5 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2012/2102(INI)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and sexual harassment; welcomes the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that micro-finance is a very useful tool to empower women, and recalls that investing in women often means investing in families and in communities and helps to eradicate poverty and give women greater economic independence; recalls that micro-finance goes beyond credit and also implies management, financial and commercial advice;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Maintains that the media in the countries concerned have to stop promoting gender stereotypes, since these damage the image of women and increase discrimination against them;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of encouraging the participation of women in the electoral process and calls on the authorities of the countries concerned, therefore, to adopt constitutional provisions entitling women to participate and removing the obstacles preventing them from participating in the true sense; recalls that this should be done throughout the electoral cycle through assistance programmes and should be closely monitored by the EU EOM, if need be;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the fact that UN Women, a United Nations agency, has set up offices in North Africa and calls on the EU delegations in the countries concerned to work with the UN offices to produce measures to guarantee gender equality and promote women’s rights in the wake of the Arab Spring;