Activities of Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA related to 2021/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Gender Action Plan III (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU Gender Action Plan III
Amendments (51)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the communication from the European Commission, A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 of March 2020,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2019-2024 adopted in 2019,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2021/947 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas more countries are in emergency situations as a result of conflicts, natural disasters and climate change and whereas women and girls are affected in a disproportionate manner;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender based violence is the most extreme form of gender inequality;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas with regard to healthcare services and services relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights, access must be universal;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the pandemic is having a serious impact on women and girls, and has exacerbated existing gender inequalities particularly in termsmpacting ofn access to education and healthcare, and is resulting in increasing gender violence and economic inequalities;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas measures to combat inequality will be of fundamental importance to the recovery; and should imply development support alongside comprehensive debt relief measures involving all private and public creditors which help bolster public finances, tackle tax-motivated illicit financial flows and prevent COVID-19 related expenditure from overtaking other crucial spending;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the adoption of EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III), its commitments and comprehensive objectives; Deplores the fact that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions of the GAP III owing to objections from four Member States to the word ‘gender’;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for full implementation of GAP III in every aspect of EU external action and to ensure Policy Coherence for Development through systematic gender impact assessment to avoid any negative impacts of EU policies on women and girls’ rights and gender equality;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates that actions to implement GAP III have to be guided by the ambition of addressing the root causes of gender inequalities and that limited funding and understaffing are fundamental obstacles to implementing EU objectives on gender equality and gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the inclusion of intersectionality as a core principle of the GAP III but regrets the lack of targets, indicators and specific actions in order to implement it; Reiterates the call for all EU action to take into account intersecting identities and levels of oppression and to recognise that women and girls in all their diversity are not affected equally by gender inequalities as they are compounded by other factors such as race, age, ethnicity, ability, migration status, sexual orientation, gender identity among others; regrets that the GAP III does not include a focus and targets to support the promotion of the rights of LGBTIQ+ people;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Expects the missing specific and measurable baselines and targets to be added to the Working Document without further delay, as well as respective roadmaps and timelines for all objectives, as well as penalties in case of non- fulfilment;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for an annual and external assessment of GAPthe GAP III results at every level and every stage, against targeted and measurable objectives, which should be done in a transparent and inclusive way and incorporate the input of civil society and NGOs on the ground;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on EU missions and delegations and on the Member States to cooperate closely in the implementation of GAP IIIReiterates the key role EU and Member States missions and delegations play in ensuring an effective implementation of GAP III and calls on EU missions and delegations and on the Member States to cooperate closely in the implementation of GAP III using all diplomatic and programmatic tools at disposal; Welcomes the introduction of the country-level Implementation plans (CLIPs) and insists that all CLIPS be made public and translated into local languages to ensure more effective monitoring of progress;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for close ties to be established with organisationalwomen rights networks and ministries in partner countries and calls for an annual dialogue regarding GAP III implementation, encompassing stakeholderin order to enhance the effectiveness and country ownership over the implementation of GAP III and its CLIPs; Calls for an annual dialogue with the European Parliament regarding GAP III implementation, with the participation of diverse and of relevant stakeholders working on women’s and girls’ rights and, in particular, local civil society;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for funding for local women’s organisations to be increasedthe inclusion of a specific target for funding women’s rights organisations and civil society; Calls for direct funding for local and small women’s civil society organisations to be increased, and for administrative constraints imposed on them to be reduced in order to facilitate their access to funding; condemns all moves to clamp down on women’s rights activists and urges all governments to protect, support and cooperate with independent civil society organizations and social campaigns and programmes that promote understanding and awareness on gender equality and women’s rights;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls strongly for GAP III to be coordinated with other initiatives, such as the Spotlight Initiative, whose effectiveness needs to be improved and budget increased;budget should be increased, while its effectiveness can be improved in line with its recent mid-term assessment and by drawing lessons from the new context created by the COVID-19 Pandemic; calls for the funds allocated to the Spotlight Initiative to be renewed after the current programme ends in 2022 and for the Programme to be prolonged throughout the whole multi- annual financing period and across sub regions.
