4 Amendments of Julie GIRLING related to 2014/2230(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that Afghan women play a crucial role in the development of their country; while acknowledging that the post-Taliban regime has made possible a rise of women in the public sphere, strongly condemns the string of physical assaults against women, and calls on the authorities to ensure their protection, access to justice and the free and safe exercise of their activities; asks the Afghan authorities not to jeopardise the recent achievements in women’s rights in order to ease peace talks with the Taliban;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that Afghanistan has the second highest rate of maternal mortality in the world; urges that more needs to be done in the area of maternal health;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that women are insufficiently represented among the Afghan police force and judiciary; out of 1577 there are only 119 women judges;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Supports the ban on stoning as well as its enforcement, which disproportionately affects women, and stresses that it is the most barbaric form of execution in the world; condemns those countries that still stone women and men to death;