13 Amendments of Arba KOKALARI related to 2019/2167(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG5) is to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls worldwide; whereas no development strategy can be effective unless women and girls play a central role, and whereas SDG5 must be mainstreamed horizontally into different policy fields where EU has competence to act;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas achieving gender equality by 2030 requires the full awareness and unwavering commitment by EU and its Member States; whereas this includes the promotion of women’s and girl’s full enjoyment of all human rights, gender equality and the empowerment and promotion of women and girls as a priority across all areas of policy and action; whereas the EU Gender Action Plan(GAP) II is a key tool to contribute to achieving these goals and must be safeguarded against any deterioration and progress must be accelerated;
Amendment 28 #
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; 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 climate change; whereas there are studies highlighting growing backlash against women’s and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQ+) rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peaceLGBTIQ+ persons are protected under existing international human rights law, and whereas the “EU Guidelines on LGBTI” serve to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by LGBTI persons;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas men and women are affected differently in conflict, post- conflict and fragile situations; whereas women are not only victims but also agents of positive change, who could contribute to conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction; whereas the importance of meaningful participation of women and girls in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and conflict resolution as well as in building the resilience of local communities must be highly considered;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas women and girls might experience different forms of discrimination; whereas one in three women in the world is likely to experience physical and sexual violence at some point in her lifetime; whereas 14 million girls are forced into marriage every year;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to WPS represents significant progress in terms of the EU’s engagement with the WPS agenda; whereas the EU should increase its efforts in addressing conflict related sexual and gender-based violence;
Amendment 115 #
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 incorporates 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; underlines the importance of engaging men and boys in the process as agents of change;
Amendment 127 #
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 inclusion of promoting the WPS agenda in the Joint Declaration on EU-NATO cooperation 2018; 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 SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Adviser on gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity in terms of staff and resources assigned to this position, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; calls on the VP/HR to create an organisational division within the EEAS on gender equality and the WPS agenda, and to have a full-time gender adviser in each EEAS Directorate, reporting directly to the Principal Adviserthat is integrated with the EEAS Directorates and provides sufficient assistance in realising the WPS agenda;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023, but regrets the lack of specific and measurable objectives; calls for it to be updated in order to include concrete and binding goals on the presence of women in management positions; recommends a target of 50 % of management positions being held by women, including as Heads of Delegation and Heads of CSDP missions and operations; regrets, in addition, the absence of other diversity targets and of overall diversity in the EU institutions, especially regarding race, ability and ethnic backgrounds;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Condemns all forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, honour crimes, female genital mutilation (FGM) and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention, as the first legally binding international instrument seeking to prevent and combat violence against women, this way setting an example worldwide and making their commitment to eradicate such violence credible in the EU external relations;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health contributes to the achievement of all the health-related SDGs, such as prenatal care and measures to avoid high- risk births and reduce infant and child mortality; points out that access to family planning and maternal health services are important elements for saving women’s lives;