9 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2012/2102(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in these countries have, albeit unevenly, become more present in higher education, civil society organisations, enterprises and institutions in the past decades, even if, under dictatorial and paternalist regimes, the effective implementation of rights was limited and women's participation was subject to various restrictive conditions;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women's representation in politics varies from one country to another, but is disappointing – particularly at executive level – when it is so disproportionally low compared with their great involvement in the various uprising movements and in elections;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the renewed EU Neighbourhood Policy should place greater emphasis on gender equality, empowerment of women and support for civil society;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Commends those states where the legal age of marriage for girls has been raised over the past decades (16 in Egypt, 18 in Morocco and 20 in Tunisia and Libya) and condemns any attempt to lower it again as early and often forced marriages are not only detrimental to girls' rights, health, psychology and education but also perpetuate poverty;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that women's active participation in public life, as protesters, voters, candidates and elected representatives, shows their willingness to obtain and enjoy full citizenship; recent events in the Arab spring have shown that women can play important roles in revolutionary events; calls, therefore, for the adoption of all the necessary measures, including positive measures and quotas, to ensure women's participation in decision- making at all levels of government (from local to national, from executive to legislative powers);
Amendment 106 #
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 parliaments; this will reflect the participation of women in the popular uprisings for democracy in the countries of North Africa;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that the representation of women should be enhanced at all levels of decision-making, particularly in institutions, political parties, trade unions and the public sector (including the judiciary), and stresses that women are often well represented in a number of sectors but that are less present in high- level positions, partly due to the persisting gender discrimination and stereotypes and the glass ceiling phenomenon;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that much more should be done to ensure women's economic independence and encourage their participation in economic affairs, including in the agricultural sector; that economic independence of women empowers their resistance to violence and humiliation; considers that exchanges of best practice should be fostered at regional level between entrepreneurs, trade unions and civil society, in particular to support those women who are most vulnerable in rural and poor urban areas;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that micro-finance is a very useful tool to empower women, and recalls that investing in women oftenalso means investing in families and in communities and helps to eradicate poverty, social and economic unrest and strengthens social cohesion; recalls that micro-finance goes beyond credit and also implies management, financial and commercial advise;