Activities of Barbara MATERA related to 2015/2051(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit: Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian assistance (A8-0332/2015 - Enrique Guerrero Salom) IT
Amendments (3)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourages investments to build health facilities, which welcome women victims of gang-rape and brutal sexual violence, in areas of conflict where the civilian population is brutally targeted. These hospitals should be similar to the one that Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege, the 2014 European Parliament Sakharov Laureate, established in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where targeted women receive pathological and psycho-social support in an attempt to outdo the damage caused by sexual violence;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages investment in empowering women through support to income- generating projects, such as micro- financing for entrepreneurship, which considerably reduce their vulnerability and increase their independence;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply concerned by the increase of gender-based violence (GBV) in emergency situations; calls on State and non-State parties to comply with their legal obligations under international humanitarian law and other applicable norms, and to take measures against GBV and ensure the accountability of perpetrators; strongly condemns every act of Female Genital Mutilation and GBV, especially by staff working under an international mandate;