10 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2012/2255(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas seven countries in the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, (FYRO) MacedoniaM, Montenegro and Serbia – are at different stages of the process to become Member States of the European Union; whereas these countries need to adopt and implement the acquis communautaire and other EU obligations in the areas of gender equalityanti- discrimination, gender equality and women's rights during this process;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the implementation of women's rights and gender equality measures requires an increase of public awareness of these rights, judicial and non-judicial ways to invoke these rights, and governmental and independent institutions to initiate, carry out and monitor the implementation process;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the population in most countries is not fully aware of the existing legislation and policies to promote gender equality and women's rights; calls on the Commission and the governments of accession countries to foster awareness though media and public campaigns, education programmes andeliminating gender stereotypes and promoting female role models, as well as women's active participation in all paths of life including decision making; calls for the personal commitment of government members and officials;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the lack of financial and human resources allocated to the functioning of governmental and independent institutions tasked with the initiation and implementation of gender equality measures in most countries; calls on authorities at all levels to accompany measures and action plans with adequate resources for their implementation including appropriate women personnel;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the increase in cross-border regional initiatives in the area of women's rights and gender equality; calls on governments and the Commission to support these initiatives, encourage the exchange and advertisement of good practices arising from them, inter alia by employing the pre-accession funds and by making sufficient grants available to these initiatives also from the gender budgeting perspective;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Government of Montenegro, and the Serbian, MacedonianFYROM and Albanian Governments, once they start accession negotiations, to agree on a framework agreement with their parliaments and civil society on the involvement of civil society organisations, inter alia in the area of women's rights and gender equality, in the accession negotiations and in drafting the action plans for reform resulting from these negotiations, and ensuring their access to relevant documents pertaining to the accession process;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to make the implementation of women's rights and gender equality, the mainstreaming of gender equality and the continuous fight against domestic violence a priority in the accession process of Western Balkan countries, by continuing to address these issues in progress reports and to emphasise their importance in contacts with authorities, and showing a good example by ensuring that its own delegations, negotiating teams and representation at meetings and in the media are gender-balanced;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the MacedonianFYROM Government to make gender-based harassment and sexual harassment criminal offences, to ensure that both parents are allowed to take parental leave or family leave in order to take care of sick relatives, and to afford better legal protection on the labour market for women who are pregnant or have just given birth;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy mechanism for dealing with complaints of gender discrimination does not function properly, calls on the MacedonianFYROM Government to take measures to improve the handling of complaints and educate the civic society on matters concerning gender equality;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes with concern the fragmented implementation of the action plans and strategies for gender equality and the lack of coordination of efforts; calls on the MacedonianFYROM Government to increase the financial and human resources available to the Department for Gender Equality;