24 Amendments of Anna HEDH related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post-2015;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Presidency Trio declaration on gender equality of 19 July 2017 by Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas article 8 TFUE states that the European Union should, through all its actions inside and outside of the Union, aim at eliminating inequalities and promote equality between women and men;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the success of trade policy should also be judged on whether it positively impacts women and men equally, contributing to narrow the existing gender gaps, and not reproducing or exacerbating existing gaps and inequalities; whereas therefore the various and complex effects on women and men must be identified, analysed and monitored;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas a trade policy that increases inequalities and impacts people’s livelihoods negatively increases the pressure to migrate, especially for women, and must therefore be analysed and addressed;
Amendment 81 #
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 entrepreneurshipwomen are not only affected by trade and trade agreements as potential entrepreneurs, but also as consumers, workers in different sectors, like e.g. the export-oriented sector, services, agriculture or as caregivers; whereas these diverse roles need to be taken into account by trade policy in order to promote and empower women;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas civil society, particularly women’s rights organisations and trade unions, hasve the knowledge and potential to play a crucial role in shaping and monitoring trade policies in order to strengthen women’s rights and their economic empowerment;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas decisions on trade and trade agreements are only to a small extent made by women as negotiating teams, parliaments and governments are still far from achieving a gender balanced composition; whereas gender balance in these institutions could not only lead to a better integration of gender equality issues but also increase democratic legitimacy of decision-making;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas women rely more than men on the affordable access to healthcare and to medicines and their availability, especially with regards to their sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas an above-average number of women is employed in public services or in the public service sector and, as users of these services, are more dependent on high-quality, affordable, accessible and demand-driven public services than men, particularly with regard to social services such as child care and care for dependents; whereas cuts in national households and cuts to public services, as well as price increases, tend to shift this care burden nearly exclusively onto women which will consequently hinder gender equality;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies require a clearer framework aiming to enhancimprove women’s livelihooding and working conditions, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justice and international solidarity;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the EU is obliged to ensure a high level of protection of human, labour and consumer rights and of social and environmental standards as well as the promotion of gender equality; believes that these values should guide transnational and national trade, including all trade agreements that should also be used as a means of actively supporting these objectives;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to increase policy coherence among different but interlinked policies, such as trade, development, agriculture, employment, migration and gender equality, and to include the impact on women’s and girl’s rights, their empowerment, as well as the right to health, education, food, work and water; calls on the Commission to include these considerations in its impact assessments to counteract any negative impact from trade agreements, or from their interactions;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. URegrets that human rights often seem subordinated to corporate rights in trade relations; underlines the urgent need to adopt gender-sensitive binding human rights regulations on an international level to regulate transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding and enforceable measures to combat exploitation and improve working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberaliszation hasmight contributed to precarious labour rights and the increase of gender wage gaps;
Amendment 242 #
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 due to the lack of access to credit, information, land and networks as well as a lack of possibilities to comply with new rules and standards;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the fact that the SIAs done by the European Commission must use a gender-indicator in their analysis; regrets that the results do not seem to be fully incorporated in trade negotiations;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for the inclusion of a human rights clause in all trade agreements that includes gender equality, in order to guarantee the protection of girl’s and women’s rights and their participation in trade and services, as well as the inclusion of appropriate indicators to guarantee gender equality in the implementation of trade agreements;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that trading commitments in EU agreements should never overrule human rights, women’s rights or environmental concerns; and therefore suggests at least the inclusion of human rights experts in arbitration processes;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for mandatory ex-post evaluations from a gender perspective in order to analyse whether permanent and quality employment was created, changes in the composition of the labour force in different sectors could be detected, labour standards have been implemented or segregation in particular sectors has been challenged;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure inclusive participation in trade consultations, including women’s rights organisations, trade unions and civil society and thus increase transparency for European citizens;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the trade partners to prepare substantial and sustainable counter-measures on anticipated negative effects of trade agreements on women;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for gender balanced negotiating teams in order to fully take into account all gender aspects of trade agreements;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Asks the Commission to guarantee that ecological and social criteria, including gender equality criteria, can be applied in awarding public procurement contracts;