26 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2011/0000(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas rape and sexual abuse are used as weapons of war to humiliate and psychologically weaken the enemy; whereas victims are often stigmatised, rejected, mistreated and, in order to restore honour of the community, are sometimes even murdered,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Vienna Declaration, adopted on 25 June 1993 by the UN World Conference on Human Rights, states that ‘The human rights of women and of the girl-child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights’
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in many cases violence against women in armed conflicts constitutes not only physical and/or sexual abuse but also a violation of their economic, social and cultural rights
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in most countries, gender- related actions are not regarded as a high priority, gender being seen as a subsidiary issue and cultural, religious and socio- economic practices being used as excuses for obstructing progress in the area of gender equality and women’s rights,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas history has shown that the making of war appears to be a highly male-dominated activity and that therefore there is reason to expect that the particular skills of women in dialogue and non-violence might contribute in a very positive way to peaceful conflict prevention and management,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women’s participation in governance, whether in time of peace or war, continues to be limited, yet it remains a top priority and a critical element for achieving gender equality,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the presence of women at the negotiating table and in active roles in peaceful transitions constitute a necessary but insufficient step towards democracy and gender equality and therefore women require support and accompaniment on this political journey,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the underlying causes of the vulnerability of women in conflict situations often lie in a general social undervaluation of women and their limited access, inter alia, to education and the labour market, and whereas the emancipation of women is therefore a necessary precondition for combating gender-specific violence in armed conflicts,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas, in post-conflict countries undergoing processes of reconstruction and reintegration, institutional mechanisms and commitments to gender equality are effective first steps toward protecting and promoting women’s rights; whereas the involvement of all relevant actors, such as governments and political representatives, NGOs, civil society groups and academics, as well as the direct participation of women’s groups and networks, is the essential pre- condition for achieving shared and sustainable development,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas it is crucial to provide financial and technical support to women’s organisations in order to promote programmes for the most vulnerable members of the population, including migrant, internally displaced and refugee women;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the positive role that women play in conflict resolution and in post-conflict reconstruction and in particular in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programmes and stresses the importance of ensuring adequate technical and financial assistance in support of programmes enabling women to participate to the full in the conduct of peace negotiations and empowering women in civil society as a whole, and to ensure full participation of women in DDR programmes;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for adequate EU funding, including under the Instrument for Stability, for supporting women’s effective participation in representative institutions at national and local level as well as innd in all decision-making levels in conflict resolution, peace negotiations, peace- building and post-conflict planning;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that in post-conflict situations, women’s peace movements and women’s organisations should receive pedagogical, political, financial and legal support, so as to bring about a democratic society respectful of women’s rights as well as gender equality in constitutional, legislative and policy reforms;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a tactic of warand weapon of war and stresses that this phenomenon needs to be addressed through support programmes for victims;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Condemns violence against women in all circumstances but calls for zero tolerance of the sexual exploitation of children, girls and women in armed conflicts and refugee camps; demands severe administrative and criminal penalties for humanitarian staff, representatives of international institutions, peacekeeping forces and diplomats guilty of such exploitation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of NGOs and women’s organisations in identifying women’s problems and in finding adequate solutions, in developing the democratic processes and stability in the post-conflict regions; encourages the work of these NGOs and suggests the sharing of best practice in the field of gender equality among the countries concerned, as well as with European NGO networks;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Demands that women who are victims of ill-treatment and violence during conflicts be able to lodge complaints with international courts under conditions compatible with their dignity and under the protection of those courts against physical assault and trauma owing to their being questioned in situations which display insensitivity to trauma; demands that in such cases the women concerned obtain redress in both civil and criminal terms, and that assistance programmes be implemented to help them achieve economic, social and psychological reinsertion;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 - indent 3
Paragraph 9 - indent 3
– programmes providing health courses and easily accessible literature, notably on reproductive and sexual health, targeting women and men;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to complement the image of women as vulnerable victims with an image of women as a highly differentiated group of social actors, who possess valuable resources and capacities and who have their own agendas; women influence the course of events, and they must shape the development process; considers that women who have been victims of war, should no longer be seen only as war victims but rather as actors of stabilisation and conflict resolution; stresses that women in general can only fulfil this role once equally represented in political and economic decision-making;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that people’s understanding of the role of women in post-war societies and of their contributions to post-war reconstruction must go beyond the universalistic narrative of "women’s experience of war" and that the specificity and diversity of women’s experiences must be acknowledged;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to mainstream a gender perspective into peace research, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping operations, post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction and to ensure a gender component in field programmes;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights the Commission’s call for the EU to support third countries in complying with and implementing international obligations, such as The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, The Cairo Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action , and UN Millennium Declaration;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the importance of awareness-raising campaigns in the fight against stereotypes, discrimination (gender-based, cultural, religion-based) and domestic violence, and for gender equality in general; notes that these campaigns should be complemented by the promotion of a positive picture through female role models in the media and advertising, educational materials and the internet;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the important roll played by the EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace which aims to identify approaches with which to integrate gender equality and women’s human rights into new aid modalities, and to provide support for national partners’ efforts to fulfil international obligations on gender equality and to match their commitment to gender equality with adequate financial allocations in national development programmes and budgets; stresses that this project has a specific focus on the role of women in conflict and post- conflict situations, and especially on the proper implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Welcomes the various initiatives to create gender-specific early warning and conflict surveillance indicators, e.g. those taken in the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Council of Europe, the Swiss Foundation for Peace, International Alert and the Forum on Early Warning and Early Response;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Emphasises the importance of putting women at the centre of water supply, sanitation and hygiene policy in conflict and post conflict areas and emphasises, therefore, the importance of increasing access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and water for productive uses;