8 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls ishave been United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 since 2015; whereas trade and trade liberalisation have very different impacts on women and men, which can result in fundamental shifts in gender roles, relationships and inequalities;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having regard to the shortcomings in international law regarding respect for gender equality;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the need for mandatory periodical assessments to be made of the progress and failures in gender equality both in the European Union and in developing countries;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas country-specific and sector-specific assessments are of great importance; whereas women tend to be more concentrated in low-wage or low- status forms of formal and informal employment than men, leading to gender segregation in types of occupations and activities and gender gaps in wages and working conditionimportant differences exist both between countries and within countries in terms of production structures, female labour force participation rates and welfare regimes, in particular in the garment and textile manufacturing, agriculture and fisheries sectors; whereas country-specific and sector-specific gender assessments therefore bring important added value when designing trade agreements;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women are often less able than men to take advantage of new opportunities due to the gender-specific constraints women face, such as limited access to and control over resources (land and other assets, credit, information, technology), limited access to markets, social responsibility for unpaid domestic work, legal discrimination and discriminatory cultural norms and values.
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to work with transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies to adopt gender-sensitive binding human rights regulations on an international level to regulate transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies; wWelcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding measuresHighlights the importance to engage trading partners in dialogue on human rights, labour, social and environmental standards in order to combat exploitation and improve working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps;; calls on the Commission and all international actors to adhere to the new OECD due diligence guidelines for responsible supply chains in the garment and footwear sector.
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the impact ofe need to assist SMEs, including women-owned business, also in the agricultural sector, in order to allow them to benefit from the growing agricultural EU exports is generally less favourable to women than to men, as emand to compete in overseas markets; Stresses that women- owned businesses would benefit from lowerging trends indicate that small farmers, many of whom are womencultural barriers, increasing market access, facilitating access to finance, mare often not in a position to compete in overseas markets;keting formation and networks, and improving capacity building and training.