5 Amendments of Alojz PETERLE related to 2017/2275(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas various international charters and laws prohibit the marriage of minors; whereas early and forced marriage has a very negative impact on the personal development of the individuals concerned and on the children resultingborn from the marriage;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas child, early and forced marriages are linked to high rates of maternal mortality, lower use of family planning and unwanted pregnancies, and and pregnancy at a premature age, which usually signal the end of a girl’s education;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on legislators, both in the EUEU Member States and in third countries, to set the minimum age for marriage at 18 years and to provide themselves with the administrative, legal and financial means to be able to comply with this requirement;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes it is important to comprehensively tackle the multiple causes of early and forced marriage, including age-old traditions having little regard for gender equality and women’s affairspractices which fail to incorporate gender equality, the lack of educational opportunities and, very often, the endemic poverty in the communities concerned;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point f
Paragraph 8 – point f
f. the implementation of these programmes builds on the relevant conventions and texts, as well as the specific goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 25 September 2015 in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 3 (‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’), Goal 4 (‘Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning’) and Goal 5 (‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’), including access to all sexual and reproductive health services, in particular safe abortion for girls;