Activities of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2012/2063(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU 2011 report on policy coherence for development
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. States that maternal death rates are disproportionately high in developing countries; notes with concern that African women are 175 times more likely to die in childbirth than women in the developed regions of the world1 ; stresses that accessible, affordable, adequate and high- quality emergency obstetric care is vital in order to reduce maternal death rates; emphasises that developing countries need increased numbers of qualified healthcare professionals to attend to women in labour and stat; underlines the need for women and especially for young girls to be informed about their sexual and reproductive rights, the health services they can access, and the use of contraception methods;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the European Commission's active work both at the policy level and through its different funding instruments and Budget support in order to enhance its commitments to foster women's empowerment, particularly by seeking to integrate the priorities and needs of women in all key coherence policies for development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the need to maintain reliable statistical data and record the causes of maternal deaths according to the ICD Maternal Mortality coding, of the WHO, which can guide countries and help them to improve the attribution and estimation of the causes;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RStates that every child, regardless of sex, has the right to life, survival and development and reaffirms that girl children as well have equal status under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and(CRC); calls on EU delegations in developing countries to work with the governments of those countries to ensure that girl children enjoy their rights without discrimination, inter alia by requiring the immediate registration of all children after birth, granting girls and boys equal entitlement to education and schooling, combating stereotypes and ending the unethical and discriminatory practices of prenatal sex selection, abortion of female foetuses, female infanticide, early forced marriage, female genital mutilation and child prostitution;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for respect of the right of the girl children to express an opinion and to be heard on matters affecting their health and human dignity, emphasizing that the best interest of the child must be the first concern; highlights the need of all children and the girl children in particular, to be brought up in a family environment of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, non-discrimination, gender equality and solidarity; calls for the strict implementation of the Declaration of Geneva for children and of the Beijing Declaration on women;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses great concern about widespread gender-based violence, especially sexual violence, exploitation and feminicide, in the world and within developing countries; states that in particular; upholding women's rights, including their sexual and reproductive rights, is essential in order to end gender-based violence and safeguarding respect of their human dignity is essential by preventing and combating gender-based violence, providing protection and appropriate counselling to victims as well as punishment of perpetrators; calls on the Commission to make the fight against impunity for the perpetrators of such violence one of the priorities for its development assistance policy;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Pays particular attention to gender education of both sexes, starting from an early school stage, so as to gradually change societal attitudes and stereotypes towards parity of men and women;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of promoting women's human rights and mainstreaming gender equality in the civil, political, social, economic and cultural spheres and in the national legislation;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines the importance of strengthening women's role in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting conflict prevention and in consolidating political participation and representation;