8 Amendments of Alexandru NAZARE related to 2008/2198(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas although the EU Member States are party to all major international frameworks on gender equality and women's rights and a number of policy documents exist at the EU level, the practical commitment to furthering gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment in external policies is still weak, given that insufficient budgetary resources have been earmarked specifically for gender issues, and the implementation of the existing policy documents is modest, 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0639.Or. ro
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU needs a holistic and coherent approach topolicy on gender mainstreaming,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the EU institutions have attached increasing importance to gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment but underlines that much remains to be done to put the political commitments into practice, and stresses the importance of adequate funding and of staff responsible for implementing gender objectives;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that gender equality should be systematically includedCalls on the Commission and the Council to systematically include gender equality and women's empowerment in the EU's political dialogue and policy discussions with partner counties;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission to address and prioritise more systematically gender inequalities in the programming and implementation of the external assistance instruments, in particular as regards assistance to the security sector reform; strongly calls for gender-specific objectives and, activities and funding to be included in country strategy papers and for a better mainstreaming of gender aspect through them; underlines the need for a holistic approach in the use of external assistance instruments, including the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument, European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), Instrument for Stability (IfS), and thematic programmes such as "Investing in People", in order to best achieve the goals of gender equality and women's empowerment;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a Appreciates the fact that through the external assistance instruments additional financial resources should be earmarked for the fields of women's education and gender education and for women's health programmes;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to prevent and combat the trafficking in human beings to which women from third countries fall prey;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of gender- sensitive budgeting; in the form of appropriations specifically earmarked for gender issues and indicators to measure how efficiently the funds are being used;