16 Amendments of Pier Antonio PANZERI related to 2016/2060(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. having regard to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979);
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. having regard to the UN Beijing Platform for Action (1995) for equality, development and peace;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. having regard to UN Security Council Resolutions 1820 (2008), 1325 (2000) and the recent Resolution 2242 (2015) on Women, Peace and Security;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. having regard to the FEMM Committee resolutions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. having regard to the Istanbul Convention (2011) of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. having regard to the ILO gender equality conventions, namely the Equal Remuneration Convention (No.100), Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111), Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (No. 156) and Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183);
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issuesupports empowerment projects aimed at promoting the participation of women in local elections such as the WILD Project (Woman in Local Democracy), which has guaranteed the election of the 70% of the female beneficiaries of the project during the 2013 and 2014 elections in Armenia;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of women's equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; in this regard welcomes projects like the Sumy State University's project implemented in Ukraine to support equal opportunities for young mother-students in getting profession in higher educational establishment;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that child labour remains a critical issue in some Eastern Partnership countries especially in Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan; calls on these countries to set specific targets for eliminating all forms of child labour and ensure the full enforcement of relevant existing laws;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States, such as the UNDP's project currently implemented in Azerbaijan to support the establishment of women-led businesses in the Masalli region;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, since none of the concerning countries has signed and ratified it, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combatprevent, investigate and punish acts of violence against women;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process; in this regard, calls on the European Commission to implement projects aimed at protecting vulnerable groups as already done in Georgia in 2012-2014 with an EU-financed project;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services including legal abortion; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full rs important elements in saving women’s lives; underlines the importangce of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s livethe EU-financed project implemented in Moldova to strengthening civil society organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for women and juvenile prisoners;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines the need for effective protection mechanisms for women human rights defenders;