countries; 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 equalitythe VP/HR to increase the percentage of women in EU’s internal decision-making mechanisms and management positions;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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 ofin the Delegation’s work 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; a gender focal point in the EU Delegations; notes that in particular the use of gender analysis in the formulation of EU external actions is increasing and almost all EU Delegations have carried out a detailed gender analysis;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single Welcomes that the number of women deployed to CSDP missions and operations has increased and that in 2016, there were 5 women heads of missions; however regrets that nowadays none of the 121 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; recalls on the VP/HR to draw up a gendthat a concerted effort by the EU leadership and Member strategy for CSDP missions with specific targetss is needed as they provide for the greater part of CSDP civilian personnel deployed;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the guidelines on gender mainstreaming for the EU civilian missions, stresses that these guidelines represent a concrete tool for implementation, directed towards all mission staff, including management, and will help to systematically mainstream a gender perspective and adopt gender equality policies in the activities and phases of a civilian CSDP missions and is convinced that for the CSDP mission planning should take into account the recommendations of local women’s organisations;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the EC, EEAS and EU Delegations to increase the number and proportion of women among heads of diplomatic missions, EU Delegations, and CSDP missions and operations as well as EU staff participating in UN peacekeeping operations at all levels, including military and police staff;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses the need for a strong policy dialogue and technical assistance to bring gender equality into the enlargement and neighbourhood policy; welcomes in this regard the Commission policy dialogue on women’s empowerment with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the recent creation of the mechanism to monitor progress towards gender equality made by the UfM countries;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Welcomes the growing network of Gender Focal Persons, with management support and access to training; notes in this regard that a regional meeting for gender focal points based in the Western Balkans and Turkey was organised with the aim of strengthening the work on gender equality and gender mainstreaming; welcomes the strengthened cooperation with Western Balkans in the framework of the G7 Partnership Initiative, where the EU agreed to partner with Bosnia and Herzegovina for the enhancement of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to continue monitoring process in external dimension, under the project entitled ‘EIGE’s cooperation with the EU candidate and potential candidate countries 2017-2019: improved monitoring of gender equality progress’, aiming to support better monitoring of several policy areas in the EU candidate and potential candidate countries in order to improve policy, legislation and practice, and gender equality progress in general;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SRecognizes that women’s peace efforts at the local, national and international level is also an essential resource for conflict resolution and peace building; stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one ofin foreign and security policies constitutes an added value for the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution;
Amendment 97 #
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,points out that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge and requires continued efforts;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that in 2018 the EU and the UN agreed on a new set of forward- looking priorities for cooperation on peace operations and crisis management for 2019- 2021 and stresses the need to develop the number one priority consisting on the establishment of an EU- UN collaborative platform on Women, Peace and Security;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the EU-NATO cooperation aiming to promote peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area, where one of the main focus points is to promote the Women Peace and Security Agenda;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023 and invites EEAS to review it in due course and consider setting specific and measurable objectives including on the presence of women in management positions;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender and calls for the advisor to report directly to the VP/HR; reiterates the need of the EEAS to continue its efforts towards gender mainstreaming of the work in each EEAS Directorate and encourage its staff to work closely with the European Institute for Gender Equality; stresses that knowledge sharing between the EU institutions and agencies is a substantial and highly efficient tool to avoid high administrative costs and unnecessary increase in bureaucracy;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls that the EU made a commitment to increase the number of women in institutions dealing with conflict prevention, crisis management and peace negotiations by signing the UNSCR 1325 (2000) on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ which clearly identifies women as important actors in peacebuilding and conflict mediation;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UrgeNotes that GAP II has served an important purpose and supported the entire EU foreign policy agenda shifting the institutional culture of the Commission’s services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment through the EU’s external relations, and welcomes therefore the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) in 2020; recommends the VP/HR and the EU Member States to include references to UNSC resolution 1325 and follow-up resolutions in CSDP-related Council decisions and mission mandates, and to makemaking sure that all CSDP missions and operations have an annual action plan on how to implement the objectives of the future GAP III and the EU Action Plan on WPS;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite forn integral part of an efficient management of climate challengesin the external actions and thematic areas, such as climate challenges; calls for more women as decision-makers in international forums discussing climate policy.