2021/2003(INI) The EU Gender Action Plan III
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Joint Responsible Committee | ['DEVE', 'FEMM'] | ZACHAROPOULOU Chrysoula ( Renew) | MORTLER Marlene ( EPP), PIETIKÄINEN Sirpa ( EPP), INCIR Evin ( S&D), LEITÃO-MARQUES Maria-Manuel ( S&D), HERZBERGER-FOFANA Pierrette ( Verts/ALE), URTASUN Ernest ( Verts/ALE), GANCIA Gianna ( ID), DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Margarita ( ECR), KEMPA Beata ( ECR), RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia ( GUE/NGL), URBÁN CRESPO Miguel ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | AFET | NEUMANN Hannah ( Verts/ALE) | María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS ( RE), Željana ZOVKO ( PPE) |
Committee Opinion | INTA | RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO Inma ( S&D) | Seán KELLY ( PPE), Helmut SCHOLZ ( GUE/NGL), Saskia BRICMONT ( Verts/ALE), Samira RAFAELA ( RE), Luisa REGIMENTI ( PPE) |
Committee Opinion | BUDG | GEESE Alexandra ( Verts/ALE) | Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU ( PPE), Fabienne KELLER ( RE), Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS ( GUE/NGL), Johan VAN OVERTVELDT ( ECR), Joachim KUHS ( ID), Margarida MARQUES ( S&D) |
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RoP 54, RoP 58
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2021/07/15
EP - Committee opinion
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EP - Committee opinion
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2021/02/11
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/02/11
EP - Referral to joint committee announced in Parliament
2021/01/28
EP - RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO Inma (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2021/01/25
EP - NEUMANN Hannah (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
2021/01/14
EP - GEESE Alexandra (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG
2020/10/29
EP - ZACHAROPOULOU Chrysoula (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ['DEVE', 'FEMM']
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Amendments | Dossier |
226 |
2021/2003(INI)
2021/05/19
BUDG
31 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes across all sectors having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective; calls for 20 % of ODA in each country to be allocated to programmes having gender equality as one of its principal objectives; expects no ODA spending to counter gender-equality achievements; emphasises the need for coordinated and coherent EU action and calls for close cooperation with other actors to support gender equality and women’s empowerment and ensure that women and girls are not left behind; stresses the need for intensified and targeted action to advance the promotion of gender equality and to achieve the UN SDG 5 by 2030 at the latest;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that funding needs to be accessible for local and small civil society organisations that work most closely with girls and women in all their diversity; emphasises the key role of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument and stresses that administrative and implementation barriers should be avoided, since they might hamper the involvement of the most relevant actors; recalls the urgent need for significant funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights; stresses the need for closer monitoring of beneficiaries; points out that the EU needs to closely monitor the use of these funds; points out that the European Parliament must be kept informed of how funds are used;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that women have been over-proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social consequences, constituting a majority of workers particularly affected by unemployment and lockdowns, while also being victims of the sharp increase of domestic and gender-based violence; expects funding in essential services to ensure that victims of gender-based violence have access to protected shelters, social welfare, legal aid and housing, including those in fragile and humanitarian crisis situations; highlights that adequate and quality services can promote socio-economic integration and provide psycho-social support to the victims of all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting, the creation of specific gender indicators and the collection of gender-disaggregated data
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting, the creation of specific gender indicators and the collection of gender-disaggregated data; expects the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of The Gender Action Plan III and to consult Parliament on the monitoring system;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the intention to increase overall funding for education with 10% of the humanitarian aid budget devoted to funding for education in emergencies; underlines that gender-responsible budgeting should also support programmes aimed at enhancing women’s capacity as political leaders and promoting young leaders programmes;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the accomplishments made so far on gender in landing policies of the European Investment Bank and calls on the Bank to scale up its efforts and in particular to take into account to the maximum extent possible the policy goals of the GAP III in its external landing mandate;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes having gender equality as a
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Emphasises the importance of investing in women-entrepreneurship and women-led businesses, as well as funding projects offering business development services and support for employment, including for women in recovery contexts and in forced displacement;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Welcomes the creation of specific gender indicators, which must be clear, measurable and time-bound, and the collection of gender-disaggregated data; expects the Commission to consult the Parliament on the monitoring system which should be in line with, but not limited to, the SDGs and should include EU specific indicators based on international human rights standards, such as the CEDAW, the Istanbul Convention, the IPCD program of action and its review conferences, the EU Strategic Approach to WPS and the relevant ILO conventions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Recalls that the Interinstitutional Agreement adopted on 16 December 2020 accompanying the 2021-2027 MFF Regulation, sets gender equality as an horizontal principle for the 2021-2027 period and forms an integral part of budgetary transparency; calls on the Commission to develop and present to the European Parliament the methodology to measure gender relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027, including as far as NDICI implementation is concerned;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the establishment of an extensive and comprehensive training programme to underpin the implementation of the GAP III
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the establishment of an extensive and comprehensive training programme to underpin the implementation of the GAP III, and for the EU to develop clear and specific gender equality guidelines and set binding targets for all EU actors implementing the GAP III;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Expects that the gender transformative approach of the GAP III be fully respected and that the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics be fully upheld in the implementation of all funds and accessibility for projects and applicants; believes that this entails the proactive inclusion of civil society
