Activities of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2013/2020(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation of human rights in the Sahel region
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas women in the Sahel region make up the majority of small-scale farmers and yet they are penalised in terms of land rights; whereas this lack of ownership over land contributes to poverty amongst women;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses its grave concern over the use of "public indecency" laws and laws prohibiting association for "an immoral purpose" when dealing with the LGBT community in Mali and the wider region; notes that whilst same-sex relationships are legal in the region, reports of discrimination are widespread;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the States of the Sahel region to revise their laws regarding women and property rights; stresses the importance of women's ownership over land that they farm and live on;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Council to encourage more countries in the region to make explicit statutory provision for women's and girls' rights and to prioritise programmes that would ensure those rights, in particular, access to education, the financial independence of women, the participation of women in political and economic decision-making and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls including the eradication of early forced marriage and the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that domestic violence is not a private family matter, nor are excuses for violence entrenched in cultural or religious belief acceptable;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on states of the Sahel region to ensure that all girls are registered at birth and all girls are enrolled in primary school education;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that human trafficking is part of a wider organised crime problem which includes the illicit trafficking of drugs, oil, cigarettes, counterfeit medicine and firearms; urges leaders of the Sahel region countries to work in cooperation to strengthen law enforcement systems with a view to eradicating all forms of illicit trafficking but particularly that of human beings, which effects some of the youngest and poorest women in the region;