8 Amendments of Rachida DATI related to 2012/2102(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas many women, in particular young women, were very much involved in the ‘Arab Spring’ in North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco), participating, from the outset, in demonstrations and elections, taking an active part in civil society, in the social media and on blogs, among other things, and therefore were, and still are, key players in democratic change in their countries;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these countries are going through a process of democratic transition and of changing or adapting their constitutions, in which women, whether parliamentarians, elected officials or civil society representatives, are actively and consistently involved; whereas the result of this process will shape the countries’ democratic functioning and fundamental rights and freedoms, and will have an impact on the status of women;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the authorities of the countries concerned to enshrine in their constitution the principle of equality between men and women, as in Morocco, and the prohibition of all forms of discrimination against women and to reform all existing laws that discriminate against women, including in the area of marriage, divorce, child custody, parental rights, nationality, inheritance, legal capacity, etc., in line with international and regional instruments;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence and sexual harassment; welcome the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs, and the ongoing commitment to this cause on the part of Morocco, which in 2012 organised its tenth national campaign to tackle violence against women;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Commends those fact that more and more states win the region have decided to raise the legal age of marriage for girls has been raised over the past decades (16 in Egypt, 18 in Morocco and 20 in Tunisia and Libya) and condemns any attempt to lower it again as early marriages are not only detrimental to girls’ rights, health and education but also perpetuate poverty;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that, as in Europe, the representation of women should be enhanced at all levels of decision-making, particularly in institutions, political parties, trade unions and the public sector (including the judiciary), and stresses that women are often well represented in a number of sectors but that are less present in high- level positions, partly due to the glass ceiling;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Commends those countries, like Tunisia and Morocco, where efforts in favour of girls’ education have been stepped up; reaffirms, nevertheless, that better access to education, and especially to higher education, should be provided for women and girls; points out that some efforts remain to be done to eradicate women’s illiteracy, in Morocco for example, and that emphasis should be placed on vocational training including courses to promote women’s digital literacy;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that micro-finance is a very useful tool to empower women, and recalls that investing in women often means investing in families and in communities and helps to eradicate poverty; recalls that micro-finance goes beyond credit and also implies management, financial and commercial advise; draws attention to the considerable expansion in micro-finance in Morocco, where it could lead to the creation of millions of new jobs by 2020;