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls the necessity of advancing equal participation and leadership given the fact that only a small number of women occupy top management positions; stresses the need to combat any discrimination regarding the occupation of management positions based on gender; underlines the necessity of gender-balanced leadership;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recalls that women and men should have equal opportunities, equal access to employment and equal pay for equal work in order to be economically independent; underlines that women and men should equally share care responsibilities and have access to adequate social protection, public services, and financial opportunities;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Underlines that gender-based violence is condemned and must be prevented; calls for assessment and improvement of EU’ s initiatives and programmes aiming to end all forms of gender-based violence; highlights the crucial importance of support access for victims; calls for developing increasing protection programmes;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective; calls for 20 % of ODA in each country to be allocated to programmes having gender equality as one of its principal objectives; expects no ODA spending to counter gender-equality achievements; emphasises the need for coordinated and coherent EU action and calls for close cooperation with
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Reiterates the need to use all available know-how and expertise existing across EU member states in promoting gender rights; reiterates the important role played by academic and education cooperation in reinforcing gender rights across the world and underlines the importance of development studies and global citizenship education in achieving the goals for gender equality;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Recalls that education and quality education systems are the foundation for promoting gender equality; stresses the need of increasing investment in girls’ education to achieve equal access to all forms of education and training; emphasises the necessity of measures meant to overcome gender stereotypes and norms that create gender discrimination in schools;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective; calls for 20 % of ODA in each country to be allocated to programmes having gender equality as one of its principal objectives; expects that no ODA
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that all crisis have a strongly gendered impact and none more than the current COVID-19 pandemic; underlines that due to the asymmetric impact of the pandemic on sectors and occupations as well as the different position of men and women in the labour market, more women than men have lost their jobs and are more likely to be among furloughed workers;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that funding needs to be accessible for local and small civil society organisations, such as women’s rights organisations and social movements, that work most closely with girls and women in all their diversity and can actively contribute towards linking the 85% target to the actual funding needs of specific regions; emphasises the key role of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument and stresses that administrative and implementation barriers should be avoided, since they might hamper the involvement of the most relevant actors; recalls the
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that in order to maximise the impact of EU action funding needs to be accessible for local and small civil society organisations and other relevant local actors that work most closely with girls and women in all their diversity with special focus on single parents and vulnerable situations; emphasises the key role of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument and stresses that administrative and implementation barriers should be avoided, since they might hamper the involvement of the most relevant actors; recalls the urgent need for significant funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
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2021/05/31
INTA
67 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Highlights that trade policy can contribute to the development and wealth of women, the reduction of socio- economic gaps between women and men and the realisation of women’s rights by ensuring decent work conditions for women and by contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development while expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurship and access to apprenticeships, work and employment;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the new EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III) calls for the promotion of gender equality through the EU’s trade policy and recalls the necessary support for the
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Points out that gender chapters in EU trade and investment agreements should address all areas relevant for upholding women’s rights, such as sexual and reproductive human rights, measures to prevent all forms of gender-based violence, access to employment and equal pay, promotion of gender equality in education, or equal participation in the public and private sphere;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses its previous position calling for a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women’s empowerment, in the upcoming modernisation of the EU Chile Association agreement; observes with interest the progress made on a trade and gender chapter in the negotiations and calls for a swift conclusion in 2021;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. – having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2010 on human rights and social and environmental standards in international trade agreements,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the Commission's promotion and support of gender provisions in agreements such as the EU- Chile Association Agreement;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Supports the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment outside the European continent’s borders and supports international efforts to promote the inclusion of gender perspective into trade policy and related programmes and international exchange of best practices within international organisations and bodies such as the WTO, ITC and UN on gender-responsive policies and programmes
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. – having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2018 on gender equality in EU trade agreements
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutral and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators, is needed to adequately assess the different impacts of trade policy on women and men; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to draw inspiration from the toolkit developed by UNCTAD and to include in ex ante and ex post impact assessments the country- specific and sector-specific gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements; calls for corrective measures to be taken if necessary; insists that gender issues should not be limited to the TSD chapter but be mainstreamed all across the board; notes that the living and working conditions of women impact on the likelihood of child labour and in turn, on the overall outlook of poorer countries;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutral and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators, is needed to adequately assess the different impacts of trade policy on women and men; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to include in ex ante and ex post impact assessments the country-specific and sector-specific gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements; calls on the Commission to work together with international partners, such as the WTO, to collect data, analyse the impact of trade on women and translate data into concrete proposals to improve women’s role in the international trade system;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. Highlights that trade policy has the potential to promote the relevant international standards and legal instruments on gender equality, such as the Beijing Platform for Action and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutral and that better collection of
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not always gender neutral and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators, is needed to adequately assess the different impacts of trade policy on women and men, as well as a careful analysis of specific local sectors and contexts, in order to avoid replicating or exacerbating existing gender imbalances; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to include in ex ante and ex post impact assessments the country-specific and sector-specific gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutral and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators, is needed to adequately assess the different impacts of trade policy on women and men; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to include in ex ante
