5 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas violence against women is the most widespread violation of fundamental rights in the European Union and throughout the world, and whereas it affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and represents a major barrier to equality between women and men;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental right and a common principle of the EU and whereas, despite the progress made over the years, gender equality remains an unachievable goal;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the fact that the report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights contains a paragraph on the directive seeking to improve the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges, as a way of promoting fundamental rights in order to achieve genuine equality between women and men on boards of directors;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to review their national legislation and repeal provisions that discriminate against women, as was recently the case as regards the rules governing one Member State’s national retirement scheme, which determined the ‘normal retirement age’ differently depending on the gender of the person concerned, and, where women applicants were concerned, depending on the number of children they had raised1; __________________ 1Judgmentof the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 April 2013, Blanka Soukupová v Ministerstvo zemědělství.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the implementation of national strategies concerning respect for and the safeguarding of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; insists on the role of the Union in awareness-raising and promoting best practices on this issue, given that health is a fundamental human right essential for the exercise of other human rights;