2019/2167(INI) Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting Parliament's vote
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM |
URTASUN Ernest ( Verts/ALE)
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WEISS Pernille ( EPP),
MORETTI Alessandra ( S&D),
RAFAELA Samira ( Renew),
TOVAGLIERI Isabella ( ID),
EPPINK Derk Jan ( ECR),
KOUNTOURA Elena ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | AFET |
NEUMANN Hannah ( Verts/ALE)
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Hilde VAUTMANS ( RE),
Željana ZOVKO ( PPE),
Assita KANKO ( ECR),
Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ ( GUE/NGL),
Katarina BARLEY ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
2020/10/05
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
2020/08/03
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2020/08/03
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2020/07/16
EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2020/07/07
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/04/29
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/04/16
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2020/03/27
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/01/14
EP - URTASUN Ernest (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
2019/12/19
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2019/12/04
EP - NEUMANN Hannah (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0145/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0145/2020
- Committee opinion: PE648.587
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE650.560
- Committee draft report: PE648.621
- Committee draft report: PE648.621
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE650.560
- Committee opinion: PE648.587
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0145/2020
Activities
- Tanja FAJON
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- Antonius MANDERS
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- Alessandra MORETTI
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- Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS
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- Ernest URTASUN
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- Željana ZOVKO
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- Vladimír BILČÍK
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- Marcel KOLAJA
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- Hannah NEUMANN
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- Samira RAFAELA
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- Charlie WEIMERS
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- Guido REIL
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- Elena KOUNTOURA
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- Heléne FRITZON
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- Virginie JORON
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- Frances FITZGERALD
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- Robert BIEDROŃ
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- Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ
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- Pernille WEISS
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- Elżbieta KRUK
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- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
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| Amendments | Dossier |
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2019/2167(INI)
2020/04/29
FEMM
265 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to the Joint Declaration on Trade and Womens Economic Empowerment on the Occasion of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires of December 2017,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU and is enshrined in the EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; gender mainstreaming is therefore an important tool in the horizontal integration of this principle into EU policies, measures and actions so as to deliver equality and enhance it in practice and achieve sustainable development, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas the current global context of the rise of authoritarianism, of corporate power and of fundamentalist groups is contributing towards shrinking civil society space; whereas women human rights defenders face additional barriers of economic and structural discrimination and unique challenges driven by deep-rooted discrimination against women and stereotypes entrenched in patriarchal societies related to gender and sexuality; whereas women’s organisations and human rights defenders working on rights contested by authoritarian regimes and fundamentalist groups such as SRHR and denouncing the actions of extractive industries and businesses remain at heightened risk to attacks and violence; whereas consistent engagement with women’s organisations and human rights defenders needs to be ensured throughout the full cycle of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the GAP III with regard to addressing social and cultural norms and gender stereotypes in societies and to promoting women’s rights and empowerment;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas the civil society space is shrinking in various spheres, including with regards to women’s organisations and women human rights defenders, SRHR, and LGBTIQ+ rights; ; whereas women human rights defenders often face additional and different risks and obstacles that are gendered, intersectional and shaped by entrenched gender; whereas in the context of global backlash against gender equality and SRHR there has been increasing attacks and a reduction on the level of protection of women and girls; whereas more ambitious internal and external actions are needed in order to actively combat regressive discourses and initiatives and continue advancing towards gender equal societies;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M.
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas trade policy shall be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the EU external action, including democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the UN Charter and international law; whereas, until now, the EU has concluded trade and Association agreements without undertaking assessments of their impact on women and gender equality; whereas a modernised Association Agreement between Chile and the EU will include, for the first time for the EU, a specific chapter on gender and trade; whereas gender issues and women rights are not sufficiently taken into account in the sustainable impact assessments of trade and Association agreements; whereas an ex-ante assessment of the gender implications of trade policies can contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment; whereas it is necessary to ensure that the possible impacts of EU trade policy and agreements on gender equality and women’s rights are always evaluated;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas including the gender perspective in the EU´s foreign and security policy also means to acknowledge and combat the specific gender dimensions and impact of global phenomena such as climate change, migration, trade and security, as well as to put the focus on the experiences and needs of women and groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and marginalization at the centre of policy making;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU enshrined within the European Union legal and political framework, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Recalls the pivotal role of women as peacebuilders and stresses the need to ensure the equal participation of women in the maintenance of international peace and security, the expansion of women’s roles in preventing and resolving conflict, and women’s protection in order to advance the international peace and security agenda;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EU and its Member States
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporates a gender-transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations at its centre; stresses the need for such policy to be grounded in rigorous gender analysis
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EU and its Member
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporates a gender-transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations at its centre; stresses the need for such policy to be grounded in rigorous gender analysis and systematic gender impact assessments, and for a meaningful and equitable role at all levels and stages of decision-making to be secured for women and for people from diverse backgrounds; underlines the importance of engaging men and boys in the process as agents of change;
Amendment 116 #
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporates a
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reminds the Commission that the principle of subsidiarity, as enshrined in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, applies to all of the Union’s policies at all times with no exceptions , Union’s external action including; stresses that the new Gender Action Plan must strictly follow this principle; recalls that the common foreign and security policy is subject to specific rules and procedures and that the Union’s development cooperation policy and that of the Member States complement and reinforce each other; welcomes, nevertheless, that the Commission provides for recommendations for the Member States regarding their approach to gender equality to pursue the political aims in line with the action plan in areas of their competence;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Urges the Commission, the High Representative and the Member States to further strengthen their support for gender equality, the full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls and their empowerment across the globe and to play a key and increasing role in streamlining and leveraging resources to that end;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes that GAP II has served an important purpose and supported the entire EU foreign policy agenda, and welcomes in this regard the choice of three thematic pillars, namely ensuring girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity, promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women, and strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; stresses that these pillars are intended to tackle the main factors and causes involved in discrimination and marginalisation; also takes note of the horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission’s services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment through the EU’s external relations;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; calls on GAP III to challenge the backlash against women’s rights, through strengthening access to sexual and reproductive health for women and girls, free from coercion, violence, discrimination and abuse; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that the GAP III should build upon and expand on the path laid out in the current GAP II and take into consideration lessons learned from its current implementation; stresses that this document needs to take the form of an official communication, rather than a staff working document, in order to ensure its effective implementation; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including on SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan; further welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025 and A New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings foreseen this year;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights,
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that progress has been uneven across the thematic priorities and amongst different EU actors; calls therefore for greater efforts by the Commission, the High Representative and all Member States to fully implement the EU’s gender equality policy in external relations and attain the minimum performance standards set out in the Gender Action Plan;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality and complementarity between women and men, with their respective differences, is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to deliver the first LGBTI Equality Strategy by the end of this year; stresses that this Strategy must be ambitious, build upon the existing guidelines and list of actions and include a strong external action component;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Underlines the importance of strong cooperation with civil society in implementing GAPIII; values the critical role of civil society, CSOs and SMEs through active engagement and consultations;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Stresses that the new EU Gender Action Plan should explicitly cover protection, participation and advancing women’s rights in all contexts and include fragile states and conflict-related contexts;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for further policy coherence and coordination in the implementation of the range of commitments on gender equality included in the EU’s external action; stresses that the EU Strategic Approach should be linked to and synchronised with the new GAP III, and calls for the 2019 EU Action Plan on WPS to be included in GAP III as a separate chapter; stresses the importance of the existing normative framework pertaining to the women, peace and security agenda, insists that this framework should be the baseline for all actions at EU and international level and that any attempts to resile from or roll back established commitments in this field must be firmly rejected;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on all Members States to adopt a feminist foreign and security policy that addresses the barriers for women to enter and maintain not only high-level leadership roles, and key positions such as ambassadorships and mediator positions in international peace talks and negotiations, but also entry-level positions. Recalls that factors that might deter women’s participation such as a lack of conducive work-life balance policies, equal sharing of family responsibilities and expectations that women will be primary caregivers leading women to often take career breaks or move to part-time work, and the public perception globally of women’s leadership should be taken into account; Further stresses that in advancing the targets of women’s leadership in the WPS, equal pay for equal work is one of the EU’s founding principles and should be mainstreamed through the advancement of women’s economic and social rights, both outside and within the EU; that Member States have an obligation to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex with regard to all aspects and conditions of remuneration for the same work or for work of equal value;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes a specific gender chapter in EU trade and investment agreements, however points out that it is vital to have gender impact assessment included in the whole of the agreement, including its investment provisions;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and the Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming and an intersectional perspective into the EU’s foreign and security policy, including in multilateral fora and in all political and strategic dialogues, human rights dialogues, policy formulation and programming, country level human rights strategies, public statements, global human rights reporting as well as in the monitoring, evaluation and reporting processes;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and the Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming and an intersectional perspective into the EU’s foreign and security policy; Calls on the Member States to put forward more women for senior positions, because more women should be encouraged to step forward and take a risk;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services, all the European agencies who are working outside European Union’s borders, and the Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming and an intersectional perspective into the EU’s foreign and security and enlargement policy;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and the Member States to systematically integrate gender