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutral and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators in this area, is needed to
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutral and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators, is needed to adequately assess the different impacts of trade policy on women and men; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to include in
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that trade policy
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes the importance of conducting systematic and evidence-based gender analyses using, when possible, gender-disaggregated data in consultation with local authorities and organisations, for the assessment of the objectives, monitoring sources, means of implementation and efficacy of outcomes to ensure that trade policies are indeed promoting inclusive economic growth;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that European trade policy is far from being consistent with all the quality and production standards required of European producers; is opposed to EU trade concessions potentially contributing to the maintenance of dictatorial regimes where fundamental rights, including women’s rights, are systematically violated.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the importance of cooperation activities aimed at improving women's access to education and skills development in the fields of business and management, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and in other areas that could lead to fair pay and decent working conditions for women;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes the obstacles that working mothers face in the world, especially single mothers, who are particularly economically vulnerable, including the difficulties linked to pregnancy; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a trade policy that protects mothers;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. Calls for the EU to support and introduce trade policies that reduce socio- economic gaps and ensure a high level of protection and respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights, including gender equality; calls for the EU to ensure that gender equality is a core concept in all EU trade policies;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to pay particular attention when entering into international trade agreements to all forms of violence against women, including female trafficking and exploitation; notes also that the burden of (unpaid) domestic and care work falls heavily on women, and that this has major implications on their educational and professional choices;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the Commission to engage actively in the recently established WTO Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender to work towards a strong Ministerial Declaration in the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) that could serve as a road
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the Commission to
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls for the inclusion in all TSD chapters of EU trade agreements of binding and enforceable provisions based on the respect of ILO core labour standards and relevant conventions, in particular Convention No. 189 concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers , Convention No. 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979, Convention No 111 concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, and Convention No 100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that gender inequality in trade can be seriously detrimental to economic development since, in the long term, it can disincentivise skills development and technical innovation, and that unequal access to productive resources and markets can stifle the range of products on offer;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Commission to include in the TSD chapters and in the GSP+ regime the ratification and implementation by the trade partners of ILO Conventions 100 on Equal Remuneration, 189 on Domestic Workers, 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, 190 on Violence and Harassment and the CEDAW Convention;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the participation in trade of female entrepreneurs and women; underlines that women are adversely affected both as entrepreneurs, employees, and often as the head caretaker of their family; calls for COVID-19 recovery strategies to pay special attention to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which are often run by women, and to sectors with higher female participation (agriculture, tourism, garment and retail); underlines that women often lack access to finance compared to their male counterparts; calls on the Commission to address the gender gap in investment possibilities for women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the participation in trade of female entrepreneurs and women; calls for COVID-19 recovery strategies to pay special attention to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which are often run by women, and burdened with taxation, often in connection with the cost of doing business in a country, that leaves them unable to compete on the foreign market and excludes them from certain economic opportunities, and to sectors
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on t
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recognises the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the disproportionate impact of violations of fundamental rights at work on women, poor working conditions, lack off air wages, irregular or excessive working time, discrimination, as well as gender-based violence and harassment; calls on the EU and its Member States to make real progress in the commitment to elaborate the UN binding treaty on business and human rights, and enforce the ILO Conventions on decent work in supply chains with a gender perspective;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that trade and investment treaties must not lead to the privatisation of public services , in particular that could impact women, both as service providers and service users, and increase gender inequality; underlines that services of general interest and services of general economic interest – such as , water, social services, social security systems, education, waste management, public transport and healthcare – must remain exempted from the scope of trade negotiations
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency which can be a useful tool to detect gaps and discrimination within the same sector and bridge the gender pay gap; regrets nonetheless the delay in publishing this proposal and asks the Commission to put forward the proposal as soon as possible building on examples like the one on Switzerland with public procurement policy;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls on the EU commission to carefully evaluate the impact of trade agreements on sectors with a high percentage of women workers, such as garment and small-scale agriculture. Recalls that the economic crisis produced by COVID -19 has strongly affected these sectors and exacerbated the risk of increasing inequality, discrimination and exploitation of female workers
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern the persistent gender gap in digital access and digital skills; calls for the Commission and the Member States to support female entrepreneurs in acquiring the necessary
