13 Amendments of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2014/2229(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are victims of the violence perpetrated by IS, which includes enslavement, sexual exploitation and violence, forced pregnancies, extrajudicial killings, unlawful trials with inhuman punishments, attacks amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas many challenges remain as regards securing the safety and protection of women who survive violence, with instances of rape and other harmful practices and forms of violence against women appearing to be on the increase in the MENA region; whereas women’s access to justice is limited; whereas the persistence of gender inequality needs to be addressed;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the engagement and empowerment of women in the public, political, economic and cultural spheres in MENA countries is key to fostering stability, peace and economic prosperity in the long-run; whereas the empowerment of women and girls through education is central to promoting their role in all these spheres; whereas women’s rights and gender equality civil society organisations can play an important role in empowering women in MENA countries;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas cultural cooperation and exchange, as well as academic exchanges between and amongst EU and MENA countries, play an important role in building understanding, stability and peace across the region; whereas the role of women and girls in cultural exchange and cooperation must be encouraged and promoted;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the fact that the EU firmly condemns slavery, forced marriages, child labour, the use of child soldiers, female genital mutilation, and any other human rights violations;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on national and local authorities to respect the fundamental rights of women, including the right to actively participate in political life, and to offer protection to female politicians and activists; is convinced that gender equality issues must be dealt with in an explicit and systematic manner in all EU cooperation, free trade negotiations and policy dialogues with the countries of the MENA region;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the utmost importance of including a gender perspective in promoting cultural and academic cooperation and exchanges between the EU and MENA partner countries, using these as a tool for empowerment of women and girls, and fostering gender equality; calls on the Commission to include a gender perspective in the European Parliament’s proposal of a Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus programme;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of collaborating with women’s groups, NGOs and civil society organisations engaged with women’s rights issues in the MENA region; acknowledges that an effective political and human rights dialogue must centralise women’s perspectives and be sensitive to different and changing socio-cultural and religious settings;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to include gender equality, and the role of women in society, as key considerations and central elements in their strategy to encourage democratic reform in EU- neighbouring countries; stresses that the importance of promoting gender equality, and empowerment of women in society as part of democratic reform should be reflected in ENP funding, and in the development of political and strategic dimensions of ENP; calls on the Commission and VP/HR to include women and gender equality organisations in consultation on ENP renewal;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Regrets the extent of reservations to the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which has profoundly limited the impact and protection it can provide; strongly urges the governments of the countries of the MENA region to fully implement CEDAW and to criminalise all forms of violence against women, including sexual and domestic violence within marriage;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and EEAS to include a women and gender equality perspective in the development direct dialogue with civil society in the MENA countries, and to provide a voice for women activists and scholars in the region; stresses the importance of women and gender rights organisations in processes of civil society consultation within the ENP framework;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that any sustainable economic development resulting from strategic dialogue and cooperation between the EU and MENA countries must increase the participation of women in MENA economies, promoting gender equality and creating opportunities for youths and women, including women from marginalised groups;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to include a gender perspective in the funding of academic, vocational training and circular mobility programmes with MENA countries in order to strengthen and promote the participation of women in their economies.