Activities of Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO related to 2017/2012(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182 - Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 PDF (480 KB) DOC (88 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182) - Gender equality and women’s empowerment: transforming the lives of girls and women through EU external relations 2016-2020
Amendments (24)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the report on 'addressing shrinking civil society space in developing countries' adopted on 3 October 2017 stresses the high importance of gender equality and women empowerment through the EU external relations;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women’s economic empowerment must play a crucial role in the Gender Action Plan;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas involvement of men and boys in improving gender equality is important for enhancing the rights of women and girls;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas full ratification of the Istanbul Convention contributes largely to a better implementation of gender equality policies;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the role of the EU Delegations increased with the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and that they now play a central role in implementing GAP II; notes that they are the first point of contact for coordination of EU efforts with international partners in the country in question, and highlights the requirement that they ensure the implementation of policies, including the mainstreaming, protection and promotion of gender equality; welcomes the appointment of gender focal points (GFP) in the Delegations but expresses concern about their workload and time constraintsand calls for the proper allocation of working time, since the tasks linked to the GFP are additional to their core or other responsibilities; calls on the VP/HR and the EEAS to develop clear operational guidelines on the role of the focal points in Delegations so that they act as true human rights advisors and carry out their work effectively;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks all institutions and political actors involved in the development of EU external action to prioritise compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, its Protocols and the relevant international treaties in order to guarantee special protection and care for children; asks that the empowerment and human rights of girls be promoted, in the knowledge that empowerment requires the active and equal participation of girls in decision- making processes; underlines that these points should be considered essential elements in the implementation of GAP II;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the empowerment of girls and women has been at the centre of EU external action through the Global Strategy for Common Foreign and Security Policy; welcomes the designation within the EEAS of a Principal Adviser on Gender and on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security; calls on the Commission to support the new global Network of Women, Peace and Security Focal Points;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a dedicated budget line on gender equality to be established in order to address the level of political participation and representation of women in the EU’s neighbouring countries in a more prominent way; stresses that programmes should also set measurable targets to regularly track progress on gender equality in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood and hold partner governments to account, and engage more in order to achieve set targets;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that, for conflict and post- conflict situations, GAP II should focus more on embedding gender equality within the context and practice of broader and more comprehensive human rights and good governance.; calls on the EU to promote increased participation of women in peacekeeping, peace building processes and EU military and civil crisis management missions; calls on the EU to ensure the protection of girls and women in conflicts, especially when they are victims of conflict-related sexual violence, female genital mutilation or forced marriage; highlights that rape is used as a weapon of war, and should therefore at all times be condemned and eradicated;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the GAP II provides a comprehensive agenda that spans across the entire EU foreign policy and development cooperation agenda and welcomes in this regard the choice of four thematic pillars, including the horizontal one on shifting the Commission services’ and the EEAS institutional culture;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for promotion of policies and measures providing education for girls, and its implications in terms of their empowerment; insists on the strengthening of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that defend the lives of girls and women and advocate their rights and empowerment;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises the need for women’s inclusion and representation in economic fields that are important for sustainable development; stresses that business has an important role to play in enhancing women’s rights; calls in this context for increased support to be given to local SMEs, especially to female entrepreneurs, via micro-loans, so as to enable them to gain from private-sector-led growth;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the strong monitoring and accountability framework established to measure and track progress in GAP II and acknowledges that its increased ambition provides a real opportunity for the EU to advance equality between women and men as well as the empowerment of girls and women in the field of external relations;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Positively notes the practical steps towards culture change: and the introduction of a mandatory gender analysis for all new external actions undertaken, thus placing the overall responsibility for reporting on the GAP lying with the head of delegation, an increased number of high level staff involved in the implementation of the GAP II and the appointment of an increasing number of gender champions and gender focal points in EU delegations; calls for more management level time to be dedicated to gender and for the remaining delegations to appoint their gender focal points. All gender focal points should be given sufficient time and capacity to carry out their tasks;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the need to ensure coherence and complementarity amongst all existing EU external instruments and policies in their relation to gender mainstreaming, including the new Consensus on Development, the EU resource package on gender mainstreaming in development cooperation and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the flexibility the GAP II gives delegations to choose priorities according to their country context; recommends nonetheless that delegations should be encouraged to have shown progress on at least one priority per thematic pillar by the end of the GAP II to ensure a more even coverage of the different thematic areas; further recalls that EU funded actions and projects should systematically aim to tackle gender inequalities and discrimination;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the importance of using gender mainstreaming in political dialogues and across sectorial policy dialogues; insists that gender mainstreaming should be integrated in national plans and policy frameworks in order to ensure the ownership and responsibility of partner countries;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of conducting systematic and evidence-based gender analysis, using sex-disaggregated data, with the participation of local CSOs and women’s groups; welcomes that 42 country gender analyses have been completed and encourages rapid completion for all other countries; encourages the EU to explore possibilities for sharing and managing gender analysis in a more systematic manner to help improve coordination;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that women’s rights are human rights and encourages further work to be undertaken with regards to addressing social and cultural norms and gender stereotypes in societies through greater cooperation with civil society, grass roots organisations advocating women’s rights and empowerment, in particular in context of state fragility and conflict and emergency situation; believes that , creating new or developing existing networks, and involvement ofing all key actors, including the private sector, if possibles essential; notes that girls and women are agents of change and that inclusion of boys and men is necessary to ensure real equality between women and men;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the EU to promote legal frameworks and strategies that encourage a greater and more effective participation of women in peacekeeping, peace building and mediation processes and EU military and civil crisis management missions, in accordance with the UNSCR 1325 on Women and Peace and Security, with a particular focus on conflict-related sexual violence;to this end, considers that gender-sensitive conflict analysis, in consultation with community based actors and women’s organisations, may allow a better understanding of the role of women in conflict;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Welcomes that many EU Delegations focused on combatting violence against women;insists in this context on the need to ensure the protection of the right to life and dignity of all women and girls by actively combating harmful practices such as gendercide, female genital mutilation and forced marriage;highlights the fact that the use of rape as a weapon of war and oppression must be eliminated, and that the EU must bring pressure to bear on third-country governments and all stakeholders implicated in regions where such gender-based violence takes place, in order to bring these practices to an end, bring perpetrators to justice and work with survivors, affected women and communities to help them heal and recover;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Calls on the EU Delegations to ensure effective and regular data collection on violence against women and girls, to elaborate country-specific recommendations, and to promote the establishment of protective mechanisms and adequate support structures for victims;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages European Parliament delegations in their work with their partner countries to enquire systematically about gender programming and the results of gender analysis, and work on promoting gender equality as well as women’s empowerment;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the need to support the strengthening of national statistical capacities and mechanisms in partner countries, effectively coordinating financial and technical assistance in order to allow a better measurement, monitoring and management of the results obtained in the field of gender mainstreaming;