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomStresses the fact that at least 85% of all new external actions implemented through the Global Europe - NDICI instrument will be required to incorporate gender as a significant or principal objective as defined by the gender equality policy marker of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, and at least 5 % of these actions should have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal objective; Reminds that the 5% target was already archived in 2019 and calls for greater ambition, increased support and concrete earmark funding for gender targeted initiatives to be included in GAP III; stresses that the funding objectives set should also be quantified in terms of concrete dedicated funding and not just a percentage of the overall programmes;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for GAP III to incorporate clear tools to track the total amount of gender equality spending, to go beyond the “tick-the-box” logic that quantifies programmes and assess the qualitative impact in terms of promoting gender equality of these initiatives;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that achieving gender equality and a proper implementation of the GAP III is not possible without gender-responsive leadership; Welcomes the commitment to ensure gender balanced management in HQ EEAS and external COM services, EU Delegations and CSDP Missions and operations and stresses the need that mission letter and job description of Heads of Delegation include specific reference to gender equality, implementing the GAP III and that its evaluations include specific criteria on work undertaken to ensure GAP III and gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the commitment to introduce gender equality and GAP III training for all managers at Head Quarters and EU delegations and calls for this measure to be mandatory and extended to all staff working in EU external action; Recommends these trainings to include guidance on applying gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting, gender impact assessments and gender analyses and to develop gender equality guidelines for all EU delegations for implementing the GAP III;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Welcomes the GAP III commitment to ensure that that all EUD and HQ external services have Gender Advisors / Gender Focal Persons/Points (GFP) but stresses the need of these positions to be full time and with sufficient resources to perform their tasks; Calls once again for gender advisers to be also appointed in military CSDP missions;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for action to combat femicide and all types of violence against women and girls to be stepped up particularly in conflict and emergency situations where women and girls are in more vulnerable situations;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that child marriagesearly, forced and child marriages is a human rights violation which makes girls vulnerable to violence and abuse; points out that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is internationally recognised as a human rights violation with 125 million victims worldwide and 500 000 victims in the EU alone and at least three million girls are at risk of genital mutilation every year; calls for integrated action to prevent female genital mutilation and forced marriages particularly in conflict and emergency contexts;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to ensure a coherent long-term approach to stopping FGM both within and outside the EU thanks to improved synergies between internal and external EU programmes; reiterates its call to incorporate FGM prevention measures in all policy areas, including in health, asylum, education, employment, human rights policies and in cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses concern at the rise of conservative rhetoric and organised religious and other groupings, which is threatening to undermine sexual and reproductive health and rights inside and outside the Union;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Alongside the objectives set for GAP III, reiterates its call to the EU and its Member States to keep their commitments to the full and effective implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcomes of their review conferences;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for GAP III to attach greater importance to thesesexual and reproductive health and rights and for adequate and targeted funding to be allocated to them when programming the ‘Europe in the World’ instrumentGlobal Europe- NDICI instrument; calls on the Commission, the European External Action Service and the Member States to consider SRHR as a priority in the EU programming process, including in joint programming; Underlines the crucial role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights with regard to women’s bodies and their autonomy and urges that they be treated as essential public health issues accessible to all without discrimination; calls for universal access to comprehensive sexual education, contraception (CSE), effective contraception, prevention of HIV and STIs, and safe and legal abortion;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for measures to prevent girls from missing school during their periods by improving water sanitation and hygiene services as well as menstrual hygiene facilities on school premises and by combating stigmatisation in this area;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the importance of current CSE programmes as they provide information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth, in particular contraception and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and thus help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school and being excluded from the labour market; calls for CSE programmes to also address interpersonal relationships, sexual orientation, gender equality, gender norms, prevention of gender-violence, and consent, in order to encompass more comprehensively the diversity of gender- related information to women and girls;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates that the crisiseconomic crisis resulting from the pandemic is affecting women’s access to the labour market; stresses the need for the inclusion of a gender dimension in all recovery plans and for the EU to support the development of post-pandemic recovery plans and measures in partner countries to include gender considerations and gender transformative actions;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a comprehensive effort to provide girls with access to education and quality training tailored to the needs of the labour market; ensure that EU budget support, which has proven its efficiency in the field of education, remains the favoured modality to allow access to inclusive and quality education to all in developing countries;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Encouraging participation and leadership by women and girls
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. calls for the EU to ensure women and girls as well as women rights and grassroots organisations participate and lead in the implementation of GAP III in their countries; Calls for programme funding to promote the training and participation of women in public life as well as to advocate for the inclusion of local women rights organisations and women led frontline humanitarian responders in humanitarian coordination and decision-making structures;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates the need to combatDeplores the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and to combat impunitycalls on the urgent need to combat it as well as to combat impunity by bringing perpetrators to justice;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Ensuring a gender-responsive Humanitarian action
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Regrets that the recent ‘Communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles’, does not sufficiently address the growing needs of the issue of gender in humanitarian settings and only reminds that gender is an integrated elements of the humanitarian aid policy for protection from gender-based violence in case of emergencies, and alongside the objective of GAP III;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Given the prominent role of women as victims of conflicts and disasters calls on the Commission to provide more concrete elements on specific expenditure, programmes, tracking and assessment of gender related activities in humanitarian settings to assess on what has been done so far in this field, and elaborate new measures as part of its humanitarian action to further develop an adapted and efficient gender- responsive EU humanitarian action, able to properly address the needs of people in vulnerable situation, in particular women and girls and to support their empowerment;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Calls on the GAP III to give a high priority to gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU and Member States’ humanitarian aid response, as well as accountability and access to justice and redress for sexual and reproductive rights violations and gender-based violence, both in terms of training of humanitarian actors and funding;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Building a green and digital societclimate and biodiversity resilient economy
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Remains deeply concerned about the fact that the European Green Deal and related initiatives include neither a gender perspective nor concrete reference and targets on gender equality; Welcomes the inclusion in GAP III of the priority area on Climate change and environment and stresses the importance to add specific funding targets to deliver on the objectives set; Calls to ensure that women and girls play meaningful and leadership roles and are involved in the design and implementation of ambitious and localised preparedness, mitigation and adaptation programmes, therefore ensuring and effective gender transformative climate action;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Investing in a sustainable digital society
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Underlines that the transition to a more sustainable digital economy should take into account the huge implications for the mining sector and that there are growing concerns that mining will spread into sensitive forest landscapes, contributing to deforestation and forest degradation; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up efforts to foster responsible and sustainable mining practices respectful of the environment and human rights, while accelerating the transition towards a circular economy;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Stresses that the generation of e- waste worldwide poses challenges for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, notably regarding health and the environment; calls on the Commission through the commitments set in GAP III to step up efforts to develop responsible investment, so as to help minimise e-waste production, prevent illegal dumping and improper treatment of e-waste, promote the efficient use of resources and recycling, and create gender-inclusive jobs in the refurbishment and recycling sectors;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates the need for the EU to play a leading role at multilateral level in promoting feminist diplomacy; Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advance towards a feminist foreign and security policy that entails a gender transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations, gender norms, gender-based discrimination and women´s rights and agency at its centre;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recalls the Commission’s commitment to earmark EUR 4 billion from the external budget for women and girls and to increase funding for women’s organisations; calls for these commitments to be clarified and adequately monitored;