12 Amendments of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2012/2289(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the situation in middle-income countries (MICs), where 75% of the world's poor people live, should not be overlooked when reviewing the MDGs;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Affirms that the Millennium Development Goals defined in 2000 are part of many successes in middle-income countries and developing countries and these results must be rightly analysed for the future framework in order to achieve more global and sustainable results;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the global landscape has dramatically changed over the last decade, as has the nature of poverty, with inequalityan increased gap and inequality between and within countries becoming a major issue in the context of its eradication;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the integration of gender mainstreaming into a growth-oriented approach to end poverty and for the inclusion of gender equality into all EU programmes, policies and strategies;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the importance of reducing gender gaps in education for raising the average quality of human capital and in health for better progress in improving maternal health and reducing child mortality rates;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that universal health coverage (UHC) and high quality education for all should be considered to be major goals of the post- 2015 agenda;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recommends the creation of an overarching equality goal, both within and between countries;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the EU to support developing countries in building up their political will and in increasing efforts to improve the level of implementation of legal human rights instruments; and in promoting non-discrimination and fighting any legal, policy, regulatory barriers and punitive provision based on age, gender, ethnicity, race, caste, religion, belief, disability, HIV status, social status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other status;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Urges the EU to lead with one strong and single voice during the discussions on the post-2015 framework and up until the UN Summit;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point b
Paragraph 39 – point b
b. the future agenda should be ambitious, universal, global in nature, multidimensional and flexible, with targets tailored to each developing country which are simple, concise, action-oriented and, easy to communicate, and adapted to local, national and regional contexts with a limited number of concrete targets and measurable goals;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point d
Paragraph 39 – point d
d. the success of future goals may be determined by the ability of developingall countries to lift the most vulnerable people out of poverty, fight inequality and at the same time uphold human rights principles;