Activities of Diana RIBA I GINER related to 2020/2121(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period
Amendments (15)
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that intersecting disadvantages create additional barriers and negative socio-economic impacts for specific groups of women, therefore the safety and, protection and socioeconomic well- being of all persons must be secured by taking due account of an intersectional approach in the crisis and post-crises measures;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries due to a lack of sufficient resources to guarantee their safety and protection; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings, and to ensure older women’s wellbeing, including access to care and healthcare services and economic independence; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. InvitesCalls on the Member States to continue supporting migrant women and men throughensure access to critical healthcare during the crisis and post-crisis for migrant people; highlights the need for refugee and reception centres to take due account of women’s and girls’ needs in view of the known challenges of social distancing and maintaining hygiene, as well as their vulnerability to gender-based violence;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Calls on the Member States to regularise the situation of migrants by linking citizenship rights to residency;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women, who face challenges in maintaining hygwomen with Romani background, who face entrenched discrimination and ongoing violations of their rights and experience and adhering to confinement measures due to a lack ofincreased protection risks due to a lack of adequate measures to guarantee their access to basic infrastructure, services and information;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Deplores instances of xenophobic and racial discrimination and urges the Commission and the Member States to adopt an intersectional approach in their responses that addresses the needs of marginalised population groups, including racial and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to gender-based violence, including FGM and chilearly and forced marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; underlines the importance ofdemands strengthened supporting for women’s human rights defenders and women’s rights organisations, including SRHR organisations;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritize global solidarity by maintaining sufficient level of ODA funding, and by supporting partner countries’ response to the crisis in a comprehensive manner, including to ensure access to SRHR; calls on the EU to focus on health systems strengthening and universal access to SRHR as part of Universal Health Coverage in its humanitarian and development response to the COVID-19 pandemic; demands that the new MFF and in particular the NDICI prioritise gender equality and women’s rights across geographic and thematic programmes;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36 b. Calls on the European Commission to include women and girls at the heart of its global response and to fully involve them, listen to their voices and empower them to be an active part of the response to the pandemic;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)
Paragraph 36 c (new)
36 c. Calls on the European Commission to include health, and in particular sexual and reproductive health, as a priority in the new Gender Action Plan III;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 d (new)
Paragraph 36 d (new)
36 d. Urges the EU to include in trade agreements a requirement for economic partners to ratify and implement ILO Convention 156 on workers with family responsibilities, Convention 189 on domestic workers and Convention 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 e (new)
Paragraph 36 e (new)
36 e. Urges the Council and the Commission to ensure that gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting are at the centre of all measures linked to the recovery, incorporating lessons learned about the diversity of needs of women;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 f (new)
Paragraph 36 f (new)
36 f. Calls on the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy as a matter of utmost urgency, with a clear timeline, robust engagement across all parts of the Commission, strongly coordinated and monitored through the Task Force for Equality in collaboration with the DG JUST Gender Equality Unit;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences, and to allocate adequate budgetary resources to tackling these needs, as well as to the monitoring of this spending on women, to ensure that the crisis does not exacerbate existing inequalities, and that at least half of the resources are spent on women’s jobs and the advancement of women’s rights, as well as to ensure the participation of gender equality bodies in partnership agreements, the implementation of gender impact assessments as a requirement to access EU funds and the monitoring of this spending through the collection of gender- disaggregated data and gender equality indicators, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; emphasises that preparatory action is the best way to build resilience in all areas for future crises;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Calls for the inclusion of gender equality as one of the policy priorities to be tackled in the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe, to ensure gender balance in its bodies and the involvement of women’s rights organisations and women organisations to ensure that the EU post-Covid takes women’s needs into account;