20 Amendments of Jordi SOLÉ related to 2018/2098(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas under Article 8 TFEU the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all of its actions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the need for the EU, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2030, the European Consensus on Development, Agenda and the Gender Equality Action Plan 2016- 2020 (GAP II), to continue to pursue its commitment to developing societies free from all forms of discrimination and violence and contributing to a secure, prosperous and sustainable world;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development is one of the fundamental tools of the EU to improve gender equality in third countries and therefore believes that GAP2 should take the form of a Commission communication; calls on the Commission to take into account EP’s resolution on the renewal of the GAP;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. HStresses that gender equality is a fundamental human right and highlights the affirmation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres that 'there is overwhelming evidence that investing in women is the most effective way to lift communities, companies and countries. Women’s participation makes peace agreements stronger, societies more resilient and economies more vigorous';
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to provide continued support to protect human rights defenders, women’s organisations and women leaders as active actors committed to promoting, protecting and raising awareness of women’s rights;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Expresses concerns over the ongoing backlash against women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the world;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Highlights the need for the EU to remain committed to the full implementation of obligations and commitments to women’s rights made in CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population & Development, and the outcomes of their review conferences;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to guarantee universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services, to ensure an rights, including sexual education, family planning and safe and legal abortion services, to ensure women’s right to decide over their own bodies, that women receive the recommended natal care and, to prevent high-risk births and reduce child and maternal mortality;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Strongly condemns the reinstatement and expansion of the Global Gag Rule and its impact on women’s and girls’ global health and rights; reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to fill the financing gap left by the US in that area using both national as well as EU development funding;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to reinforce the implementation of policies that empower girls and women, combat poverty and social exclusion and within the framework of SDG 5 and the ILO's 2018 'Women at Work' initiative, focus on providing women and girls with equal access to primary and higher education and training, decent work and equal pay, equal access to financial services and representation in economic and political decision-making processes;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EEAS to ensure that the outcomes of the 62st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be included in its policies and will provide a renewed impetus in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the joint efforts and investments of the EU, together with the UN, in launching the 'Spotlight Initiative', aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, while reiterating that women around the globe remain the most vulnerable toviolence against women is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations around the globe, which include domestic violence, mobbing, sexual exploitation, human trafficking, female genital mutilation, child and forced marriage, rape as a weapon of war and economic discrimination;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Strongly regrets that, as per the European Parliament's study on the implementation of the GAP II, current programming appears to side-line the gender dimension in situations of crisis or difficult conflicts; and that, among other outcomes, this has meant that girls and women victims of war rape do not have access to non-discriminatory care, specifically comprehensive medical care, including abortion, despite the GAP II aiming to empower women to have control over their sexual and reproductive life;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the EU and the Member States to speed up negotiations on the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention by the EU and the Member States;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that gender equality and gender mainstreaming, which is an obligation laid down in the Treaties, should be a key priority in all working relations, policies and external actions of the EU and supports the related coordinated efforts in the multilateral dialogues and activities of EU delegations such as election observation missions, as well as the work of the EEAS Principle Advisor on Gender in third countries, aimed at promoting peace, security and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that adequate funding on gender equality in external relations will be necessary to sustain political commitment to this goal; stresses that current funding for gender equality and women’s empowerment actions remain inadequate and urges to reverse this situation in the next MFF;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Condemns the atrocities practised on displaced people such as refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, especially women and girls, around the world, particul; calls on the Member States to take all necessarly in Venezuela and on members of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar.measures to ensure the protection of women migrants, refugees and asylum seekers such as legal counselling, access to health, safe spaces for women and children and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTIQ people; calls on the EEAS to raise and promote global awareness on LGBTIQ rights through the EU external actions in order to end the discrimination they face on a daily basis in line with its Guidelines to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by LGBTI Persons;