Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2017/2015(INI)
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Amendments (17)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), and its Article 3 defining ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’, and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Sanctioning and Elimination of Violence against Women (Convention of Belem do Pará), of 1994;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to Chapter 7 of the Action Plan of the EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State 2015-2017, adopted in Brussels, in June 2015
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas leading gender roles, i.e. tasks and faculties attributed to men and women as their "nature" in a society, are deeply rooted in historical economic realities; whereas these realities are quickly changing in the current times of globalization; whereas trade policies have a significant impact on economic transformations and must therefore take account of their desired and non desired effects on gender; whereas trade policies, while reflecting these challenges, must proactively strengthen emancipatory elements of gender roles and discourage discriminatory practices; whereas trade policies should aim to reduce socio- economic gaps between the Global North and the Global South in terms of development and wealth, and between women and men, and realise women’s rights by ensuring decent work conditions for women and contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas country-specific and sector-specific assessments are of great importance; whereas women tend to be more concentrated in low-wage or low- status forms of formal and informal employment than men, leading to gender segregation in types of occupations and activities and gender gaps in wages and working conditions; whereas the use and abuse of gender stereotypes for the purpose of profits, in particular in Global Value Chains, the care economy and the agrobusiness, has led to this situation and must be addressed by modern trade policies;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas EU trade policies should identify and pay special attention to sectors particularly affected by practices contrary to progressive gender roles,; whereas EU trade policies should step up to take the global lead in formulating ambitious proposals to counter negative fixations of traditional gender roles;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the only area of gender equality in which DG Trade has demonstrated an interest so far is promoting female entrepreneurship; whereas there is an urgent need to tackle all aspects of gender equality, as all trade policies directly or indirectly affect gender roles, either confirming or transforming them; whereas these aspects include necessary changes in dysfunctional male stereotypes and outdated concepts of unquestioned male supremacy, as a condition to achieve a gender balance;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas sexual violence as an undue, but frequent response to male job and/or prestige loss in a changing economic environment, has to be addressed when formulating trade policies;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas special attention must be given to thepotentially negative consequences of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare and their impact on gender roles, unpaid and invisible double work for women, must be reflected by the negotiating partners, and be reversed by an agreement for clear and enforceable policy measures ahead of any trade deal;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the EU Commission, when working on the legal framing of relatively new trade policy areas such as e-commerce should factor in since the start its impact on gender roles, work-live balance and the amount of unpaid work;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies require a clearer framework aiming to enhance women’s livelihoods, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justice and international solidarity, and need to also address toxic masculinities as a key obstacle to women's and men's emancipation and consequently gender balance;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that all EU negotiating directives for trade agreements shall contain a or several chapters on goals to be achieved with respect to gender beyond job creation, with a special emphasis on improving the work life balance, offering living wages for both sexes and the dismantling of male and female stereotypes; furthermore insists that all bilateral and international trade agreements must include safeguard clauses enabling the contracting parties to regulate and also reverse liberalisation in order to protect fundamental objectives such as gender equality, human rights, public health and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists that all Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments, elaborated ex-ante before the negotiation of trade agreements and carried out again ex-post, contain disaggregated data on job creation and losses with respect to men and women, the evolution of living wages, of work time, of unpaid care work, of the relationship between productive and reproductive work in the perspective of the intended (or concluded) trade agreement;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that a special emphasis in SIAs ex-ante and ex-post as well as in negotiating directives should be put on public procurement, as a privileged place for gender sensitive policies; on services, with a potential to increase unpaid female work, if not otherwise legally framed; and on large scale mining and agroindustry, where potential outbreaks of violence have to be prevented;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks for a quick gender analysis of ongoing legislative proposals for the framing of e-commerce and expects a Commission paper on this issue in the shortest delay;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the impact of growing agricultural exports is generally less favourable to women than to men, as emerging trends indicate that small farmers, many of whom are women, are often not in a position to compete in overseas markets; asks the Commission to collect concrete data on traditional gender disaggregated ownership of land, developments under trade agreements, forecasts for the coming years and come up with proposals on measures ensuring gender equality in the farming sector;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the Commission to systematically include in its annual reports on the implementation of trade agreements gender-disaggregated information and data on the development as regards ownership, work life balance and the relationship of productive and reproductive work in sectors where trade variations have occurred over the past year;