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and the Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming and an intersectional perspective into the EU’s foreign and security policy, including trade and development policy;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and the Member States to
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that further analysis needs to be done on the power dynamics inherent in EU’s policies and practice and in the current programming in order to analyse and address their gender implications;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recalls the importance of integrating an intersectional perspective in all EU external action and that EU actions should integrate the experiences of women from diverse backgrounds and especially those facing intersecting forms of discrimination and marginalization based on their age, gender, race, religion, socio economic and legal status, ability, sexual orientation and gender identity; reminds that women are not a homogenous group or speaking with one voice;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to ensure continued commitment at the highest political levels to the implementation of GAP III; requests that
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. “Stresses the need to ensure continued commitment at the highest political levels to the implementation of GAP III; requests that GAP III specify that 85 % of official development assistance (ODA) should go to programmes which have gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective, and that, within this broader commitment, 20 % of ODA should be allocated to programmes with gender equality
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to ensure continued commitment at the highest political levels to the implementation of GAP III; requests that GAP III specify that 85 % of official development assistance (ODA) should go to programmes which have gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective, and that, within this broader commitment, 20 % of ODA should be allocated to programmes with gender equality, including SRHR, as a principal objective; calls for further targeted actions to achieve gender equality; calls, furthermore, for the new plan to strengthen
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends that GAP III be accompanied by clear, measurable, time- bound indicators of success to monitor short-term, mid-term and long-term changes, including an attribution of responsibility to different actors, and with clear objectives in each partner country, developed in close cooperation with the partner country and civil society organisations (CSOs), including those that work to involve men and boys in promoting gender equality;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends that GAP III be accompanied by clear, measurable, time- bound indicators of success,
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions of EU’s foreign and security policy that receive funding from the EU budget; calls for the introducing in the forthcoming Common Implementing Regulation laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union’s instruments for financing external action, basic requirements towards furthering gender equality through all external financial instruments; calls for mandatory gender impact assessment as part of general ex- ante conditionality, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants; stresses the need for a systematic gender budgeting approach, combined with an appropriate and uniform system of tracking, monitoring and evaluating EU expenditures related to gender equality across EU’s foreign and security policy; calls on the Commission to systematically assess the impact of the Programmes financed by EU budget and to report back to the European Parliament;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and EU member states to recommit, through the new GAP, to gender mainstreaming in all sectors, including in non-social sectors such as trade, energy, agriculture and migration; calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and EU member states to commit in parallel to implement more gender targeted actions in addition to gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines that girls and young women are particularly vulnerable and that specific focus is needed to ensure their access to all levels of education; calls in this regard for the consideration of a range of opportunities in the field of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM subjects);
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to organise ex-ante and ex-post gendered impact assessments of the different programmes financed by the EU, containing a variety of modalities including budget support and to report back to the European Parliament;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the European Commission to accurately track all spending on gender related activities, including in the area of external action, to assess the impact and to improve the quality of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognize girls and young women as drivers of change, and to support their safe, meaningful and inclusive participation in civic and public life; stresses the positive impact girls, young women and women have in achieving sustainable peace and social cohesion, including through local girls and women- led initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to take into consideration the feedback of youth- led organisations and to support them through capacity-building as youth bear the biggest burden to conflicts and disasters and are key actors of change;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls the essential work done by CSOs on the ground to sustain peace and promote women’s engagement in peace processes, politics, governance, institution-building, the rule of law and the security sector and stresses the need to ensure significant funding and capacity building to maintain and support these efforts; Calls for specific earmarked funding on gender equality in the framework of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs; stresses the importance of ensuring that partners can count on receiving sufficient financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG5) is to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls worldwide; whereas no development strategy can be effective unless women and girls play a central role, and whereas SDG5 must be mainstreamed horizontally into different policy fields where EU has competence to act;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for specific earmarked funding on gender equality in the framework of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs; stresses the importance of ensuring that partners can count on receiving sufficient political support and financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a mechanism to track the amount of EU funding for gender equality allocated and disbursed in partner countries and report on it through the GAP III; further calls on the Commission to undertake a formal evaluation of the gender impact of the different programmes financed by the EU, including modalities such as budget support, and to report back to the European Parliament; stresses that this evaluation should be based on gender- disaggregated data and that its result should be integrated in future programming; Reminds the importance to ensure that partners count with sufficient financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to advocate for the inclusion of women’s rights organisations, as well as women led organisations and defenders of women’s human rights, in humanitarian coordination and decision-making structures; moreover calls on Commission to ensure that local funding mechanisms such as pooled funds are accessible to these women’s organisations; EU Delegations and Member States’ Embassies should especially engage local feminist activists and women’s rights organisations, as they are instrumental to creating ownership and ensuring impact in partner countries;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights the importance of equal access to capital for female entrepreneurs. Calls in this regard on the Member States and EU institutions to increase the availability of financing by means of microcredit and to actively promote the use of microcredit;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Recalls that greater inclusion of women in the labour market, better support for female entrepreneurship, safeguarding equal opportunities and equal pay for men and women and promoting work-life balance are key factors for achieving long-term sustainable and inclusive economic growth, combating inequalities, and encouraging women’s financial independence;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Recalls that the negotiation of trade agreements, and especially of Trade and Sustainable Development chapters which cover labour rights, represents an important tool for advancing gender equality and empowering women in third countries; therefore calls on DG TRADE to include, for all EU trade agreements, girls’ and women’s rights and gender equality as drivers of economic growth, and to respect the ILO core conventions on gender and labour rights, including on forced and child labour; recalls the need to monitor the impact of EU trade policies on women’s political and economic empowerment and gender equality;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Stresses that achieving gender equality is not possible without the inclusion of men and boys in the process to advancing gender equality, men and boys must be invited to participate and contribute actively in promoting healthier gender norms; recalls in particular the role and responsibility of men and boys in combating sexual and gender-based violence;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 A gender
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the examination of synergies between those internal and external programmes of the Union to ensure a coherent and continuous approach to policies inside and outside of the Union, such as in the case of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM);
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. It is important that foreign policy focuses effectively on European Union interests and not on ideological policies;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council working group on gender equality;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council working group on gender equality; recommends for the new Council WG to develop rules to allow in- depth participation of civil society;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to create a
Amendment 185 #
8. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council working group on
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Adviser on gender;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Adviser on gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity in terms of staff and resources assigned to this position, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; highlights the necessity of the EEAS to adjust its recruitment and hiring processes in order to pay even more attention to diversity and inclusion; underlines the necessity of organising diverse interview panels, putting a hiring process on hold to identify a more diverse candidate pool as well as more concrete dialogues with the Member States at political level regarding recruitment efforts; calls on the VP/HR to create an organisational division within the EEAS on gender equality and the WPS agenda, and to have a full-time gender adviser in each EEAS Directorate, reporting directly to the Principal Adviser;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas achieving gender equality by 2030 requires the full awareness and unwavering commitment by EU and its Member States; whereas this includes the promotion of women’s and girl’s full enjoyment of all human rights, gender equality and the empowerment and promotion of women and girls as a priority across all areas of policy and action; whereas the EU Gender Action Plan(GAP) II is a key tool to contribute to achieving these goals and must be safeguarded against any deterioration and progress must be accelerated;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Adviser on gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity in terms of staff and resources assigned to this position, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; calls on the VP/HR to create an organisational division within the EEAS on gender equality and the WPS agenda,
