8 Amendments of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2008/2152(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that gender equality and women's rights are recognised as vital issues, both in the Afghan Government's National Development Strategy and in the Country Strategy Paper (2007-2013), which establishes that the gender dimension will be an integral part of planning in all three focal areas;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out, however, with regard to the focal area on health, that between 30% and 90% of Afghan women have no access whatsoever to healthcare, while Afghanistan continues to rank second in the world as far as maternal mortality is concerned; notes, however, the encouraging fact that the percentage of primary healthcare centres with at least one woman doctor, nurse or midwife has increased from 26% in 2004 to 81% in 2007;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Afghan Government to ensure that the National Action Plan for gender equality (NAPWA) which was recently adopted will receive satisfactory funding and be implemented in cooperation with civil society and women's organisations; calls also on the Commission to ensure that its gender equality actions are transparent and harmonised with other such actions by the other donors in Afghanistan;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Draws attention to the observation made in the National Indicative Programme for Afghanistan that women suffer discrimination, particularly in rural areas, and constitute a large part of the seasonal workforce employed in harvesting opium poppies; reminds the Commission in this connection of the need systematically to take into account the gender dimension in all the rural development programmes it is financing in Afghanistan;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the gender dimension in planning in the focal area on Governance, especially in the judiciary and public administration, through the increased participation of women and gender issue training for government officials both male and female; calls attention also to the fact that recent reports have drawn attention to the inability of judiciary to protect the rights of women who are frequently the victims of domestic violence and forced marriages, and are subject to practices contrary to international human rights law and the Afghan Constitution notes, in this connection, that the percentage of women judges, public prosecutors and lawyers in Afghanistan is less than 7%;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission, given the key horizontal dimension of gender issues in Afghanistan's National Strategy, to submit an evaluation report examining to what extent account has so far been taken of the gender dimension in planning and ascertaining the measurable benefits for the women of Afghanistan from the overall financial aid provided by the EU;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Urges the Afghan government to honour its commitment contained in the 'Afghanistan Compact’ to increase the participation of women in all government institutions, including elected and appointed offices, and in public administration overall;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and the Afghan government, in view of the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010, respectively, to continue to encourage and provide adequate funding for actions to promote the political emancipation of women, especially in the regions, given that in the last Council provincial elections, there were not enough women candidates to occupy the 124 seats designated for women in the councils;