Activities of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2012/2102(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the situation of women in North Africa PDF (238 KB) DOC (146 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls the double discrimination faced by lesbian women and calls on national authorities in North Africa to decriminalise homosexuality and to ensure that women are not discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that during and after the uprisings women in North Africa have faced increased vulnerability and victimisation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to strengthen access to education in health and social services for women and girls, particularly with regard to maternal and reproductive health;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the idea of many women parliamentarians that women's rights and gender equality could better be implemented in legislation with the establishment of a women's caucus or a special parliamentary committee to deal with the issue and ensure gender mainstreaming in parliamentsequality;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission on a budget neutral basis to reinforce the staff dedicated to gender issues in the EU delegations of the region and to guarantee that women and NGOs are involved in the consultation process around the programming;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to encourage the creation of and to finance counselling centres and ‘women's houses’, where women can obtain advice on any issue, from political rights to legal counselling, through health and protection against domestic violence, as a holistic approach is helpful to women but also more discreet when it comes to violence;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Encourages national authorities in North Africa to set up awareness raising programmes on domestic violence in combination with the development of refuges for women who have, or are presently experiencing domestic violence;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Members States, and especially the EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator, to take into account and have a common front in the coordination of EU external policy activities in the framework of the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012–2016; as and when possible North African national authorities should be encouraged to liaise with other States in the region to combat trafficking in Human Beings;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to supportencourage women's projects and strengthen women's networks in universities, the media, cultural bodies, the film industry and other creative sectors, and insists on the importance of enhancing cultural relations between both shores of the Mediterranean, including through the social media, digital platforms and satellite transmission;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to strengthencontinue higher education exchange programmes, such as Erasmus Mundus, and to encourage the participation of young women; calls also for the development of interregional cooperation (be it through twinning or ‘peer-to-peer’ exchanges) between regions from the northern and southern Mediterranean;