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Adviser on gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity in terms of staff and resources assigned to this position, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; calls on the VP/HR to create an organisational division within the EEAS on gender equality and the WPS
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to collect sex-disaggregated data in the implementation of EU-financed programmes on women’s empowerment; stresses the need to improve the reliability of gender analysis by harmonising the data collected by EU delegations in such a way as to make it comparable; underlines; furthermore, the importance of conducting evidence-based gender analysis, using, where possible, data disaggregated for sex and age in consultation with CSOs; and calls for gender analysis to play a role in defining country strategy objectives, programmes, projects and dialogue; encourages the EU to explore possibilities for sharing, managing and updating gender analysis in a more systematic manner;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023, but regrets the lack of specific and measurable objectives; calls for it to be updated in order to include concrete and binding goals on the presence of women in management positions; recommends a target of 50 % of management positions being held by women, including as Heads of Delegation and Heads of CSDP missions and operations; welcomes the progress that the European Commission has made in this regard, reaching a 41% of women managers at all levels; regrets that the EEAS is far from reaching that goal and calls the current HRVP to take the necessary steps to remedy this situation; regrets, in addition, the absence of other diversity targets and of overall diversity in the EU institutions, especially regarding race, ability and ethnic backgrounds;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 b (new) - having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and to Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023, but regrets the lack of specific and measurable objectives; calls for it to be updated in order to include concrete
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP-missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and drives the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for men and women worldwide.1a Calls in this regard on the Member States and the EU institutions to advance women’s participation in CSDP-missions. _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2017/603855/EXPO_STU(2 017)603855_EN.pdf
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the delegation’s work and that they be required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal point in the EU delegations
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the delegation’s work and that they be required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal point in the EU delegations; stresses that all gender focal points should be given sufficient time and capacity to carry out their tasks; emphasises the need for training in order to ensure that gender focal persons can develop the skills required to fulfil their assigned tasks; underlines the need to update job descriptions and contracts in order to include relevant responsibilities related to furthering gender equality within positions at all levels;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the delegation’s work and that they be required to report on it;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the delegation’s work and that they be required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that achieving gender equality is not possible without a gender- responsive leadership; calls, in this context, for mandatory training on gender equality for all middle and senior managers of the EEAS and Heads/Commanders of CSDP missions and operations; highlights that the mission letters and job descriptions for the new Heads of EU Delegations need to include specific references to gender equality; stresses that their evaluations need to include specific criteria on work undertaken to ensure gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that achieving gender equality is not possible without a gender- responsive leadership; calls, in this context, for
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for a continued cultural shift, including the better coordination between EU institutions and between these institutions and the EU Member States; calls, in this regard, for a better inclusion of gender equality and human rights considerations in policy and political dialogue, to further strengthen the role in fostering accountability in the humanitarian system;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Regrets that the number of women working in CSDP missions and especially in military operations remains very low; recalls that gender diversity in CSDP is important for implementing many operational tasks and effective executing of the duties such as increasing situational awareness, reaching out to different groups in society, or further strengthening training and monitoring;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for an active promotion and support of comprehensive trainings for all staff on gender mainstreaming and gender analysis; stresses that these trainings need to be followed-up in the medium and long term;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Urges the EEAS to promote the need for a binding political commitment to increase the number of women in the EU’s crisis management missions and operations; urges the Member States to look at ways to strengthen recruitment and retention policies and promote women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions and to present more women candidates to serve as Heads of Delegations, EUSRs and Heads of Missions and Operations;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Underlines the need for a simplified method of reporting in all of EU’s gender-related aspects in order to keep bureaucracy to a minimum; calls for the development of online reporting, clear templates and the issuing of a guidebook to facilitate the work of the delegations;
Amendment 219 #
12b. Calls for an update of the Upgraded Generic Standards of Behaviour for CSDP Missions and Operations to include the principle of zero-tolerance to non-action for EU leadership and management regarding sexual and gender-based violence;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Underlines the importance of EU Member States to continue to substantially improve the use of gender analysis and the consistent gender mainstreaming, including the collection and use of sex-and age-disaggregated data and gender sensitive indicators in identification, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of all processes in the EU’s external action; underlines that these areas shall include trade, infrastructure-related investment, private sector investment and security- related initiatives and climate change, particular attention should be paid in all external actions to thematic areas which have a potential gender transformative objective and content;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Stresses the importance of applying a zero-tolerance policy regarding cases of sexual or gender-based harassment and of supporting institutional structures focused on preventing sexual or gender-based violence; Regrets that only a few EU CSDP missions provide training on sexual or gender-based harassment and calls on the EEAS and the Member States to support all efforts to combat sexual or gender-based violence in international peacekeeping operations and to ensure that whistle-blowers and victims are effectively protected;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Prioritising the protection and advancement of women’s and girls’ rights and
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the EEAS to consider reviewing the ‘EU guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them’ in order to add references to specific measures to combat the increasing attacks and threats against women’s human rights defenders and transgender or gender non-conforming people, and to align the guidelines with the Istanbul Convention definitions and recommendations;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure an adequate budget for education in emergencies to ensure that every girl can succeed, despite circumstances of conflict and natural disasters.
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency and their empowerment is essential to tackle these issues; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, and to adopt an annex aiming to recognise and develop additional strategies and tools to respond better and more effectively to prevent the specific situation, threats and risk factors faced by defenders of women’s human rights;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, and to adopt an annex aiming to recognise and develop additional strategies and tools to respond better and more effectively to prevent the specific situation, threats and risk factors faced by defenders of women’s human rights, including girls and young women activists;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls for the EEAS to work with partner countries to advance the status of women including in areas such as inheritance rights to property and land, access to legal status including through birth registration, a reduced burden of unpaid care work, access to financial and digital literacy, technical and vocational education and training, and protection from child labour and other forms of exploitation;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses the need to implement a gender perspective within the EU migration policy that guarantees the rights of women and girl asylum seekers and refugees, to immediately introduce gender sensitive asylum and migration procedures and to step up work in order to ensure proper identification and protection against potential violence, harassment, rapes and women trafficking at reception centres across Europe;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the European Commission to strengthen the NDICI Regulation in order to give clear objectives on how it will ensure gender mainstreaming and targeted actions, by addressing gender-based discrimination to tackle all aspects of inequalities affecting girls and women, in line with the European Consensus on Development and the Gender Action Plan;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that due consideration is given to gender equality when negotiating new or reviewing existing Trade and Association Agreements; calls on the Commission and the Council to promote and support the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in EU trade and Association Agreements and to ensure that it specifically foresees binding commitments to respect and promote gender equality and women empowerment; calls for the promotion of principles of internationally recognised standards, international Agreements and UN Conventions and commitments on girls and women rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming and the empowerment of women in these agreements, based on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs, the CEDAW and the fundamental ILO Conventions; calls on the Commission to include gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements in ex- ante and ex-post impact assessments and to ensure that trade agreements do not exacerbate existing inequalities or create new ones;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to safeguard the rights of girls and women and ensure their full and meaningful participation across the various stages of the conflict cycle, in the context of EU conflict prevention and mediation activities; calls for the mainstreaming of gender perspective through the inclusion of expertise on gender, including gender- based violence and conflict-related sexual violence, at all levels of peacekeeping as well as through the substantial increase in the number of women in other key positions at all levels of conflict prevention and peacekeeping operations;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to enhance cooperation with third countries in order to combat all forms of trafficking in human beings, paying particular attention to the gender dimension of trafficking in persons to specifically combat child marriage, the sexual exploitation of women and girls and sex tourism; calls for mandatory impact assessment on the risks posed by a third country with regard to human trafficking as part of general ex-ante conditionality of all visa liberalisation agreements; stresses the need of the introduction of effective cooperation with third countries in regard to human trafficking among the mandatory criteria to be met for any visa liberalisation agreement; calls on the Commission, the Council and the EEAS to introduce in their negotiations with third countries on association and cooperation agreements with third countries a benchmark framework of cooperation with regards to effectively counter-human trafficking, including a transparent protocol for recording data on referrals and prosecution of trafficking; calls for the establishment of a gender-sensitive approach to trafficking in persons, by comprehensively addressing the impact it has on the realization of a wide range of human rights, in the context of any conflict;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU Delegations to
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU Delegations to monitor the backlash against gender equality and SRHR and the tendency towards shrinking space for civil society, and to take specific steps to protect them; urges the Commission, the EEAS, the Member States and Heads of EU Delegations to ensure political and financial support to local CSOs, including women’s organisations and human rights defenders, and to make cooperation and consultation with them a standard element of their work; urges the Commission and Member States to support initiatives that aim to challenge and transform negative gender norms and stereotypes in all contexts that lead to discrimination and marginalisation such as FGM and child marriage;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU Delegations to monitor the backlash against gender equality and SRHR and the tendency towards shrinking space for civil society, and to take specific steps to protect them from threats, harassment, violence and hate speech; urges the Commission, the EEAS, the Member States and Heads of EU Delegations to ensure political and
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU Delegations to monitor the backlash against gender equality and SRHR and the tendency towards shrinking space for civil society, and to take specific steps to protect them; urges the Commission, the EEAS, the Member States and Heads of EU Delegations to ensure political and
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU Delegations to monitor the
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU Delegations to monitor the backlash against gender equality and SRHR and the tendency towards shrinking space for civil society, and to take specific steps to protect them; urges the Commission, the EEAS, the Member States and Heads of EU Delegations to
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recognises the fact that humanitarian crises intensify the need for sexual and reproductive health and rights services (SRHR), as crises bring an increased risk for women and girls, including particularly vulnerable groups such as refugee and migrant girls, to be exposed to sexual and gender-based violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation and unwanted pregnancies; Calls therefore on the European Commission and Member States to give a high priority to the full spectrum of age sensitive, sexual and reproductive health services in their humanitarian aid response, and to ensure continuity of support for family planning services along the humanitarian-to- development continuum; Calls for a stronger action on SRHR as a precondition for gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, as well as the need for appropriate tools to measure progress with regard to ensuring universal access to SRHR, as agreed in accordance with the EU’s commitment to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences, as per SDG 5.6; Stresses the necessity of conducting and supporting efforts to preventing SGBV through gender awareness activities involving boys and men;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Call on the Commission and the EEAS to systematically support universal enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including through effective access to comprehensive sexuality education, contraception, family planning, safe and legal abortion services, and quality maternal health care, and respect for women’s right to decide over their own bodies, and to be protected against any form of discrimination, coercion or violence in this regard; calls on the European Commission to counter the impact of the “global gag rule” by significantly supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights funding, including through the new NDICI;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, particularly associated with radical Islam, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Condemns all forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, honour crimes, female genital mutilation (FGM) and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention, as the first legally binding international instrument seeking to prevent and combat violence against women, this way setting an example worldwide and making their commitment to eradicate such violence credible in the EU external relations;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Points out that ensuring a meaningful and equitable participation of women in EU foreign policy negotiation as well as peace and security processes is linked to greater economic growth, decrease in human rights violation and advancement of global security, democracy and sustainable peace;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Recognizes that gender equality is a prerequisite for peace, security and sustainable development and the efficient management of climate challenges and that in order to achieve a fair and just transition which leaves no one behind all climate action must include a gender and an intersectional perspective; regrets that only 30% of climate negotiators are women and reminds that meaningful and equal participation of women in decision making bodies at EU, national and local level climate policy and action is vital for achieving long-term climate goals; asks that the EU and its Member States to ensure access of women’s organisations to international climate funds;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Stresses the need to pay more attention on the inclusion of women in climate change decision-making processes, as women and girls are disproportionately affected by climate change, notably due to persistent cultural and structural gender inequalities; urges that GAP III make clear links to the Paris Agreement and also commit to ensure access of women’s organisations to international climate funds;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Calls on the EU to promote the increased participation of women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding processes and EU military and civil crisis management missions; highlights the importance of women’s role in promoting dialogue and building trust, building coalitions for peace and bringing different perspectives on meanings of peace and security, in particular in post-conflict reconstruction, conflict prevention and resolution; notes that the promotion of women’s rights in crisis or conflict-ridden countries fosters stronger and more resilient communities;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health contributes to the achievement of all the health-related SDGs, such as prenatal care and measures to avoid high- risk births and reduce infant and child mortality; points out that access to family planning and maternal health services are important elements for saving women’s lives;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Recognises the fact that humanitarian crises intensify sexual and reproductive health and rights related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation and unwanted pregnancies;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15d. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognize girls and young women as drivers of change, and to support their safe, meaningful and inclusive participation in civic and public life; stresses the positive impact girls, and women of all ages have in achieving sustainable peace and social cohesion, including through local girls and women- led initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by physical, psychological and sexual violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15d. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to give a high priority to gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights in their humanitarian aid response, as well as accountability and access to justice and redress for sexual and reproductive rights violations and gender- based violence, and in terms of training of humanitarian actors as well as funding;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 e (new) 15e. Notes the continued progress on the implementation of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls worldwide, which amounted to EUR270 million committed for programmes in Africa and Latin America in 2018;callsfor the EU’s strong leadership on the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies and the support provided to the survivors of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence, reminds the Commission and the EU Member States the importance of the outcome of the Oslo Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 e (new) 15e. Stresses that the new EU Gender Action Plan should explicitly cover protection, participation and advancing women’s rights in all contexts, regardless of GDP and including fragile states and conflict contexts;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 f (new) 15f. Reminds the Commission that the principle of subsidiarity, as enshrined in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, applies to all of the Union’s policies at all times with no exceptions, EU’s foreign and security policy including; stresses that the new Gender Action Plan must strictly follow this principle, welcomes nevertheless that the Commission provides for recommendations for the Member States regarding their approach to gender equality through external action to pursue the political aims in line with the action plan in areas of their competence;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 f (new) 15f. Stresses that the new EU Gender Action Plan should cover the protection, participation and advancing of girls, including particularly vulnerable groups such as refugee and migrant girls, and to secure the protection from violence and discrimination of girls as well as their access to education, information and health services, including SRHR;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 c (new) - having regard to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) and the Protocols thereto, and in particular the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas men and women are affected differently in conflict, post- conflict and fragile situations; whereas women are not only victims but also agents of positive change, who could contribute to conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction; whereas the importance of meaningful participation of women and girls in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and conflict resolution as well as in building the resilience of local communities must be highly considered;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls, including harmful traditions such as child marriage and FGM; inadequate access to basic sectors and social services, for example health, education, clean water, sanitation, and nutrition; restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services; unequal participation in public and private institutions, as well as in political decision-making and in peace processes are contributory factors leading to discrimination and marginalisation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas a foreign and security policy that does not represent women, girls and LGBTI+ rights and does not address current injustices further reinforces imbalances; whereas anyone who wants to put an end to these injustices must recognise the unequal balance of power between the genders;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women’s direct participation in peace negotiations increases the sustainability and the quality of peace;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas gender analysis and a gender perspective constitute a foundation of effective and sustainable conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; whereas the dominant narrative around women and girls is one of victimization that deprives women and girls of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change; whereas, an increasing body of evidence illustrates that participation of women and girls in peace processes plays a significant role in determining its durability and success, since they put on the table issues such as political reform and its implementation, tackling social inequalities etc.;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas women and girls might experience different forms of discrimination; whereas one in three women in the world is likely to experience physical and sexual violence at some point in her lifetime; whereas 14 million girls are forced into marriage every year;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. Whereas women civil society groups and activists play critical roles in advancing the peace and security agenda and their participation is essential to mainstreaming gender equality concerns;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas including gender analysis and a gender perspective constitutes a foundation of effective and lasting conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; whereas the dominant narrative around women and girls is one of victimization that deprives women and girls of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change, with an increasing body of evidence illustrating that women’s participation in peace processes plays a significant role in determining its durability and success, since they put on the table issues such as political reform, implementation and social inequalities;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas girls are disproportionately disadvantaged as a consequence of their gender and age; whereas refugee and migrant girls are particularly vulnerable; whereas girls protection from violence, discrimination and access to education, information and health services, including SRHR, are particularly important for girls’ full enjoyment of human rights;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. Whereas girls today will be the ones dealing with the consequences of conflicts and emergencies in the future, and in the case of protracted conflicts, are the ones growing up in long-lasting damaging conditions; whereas girls have specific needs and face specific challenges that are distinct from those of adult women, that the wider categories of ‘children’ or ‘women’ often fail to recognise;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas countries such as Sweden, France, Canada and Mexico have recently adopted and implemented frameworks to advance towards a feminist foreign policy; whereas a policy of this type questions the existing balance of power and aims to define its interactions with other States and movements in a manner that, firstly, gives priority to
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas countries such as Sweden, France, Canada and Mexico have
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D.
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas Denmark, Switzerland and Norway have a strong gender equality- focused foreign policy; whereas Spain, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Germany have announced their intention to make gender equality a priority of their foreign policy; whereas the new Commission has announced its intention to ma
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) - having regard to the European Commission’s List of Actions to Advance LGBTI Equality published in December 2015,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas Denmark, Switzerland and Norway have a
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas 2020 marks important anniversaries of women’s rights and gender equality frameworks, including the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on WPS of 2000;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to WPS represents significant progress in terms of the EU’s engagement with the WPS agenda; whereas despite the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019 to implement such Strategic Approach, translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge; whereas still many EU staff members have not integrated WPS as part of their work and this agenda is seen as one that can be applied at their discretion and with the objective of improving the effectiveness of missions, but not as way to ensure women’s rights and gender equality on its own;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peach and Security (WPS) emphasises the need for concrete commitments and actions, as well as the need to engage, protect and support women and girls to achieve lasting peace and security as intrinsic components of human rights and sustainable development; whereas the EU Strategic Approach to WPS represents significant progress in terms of the EU’s engagement with the WPS agenda;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to WPS represents significant progress in terms of the EU’s engagement with the
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas violent conflicts and war have a disproportionate impact on civilians, particularly women and children, and put women at greater risk of economic and sexual exploitation, forced labour, displacement, detention and sexual violence such as rape; whereas women protection and active participation in the peace process is important for conflict prevention and peacebuilding as well as in the prevention of all forms of violence, including sexual and gender- based violence; whereas even though women play such a decisive role for lasting peace, they made up only 13% of negotiators in major peace processes from 1992-2018, only 4% of signatories and only 3% of mediators;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the original Gender Action Plan I (2010-2015) (GAP I) brought some progress, but was also marked by a number of shortcomings: narrow scope, absence of gender- responsive budgeting, weak understanding of the gender equality framework by the EU delegations, lack of commitment on the part of the EU leadership, and lack of institutional architecture and incentives to motivate and adequately support staff;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas international relations are primarily a prerogative of sovereign States and whereas their freedom in that regard must not be encroached upon;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas trafficking in persons constitutes a gendered crime, as it disproportionately affects women and girls, who are particularly vulnerable to trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation; whereas according UNODC women and girls represent more than two thirds of the total number of detected victims of trafficking in human beings and three out of four of these women and girls are sexually exploited; whereas in 2018 the smallest number of reported actions under GAP II were related to combatting the trafficking of women and girls for all forms of exploitation; whereas this was the only objective on which the number of reported actions decreased compared to 2017; whereas there is a lack of adequate legislation to criminalise and effectively combat trafficking in human beings in many countries worldwide; whereas the gender dimension of trafficking must be taken into account in conflict and post-conflict settings, given that it affects males and females differently;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the new Gender Action Plan II 2016-2020 (GAP II) emerged from Parliament’s recommendations with a focus on shifting EU institutional culture at headquarters and delegation levels in order to create a systemic change in how the EU approaches the principle of equality between women and men, as well as on transforming women’s and girls’ lives through four pivotal areas; whereas the four pivotal areas created within GAP II are: ensuring girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity; promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women; strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; and a horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy is highly dependent on a successful implementation and evaluation of the Gender Action Plan II (GAP II)in order to recommend actions for an improved future GAP framework (a new EU Gender Action Plan III in2020); whereas the ambitious gender equality targets within GAP III should include other dimensions, such as age and disability in order to ensure positive compounding effects;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas GAP II constituted an important step forward in fostering gender equality in the EU’s external relations
Amendment 64 #
F. whereas GAP II constituted an important step forward in fostering
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas GAP II constituted an important step forward in fostering gender equality in the EU’s external relations, but its implementation still displays a number of shortcomings such as a weak legal basis, a narrow scope, the absence of gender-responsive budgeting, challenges to accurate reporting and qualitative data, the absence of timeframe alignment between programming and budget cycles, a lack of commitment on the part of the EU’s leaders, and a lack of institutional architecture, adequate training and incentives to motivate and adequately support staff;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the EU delegations and missions are on the frontline of implementing GAP II in partner countries, and the leadership and knowledge of delegation and mission heads and staff play a significant role in ensuring the successful implementation of GAP II; whereas it is recommended that more women access leadership and management posts in EU delegations;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) - having regards to the Council Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas women remain largely under-represented
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas women remain
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas women must be able, if they so wish and provided that they are equally competent, to be selected for the same posts and responsibilities, in return for the same pay, as men;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the Gender Equality strategy 2020-2024has set the objective to reach gender balance of 50% at all levels of the Commission’s management by the end of 2024;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas women’s underrepresentation affects substantially policy choices and thereby potentially reduces women’s welfare;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas in the EEAS, men hold 75 % of middle management positions and 87 % of senior management posts; whereas the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) committed to reaching the target of 40 % of management positions being held by women by the end of his mandate;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the personal and professional objectives of women and men are often different, and whereas for the majority of posts efforts to achieve equal representation are counterproductive, as women and men do not have the same aspirations, certain occupations attracting a majority of women or a majority of men;
Amendment 8 #
- having regard to the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the Gender Equality strategy 2020-2025 has set the objective to reach gender balance of 50% at all levels of the Commission’s management by the end of 2024;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas EU policies tend to present women as victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and to address their protection primarily after SGBV has occurred; whereas a stronger policy and operational focus on prevention of human rights violations addressing the power imbalances in gender relations would improve the EU´s policies in this area;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas violence against women has not been considered a root cause of conflict in EU conflict prevention policies; whereas this reveals a blind spot in the EU´s understanding of conflict and therefore in the effectiveness of its prevention policies;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but important shortcomings continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR; whereas, in this context, there is a strong need to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the right of every individual to have full control over matters related to their SRHRs free from discrimination and violence; whereas there is the need for access to sexual and reproductive health information, education and health-care services;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but important shortcomings continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas a worrying backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights is observed throughout the world limiting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and banning sexuality education and gender studies; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but important shortcomings continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is central to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning, conduct and evaluation, as well as to facilitating the integration of a gender perspective into daily tasks and operations; whereas gender advisers and focal points face numerous challenges in the performance of their duties, including lack of prioritisation of gender in the EU Delegations, insufficient time for gender mainstreaming due to other tasks to be performed under their job description and difficulties to ensure that project managers sufficiently take into account gender in their work; whereas still a majority of the Gender Focal points’ tasks and responsibilities are not reflected in their job description;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is central to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning, conduct and evaluation, as well as to facilitating the integration of a gender perspective into daily tasks and operations; whereas gender advisers and focal points face numerous challenges in the performance of their
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is central to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning,
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 99 #
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas inclusive peace processes are more sustainable and offer more opportunities to find solutions and win better support and women’s involvement in peace processes and peace building must increase;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023 and invites EEAS to review it in due course and consider setting specific and measurable objectives including on the presence of women in management positions;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the work
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity of this role and calls for the advisor
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of National Action Plans for the implementation of the WPS agenda; welcomes that almost all EU Member States will have their National Action Plans on the UNSC Resolution 1325 by the end of the year; regrets however that only one of them includes an allocated budget for implementation; calls on EU Member States to include in this context allocated budget for their implementation and to develop national parliamentary supervising mechanisms as well as to introduce quotas for the participation of women in control, evaluation, and supervising mechanisms;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender and calls for the advisor to report directly to the VP/HR; reiterates the need of the EEAS to continue its efforts towards gender mainstreaming of the work in each EEAS Directorate and encourage its staff to work closely with the European Institute for Gender Equality; stresses that knowledge sharing between the EU institutions and agencies is a substantial and highly efficient tool to avoid high administrative costs and unnecessary increase in bureaucracy;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the EU needs to take decisive action to counter the global backlash against women’s rights and gender equality; calls on all external funds and programmes to have a significant share earmarked for gender equality purposes; calls in particular for financial support to female human rights defenders and to women’s civil society organisations, especially for capacity- building actions;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Acknowledges the key role of civil society organisations and in particular women’s rights organisations and women human rights defenders in supporting the implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan and the EU Strategic Approach to Women Peace and Security and its Action Plan; calls on the European Commission to strengthen the involvement of civil society organisations in the formulation of the third Gender Action Plan and in its implementation in partner countries;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Recalls that the EU made a commitment to increase the number of women in institutions dealing with conflict prevention, crisis management and peace negotiations by signing the UNSCR 1325 (2000) on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ which clearly identifies women as important actors in peacebuilding and conflict mediation;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy including trade and sustainable development policy; stresses that the following principles should be at the core of a EU gender-based policy: human rights, democracy and the rule of law, disarmament and non-proliferation, international cooperation for development and climate action; calls for the participation of the feminist civil society organisation in the designing and implementing the EU’s Foreign Policy; in addition, affirms that a foreign and security policy that does not represent women, girls and LGBTIQ+ rights and does not address current injustices further reinforces imbalances; considers that to put an end to these injustices, the unequal balance of power between the genders must be recognised;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges the VP/HR and the EU Member States to include references to UNSC resolution 1325 and follow-up resolutions in CSDP-related Council decisions and mission mandates, and to make sure that all CSDP missions and operations have an annual action plan on how to implement the objectives of GAP III and the EU Action Plan on WPS; calls for gender analysis to be put in place for new CSDP instruments, including the European Defence Fund and the proposed European Peace Facility;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes the results obtained under the third gender action plan (GAP III) with regard to gender equality; urges the Commission, given the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and girls’ lives, to keep the renewal of GAP III in its work plan for 2020 and not push its renewal back to next year;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines the importance of promoting gender equality in EU’s foreign policy also through Parliament’s relations with third countries; in this respect, welcomes the decision of European Parliament’s Delegations to appoint a representative for gender issues in each Delegation; underlines the need to promote equality and diversity in all activities of the Delegations, including during official parliamentary meetings with third countries;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Asks that the GAP III specifies that 85% of ODA should go to programmes having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective and within this broader commitment; calls for the allocation of at least 35% of European Union official development assistance to specific interventions for the promotion of equality, the empowerment of women and the promotion of their rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes that all civilian CSDP missions count now with a gender adviser; regrets however that this is not the case with military CSDP missions; encourages EU Member States to put forward candidates for the existent vacancies; calls to ensure that all EU- deployed military and civilian personnel are sufficiently trained on gender equality and WPS, specifically on how to integrate a gender perspective into their tasks;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for specific earmarked funding on gender equality in the framework of the proposed NDICI regulation and the IPA III regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs and especially WCSOs;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines the necessity of ensuring that automated decision-making methods, including AI algorithms in the area of EU’s foreign and security policy, are void of profiling biases, especially based on gender;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls for an update of the Upgraded Generic Standards of Behaviour for CSDP Missions and Operations to include the principle of zero-tolerance to non-action for EU leadership and management regarding sexual and gender-based violence;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Calls on the EU delegations to monitor the backlash against gender equality and the tendencies of shrinking space for civil society and to take specific steps to protect them; urges the European Commission, EEAS, EU Member States and Heads of EU Delegations to ensure political and financial support to independent local civil society, including women’s organisations, and human rights defenders and make cooperation and consultation with them a standard element of their work;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming and an intersectional perspective into the EU’s foreign and security policy
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that gender equality is a
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges; reminds that meaningful and equal participation of women in decision-making bodies and EU, national and local level climate policy and action is vital for achieving long-term climate goals.
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that gender equality is not only a goal in itself but also a means of achieving other goals, such as peace and security, and it is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges.
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges and for the sustainable development of our societies.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Is deeply concerned by the unprecedented toll the Covid-19 crisis takes on gender equality advances worldwide in terms of the unequal partition of both domestic and public care work, with women making up around 70% of the global health workforce, the worrisome spike in gender-based violence, partially due to extended periods of confinement, and a constrained access to reproductive and maternal health; stresses that adequate funding must be made urgently available to ensure that women’s organisations, human rights’ defenders and peacebuilders have full and unhindered access to quality technology in order to enable their meaningful participation in decision-making processes during the COVID19 crisis; emphasises the need for the VP/HR and the Commission to acknowledge the necessity of human security, encompassing all aspects of the EU Strategic Approach to WPS; stresses the need to ensure that the implementation of the EU’s Global Response to COVID-19 is not gender blind and calls for it to address the specific needs of women and other marginalized groups appropriately as well as to ensure their involvement in the whole programming cycle;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate the gender and intersectional approach immigration policies that guarantees the right of women and girl asylum seekers and refugees, devoting resources to eradicating the discrimination faced by women and girls on the basis of, inter alia, their gender, racial ethnic origin, socio-economic status, administrative situation and place of origin and to step up work in order to ensure proper identification and protection against potential violence, harassment, rapes and women trafficking at reception centres across Europe; calls for the full application of the Istanbul Convention in migration and asylum policies;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recalls the need to tackle gender equality matters in political dialogues with partner countries; calls, in this connection, on heads of EU delegations to ensure that gender is mainstreamed in all relevant political dialogues and that these dialogues include, in particular, sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the need to pay more attention on the inclusion of women in climate change decision-making processes, as women and girls are disproportionately affected by climate change, notably due to persistent cultural and structural gender inequalities; urges that GAP III make clear links to the Paris Agreement and also commit to ensure access of women’s organisations to international climate funds;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes that the UN has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating all kinds of inequalities, including gender inequality; calls on the EU to target specific actions and support for women and girls in all efforts to support third countries in addressing the socio-economic impact of COVID-19;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Regrets that women and girls around the world are still subjected to systematic discrimination and subordination; notes that women’s poverty is largely due to a lack of access to economic resources; calls for increased investment in women’s education, economic empowerment and visibility for women’s entrepreneurship;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to use the accession negotiations as a leverage to foster gender equality in the candidate countries;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Commission to study the impact of gender on existing trade agreements and, in advance, on any new ones that may be signed; calls for the incorporation into new agreements and into existing ones, as far as possible, of effective clauses and sanctioning mechanisms to achieve gender equality and guarantee women’s rights and empowerment; calls on the Commission and the Council to promote and support the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in EU trade and Association Agreements and to ensure that it specifically foresees binding commitments to respect and promote gender equality and women empowerment; calls for the promotion of principles of internationally recognised standards, international Agreements and UN Conventions and commitments on girls and women rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming and the empowerment of women in these agreements, based on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs, the CEDAW and the fundamental ILO Conventions; calls on the Commission to include gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements in ex- ante and ex-post impact assessments and to ensure that trade agreements do not exacerbate existing inequalities or create new ones;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Believes that education is key to realising gender equality and empowerment of women and girls; therefore calls on the EU to increase its commitment to promoting gender equality and combating gender stereotypes in and through education systems in its upcoming Gender Action Plan III; furthermore calls for increased efforts to prevent and combat all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and serious violations of human rights of women and girls, including the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child, early and forced marriages and violations of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Laments the growing international opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights, on the political front, through the new gender action plan (GAP III) and, on the financial front, through the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument (NDICI); calls on the Commission and the EEAS to provide political and financial support to civil society organisations fighting for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all people, including the most vulnerable or at risk;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy; including in multilateral fora and in all political and strategic dialogues, human rights dialogues, policy formulation and programming, country level human rights strategies, public statements, global human rights reporting as well as in the monitoring, evaluation and reporting processes;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the EEAS that its development cooperation policy and humanitarian aid action supports women’s economic empowerment and women and girls’ rights in partner countries; calls for the improvement of the reporting of EU funding for gender equality allocated and disbursed in partner countries through the EU GAP III;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls for increased efforts to prevent and combat all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and serious violations of human rights of women and girls, including the practice of Female Genital Mutilation;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Recognises the fact that humanitarian crises intensify SRHR related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation and unwanted pregnancies; calls to guarantee universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights as agreed in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the review conferences thereof acknowledging that they contribute to the achievement of all health-related SDGs such as prenatal care and measures to avoid high-risk births and reduce infant and child mortality; points out that access to family planning, maternal health services and safe and legal abortion services are important elements for saving women’s lives;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the Commission to prioritise gender equality in European humanitarian aid; recommends that the Commission in particular ensure women’s and girls’ access to essential services, such as education and health services, including those for sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Notes that as a consequence of the globally shrinking democratic space, women are often exposed in multiple ways; calls for increased support and protection for defenders of human rights, journalists, academics and artists;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on particular attention to be paid to the situation of women and girls on the move, on migration routes or camps, specifically calls for their access to WASH, SRHR and maternal health;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the EEAS to promote and support the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in all EU trade and investment agreements, and to ensure that it specifically foresees the commitment to promote gender equality and women empowerment; calls as well for provisions to be included in these trade agreements ensuring that their institutional structures guarantee periodical compliance reviews, substantial discussions and the exchange of information and best practices on gender equality and trade, through among others, the inclusion of women and experts on gender equality at all levels of the administrations concerned, including trade negotiating teams, joint committees, expert groups, domestic advisory groups, joint consultative committees and dispute settlement bodies;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls for the EU’s foreign policy to combat sexual violence, address issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, advance women’s economic and material empowerment and advocate for sustainable development; calls to ensure that the EU has a unified position and takes strong action to univocally denounce the backlash against gender equality, LGBTIQ+ rights and measures undermining women’s rights, autonomy and emancipation in every field; reminds that an important way to combat this backlash is by proactively advancing rights-based gender equality and mainstreaming gender overall;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 e (new) 9e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to enhance cooperation with third countries in order to combat all forms of trafficking inhuman beings, paying particular attention to the gender dimension of trafficking in persons to specifically combat child marriage, the sexual exploitation of women and girls and sex tourism; calls for mandatory impact assessment on the risks posed by a third country with regard to human trafficking as part of general ex-ante conditionality of all visa liberalisation agreements; stresses the need of the introduction of effective cooperation with third countries in regard to human trafficking among the mandatory criteria to be met for any visa liberalisation agreement; calls on the Commission, the Council and the EEAS to introduce in their negotiations with third countries on association and cooperation agreements with third countries a benchmark framework of cooperation with regards to effectively counter-human trafficking, including a transparent protocol for recording data on referrals and prosecution of trafficking; calls for the establishment of a gender-sensitive approach to trafficking in persons, by comprehensively addressing the impact it has on the realization of a wide range of human rights, in the context of any conflict;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 f (new) 9f. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to safeguard the rights of girls and women and ensure their full and meaningful participation across the various stages of the conflict cycle, in the context of EU conflict prevention and mediation activities; calls for the mainstreaming of gender perspective through the inclusion of expertise on gender, including gender- based violence and conflict-related sexual violence, at all levels of peacekeeping as well as through the substantial increase in the number of women in other key positions at all levels of conflict prevention and peacekeeping operations;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy; recalls that one of the primary strategic goals of EU foreign and security policy is to promote peace and development; underlines that more gender-equal societies are more resilient healthier, and more prosperous, therefore more secure and better suited for peacebuilding and peacekeeping efforts;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 g (new) 9g. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to establish gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions of EU’s foreign and security policy that receive funding from the EU budget; calls for the introducing in the forthcoming Common Implementing Regulation laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union’s instruments for financing external action, basic requirements towards furthering gender equality through all external financial instruments; calls for mandatory gender impact assessment as part of general ex-ante conditionality, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants; stresses the need for a systematic gender budgeting approach, combined with an appropriate and uniform system of tracking, monitoring and valuating EU expenditures related to gender equality across EU’s foreign and security policy; calls on the Commission to systematically assess the impact of the Programmes financed by EU budget and to report back to the European Parliament;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 h (new) 9h. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to enhance GAP II’s implementation and to address the shortcomings such as the weak legal basis, the absence of gender-responsive budgeting, the difficulties to accurate reporting, the absence of timeframe alignment and budget cycles, a lack of commitment on the part of the EU’s leaders and the lack of adequate training to staff; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take into account these aspects when implementing GAP III;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy; calls on the EEAS and the European Commission to implement gender budgeting;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to pursue intersectional gender equality as the guiding principle of EU’s external action, incorporating the following objectives: respect for and full enjoyment of human rights of women, freedom from psychological, physical and sexual violence, participation of women in conflict prevention, mediation, resolution of conflicts and peacebuilding, political participation of women and influence in all areas of society, participation of women in decision-making processes, negotiations and leadership, economic rights, autonomy and empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that gender equality and human rights are fundamental values of the European Union, enshrining, therefore, principles that apply to all its policies, particularly common foreign and security policy; in this connection, gender should be mainstreamed in all the EU’s external action, particularly in the context of cooperation with third countries and other regional and international organisations, from conflict prevention and resolution and humanitarian aid to development;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recommends for the GAP III to be accompanied by clear, measurable, time- bound indicators of success, including an allocation of responsibility for different actors and with clear objectives in each partner country, developed with the partner country and CSOs;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes the increased women’s leadership in foreign and security policies and the need for meaningful participation, as well as integration of gender perspectives into the EU policies related to security, conflict prevention and resolution, and long-term peace building;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the need of implementation of the “EEAS Strategy on Gender and Equal Opportunities for the period 2018-2023”;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls that gender mainstreaming requires not only high-level policy statements but also the political commitment of the EU and the Member States' leadership, prioritisation of objectives and monitoring of the progress made;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses the importance of promoting gender equality within the scope of the EU’s neighbourhood and enlargement policy, particularly in the context of accession talks;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality; calls for better gender balancing when it comes to the EU external representation, in particular calls for gender equality to be taken into consideration for the nomination of future Heads of EU Delegations and EU Special Representatives;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality; underlines the need of incorporating gender-related aspects in the training of staff of the EU diplomatic services;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing and recruitment, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory and recurrent training on gender equality;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by physical, psychological and sexual violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQI rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on states rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, organisational hierarchy, training, financial resources and
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality and gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the upcoming MFF, including external financing through and the Neighbourhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) III to integrate a gender-responsive perspective; calls for gender-responsive budgeting and obligatory requirements for gender impact assessments in the NDICI and IPA III regulations, as part of a general ex-ante conditionality to inform programming, in accordance with European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) guidance, the EU Gender Action Plan and OECD DAC criteria requirements;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets the considerable gender gap in the EEAS, where women account for 31.3% of middle-management positions and for 26% at the level of senior management; welcomes the VP/HR commitment to reach 40% of women in management positions by the end of his mandate; regrets however that last appointments he made resulted in a structure of only male Deputy Secretary- generals;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to organise ex-ante and ex-post gendered impact assessments of the different programmes financed by the EU, containing a variety of modalities including budget support and to report back to the European Parliament;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023 but regrets the lack of specific and measurable objectives; calls for its update in order to include concrete and binding goals regarding the presence of women in management positions; regrets likewise the absence of diversity targets and of overall diversity in the EU institutions, especially regarding race, ability and ethnic backgrounds; stresses the need for gender-responsive recruitment procedures, including by the European Personnel Selection Office, which do not further accentuate gender inequalities in the institutions;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to advocate for the inclusion of women’s rights organisations, as well as women-led organisations and defenders of women’s human rights, in humanitarian coordination and decision-making structures;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognise girls and young women as drivers of change and to support their safe, meaningful and inclusive participation in civic and public life;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas a gender analysis and a gender perspective constitute a foundation of effective and sustainable conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; whereas the dominant narrative around women and girls is one of victimization that deprives women and girls of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change; whereas, an increasing body of evidence illustrates that participation of women and girls in peace processes plays a significant role in determining its durability and success;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Recalls that greater inclusion of women in the labour market, better support for female entrepreneurship, safeguarding equal opportunities and equal pay for men and women and promoting work-life balance are key factors for achieving long-term sustainable and inclusive economic growth, combating inequalities, and encouraging women’s financial independence;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Calls on DG TRADE to include girls’ and women’s rights and gender equality as drivers of economic growth for all EU trade agreements, and to respect the ILO core conventions on gender and labour rights, including on forced and child labour; recalls the need to monitor the impact of EU trade policies on women’s political and economic empowerment and gender equality;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new) 2f. Calls for a stronger action on SRHR as a precondition for gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, as well as the need for appropriate tools to measure progress with regard to ensuring universal access to SRHR, as agreed in accordance with the EU’s commitment to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences, as per SDG 5.6;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 g (new) 2g. Stresses that achieving gender equality is not possible without the inclusion of men and boys in the process to advancing gender equality, men and boys must be invited to participate and contribute actively in promoting healthier gender norms; recalls in particular the role and responsibility of men and boys in combating sexual and gender-based violence;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 h (new) 2h. Stresses that the new EU Gender Action Plan should explicitly cover protection, participation and advancing women’s rights in all contexts, regardless of GDP and including fragile states and conflict contexts;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 i (new) Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the Delegation’s work and are required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal point in the EU Delegations; deplores the fact that there are no women among the new Deputy Secretaries- General appointed by VP/HR;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the Delegation’s work and that gender equality issues are regularly raised in political dialogues with government counterparts, and are required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls, including harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), inadequate access to basic sectors and social services, for example health, education, clean water, sanitation, and nutrition, restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services, unequal participation in public and private institutions, as well as in political decision-making and in peace processes are contributory factors leading to discrimination and marginalisation;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the Delegation’s work, including mandatory consultations with women’s rights defenders and activists as experts in third countries, and are required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal point in the EU Delegations;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reiterates that only 22 out of 176 employees in the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) are female, of which 12 serve as secretaries or assistants;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that the European Commission announced in its Gender Equality Strategy 2020-20251a its objective to reach gender balance of 50% at all levels of its management by the end of 2024; urges the VP/HR to start implementing Commission’s recommendations in this regard; __________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2020%3 A152%3AFIN
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman and that out of 70 Heads of Mission so far only 6 have been women; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; calls on EU Member States to fulfil their Commitment 16 of the Civilian CSDP compact by actively promoting the presence of women at all levels and based on increased national contributions; regrets that since the establishment of the compact, the number of women personnel has decreased;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman and only two out of eight EU special representatives are women; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; believes that advancing women's rights and gender equality should be horizontal priorities for all EU special representatives and should therefore be a cornerstone of their mandate, in particular for the EU special representative on human rights;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; invites the Member States to pursue active recruitment strategies and to identify and address specific obstacles limiting women’s participation, through mission reports that include relevant statistics;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets and to promote gender equality when discussing CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets for the representation of women at all levels of the missions;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender equality strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets, for both leadership and personnel;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas girls are disproportionately disadvantaged as a consequence of their gender and age; whereas refugee and migrant girls are particularly vulnerable; whereas girls protection from violence, discrimination and access to education, information and health services, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), are particularly important for girls' full enjoyment of human rights;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender equality strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the importance of applying a zero-tolerance policy regarding cases of sexual or gender-based harassment and of supporting institutional structures focused on preventing sexual or gender-based violence; regrets that only a few EU CSDP missions provide training on sexual or gender-based harassment and calls on the EEAS and the Member States to support all efforts to combat sexual or gender-based violence in international peacekeeping operations and to ensure that whistle-blowers and victims are effectively protected;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the EEAS to assure gender parity in EU’s foreign policy, by implementing a plan for women's participation in foreign policy based on quotas to achieve a minimum of 50% women in all areas: all staffing, the composition of EU delegations, the EEAS itself, CFSP operations and missions, with particular emphasis on leadership and decision-making positions; regrets the absence of other diversity targets and of overall diversity in the EU institutions, especially regarding race, ability and ethnic backgrounds;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes the guidelines on gender mainstreaming for the EU civilian missions, stresses that these guidelines represent a concrete tool for implementation, directed towards all mission staff, including management, and will help to systematically mainstream a gender perspective and adopt gender equality policies in the activities and phases of a civilian CSDP missions and is convinced that for the CSDP mission planning should take into account the recommendations of local women’s organisations;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that efforts to increase the recruitment and participation of women in peace and security matters, including in the armed forces, and to remove gender stereotypes are indispensable to achieve gender equality in the EU's foreign affairs and security policy;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Regrets that only a third of all EU delegations work on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people; considers that the EU’s LGBTIQ+ Guidelines are not being applied uniformly and their implementation depends strongly on the knowledge and interest of the Delegations’ leadership instead of respecting a structural approach;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the EC, EEAS and EU Delegations to increase the number and proportion of women among heads of diplomatic missions, EU Delegations, and CSDP missions and operations as well as EU staff participating in UN peacekeeping operations at all levels, including military and police staff;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Stresses the need for a strong policy dialogue and technical assistance to bring gender equality into the enlargement and neighbourhood policy; welcomes in this regard the Commission policy dialogue on women’s empowerment with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the recent creation of the mechanism to monitor progress towards gender equality made by the UfM countries;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A f (new) Af. whereas the Gender Equality strategy 2020-2024 has set the objective to reach gender balance of 50% at all levels of the Commission’s management by the end of 2024;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Welcomes the growing network of Gender Focal Persons, with management support and access to training; notes in this regard that a regional meeting for gender focal points based in the Western Balkans and Turkey was organised with the aim of strengthening the work on gender equality and gender mainstreaming; welcomes the strengthened cooperation with Western Balkans in the framework of the G7 Partnership Initiative, where the EU agreed to partner with Bosnia and Herzegovina for the enhancement of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to continue monitoring process in external dimension, under the project entitled ‘EIGE’s cooperation with the EU candidate and potential candidate countries 2017-2019: improved monitoring of gender equality progress’, aiming to support better monitoring of several policy areas in the EU candidate and potential candidate countries in order to improve policy, legislation and practice, and gender equality progress in general;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; highlights the importance of women’s role in promoting dialogue and building trust, building coalitions for peace and bringing different perspectives on meanings of peace and security, in particular in post-conflict reconstruction, conflict prevention and resolution; notes that the promotion of women’s rights in crisis or conflict-ridden countries fosters stronger and more resilient communities; highlights the importance of inclusion of young women and girls in peace building and in this regard notes the contribution of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to focus, in particular, on preventing gender-based violence during conflicts and on support for and access to essential services, including sexual and reproductive health services, for survivors of gender-based violence;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; stresses for the recognition of the significant role women and girls play in achieving sustainable peace; calls for the safe, meaningful and inclusive participation of women and girls from the grassroots level to peacebuilding, post- conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building actions;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; insists on the importance of women’s full participation in the rebuilding of their countries in line with sustainable development goals, and highlights the unique contribution that women make to peacebuilding and reconstruction efforts;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Underlines that the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU and gender mainstreaming is thus to be implemented and integrated in all EU activities and policies; stresses that the EU should aim at bringing about a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights, and have the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution and contributes to achieving sustainable peace and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and including it in decision making and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that developing and using
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on Member States to be fully compliant with the Common Position on Arms Exports, specifically calls on Member States to take into account the risk of exported materials being used for, or facilitating, gender-based violence or violence against women or children; emphasises that a gender-sensitive approach means a human centred security approach, aiming at improving securities of women, including economic, social and health security;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that in societies facing conflict, women and girls are exposed to heightened risks of violations of their human rights, necessitating for gender- sensitive language and gender provisions within peace agreements; notes that women have better access to critical information in conflict resolution due to their societal roles and responsibilities;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Is deeply disturbed at the fact that sexual violence has increasingly become part of the broader strategy of conflict and a tactic of war; stresses that the EU should support efforts aimed at ending impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence against women;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the eradication of female genital mutilation and the eradication of gender-based violence to be systematically addressed in the EU political dialogues with third countries; stresses that gender- based violence against women and girls must keep being a political priority for the EU in its external action; urges the EU to exercise all possible leverage for the perpetrators of mass rapes in warfare to be reported, identified, prosecuted and punished in accordance with international criminal law;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recognises the fact that humanitarian crises intensify sexual and reproductive health and rights related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation and unwanted pregnancies;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Regrets that no explicit reference to gender equality and women’s rights is made in the European Commission’s joint communication on an EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020- 2024; calls for the revision and update of the EU Guidelines on violence against women and girls and combatting all forms of discrimination against them;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Welcomes that countries such as Sweden, France, Canada and Mexico have recently adopted and implemented frameworks to advance towards a feminist foreign policy, that Denmark, Switzerland and Norway have a strong gender equality focused foreign policy and that Spain, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Germany have announced their intent to make gender equality a priority of their foreign policy; further welcomes that the new EU Commission has made gender equality one of their key priorities across all policy areas;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Welcomes the EU decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including SRHR, to be included in the implementation phase of the Action Plan;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders and to adopt an annex aiming to recognise and develop additional strategies and tools to better and more effectively respond and prevent the specific situation, threads and risk factors faced by women’s human rights defenders; calls for the immediate introduction of a gender perspective and specific measures to support WHRD in all programmes and instruments aiming to protect Human Right Defenders;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls on the EU to put the ratification of the Istanbul Convention high on the agenda of its Political Dialogue with the Council of Europe (CoE) partner countries; welcomes the invitation from the Committee of Ministers of the CoE to Kazakhstan and Tunisia to accede to the Convention as the first non-member states, encouraging other countries to express their interest to accede too;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; regrets, however, that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge; regrets that many EU staff members have not integrated WPS as part of their work and that this agenda is seen as one that can be applied at their discretion and with the objective of improving the effectiveness of missions, but not as way to ensure women’s rights and gender equality on its own;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; insists on gender perspectives to be systematically addressed, together with gender balance and specific actions to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, throughout all relevant policy frameworks of foreign and security policy; regrets, however, that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; regrets, however, that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge; highlights that while inclusive peace processes are the most sustainable, women are generally underrepresented; calls for increased involvement of women in peace efforts and peacebuilding by closing the gender gap in workforce participation;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; regrets, however, that despite clear objectives and indicators translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge and calls for its robust implementation;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that in 2018 the EU and the UN agreed on a new set of forward- looking priorities for cooperation on peace operations and crisis management for 2019- 2021 and stresses the need to develop the number one priority consisting on the establishment of an EU- UN collaborative platform on Women, Peace and Security;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Welcomes the EU-NATO cooperation aiming to promote peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area, where one of the main focus points is to promote the Women Peace and Security Agenda;
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