12 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2020/2215(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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1. Reaffirms that sExpresses its concern on the rise of extremist discourse that threatens the upholding of Sexual and rReproductive health and rights (Human Rights (SRHR) both within and outside the EU; reaffirms that SRHR) are grounded in human rights, are fundamental elements of human dignity, and remain crucial to achieving gender equality;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls for the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel; recalls that girls living in the EU territory are also subject to the risk of suffering FGM while visiting their countries of origin, mainly in the framework of family visits; considers that it is important that all member States, including regional and local administrations, share their best practices on protocols to prevent FGM committed to girls that travel to countries or regions where FGM is significantly practiced; calls on all EU Member States who have not done so yet to enact specific criminal law on FGM in order to prosecute this crime more effectively when it is committed outside their territories;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services and maternal healthcare; stresses the importance of improving the availability of contraceptive methods in developing countries, especially for adolescent girls who are at greater risk of complications in case of pregnancy; affirms that all women and girls are entitled to make their own free and informed choices with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and lives;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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3a. Reminds that the quality of maternal healthcare is an important indication of the development of a country; believes that development cooperation should help partner countries to uphold the right to health in the context of pregnancy and childbirth through the establishment of decent maternal health services that effectively decrease infant mortality, as well as deaths related to complications of childbirth;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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4. Insists that CSE programmes in the school system are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and, childbirth and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases; recalls the role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school and being excluded from the labour market;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls that safe and legal abortion care is anchored in women’s and adolescent girls' health and rights; warns about the worrying backlash on women’s rights over their bodies in both developing countries and the EU; stresses the need for the full implementation of the Maputo Protocol, especially Article 14;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries; believes that in order to ensure that no one is left behind the SRHR thematic policy area of GAPIII should ensure that no woman or girl is discriminated because of her belonging to a particular social class, ethnicity, religion, race or disability group; notes that regional and local administrations, in their role of administrations closest to citizens and civil society, can play a key role to ensure that no one is left behind when implementing the SRHR thematic policy of GAP III;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in its development cooperation policy; stresses that it is essential to ensure that development cooperation policy involves civil society organisations which are directly implicated in the defence of SRHR in developing countries;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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8. EBelieves that the EU needs to promote that all partner countries integrate SRHR services into national public health strategies and programmes; emphasises that SRHR services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth- friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status or economic resources, including during conflicts and disasters;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
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9. Reiterates its call on both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States to commit to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of SRHR free from discrimination, coercion and violence and to the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action; calls on the Commission to take into account SRHR when negotiating and enforcing human rights clauses in trade agreements;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
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10. Recalls that asylum seekers and refugees are too often victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution; points out that asylum seekers and refugees have more problems to access maternal care, contraceptive methods, safe abortion or services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases; insists that effective access to SRHR for these populations is critical for their survival.;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
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10a. Considers that violations of SRHR are often deeply engrained in societal values built upon the patriarchal concept of women’s role within the family and their ability to reproduce; underlines the need for development cooperation programmes to boost cultural change in order to improve societal views on SRHR; believes that actions aiming at empowering civil societies in partner countries, mainly organizations defending the rights of women and girls, are vital in order to generate new societal attitudes and consensus that facilitate the recognition of SRHR.