11 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2012/2063(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for Policy Coherence for Development to favour a participative approach that promotes the empowerment and self-determination of local people and, first of all, of women;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of taking account of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable social groups, notably women and girls, and paying particular attention to them to avoid any further increase in inequality; experience has shown that ‘neutral’ measures entrench the existing power structure and it is essential to take positive, informed, systematic action in the form of measures that improve the situation of women, so as to ensure that such measures benefit the most disadvantaged;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that the unequal relationship between the sexes is the first stumbling block to be overcome by measures to improve the living conditions of people (women and men) in developing countries and women’s access to participative development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses the need for CPD to incorporate a global approach which extends beyond the family and microsocial level and takes gender relations into account; this cross-cutting approach to gender issues needs to be incorporated in every development project and every analysis of a society; the approach must apply not only to all sectors but also in all political, economic, social, environmental, cultural and other fields; such an approach, which systematically takes account of the situation and role of women and gender relations in a society, is more comprehensive, humanistic and democratic than an approach which sets women apart; it avoids marginalising women in ‘women’s projects’ or projects which add to women’s workloads or responsibilities without increasing their power or control over the benefits generated by the projects in question;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses the role of women in leveraging development policies by participating in the formulation and implementation of such policies, thereby ensuring that political and economic negotiations take women’s interests into account and creating a virtuous circle in which women are the driving force behind development policies which, in turn, set up the structures whereby women can be empowered; highlights the importance of supporting civil society organisations and groups which take on the task of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Notes that women play an essential part in development, since, in their role as mothers and carers for children and other dependent members of the family, they assume responsibility for the family’s general well-being; for example, women play a crucial role in the field of nutrition and food security, particularly in the context of subsistance farming;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Stresses that the situation of women is, in many cases, deteriorating more than that of men both in relative and absolute terms; there has been an increase in poverty over the last twenty years or so, which has primarily affected women;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Stresses that, although the important role played by women in development policies and development cooperation is very widely recognised, the statistics and quantitative data which specifically relate to women are still inadequate and fail to meet the objective of reporting the situation of women in developing countries, particularly in fields such as health, education, prevention and meeting basic needs; care must be taken to ensure, therefore, that in all PCD objectives, analyses, documents and assessments the quantitative data is broken down by gender, and gender-specific indicators are included, in order to take account of women’s real living conditions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3