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern the persistent gender gap in digital access and digital skills, which can reach 33% in least developed countries; calls for the Commission and the Member States to support female entrepreneurs in acquiring the necessary skills through development cooperation and Aid for Trade; stresses the need to ensure women’s and girls’ affordable access to ICTs, mitigate the threats that thwarts women’s access to ICTs , support the development of applications and services that meet women’s needs, and promote women’s access to decision-making positions in ICTs companies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern the persistent gender gap in digital access and digital skills; notes that women have less access to skills development compared to their male counterparts, preventing them from developing their business, or their possibilities as employee; calls for the Commission and the Member States to support female entrepreneurs and employees in acquiring the necessary skills through trade policy, such as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, Economic Partnership Agreements, development cooperation and Aid for Trade;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the new EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III) calls for the promotion of gender equality through the EU’s trade policy and recalls the necessary support for the inclusion of
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern the persistent gender gap in digital access and digital skills; calls for the Commission and the Member States to support female entrepreneurs, traders and workers in acquiring the necessary skills through development cooperation and Aid for Trade;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern the persistent gender gap in digital access and digital
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Expresses its concerns about the possibility of an increase in the digital gender gap in developing countries and regions in the current COVID-19 crisis; stresses the importance of promoting digital proficiency, digital accessibility and digital affordability for women and girls as instruments to obtain gender equality in development strategies; stresses the need to channel development funds into the promotion of the digital education of women and girls , and to support female-led projects in the digital sector, especially those with a social impact;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that e-commerce has a potential to connect more female entrepreneurs with international markets; however, calls for the Commission to support women in adopting new technologies such as blockchain that due to its peer-to-peer nature, anonymity and efficiency can help certain women to overcome some discriminatory legal and cultural barriers to trade, improve their access to finance and help them to integrate in global value chains;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to verify whether third-country operators participating in public tenders or procedures launched by the Union and Member States comply with EU law with regard to human rights, in particular as regards discrimination against women;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Recalls that women with disabilities, women that are members of ethnic and minority groups, women from different socio-economic backgrounds, older women and women in rural areas, as well as refugee and migrant women, may face difficulties in accessing digital services and related infrastructure; stresses the importance of an intersectional approach to all gender mainstreaming initiatives as regards increasing women’s access to and use of digital services, and to education and employment in the digital economy and society; calls on the Member States to tackle the digital exclusion of all vulnerable groups in society and to make ICT education accessible to them by adapting teaching methods and timetables to take account of the different factors determining women’s access to education;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Notes with concern the difficulties that women face in many countries around the world in accessing education, professional training and, therefore, the world of work;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Recalls that access to finance is essential to take advantage of new export opportunities; underlines that women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses often face gender-specific barriers to accessing finance; calls for the facilitating, as much as possible, of the access of women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses to finance;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure through its trade policy that women are not discriminated against and that their rights are fully respected in all EU trading partner countries, especially those which are given priority and preferential treatment; demands that sufficient resources
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the new EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III) calls for the promotion of gender equality through the EU’s trade policy and recalls the necessary support for the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in EU trade and investment agreements; believes that the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer should be charged with overseeing the effective implementation of gender chapters in trade agreements;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available to promote
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available to promote the core value of gender equality in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the secretariats of the EU institutions responsible for trade policy and negotiations have the knowledge and technical capacity to incorporate the gender perspective
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available and to disclose the resources allocated to promote the core value of gender equality in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the secretariats of the EU institutions responsible for trade policy and negotiations have the knowledge and technical capacity to incorporate the gender perspective.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available to promote the core value of gender equality in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Is convinced that sharing best practices between the EU and organisations active in researching and promoting women economic empowerment such as ILO, ITC, UNCTAD, World Bank and creation of networks involving academia, CSOs and other stakeholders is indispensable for achieving results; stresses in this context also the role of parliaments; calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient resources are available to promote the core value of gender equality also in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the secretariats of the EU institutions responsible for trade policy and negotiations have the knowledge and technical capacity to incorporate the gender perspective in the entire process of trade negotiations and policy formulation;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that in order to pursue the aim of promoting gender equality through trade policy, trade policy must ensure that women play a greater role in negotiating and implementing trade agreements;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Welcomes ISO International Workshop Agreement (ISO/IWA 34) on global definitions related to women’s entrepreneurship (with an aim to facilitate policymaking, data collection and access to capacity building, finance, and markets for women's economic empowerment);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the new EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III) calls for the promotion of gender equality through the EU’s trade policy; a
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that the new EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III) c
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Welcomes the inclusive nature of the consultation process undertaken to inform the drafting of the EU GAP III and the reflection of recommendations provided by Member States, EU gender focal points, and especially women’s rights civil society organisations (WCSOs) in the EU GAP III;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the introduction of country-level implementation plans; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take full ownership of
