Activities of Barbara MATERA related to 2014/2204(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Ebola crisis: long-term lessons (A8-0281/2015 - Charles Goerens) IT
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas its resolution of 18 September 20141 recognised that women are disproportionately affected by the Ebola virus disease (EVD), with women accounting for, on average, 55 to 75 per cent of all victims; whereas evidence suggests that pregnant women are hit particularly hard, whilst infected by the virus with death tolls close to 100 per cent but also given their vulnerability to and fear of infection through maternal health care; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0026.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly exposed to EVD because of their roles as principal caregivers, health workers dealing with childbirth, maternal patients or as those handling corpses before burial rites, and as smallholder farmers or cross-border traders confronted by a decline in food production and closed borders, taking away their income, putting them behind in payments for microcredit loans, but also causing steep increases in food prices and ultimately making it more difficult for women to feed their families;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly exposed to EVD because of their roles as principal caregivers, maternal patients or as those handling corpses before burial rites, and they are severely affected as smallholder farmers or cross-border traders confronted by a decline in food production and closed borders;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas EVD is not only a public health catastrophe but has also long-lasting psychological, social and economic effects on women and girls; whereas following the death of a relative, the stigmarumours and fear surrounding EVD for women and girls persists, e.g. in terms of inheritance rights and as orphans, while the closing down of schools risks creating a “lost generation” of children deprived of formal education for long periods of time and also increases the risks of teenage pregnancy, child marriage and violence against women;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the international communityAcknowledges the role played by the international community in combatting EVD and calls on it, in formulating its further response strategies, to address the realities facing women and girls, and; underlines the importance of gender- balanced health specialist teams and the availability of sex-disaggregated data and research;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the international community, in formulating its response strategies, to address the realities facing women and girls, and underlines the importance of gender-balanced health specialist teams and the availability of sex-disaggregated data and research; stresses to consider necessary the promotion of initiatives aimed at ensuring greater psychological and health support for women infected with the virus as a result of the patients' care;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the negative effect of disintegrating health systems on maternal health is of major concern, given the declining availability of beds and the risk that (future) mothers willat the arrival of a child is unique as a medical treatment that cannot be deferred and pregnant women are inevitably on the forefront when it comes to the declining availability of beds and to refraining from going to hospitals when necessary in fear of infection, and to refraining from going to hospitals when necessary in fear of infection; emphasises that the same negative perceptions keeps other patients at home in the hands of female caregivers;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the negative effect of disintegrating health systems on maternal health is of major concern, given the declining availability of beds and the risk that (future) mothers will refrainbe hindered from going to hospitals when necessary or later refrain from doing so; emphasises, that the sameerefore, that such negative perceptions keep patients at home in the hands of female caregivers;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that innovative responses are needed that acknowledge the role of women as key actors in protecting their families and communities and in breaking the chains of transmission, to stimulate recovery, including measures to engage women’s organisations in schemes to provide information on the importance of health-care and sessions that address EVD-related precautions for women and girls, to train EVD-survivors as nurses, cleaners and laundry workers, as well as to ensure equal protection of all hospital staff;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Remains deeply concerned about the heavy toll of EVD on women and girls, and believes that failure to address gender- specific issues will have a negative impact on the prospects for long-term recovery. Emphasises the importance of promoting awareness campaigns and the best health practices within the countries most affected by the virus.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the necessity of accurately depicting the role of women as well as the realities they face in the media in order to avoid that social customs are deliberately being used to reinforce the gendered roles that have been, at least partly, at the origin of the disproportionate percentage of women affected.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the international community, including private companies, to address the current gap in empirical research and to investigate further these particular effects of EVD on the lives of women and girls, as well as developing a thorough understanding of their unique role in forming responses to these kinds of health-crises.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for the international community to address the severe economic and psychological cost of EVD for women and to empower women so that they can properly take care of their, now often extended, families.