9 Amendments of Renate WEBER related to 2017/2275(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, to date, more than 7050 million girls have married before the age of 18, of whom 250 million were married before the age of 15; whereas early and forced marriages are more frequent in poor, under-developed regions; whereas the number of early and forced marriages is increasing as the global population grows, according to a recent UNICEF report which estimates that in 2050 around 1.2 billion girls will have married before the age of 18;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas child, early and forced marriages are linked to a high risk of early and unwanted pregnancies, high rates of maternal mortality, lower use of family planning and unwanted pregnancies, and usually signal the end of a girl’s education;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas child-mothers are exposed to, early and forced marriage exposes girls to early childbearing involving considerable risks and difficulties during pregnancy and childbirth, particularly owing to highly inadequate or non-existent access to medical support, frequently resulting in maternal mortality; whereas there is an increased risk of contracting viral infections such as HIV;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas child marriages are a violation of the rights of the child and a form of violence against girls, and whereas, as such, they must be condemned; whereas early and forced marriages are often associated witht the origin of domestic violence and sexual abuse; and other practices harmful to girls and women, such as female genital mutilation and so-called honour crimes;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on legislators, both in the EU and in third countries, to set the minimum age for marriage at 18 years and to provide themselves with theadopt necessary administrative, legal and financial means to be able to comply with this requiresures to ensure effective implementation of this requirement and to ensure that girls have access to institutional support mechanisms including psycho-social counselling, protection mechanisms and opportunities for economic empowerment;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that in order to comprehensively tackle early and forced marriage, the European Union, as a major actor in global development, must play a leading role; calls upon EU Member States to contribute to initiatives such as the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point d
Paragraph 8 – point d
d. the level of public development aid allocation to government authorities is made dependent on the recipient country’s commitment to complying with the requirements in the fight against early and forced marriage;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point e
Paragraph 8 – point e
e. the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) programme is implemented in triangular cooperation involving these organisations, the European Union and the developing, civil society organisations working in this field and the partner countries in combating early and forced marriage, prioritising programmes and methods likely to go beyond so-called cultural, religious or tribal practices that, in reality, constitute the worst violations of the rights of children and their dignity of girls;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the European Union to ensure that training is provided to law enforcement agencies so that they are better able to uphold the rights of girls exposed to forced and early marriage, domestic violence, the risk of rapsexual violence and any other practice which undermines human dignity;