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Recalls that education strategies should be oriented both to girls’ as well as women, as education should comprise primary, secondary and post-secondary education; stresses that access to all levels of education is the basis to achieving gender equality and economic empowerment; recalls that access to education is limited by various factors on a case-by-case basis, thus, not only linked with unsafe learning environments and by the lack of appropriate sanitation facilities, but also due to a non-exhaustive range of factors established by UNESCO, such as child marriage, adolescent pregnancy, discriminatory gender norms in society, child labour or the lack of easy and safe access to schools near where they live;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the EEAS to enforce the GAP III commitment of one full-time gender focal point in EU Delegations and one gender adviser in all civilian and military CSDP missions and that those should report directly to the senior leadership of the EU Delegations and missions/operations respectively, and to provide training to Member State embassies and EU Delegations on GAP III;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Regrets the target that only 85% of new EU external actions will have gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a significant or main objective by 2025; regrets that the remaining 15% of external actions do not include gender equality; insists that the target of 100% be reached by 2025;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Underlines the need to ensure that all EU external financial instruments, notably NDICI and IPA III, contribute to the GAP III objectives;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Regrets the lack of consideration heritage in the GAP III of feminine cultural heritage across countries and women’s role in the protection and development of culture; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to develop programmes aiming at protecting and recognizing the cultural heritage and traditions developed by women, which frequently go unnoticed, especially throughout the whole conflict cycle;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Welcomes the assumption of special responsibility by the EU's multilateral delegations for the promotion of gender equality policies, calls on the Commission and the EEAS to work in this direction in all international bodies, especially in the framework of the United Nations and in its relations with other regional organisations, as a defining axis of the EU's foreign policy;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls on the EU Delegations in relevant countries to involve other EU and Member States actors in drafting and implementing of CLIPs and to build local action coalitions to pro-actively foster the implementation of GAP III and make it a whole-of-EU exercise;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Recalls that women and girls are disproportionately affected by conflict and climate change, due to cultural and structural gender inequalities, and recalls that climate change and conflicts create compounding gendered risks; therefore calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to support gender mainstreaming in climate change policy- making at national and international level and in all actions related to the European Green Deal, including by improving the representation of women and marginalised groups, appointing national gender focal points for climate negotiations, and monitoring the interplay of gender equality and climate change;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Supports GAP III ambition to make gender equality a key priority of all EU external policies and actions; underlines the need to ensure gender mainstreaming in all external policy fields, notably CFSP, the EU trade policy, enlargement policy, neighbourhood policy, development policy, humanitarian aid and CSDP;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Expects specific and measurable
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Expects
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Expects specific and measurable baselines and targets to be added to the joint staff working document on the objectives and indicators to frame the implementation of the GAP III (SWD(2020)0284), as well as road maps and timelines for all objectives, and sanctions in case of non-fulfilment; calls to include in the GAP III additional measures and diversity indicators and targets to ensure the implementation of the intersectional principle.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Expects specific and measurable baselines, indicators, actions and targets to be added to the joint staff working document on the objectives and indicators to frame the implementation of the GAP III (SWD(2020)0284), as well as road maps and timelines for all objectives, and sanctions in case of non-fulfilment; calls for all GAP III indicators to be disaggregated.
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Expects specific and measurable baselines and targets to be added to the joint staff working document on the objectives and indicators to frame the implementation of the GAP III (SWD(2020)0284), as well as road maps and timelines for all objectives
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Expects specific and measurable baselines and targets to be added to the joint staff working document on the objectives and indicators to frame the implementation of the GAP III (SWD(2020)0284), as well as road maps and timelines for all objectives
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls for a focus on results and strengthening accountability towards EU citizens by publicly reporting on the qualitative and quantitative results of the GAP III and assess its impact at country, regional and international level, develop an approach to monitoring which allows it not just to track deliverables but to track social dynamics and how they may have changed as a result of the programmes implemented under GAP III; calls for an independent evaluation, possibly conducted by civil society; welcomes the commitment to a mid-term evaluation of the GAP III, and calls on the Commission and the EEAS to engage in an annual debate with the Parliament to take stock of advancements or lack thereof;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines that sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a weapon of war, and that women are disproportionately affected by conflict related sexual violence and other human rights violations with impunity, including higher risk of trafficking; Recalls that the Rome Statute provides a permanent legal framework to extensively address SGBV as a crime against humanity and therefore, calls on the EU to actively support the independent and essential activity of the International Criminal Court both politically and financially;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Urges the EU to lead by example and significantly improve the gender balance of leadership and management positions, notably in the EEAS Headquarters, for Heads of EU Delegations and EU Special Representatives;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Welcomes GAP III as an important contribution for the EU to work towards a gender-equal word and to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 5;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Welcomes GAP III focus on young people as drivers of change and calls for the meaningful involvement of young people, women and men, into the conception and implementation of actions; welcomes GAP III’s increased attention to men and boys, gender relations and an improved approach to tackle root causes of gender inequalities through specific objectives and indicators; emphasizes the importance of creating practical ways to involve men and boys as agents of change regarding discriminatory social norms, gender stereotypes, and gender-drivers of conflict in the implementation of GAP III through setting additional indicators and targets related to men and boy's engagement;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Stresses the need for the European Union to support women leaders in political institutions, including parliament, political parties and Election Management Bodies, therefore promoting working opportunities for women at all governmental levels; calls on the EU to encourage and retain women leaders, and highlight