28 Amendments of Cindy FRANSSEN related to 2019/2167(INI)
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 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 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas including gender analysis and a gender perspective constitutes a foundation of effective and lasting conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; whereas the dominant narrative around women and girls is one of victimization that deprives women and girls of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change, with an increasing body of evidence illustrating that women’s participation in peace processes plays a significant role in determining its durability and success, since they put on the table issues such as political reform, implementation and social inequalities;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. Whereas girls today will be the ones dealing with the consequences of conflicts and emergencies in the future, and in the case of protracted conflicts, are the ones growing up in long-lasting damaging conditions; whereas girls have specific needs and face specific challenges that are distinct from those of adult women, that the wider categories of ‘children’ or ‘women’ often fail to recognise;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peach and Security (WPS) emphasises the need for concrete commitments and actions, as well as the need to engage, protect and support women and girls to achieve lasting peace and security as intrinsic components of human rights and sustainable development; whereas the EU Strategic Approach to WPS represents significant progress in terms of the EU’s engagement with the WPS agenda;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the original Gender Action Plan I (2010-2015) (GAP I) brought some progress, but was also marked by a number of shortcomings: narrow scope, absence of gender- responsive budgeting, weak understanding of the gender equality framework by the EU delegations, lack of commitment on the part of the EU leadership, and lack of institutional architecture and incentives to motivate and adequately support staff;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the new Gender Action Plan II 2016-2020 (GAP II) emerged from Parliament’s recommendations with a focus on shifting EU institutional culture at headquarters and delegation levels in order to create a systemic change in how the EU approaches the principle of equality between women and men, as well as on transforming women’s and girls’ lives through four pivotal areas; whereas the four pivotal areas created within GAP II are: ensuring girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity; promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women; strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; and a horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy is highly dependent on a successful implementation and evaluation of the Gender Action Plan II (GAP II)in order to recommend actions for an improved future GAP framework (a new EU Gender Action Plan III in2020); whereas the ambitious gender equality targets within GAP III should include other dimensions, such as age and disability in order to ensure positive compounding effects;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas GAP II constituted an important step forward in fostering gender equality in the EU’s external relations, but its implementation still displays with a number of positive trends; whereas there also a number of shortcomichallenges such as a narrow scope, the absence of gender-responsive budgeting, a lack of commitment on the part of the EU’s leaders, and a lack of institutional architecture and incentives to motivate and adequately support staffas regards the reporting and implementation of key priorities and gender-related SDGs and the monitoring of progress on all objectives, as well as in terms of gender mainstreaming in policy dialogue; whereas even greater commitment of the EU’s leaders is of vital importance to achieve tangible results in terms of enhanced gender equality worldwide; whereas efficient use of the existing and future EU resources with gender responsive budgeting plays an important role, in particular in time of challenges in front of the next MFF, budgetary constraints and post COVID-19 crisis implications;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU delegations and missions are on the frontline of implementing GAP II in partner countries, and the leadership and knowledge of delegation and mission heads and staff play a significant role in ensuring the successful implementation of GAP II; whereas it is recommended that more women access leadership and management posts in EU delegations;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but important shortcomings continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR; whereas, in this context, there is a strong need to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the right of every individual to have full control over matters related to their SRHRs free from discrimination and violence; whereas there is the need for access to sexual and reproductive health information, education and health-care services;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Commission, the High Representative and the Member States to further strengthen their support for gender equality, the full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls and their empowerment across the globe and to play a key and increasing role in streamlining and leveraging resources to that end;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that GAP II has served an important purpose and supported the entire EU foreign policy agenda, and welcomes in this regard the choice of three thematic pillars, namely ensuring girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity, promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women, and strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; stresses that these pillars are intended to tackle the main factors and causes involved in discrimination and marginalisation; also takes note of the horizontal pillar consisting of 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;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that progress has been uneven across the thematic priorities and amongst different EU actors; calls therefore for greater efforts by the Commission, the High Representative and all Member States to fully implement the EU’s gender equality policy in external relations and attain the minimum performance standards set out in the Gender Action Plan;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that the new EU Gender Action Plan should explicitly cover protection, participation and advancing women’s rights in all contexts and include fragile states and conflict-related contexts;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RStresses that in many parts of the world, women’s and girl’s full guarantee of human rights are being held back, and civil society organisations (CSOs), including women’s and girl’s rights organisations, are facing increasing challenges in the shrinking democratic space globally ;recommends that GAP III be accompanied by clear, measurable, time- bound indicators of success, including an attribution of responsibility to different actors, and with clear objectives in each partner country, developed in close corporation with the partner country and civil society organisations (CSOs)with an active inclusion of local CSOs, local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other relevant civil society actors of the partner country;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that girls and young women are particularly vulnerable and that specific focus is needed to ensure their access to all levels of education; calls in this regard for the consideration of a range of opportunities in the field of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM subjects);
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognize girls and young women as drivers of change, and to support their safe, meaningful and inclusive participation in civic and public life; stresses the positive impact girls, young women and women have in achieving sustainable peace and social cohesion, including through local girls and women- led initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to take into consideration the feedback of youth- led organisations and to support them through capacity-building as youth bear the biggest burden to conflicts and disasters and are key actors of change;
Amendment 188 #
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 divisionstresses, in this context, the need for a more efficient use of resources assigned to this position, given the constraints of the EU budget in general, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; calls on the EEAS to continue further its efforts with gender mainstreaming of the work in each EEAS Directorate and encourage its staff to work closely within the EEAS on guropean Institute for Gender eEquality and the WPS agenda, and to have a full-time gender adviser in each EEAS Directorate, reporting directly to the Principal Adviser(EIGE), providing high quality research and data to support better informed and evidence based decision- making by policy makers and other key stakeholders working to achieve gender equality; stresses that knowledge sharing between the EU institutions and agencies is substantial and highly efficient tool to avoid high administrative costs and unnecessary increase in bureaucracy;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for a continued cultural shift, including the better coordination between EU institutions and between these institutions and the EU Member States; calls, in this regard, for a better inclusion of gender equality and human rights considerations in policy and political dialogue, to further strengthen the role in fostering accountability in the humanitarian system;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines the need for a simplified method of reporting in all of EU’s gender-related aspects in order to keep bureaucracy to a minimum; calls for the development of online reporting, clear templates and the issuing of a guidebook to facilitate the work of the delegations;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Underlines the importance of EU Member States to continue to substantially improve the use of gender analysis and the consistent gender mainstreaming, including the collection and use of sex-and age-disaggregated data and gender sensitive indicators in identification, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of all processes in the EU’s external action; underlines that these areas shall include trade, infrastructure-related investment, private sector investment and security- related initiatives and climate change, particular attention should be paid in all external actions to thematic areas which have a potential gender transformative objective and content;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls foron the EU and the Member States to comply withstrengthen their efforts to enhance equality between women and men, following all international commitments and best practices related to the global gender equality agenda; calls, furthermore, for them to encourage and support partner states to repeal the reservations they have entered with regard to hrough recommendations to advance women’s rights, highlighting the importance of complying with the commitments contained in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW,) and to implement, the Declaration and the Action Plan from the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, including through legislation among others; highlights the importance of the OECD/DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance; welcomes in this context the focus on addressing abuse and harassment by relevant stakeholders in development cooperation, in the humanitarian context and in conflict-related settings in Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance;
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 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;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Notes the continued progress on the implementation of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls worldwide, which amounted to EUR270 million committed for programmes in Africa and Latin America in 2018;callsfor the EU’s strong leadership on the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies and the support provided to the survivors of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence, reminds the Commission and the EU Member States the importance of the outcome of the Oslo Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises;