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2017/2663(RSP) Resolution on ending child marriage

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	FEMM

Lead committee dossier: FEMM/8/09779
Legal Basis RoP 128-p5

Subjects

4.10.03 Child protection, children's rights

Links

Activites

2017/10/04 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T8-0379/2017
2017/10/03 Debate in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament

Documents

Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0379/2017

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2019-07-06Show (12) Changes | Timetravel

activities	date: 2017-10-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20171003&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament date: 2017-10-04T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2017-0379 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T8-0379/2017 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
commission	body: EC dg: Justice and Consumers commissioner: TIMMERMANS Frans
committees/0	type Responsible Committee body EP committee_full Womens Rights and Gender Equality committee FEMM associated False date
committees/0	body EP responsible True committee_full Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee FEMM
docs	date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00 docs: title: B8-0328/2017 type: Oral question/interpellation by Parliament body: EP date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B8-2017-0535&language=EN title: B8-0535/2017 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
events	date: 2017-10-03T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20171003&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2017-10-04T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=30246&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2017-10-04T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2017-0379 title: T8-0379/2017 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution tabled by its Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality on ending child marriage. It began by recalling that one in every three girls in developing countries is married before turning 18 , and one in nine before 15. Girls are most at risk, representing 82 % of the children affected. Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death in girls aged 15-19 in low- and middle-income countries, and Members pointed out that child brides are under intense social pressure to prove their fertility, which makes them more likely to experience early and frequent pregnancies. Furthermore, 60 % of child brides in developing countries have had no formal education, which is a form of gender discrimination. Parliament pointed out child marriage denies children of school age the right to the education they need for their personal development, their preparation for adulthood and their ability to contribute to their community. Accordingly Members condemned child marriage as a violation of the rights of the child and a form of violence against women and girls. They called on the EU and the Member States to; work together with UN agencies and stakeholders to bring attention to the issue of child marriage by focusing on women’s empowerment , including through education, economic empowerment and enhanced participation in decision-making, as well as on the protection and promotion of the human rights of all women and girls; increase access to health services , including sexual and reproductive health and rights services, for women and child brides; apply unified legal standards with regard to the procedure for dealing with child marriages, also in view of the ratification of the Istanbul Convention; work with law enforcement authorities and judicial systems in third countries , and provide training and technical assistance to help with legislation prohibiting early and forced marriages, including a minimum age for marriage; Parliament went on to emphasise that specific procedures must be put in place in refugee and asylum seeker reception centres to ensure the protection of children among refugees and asylum seekers. Members strongly condemned the reinstatement and expansion of the global gag rule , which cuts funds to organisations, such as UNFPA, that provide girl victims of child marriage with family planning and sexual and reproductive health services to help reduce the risk of contracting HIV and complications in early pregnancies. They called on the EU and its Member States to fill the financing gap left by the US in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights, using both national and EU development funding. Lastly, Parliament highlighted the big discrepancy between officially registered cases and cases of potential victims asking for assistance , indicating that many cases of child marriage might be going unnoticed by authorities. It stressed the need for disaggregated data as well as proper and harmonised monitoring of cases of child marriage in EU Member States, with special raining for social workers and teachers on how to identify victims. date: 2017-10-04T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
links
other	body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/justice-and-consumers_en title: Justice and Consumers commissioner: TIMMERMANS Frans
procedure/dossier_of_the_committee	Old FEMM/8/09779 New FEMM/8/09779
procedure/legal_basis/0	Rules of Procedure EP 136-p5
procedure/legal_basis/0	Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 128-p5
procedure/subject	Old 4.10.03 Child protection, children's rights New 4.10.03 Child protection, children's rights

2017-10-06Show (5) Changes | Timetravel

activities/0/docs	url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20171003&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament
activities/1/docs	url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2017-0379 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T8-0379/2017
activities/1/type	Old Vote in plenary scheduled New Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
procedure/stage_reached	Old Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage New Procedure completed
procedure/title	Old Ending child marriages New Resolution on ending child marriage

2017-10-04Show (1) Changes | Timetravel

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other/0

body: EC

dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/justice-and-consumers_en title: Justice and Consumers

commissioner: TIMMERMANS Frans

2017-09-15Show (5) Changes

activities	date: 2017-10-03T00:00:00 body: EP type: Debate in plenary scheduled date: 2017-10-04T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in plenary scheduled
committees	body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee: FEMM
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other
procedure	dossier_of_the_committee FEMM/8/09779 reference 2017/2663(RSP) title Ending child marriages legal_basis Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 128-p5 stage_reached Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage subtype Debate or resolution on oral question/interpellation type RSP - Resolutions on topical subjects subject 4.10.03 Child protection, children's rights

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