the constructive contribution women leaders make to decision-making as well as increasing role models;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8 c. Stresses the enormous gender dimension of the crime of trafficking; considers international cooperation to be a fundamental condition for the success of any response to human trafficking; calls for further integration of the fight against trafficking in women and girls into the objectives of GAP III and for increased synergies with the EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025); Calls on the Commission to deepening partnerships with third countries, regional and international organisations in order to step up cooperation and enhance criminal intelligence, information sharing and facilitate international judicial cooperation; Calls on the EEAS to play a key role on the fight against trafficking of women and children through political dialogue and by making full use of its external tools; underlines the potential for international cooperation in training for law enforcement, immigration and other relevant officials in the prevention of trafficking in persons with a human rights, child- and gender-sensitive approach, which should encourage cooperation with non-governmental organizations and civil society;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8 c. Welcomes the reference made in GAP III to the potential of the EU accession process to promote gender equality in candidate and potential candidate countries; calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to further use the accession negotiations as a leverage to make enlargement deliver for women;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8 d. Welcomes that GAP III takes into account the situation of migrant women and girls; 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 water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), SRHR and to maternal health; stresses the importance of gender-sensitive reintegration programs for internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees after their return to their home and gender-sensitive work with traumatised girls and women;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8 d. Stresses the important role of parliamentary diplomacy in advancing gender equality, promoting women's political participation and empowerment and breaking gender stereotypes; calls on the EU and its Member States to further involve the European Parliament and national parliaments in their gender strategies in external action;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8 e. Welcomes the GAP III objective to support gender equality through the EU trade policy; 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;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8 e. Notes the need for greater coordination between the European institutions, the External Action Service and the Member States in reporting on the implementation of GAP III; stresses that, for a proper monitoring of implementation, reporting must adopt a strong and solid impact-oriented approach;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8 f. Welcomes that GAP III emphasises the gender dimension of environmental degradation and climate change and reiterates the EU’s commitment to act on it;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender mainstreaming in their external action, to put its gender-transformative, rights-based, intersectional approach into practice, and to adopt a feminist foreign policy; welcomes the initiatives of some member states, such as Sweden and Spain, to develop feminist foreign policy strategies; welcomes the highlighting in GAP III of the work of equality ministries to achieve the eradication of gender-based violence and gender inequalities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender equality and gender mainstreaming in their external action, to support the full enjoyment of human rights by all girls and women, to strengthen their empowerment across the globe, and to put its gender-transformative, rights-based, intersectional approach into practice
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender mainstreaming in their external action, to put its gender-transformative, rights-based, intersectional approach into practice, and to adopt a feminist foreign policy stipulating equality for women from third countries;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender mainstreaming in their external action, to put its gender-transformative, rights-based,
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender mainstreaming in their external action, to put its
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) and its ambitious and comprehensive objectives, and insists on its full implementation, policy coherence and institutional capacity across all areas of EU external action and the institutional structures of the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS); calls on the Commission and the EEAS to put proper measures in place for continuous monitoring of progress or lack thereof, accountability and transparency in implementing GAP III, as well as for reporting and communicating on achievements and gaps;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender mainstreaming in their external action, to put its gender-transformative, rights-based, intersectional approach into practice, and calls on them and the EU to adopt a feminist foreign policy;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance the gender
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission and EEAS to strengthened synergies with the United Nations, partner countries and other international stakeholders, to jointly advance and successfully reach international targets related to gender equality in the 2030 Agenda, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and their review conferences, the UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and its follow-up resolutions, as well as the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses the need for a strong policy dialogue and technical assistance to bring gender equality into the enlargement and neighbourhood policies; welcomes for the inclusion of the principle of gender equality among the objectives of the Global Europe Instrument - NDICI and the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance III;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to address the problem of structural inequalities across the globe that still inhibit the development and participation of women and marginalised groups, which needs to be the basis for effectively implementing GAP III;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Expects systematic gender mainstreaming in all EU external action to remain at the top of the EU’s political agenda, also beyond the lifetime of the GAP III; emphasises the commitment of the Commission and the EEAS to protect and enable LGBTIQ persons to assert their rights around the world in the Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Emphasises the need for a truly gender-transformative approach across all EU external action; recalls that current policies and programming tend to problematise issues touching upon the lives of women and marginalised groups (e.g. their lack of participation in foreign policy making or gender-based violence), by implicitly defining women and marginalised groups as the problem, which normalises masculine values and men as the group in power that sets the rules, rather than tackling root causes, including toxic masculinity and toxic power structures; therefore demands a shift in policy-making by addressing inequalities not simply by tackling the symptoms or treating women and marginalised groups as targets of policy, such as increasing women’s representation but also challenging men’s over-representation;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Welcomes the GAP III’s recognition of the importance of actively engaging men and boys to promote change in social attitudes and, as a result, broader structural change; highlights the need to support boys and men to adopt healthy and positive attitudes and behaviours, embrace new masculinities and challenge stereotypical gender norms, in order to continuously foster a supportive environment for gender equality, including by engaging with them as agents of change and ensuring that the GAP III yields positive results for them too;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2 e. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to focus on their own internal structures as well, starting with the equitable representation of women and marginalised groups across all levels, establishing the requirements of a gender- responsive leadership for all EU leaders and managers, and gender-sensitive recruitment processes where internal recruitment policies are adjusted through a review of job descriptions (e.g. years of experience), gender-sensitive job evaluation, and a possible mentoring programme for people transitioning into new jobs - to attract more women; calls on all Member States to nominate more women and candidates from marginalised groups to seconded positions in the EEAS and to CSDP missions and operations; calls on the EEAS to also aim for gender balance at all levels of CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new) 2 f. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to collect relevant human resources data, disaggregated by gender, to assess numbers of nominations, short-listed candidates, selections, contract extensions, and length of deployment, among others, and track progress, as well as to conduct systematised interviews with women and people belonging to marginalised groups about their reasons for leaving posts;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) and its ambitious and comprehensive objectives, and insists on its full implementation, policy coherence and institutional capacity across all areas of EU external action and the institutional structures of the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS); including EU Delegations and Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 g (new) 2 g. Regrets that the important issue of diversity is grouped into the role of the EEAS Advisor on Gender and Diversity, and calls on the EEAS to accord the necessary importance to both gender equality and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, as well as diversity and inclusion, and establish one role for each of these topics, each with their own resources and sufficient amount of staff; calls for the appointment of a full-time gender adviser in each EEAS Directorate, reporting directly to the EEAS Advisor and to encourage their staff to work closely with the European Institute for Gender Equality;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 h (new) 2 h. Encourages the Parliament to actively contribute to the GAP III through its parliamentary diplomacy and delegations, and to develop a strategy and concrete guidelines towards this end;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 i (new) 2 i. Appreciates the commitment to fighting gender-based violence and extending sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); emphasises the importance of systematically supporting the universal access to SRHR around the globe, including access to safe and legal abortion, contraception and sexuality education; highlights the need to take age into account in SRHR-related actions in line with an intersectional approach, by ensuring accessible, youth-friendly information and services;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to step up public communication and information in third countries and to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, religion, disability or age, as part of EU external action;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to prevent and counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, religion, disability or age, as part of EU external action; welcomes the definition of inequalities as structural social and cultural;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, religion, disability or age, as part of EU external action; welcomes the intersectional perspective in GAP III;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity,
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, religion, belief, disability or age, as part of EU external action;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, religion, wage, disability or age, as
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. 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 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses the important role of member states in achieving the objectives of GAP III; encourages EU Member States to align their policies and programmes in coherence with the objectives of the European Union and to increase their actions in the fight against gender-based violence through, inter alia, the establishment of focal points for gender-based violence within their consular services;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes the widespread occurrence of gender-based hate speech and online and offline harassment of women and girls within the EU and in third countries, calls on the Commission, the Member States, EEAS and the EU delegations to publicly condemn these acts and take measures against them;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission for continuous actions to eliminate gender-based violence, committing to a widespread ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Emphasises that the EU should lead the way amongst the international community, in stepping up efforts to eradicate the use of sexual violence as a weapon in armed conflict;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Welcomes the fact that GAP III addresses the extreme vulnerability of migrant women and girls; in this regard, 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; and stresses the need for all Member States in the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention and to fully implement all its provisions as well as the need for the EU to access the Convention;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Regrets the lack of inclusion in the GAP III of the particular discrimination and sexual violence that women engaged in the sex industry suffer, including in prostitution, due to poverty, being victims of human trafficking or other types of distress; calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of violence, including rape, domestic violence, verbal and physical aggression, online harassment and all other types of GBV;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Welcomes the inclusion of sexual and gender-based violence within the criteria for the imposition of sanctions in the framework of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act); reiterates its call to the Council and the European Council to move towards qualified majority voting, by activating the passerelle clause regarding sanctions and human rights;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. 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 organisations 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 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Considers that women's right to sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) should be a priority in the EU’s development policy;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Notes that GAP III mentions the inclusion of gender equality provisions in free trade agreements; regrets, however, that neither gender nor human rights clauses are triggered when human and women's rights violations occur, as is happening in Gaza and Colombia; 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 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. 