19 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2021/2181(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. - having regard to the EU child rights strategy 2021
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-A b. - having regard to the Council of Europe Convention of 11 May 2011 on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention)
Amendment 19 #
C a. whereas the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child defines key actions in the global EU policy directions as well as framework to advance child rights worldwide, proposing concrete actions to protect, promote and fulfil children’s rights;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas girls across the world should enjoy the same rights and live free from discrimination and intimidation of any kind,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas COVID-19 puts an additional burden on most vulnerable groups of society worldwide such as women and girls, who remain the most vulnerable and were increasingly exposed during the pandemic to domestic violence, intimate partner violence, mobbing, sexual exploitation, human trafficking, child and forced marriage, rape as a weapon of war and economic discrimination;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for leaders in Europe and worldwide to accelerate social development processes in line with Sustainable Development Goals such as the Gender Equality Goal so that all women and girls can lead an independent and sell-determined life;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the EU measures, projects and programmes that include as well the improvement of the living conditions of women in rural areas around the world; stresses in that direction the specific problems those women face and calls for measures to ensure their access to transport, healthcare and social services and to the use of digital technologies, as highlighted in the Gender Action Plan III.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the rise of violence against women and girls worldwide; calls for greater and targeted action to combat femicide; stresses the fact that women are being killed based among others, on false accusation of witchcraft, on harmful stereotypes and their sexual orientation1a; stresses the fact that 137 women are killed everyday by a member of their family1b; _________________ 1ahttps://www.unodc.org/documents/data- and-analysis/gsh/Booklet_5.pdf 4 https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/leadership-and-political- participation/facts-and-figures 1bhttps://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/ending-violence-against-women/facts- and-figures
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reiterates the importance of Gender Action Plan III in order to promote in the EU external relations gender equality and women’s empowerment in political, economic, social and cultural life, focusing on tackling intersectional discrimination and issues women and girls face every day worldwide;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the EU and global actors to strongly condemn and combat any form of violence against women and girls world-wide, in particular femicide and intimate partner violence, and using all instruments available to prevent intimate partner violence, protect the victims and prosecute perpetrators;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses that estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime; underlines that most of this violence is intimate partner violence;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that women are still underrepresented in political and other leadership roles around the world; calls on the EU and partner countries to implement measures to ensure the full participation and inclusion of women;stresses the fact that only 26 women serve as Head of States and/or Government in 24 countries and only 25% of all national parliamentarians are women2a; calls on the EU and partner countries to implement measures to ensure the full participation and inclusion of women as well as achieving the commitments entered into under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs with special attention to SDG number 5 aiming at achieving gender equality and women empowerment; _________________ 2ahttps://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/leadership-and-political- participation/facts-and-figures
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war; notes that the UN Security Council unanimously voted for a resolution describing rape as a tactic of war to dominate and instil fear and a threat to international security3a; reiterates the UN Security Council resolution 1820 (2008)3b stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute crimes against humanity, war crimes or a fundamental act with respect to genocide; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war; _________________ 3a https://www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pag es/rapeweaponwar.aspx 3b https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/ cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3- CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/CAC%20S%20RE S%201820.pdf
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CUnderlines that nearly half of all human trafficking victims are women and girls6a; calls on the Member States and global actors to step up the fight against sexual exploitation, forced labour and human trafficking; 6b; _________________ 6ahttps://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/ending-violence-against-women/facts- and-figures 6b https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopme nt/blog/2016/12/report-majority-of- trafficking-victims-are-women-and-girls- one-third-children/
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that children, particularly girls, continue to suffer offline and online violence and abuse, including female genital mutilation; calls on the EU and the global actors to specifically target those;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Condemns the fact that at least 200 million girls and women alive today living in 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation7a; and calls on the EU and global actors to step up the fights against female genital mutilation, affecting girls and women around the world7b; _________________ 7ahttps://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/ending-violence-against-women/facts- and-figures. Accessed 24 September 2021. 7bhttps://data.unicef.org/topic/child- protection/female-genital-mutilation/
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the joint efforts and investments of the EU, together with the UN, in launching the 'Spotlight Initiative' aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls while calling at the same time for greater and more targeted action to combat any form of violence against women and girls , in particular femicide and intimate partner violence, such as strengthening surveillance and screening of femicide and intimate partner violence;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the fact that millions of girls worldwide do not have access to education; calls on the global actors to ensure that women and girls have access to education, as only 49% of countries have achieved participation gender parity in primary education, and only 24% in upper secondary education4a; calls for paying due attention to those girls at risk of or living in poverty and girls who face a greater risk of early or forced marriage, and to ensure the well-being and development prospects of all children and communities; _________________ 4ahttps://www.unicef.org/education/girls- education