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25 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2022/2049(INI)

Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital M (new)
M. whereas the lack of women involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) represents an untapped catalyst for technological advancement; whereas scientific education such as STEM subjects is important for obtaining skills, decent work and the jobs of the future, as well as for breaking down gender stereotypes and biases that unjustly regard these as typically masculine fields;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Recital P (new)
P. whereas there has been a regrettable backsliding for women’s access to safe and legal abortions in some Member States; whereas access to SRHR, including safe and legal abortion, is a human right;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital S (new)
S. whereas 1 in 3 women have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Recital T (new)
T. whereas women’s and girls’ rights are still not adequately safeguarded in many parts of the world and the role for civil society, in particular women’s rights organisations, is becoming increasingly under threat in many countries;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;deleted
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;deleted
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on global actors to take all necessary legislative and administrative steps and measures to promote a culture of acceptance, mutual respect and human dignity for men and women at all stages of development and aging;deleted
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on global actors and the Member States to forcefully tackle the plight of women and girls throughout the world who are subjected to human trafficking and sexual exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims and to rigorously prosecute and reform male and female offenders, including by dismantling criminal gangs who prey on those duped into taking deadly journeys to enter the EU illegally;deleted
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging;deleted
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020-2024 to protect and empower women and girls by going beyond stereotypes; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self- determination, as enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.deleted
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the convention into the future EU directive on combatting gender-based violence;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Condemns all forms of female genital mutilation, forced and underage marriage, trafficking, “honour” violence and “honour” killings; calls for the EU and global actors to specifically target these issues;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Condemns all kinds of targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; reiterates UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to facilitate better cross-border communication and training to ensure a more efficient targeting of human traffickers who use borders as loopholes to further exploit their victims, the overwhelming majority of whom are women; notes that this has become even more relevant in the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Calls on the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing the role of women in humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights; also calls for the EU to address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life- saving health services in Ukraine;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Calls for Russia to be held accountable for all breaches of human rights against women and girls, including but not limited to, all accounts of sexual violence and rape; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, to protect and help victims and increase their access to justice;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Calls on all remaining Member States to fully ratify the Istanbul convention which represents a key means of forging a Europe which confronts and tackles all forms of gender-based violence and offers prevention mechanisms to reduce the number of future victims; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention without delay;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Encourages non-EU states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, improve women’s rights and strongly fight against all forms of gender-based violence;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Stresses that gender equality is a core value of the EU and one of its common and fundamental principles;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Calls on Member States to encourage greater participation of women in their respective democratic systems to tackle the discrepancy in the representation of women in democratic decision-making, with Sweden performing the best with over 46% elected women and Hungary the worst with just 14%; regrets in particular the lack of gender equality at a leadership level; therefore calls on the EU and other countries to strengthen its commitment to facilitate better participation of women in decision making in politics, business and civil society;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Regrets the backsliding in the rights for LGBTI women in some Member States, such as Poland, who face increasing barriers and hostility to living a life free from discrimination; Recall’s Ursula Von Der Leyen’s 2020 State of the Union speech where she declares that "LGBTI-free zones are humanity free zones. And they have no place in our Union.";
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6 n. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTI+ people across the EU and wider world; Calls on the EU and the Member States to up its efforts to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI+ citizens;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)
6 p. Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)
6 r. Calls on the EU to promote equal opportunities to access education around the world; Strongly urges the EU, including European External Action Service (EEAS), to counteract the appalling denial of girls’ education which represents a contravening of children’s human rights; recalls the particular significance of girls’ education in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 148 #
6 s. Calls on Member States to promote and encourage STEM learning from an early age to ensure that girls and women are not at an unfair disadvantage when later seeking employment in the scientific and technical sectors; recalls that equal opportunity to access the fields of science and technology are a prerequisite to ensure that women and girls can fully enjoy their human rights;
2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM