2016/2060(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; ~~supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~ stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports ~~empowerment~~ projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; strongly supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and strongly supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the~~ and/or decision-taking, if feasible with the potential use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; ~~supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~ stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for the equal allocation of power and representation ofbetween women and men at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’'s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’'s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issuesupports empowerment projects aimed at promoting the participation of women in local elections such as the WILD Project (Woman in Local Democracy), which has guaranteed the election of the 70% of the female beneficiaries of the project during the 2013 and 2014 elections in Armenia;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for the systematic representation of women at all levels of government, ~~if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~electoral processes and institutions based on such principles as gender equality and non-discrimination, if necessary with the use of quotas, stresses the importance of women’s systematic equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, ~~and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issue~~promotion of human rights and democratic reforms, as well as in peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction and democratic transition processes leading to lasting and stable political solutions;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government and decision- making, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, stresses the need for women's active involvement in initiatives relating to democratisation processes and human rights, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
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1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and of equal opportunities in finding work, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women- related issues;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
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1a. Points out that overall political stability and respect for human rights are generally the necessary pre-condition for enhancing women rights and improving their situation in the respective countries;

Amendment 2 #

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-1a. having regard to the UN Beijing Platform for Action (1995) for equality, development and peace;

Amendment 20 #

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1a. Stresses the importance of women's equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts;

Amendment 21 #

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1a. Supports empowerment projects by raising women´s self-confidence, guaranteeing their participation, and increasing their power and authority to take decisions in all areas affecting their lives; points special attention to the role of freedom of expression and opinion in women´s empowerment;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
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~~2. Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;~~deleted

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
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~~2. Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;~~deleted

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
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2. Underlines the urgent need for gender mainstreaming and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

Amendment 25 #

Kati PIRI

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2. Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming as a strategy towards realising gender equality and positive action in the National Action Plans of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for access to education for children of both sexes, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to their education ~~of girls~~;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
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3. ~~Calls for~~Urges that real access to education ~~for children~~, including ~~secondary~~higher and university education, ~~paying particular attention to the education of girls~~be afforded to all women, including those living in rural areas, and to children in general;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for access to education for all children, including secondary, technological and university education, paying particular attention to ~~the~~ education ~~of girls~~and training for girls in areas that represent a break with convention;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for the equal access to education for all children, including secondary ~~and university~~ education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls for the importance of equal opportunities for women to access higher education as well as creating other forms of adult education.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. having regard to UN Security Council Resolutions 1820 (2008), 1325 (2000) and the recent Resolution 2242 (2015) on Women, Peace and Security;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for access to education for children, including childcare, early school education, primary, secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls for opening of all educational trajectories for women as well as their better access to higher education and to professions which remain banned for women;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; in this regard welcomes projects like the Sumy State University's project implemented in Ukraine to support equal opportunities for young mother-students in getting profession in higher educational establishment;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls; calls also for the eradication of early and forced marriage and genital mutilation;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
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3. Calls for access to education for children, including secondary and university education, paying particular attention to the education of girls and to equal opportunities for boys and girls;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
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3a. Underlines that child labour remains a critical issue in some Eastern Partnership countries especially in Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan; calls on these countries to set specific targets for eliminating all forms of child labour and ensure the full enforcement of relevant existing laws;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
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4. Encourages the development of a social economy ~~for women~~ and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
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4. Encourages the development of ~~a social economy for women and~~professionalism and business networks serving to bring about social inclusion and gender equality at work and in economic terms, thereby averting the possible threat of poverty in retirement, to which women are too often still exposed; calls for investment to boost the growth of a social economy and for the use of microcredits as a tool for women’s economic independence;

Amendment 37 #

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4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of ~~micro~~credits ~~as a tool for~~to fund economic independence, social integration and lifelong learning programmes;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
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4. Encourages the ~~develop~~enhancement of ~~a social economy~~economic policies for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence as well as the promotion of entrepreneurship skills;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
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-1c. having regard to the FEMM Committee resolutions;

Amendment 40 #

Kati PIRI

Draft opinion
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4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence; Stresses the need to provide guidance and clarification to women on how macroeconomic policies can support their rights.

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
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4. Encourages the development of a social economy for women and the use of microcredits as a tool for economic independence, while bearing in mind that policies of that kind have in some cases failed (Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, India) and the necessary lessons need to be learned;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
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5. ~~Calls for women’s~~Urges that women be taken into account and involve~~ment~~d in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, ~~for~~and insists on the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and ~~for~~on the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
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5. Calls for women’'s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic em~~ancipation~~powerment of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
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5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business and sustainable development programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
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5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for ~~the involvement of~~equal opportunities for men and women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States, to be achieved not least by pursuing and adopting specific economic policies to help women attain work-life balance, and welfare and flexibility measures enabling working mothers to manage their career without being forced to scale down their family life or vice versa;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States, such as the UNDP's project currently implemented in Azerbaijan to support the establishment of women-led businesses in the Masalli region;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for women’s involvement in decision-making and in the process of implementing economic policies, for the promotion of business programmes for the involvement of women in companies and enterprises, and for the implementation of local development projects aimed at the economic emancipation of women in Eastern Partnership States; calls for vocational training projects for women, and young women in particular, to be drawn up and implemented with a view to guaranteeing their economic independence and their competitiveness on the labour market;

Amendment 49 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the necessity to promote women's entrepreneurship and access to finance, and more broadly women's participation in business, through the development of a strong women in business SME sector in the EaP countries, by facilitating access to finance and advice for women-led SMEs;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
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-1d. having regard to the Istanbul Convention (2011) of the Council of Europe;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the EU contribution to the EBRD's Women in Business Programme in Eastern Partnership countries which offers women-led access to business advice;

Amendment 51 #

Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Would encourage women to join state military and security forces (army, police and gendarmerie) because those traditionally male organisations perpetuate a traditional male vision of society.

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Welcomes the Council of Europe project aiming at identifying and supporting the removal of obstacles for women's equal access to justice in the Eastern Partnership countries;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
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6. ~~Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and h~~Highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work; stresses the need for women to have access to information on their social and economic rights;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
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6. Stresses the necessity ~~for~~to enforce accessibility that enables women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and ~~practic~~structural discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
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6. Stresses the necessity for women to be able to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the urgent need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work; urges the Eastern Partnership States to ensure that working conditions are such as to enable women to perform their essential family role and afford the necessary special protection to mothers and children;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve naturally equal pay for equal work;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the necessity for women to participate actively in trade unions, and highlights the need to overcome legal and practical discriminatory barriers for women in the work environment in order to achieve equal pay for equal work so as to eliminate wage and pension differences between the two sexes;

Amendment 59 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers it essential to devise practices and legislation whereby jobs may be preserved for women during their pregnancy and for a given period thereafter in order, by means of state support, to maintain income at its earlier level for persons whose earnings are reduced because they are bringing up children, and to facilitate work-life balance;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. having regard to the ILO gender equality conventions, namely the Equal Remuneration Convention (No.100), Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111), Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (No. 156) and Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183);

Amendment 60 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Eastern Partnership countries to encourage the media to pursue policies to promote equality between women and men and to combat gender stereotypes;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and c~~Calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, since none of the concerning countries has signed and ratified it, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to ~~combat~~prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence against women;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
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7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women, promote protection and assistance for victims, and ensure social reintegration;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place more effective national strategies to combat violence against women;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat violence against women in both private and in public life;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
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7. Urges the Eastern Partnership States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and calls on the authorities to put in place national strategies to combat and punish violence against women;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and ~~girls~~children as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
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8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including ~~crimes such as~~ mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of ~~sexu~~physical, sexual, and psychological violence;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government, if necessary with the use of quotas, and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;deleted

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence, and calls on the Eastern Partnership States to take steps, as a matter of urgency, to prevent and prosecute serious crimes of this kind committed within their jurisdiction, even outside their own territory;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
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8. Condemns the use of sexual 8. violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence; underlines that early marriage remains an issue in Georgia and Moldova, where the existing data shows that about 17-19% of women were married before the age of 18; draws attention to the fact that gender- related crimes and crimes of sexual violence are classified in the Rome Statute as war crimes, crimes against humanity or constitutive acts with respect to genocide or torture; welcomes, in this context, UN Security Council Resolution 2106 on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls as weapons of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution including trafficking, sex tourism, and early and forced marriages, and all other forms of sexual violence, and calls on the governments of the Eastern Partnership states to proceed with the imposition of genuine legal punishments on those who have committed this kind of crime;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
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9. Stresses the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG target 5(2), which calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and ~~girls~~children in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG target 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and particularly SDG target 5(2), which calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
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10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process;deleted

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, including mothers with small children, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls for specific protection for women seeking asylum, because women in particular may be fleeing gender-based violence but may be unable or unwilling to disclose relevant information during the Refugee Status Determination process; in this regard, calls on the European Commission to implement projects aimed at protecting vulnerable groups as already done in Georgia in 2012-2014 with an EU-financed project;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;deleted

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s livhealth services;

Amendment 8 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; ~~supports electoral systems that require voters to select both male and female candidates;~~ stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women-related issues;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for ~~the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for~~ access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, ~~easy~~ access to contraception and access to ~~the full range of~~ sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services including legal abortion; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception a~~nd access to the full r~~s important elements in saving women’s lives; underlines the importangce of ~~sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s live~~the EU-financed project implemented in Moldova to strengthening civil society organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for women and juvenile prisoners;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development for education and health as basic human rights, ~~and~~ calls for universal access for women to sexual and reproductive health services; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights~~, and~~; calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services and for the eradication of domestic violence; stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the application of the Beijing Platform for Action for education and health as basic human rights, and calls for access for women to sexual and reproductive health services;, including women and girls with disabilities, stresses family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services as important elements in saving women’s lives;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; ~~supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;~~

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. CFiercely condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual or work purposes; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns human trafficking and any other exploitative practice which violates the right to bodily integrity and inflicts violence; stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of victims of which are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes which constitutes the most lucrative form of human trafficking; supports the placing of these policies at the core of development cooperation in the EU neighbourhood policies;

Amendment 89 #

Andi CRISTEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Eastern Partnership countries to design measures to ensure that the justice chain is gender-responsive and addresses the needs of the most disadvantaged women (poor, illiterate, from rural areas, minorities and disabled);

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for representation of women at all levels of government~~, if necessary with the use of quotas,~~ and for women’s systematic inclusion in transitional institutions; s~~upports electoral systems that require voters to select bo~~tresses, that in those appointments as public representatives neither sex should be more or less privileged and the whole recruitment process must be done objectively, on the m~~ale and female candidates~~erit base exclusively; stresses the importance of women’s equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and supports empowerment projects aimed at training women to negotiate women- related issues;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Underlines the need for effective protection mechanisms for women human rights defenders;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role of ~~parliamentary~~Member State diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the important role of parliamentary diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the role of parliamentary diplomacy in all of the above areas and the need to exchange best practices and calls for the active participation of MEPs at information actions, meetings, fora and discussions in this connection;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

~~14. Urges that gender issues be systematically included in political and human rights dialogues with Eastern Partnership States.~~deleted

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Urges that ~~gender issues~~equality between women and men be systematically included in political and human rights dialogues with Eastern Partnership States.

Amendment 96 #