Activities of Florent MARCELLESI related to 2017/2015(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender equality in EU trade agreements (debate) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on gender equality in EU trade agreements PDF (517 KB) DOC (93 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Gender Equality in EU Trade Agreements
Amendments (6)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure that the objectives of the SDGs, in particular Goal 5 on gender equality, the Gender Action Plan 2016- 2020 (GAP II), the Strategic engagement for equality between women and men 2016-2019, and Aid for Trade are fully reflected and implemented in EU foreign policies;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with concern that many difficulties remain to assess the relationship between trade and gender, due to a number of factors, including a lack of data; stresses the need to better understand the gender dynamics associated to trade agreements, which requires to use sex-disaggregated statistics in every single sector of the economy concerned;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that data used in trade impact assessment should be sector-based since the impacts of trade liberalisation vary from one sector to the other; notes that it could impact women negatively in sectors such as agriculture and food processing; in this respect, although they predominate in world food production (50 to 80%), women own less than 20% of land, hence, increasing commercial demands on and for land are also creating challenges for poor women to gain or retain secure and equitable land access;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that a gender analysis should not only be limited to employment effects, but encompass public provision of social services; notes in this respect that the reduction of tax revenue of developing countries through tariff cuts could have a negative impact on the rights of women, as it could result in reducing the capacity of states to fund social services;
Amendment 40 #
4. Reiterates its concerns about the possiblStresses the risk that a reduction of state capacity to uphold human rights could have a disproportionate effect on the more vulnerable groups, including women; urges the EU to ensure that trade and investment treaties do not lead to the privatisation of baspublic services resulting from trade and investment agreements,, that could lead to gender inequality; and highlights that the issue of public provision of social services is especially salient for gender equality, given that changes in access to such services, and their quality, creates a gender-uneven distribution of unpaid care work;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to adapt trade policies to support national efforts in order to comply with the Paris Agreement, bearing in mind that women are the first victims of climate change;