18 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2017/2275(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas various international charters and laws prohibit the marriage of minors; whereas child,1a early and forced marriage has a very negative impact on the physical and mental health and personal development of the individuals concerned and on the children resulting from the marriage; _________________ 1aThe rapporteur would like to introduce a horizontal amendment throughout the whole text to include the word "child" before every mention of "early and forced marriages".
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, to date, more than 7050 million girls have married before the age of 18, of whom 250 million were married before the age of 15; whereas early and forced marriages are more frequent in poor, under-developed regions; whereas the number of early and forced marriages is increasing as the global population grows, according to a recent UNICEF report which estimates that in 2050 around 1.2 billion girls will have married before the age of 18;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas child, early and forced marriages are linked to a high risk of early and unwanted pregnancies, high rates of maternal mortality, lower use of family planning and unwanted pregnancies, and usually signal the end of a girl’s education;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas early and forced marriages very often deprive the persons concerned of the possibility to continue their studies; whereas education, particularly comprehensive sexual education is an effective way of preventing early and forced marriage, allowing girls to free themselves from any form of control adversely affecting their rights;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas child-mothers are exposed to, early and forced marriage exposes girls to early childbearing involving considerable risks and difficulties during pregnancy and childbirth, particularly owing to highly inadequate or non-existent access to medical support, frequently resulting in maternal mortality; whereas there is an increased risk of contracting viral infections such as HIV;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas child marriages are a violation of the rights of the child and a form of violence against girls, and whereas, as such, they must be condemned; whereas early and forced marriages are often associated witht the origin of domestic violence and sexual abuse; and other practices harmful to girls and women, such as female genital mutilation and so-called honour crimes;
Amendment 83 #
G. whereas the number of early and forced marriages increases significantly in situations of armed conflict and natural and humanitarian disaster, which leave little scope for medical and psychological care; whereas during the recent migration crises, many parents, seeking to protect their daughters from sexual aggression, chose to have them marry before the age of 18;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the number of early and forced marriages increases significantly in situations of armed conflict and humanitarian disaster, which leave little scope for medical and psychological care; whereas during the recent migration crises, many parents, seeking to protect their daughters from sexual aggression, choose to have them marry before the age of 18;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on legislators, both in the EU and in third countries, to set the minimum age for marriage at 18 years and to provide themselves with theadopt necessary administrative, legal and financial means to be able to comply with this requiresures to ensure effective implementation of this requirement and to ensure that girls have access to institutional support mechanisms including psycho-social counselling, protection mechanisms and opportunities for economic empowerment;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that in order to comprehensively tackle early and forced marriage, the European Union, as a major actor in global development, must play a leading role; calls upon EU Member States to contribute to initiatives such as the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, therefore, on all Member States to be consistent and to include a ban on early and forced marriage in their legislation and to monitor the situation using disaggregated data;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that Member States align their legislation on the treatment of immigrants who married before the age of 18 and not recognise early and forced marriagesintroduce a child-centred case management system to determine the best interest of the child, based on which the decision on the legal recognition of the marriage can be taken, while extending humanitarian treatment to those who married before the age of 18;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
Paragraph 8 – point b
b. this prohibition is respected at all levels in practice once the law has entered into force;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point d
Paragraph 8 – point d
d. the level of public development aid allocation to government authorities is made dependent on the recipient country’s commitment to complying with the requirements in the fight against early and forced marriage;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point e
Paragraph 8 – point e
e. the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) programme is implemented in triangular cooperation involving these organisations, the European Union and the developing countries in combating early and forced marriage through the implementation of budgeted national action plans, prioritising programmes and methods likely to go beyond so-called cultural, religious or tribal practices that, in reality, constitute the worst violations of the rights of children and the dignity of girls;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point e
Paragraph 8 – point e
e. the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) programme is implemented in triangular cooperation involving these organisations, the European Union and the developing, civil society organisations working in this field and the partner countries in combating early and forced marriage, prioritising programmes and methods likely to go beyond so-called cultural, religious or tribal practices that, in reality, constitute the worst violations of the rights of children and their dignity of girls;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to support the SheDecides movement and pledge additional funding to international aid for sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortions and information about abortions, thereby countering the Global Gag Rule which was reinstated by the United States government in early 2017;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the European Union to ensure that training is provided to law enforcement agencies so that they are better able to uphold the rights of girls exposed to forced and early marriage, domestic violence, the risk of rapsexual violence and any other practice which undermines human dignity;