5 Amendments of Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU related to 2017/2122(INI)
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 which sets out a comprehensive list of measures to improve the situation of women in terms of equal rights and empowerment; emphasises the importance of ensuring its effective implementation; welcomes, in addition, the adoption of the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, which promotes gender equality between men and women and women’s rights worldwide; requests that the Commission, the EEAS and the VP/HR step up their fulfilment of the obligations and commitments in the area of women’s rights under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); believes that the EU should continue mainstreaming support for women within common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations, conflict prevention and post- conflict reconstruction; recalls that the 2016 Sakharov Prize was awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, survivors of sexual enslavement perpetrated by ISIS/Daesh; strongly condemns all forms of abuse and violence against women and girls in this connection; emphasizes States' international commitment to protect pregnant women and pregnancy, and to reduce the number of abortions, including forced abortions, and to combat reproductive exploitation of women; condemns pressuring women to have an abortion and forced abortions as forms of violence against women and girls; strongly reiterates its call to fight sex- selective abortions which result in a gendercide;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms the urgent need for the universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, providing children with legal protection before and after birth; requests that the EU systematically consult relevant local and international child rights organisations, and raise, in its political and human rights dialogues with third countries, States Parties’ obligations to implement the Convention; welcomes the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021); requests that the EU continue to promote the EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit for integrating child rights in development cooperation through its external delegations, and to train the EU delegation staff adequately in this field; reiterates its request for the Commission to propose a comprehensive children’s rights strategy and action plan for the next five years, in order to prioritise children’s rights within EU external policies; welcomes the fact that under the 2016 Development Cooperation Instrument, resources were allocated to support UN agencies in carrying out measures targeted to children’s rights;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reiterates the importance of its efficient implementation by both the Member States and the EU institutions; stresses, in particular, the need to mainstream credibly the principle of universal accessibility and the rights of persons with disabilities in all relevant EU policies, including in the area of development cooperation, and underlines the prescriptive and horizontal nature of this issue; emphasises that disabilities are not depriving a person of human dignity, which entails a State duty to protect them from premature death; condemns policies which encourage prenatal screening in order to interrupt pregnancies of children with potential disabilities or non-life threatening chromosomal arrangement; emphasises that such polices have a chilling redox of eugenicist ideology, as they send out the message to people already born with such and other conditions requiring special needs that their lives are not worth living; calls for the EU to incorporate the fight against discrimination on grounds of disability in its external action and development aid policies;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that the EU should continue its efforts to enhance respect for the rights of LGBTI people, in line with the EU Guidelines on the topic; recommends that the Guidelines be implemented, including through the training of EU staff in third countries; regrets that 72 countries still criminalise homosexuality, 13 of which have the death penalty, and believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Calls on the EU to play a larger and more active role in protecting and assisting the large number of internally- displaced persons worldwide as well as in Eastern Partnership countries to enable in voluntary, dignified and safe return, resettlement or local integration, including help in recovering lost property and possessions;