6 Amendments of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2009/2242(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas although equality between women and men is a necessary requirement for the full enjoyment of our universal human rights and a fundamental principle of the EU that has long been recognised in the Treaties, significant inequalities are continuing to make themselves felt in day- to-day politics and in women’s lives,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas although the 2006-2010 Roadmap for equality has served to some extent to highlight key aspects of gender equality, actuahighlighted gaps in the achievement of full gender equality, and has, in some cases, driven the gender equality agenda forward, overall progress has been modest,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas those living in poverty – more than 85 million in all – are for the most part women, a situation brought about by unemployment, casual labour, low wages, pensions below the minimum subsistence level, and the widespread difficulties of obtaining access to good public services; whereas, moreover, in the past ten years the number of women in poverty has risen disproportionately to the number of men,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 10
Article 10
10. Points to the need, within Parliament too, for the committees and parliamentary delegations to assign particular importance to equality issues, and to ensure that women are adequately represented in positions of responsibility within these committees and delegations;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes, in this regard, the ongoing activities of Members of the European Parliament responsible for gender mainstreaming, who are working to ensure that the gender perspective is taken into account in the formulation and development of all policy within their individual committees;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 15
Article 15
15. Advocates policies and measures aimed at eradicating violence against women in every walk of life by promoting the human rights of women, combating gender stereotypes and all forms of discrimination in society and the family, not least in education, training, the media, and politics; maintains that specific policies should serve to educate and to promobe developed which promote gender equality, empower women, and better equalityducate individuals;