15 Amendments of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2011/0000(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas limited progress has been made in the last ten years since the adoption of UNSCR 1325; whereas in some cases the quotas have been set for the participation of women in governments and the number of women in representative institutions has increased; whereas since then an increased awareness of gender differences in conflicts has been established, whereas, despite the efforts made, women’s participation in peace negotiations remains, with few exceptions, below 10 % of those formally involved, and should be encouraged.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas sexual violence in the form of mass rapes and other forms of sexual abuse occurs against both females and males and is still used as a war tactic in conflict regions around the world, and most recently allegations of sexual violence were reported in Libya,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. alarmed at the fact that, in most cases, the perpetrators of the sexual violence are allowed to go unpunished and this form of violence should be viewed as a war crime
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. recognising the fact that women soldiers play an important part as role-models and as empowering incentives for local women and stereotype dispellers for local men, and that they also communicate better with local women, and above all women need to be employed on an equal basis with their male counterparts.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1.Calls for EU support for peace processes to be made conditional onwith women’s participation in the international teams leading peace negotiations; asks that progress be made with a view to permanent inclusion of women leaders, local women’s rights organisations and/or civil society groups at the negotiation table throughout the peace process;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU and the Member States actively to promote an increase in the number ofto encourage women in to the military and in to civilian peace-keeping operations, especially in leadership positions, and to that end calls for:
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - indent 2
Paragraph 3 - indent 2
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a tactic of war; and views this form of violence as equal to a war crime.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Calls for forces to have women clinics to deal with sexual and psychological violence in war zones.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 - indent 4
Paragraph 9 - indent 4
– developing witness protection programmes in order to protect victims and to encourage them, under the guarantee of protection, to come forward and testify against their aggressors;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the informal ‘Women, Peace and Security Task Force’ to be institutionalised and provided with adequate financial and human resources;supported and recognised.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU to ensurEncourages Member States to have balanced recruitment in missions and operations and to promote more women to the leadership level, for example as EU Heads of Delegation to third countries and EU Heads of Mission;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17