Activities of Christine ANDERSON related to 2019/2169(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality
Amendments (11)
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies, and as a decisive, clear and ambitious policy framework to counter attacks on women’s rights and gender equality; underlines the importance of the chosen dual approach, consisting of targeted measures and the consistent application of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as cross-cutting principles, and welcomes the strong link between the areas of work and the elimination of stereotypes, gender biases andall kinds of discrimination;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the announcement of several complementary strategies and calls for a strategic framework to connect them, and for an intersectional approach to be adopted in all of themstrategies to promote the concept of merit in the workplace and respect for human dignity, promoting engagement for the support of family and birth-rate policies;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establishdetermine concrete timeframes and additionalfurther targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectivelyin cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul ConventionCondemns female genital mutilation and calls on the Member States to impose the mandatory reporting of any such cases by the healthcare system, teachers, law enforcement authorities and social service professionals, ifn the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issuesame way as for other types of abuse, such as child abuse, and to systematically pursue those responsible for such acts; welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to assist and support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focusfocus on violence against women, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposevictims of sexual exploitation and organ trafficking; insists on the vital importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demandcompletely eradicate these crimes;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises women's contribution and their vital role in raising children, particularly minors, by recognising the role of mothers who decide to devote themselves to the well-being and protection of the family unit;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. DemandsHighlights the importance of support foring women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EUnion and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks and counter-narrativethe institutions to pay continuous attention to the state of play in relation to women’s rights;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of gender mainstreamingprotection of women's rights and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, throughincluding in the field of external relations;