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 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Calls for one of the priorities for GAP III to be the fight against 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 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3 f. Regrets that GAP III barely mentions trafficking and makes no reference to sexual exploitation and sex tourism; calls on the Commission and Member States, in this regard, 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 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3 g. Stresses that in order to achieve the full guarantee and enjoyment of human rights and women's rights, the EU should support the creation of this Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights within the UN framework and to base it not on business plans but on an international commitment;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 h (new) 3 h. Condemns the increase in gender- based violence and femicides during the COVID19 pandemic; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and Member States to increase vigilance and redouble efforts to eradicate violence against women;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 i (new) 3 i. Stresses that education is a key factor in achieving gender equality and in combating stereotypes and intersectional and gender-based discrimination; considers that public, quality, inclusive education and equal access to education are essential for achieving gender equality; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to make education for equality a priority of feminist foreign policy;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 j (new) 3 j. Deplores the still widespread and harmful practices of child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation, obstetric violence and gender selection; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to make the eradication of such discrimination a priority in their external action;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 k (new) 3 k. Regrets the weakness of GAP III in terms of women's access to the use and enjoyment of natural resources; stresses that women carry the greatest burden of care work on land and family farms; regrets that women do not have control and ownership of land; stresses that in the context of climate emergency, food insecurity and malnutrition in much of the world, the role and empowerment of women is critical to address these challenges;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to strengthen the synergies with the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security and its Action Plan (2019- 2024), the EU Gender Equality Strategy (2020-2025), the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2020-2025), the EU Anti-racism Action Plan 2020-2025, the EU Roma Strategic Framework for equality, inclusion and participation and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the systematic
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the systematic implementation of rigorous gender analysis, gender-disaggregated data collection, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments, as well as for mandatory training on gender equality, with special attention to middle and upper management of the EEAS HQ, Heads of EU Delegations, and Heads/ Commanders of CSDP missions and operations, and including on harassment; calls for a zero tolerance policy with regards to sexual and gender-based violence; recalls that this commitment is included in the GAP III and that a commitment to establish an EU-wide policy on sexual harassment has already been made in the WPS Action Plan, without any progress so far;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the systematic implementation of rigorous gender analysis,
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the systematic implementation of rigorous gender analysis for men and women, gender-disaggregated data collection,
Amendment 65 #
4 a. Welcomes the strong focus of GAP III on combatting all forms of violence against women and girls, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the eradication of female genital mutilation and the eradication of all gender-based violence to be systematically addressed in the EU political dialogues with third countries; reiterates support to the EU- UN Spotlight Initiative; urges all EU Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention; calls on the EEAS to put the ratification of the Istanbul Convention high on the agenda of its Political Dialogue with Council of Europe partner countries; encourages other countries to express their interest to accede to it; 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 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Regrets that the appointment of senior gender advisors to support the leadership and staff of the Commission's Directorates-General responsible for external relations, the European External Action Service and EU delegations and CSDP missions and operations is only encouraged; points out that this figure should be mandatory;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to share the Plan with interested partners, encouraging them to take up its best practices and putting EU expertise in the field at their service in doing so;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Stresses the importance to ensure universal access to SRHR and welcomes GAP III strong commitment to it; underlines the need to focus on all age groups, including girls and younger women, and provide relevant information, education and access to them;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Regrets that there is still no gender parity in management positions and that the Commission has committed itself to achieving this only by the end of the mandate; considers that gender balance in management positions should be achieved by 2022;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Expects the Commission, the Member States and the EEAS to systematically integrate the GAP III in all their external action, at all levels of engagement and in all relevant activities and concepts, including in policy and programming frameworks, strategies, and the Strategic Compass, as well as in its regional cooperation and in multilateral fora;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the need to tackle the shrinking space for civil society, to strengthen the capacity-building of WCSOs and to closely consult with organisations fighting, in particular, for the rights of women, girls and marginalised groups, and with women’s rights defenders; welcomes the focus on women’s participation in civic life in the GAP III; highlights the worrying development that highly organised and well-funded movements and organisations, such as Ordo Iuris, work to weaken women’s rights, LGBTQI* rights and civil society participation to undermine the rule of law and reinforce or increase their power; strongly encourages the Commission and EU Member States to earmark firm commitments for financing women’s rights organizations and feminist movements as key drivers of transformational and sustainable change towards gender equality;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the need to tackle the shrinking space for civil society and to closely consult with organisations fighting, in particular, for the rights of women, girls and marginalised groups, including girl- and youth-led feminist organisations, groups and movements; encourages their inclusion in the programming and reporting process, as well as regular, structural exchanges with them, and calls for sustainable funding of civil society, as one of the main actors holding the EU to account for the implementation of GAP III; cautions of the current approach of mainly funding larger or well-established organisations, making it extremely difficult for new and smaller organisations to receive funding, while new actors could bring innovative and novel approaches to the status quo;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the need to tackle the shrinking space for civil society and to closely consult with organisations fighting, in particular, for the rights of women, girls and marginalised groups; In this regard, proposes that the European Commission should facilitate input by civil society actors regarding proposing human rights violation cases applicable for EU sanctions, such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions regime (EU Magnitsky Act);
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the need to tackle the shrinking space for civil society and to closely consult in all the stages of the joint programming and implementation, with organisations fighting, in particular, for the rights of women, girls and marginalised groups; stresses the need to support women human rights defenders and peace builders in the EU external action;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the need to
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the need to tackle the shrinking space for civil society, reinforce existing structures and to closely consult with organisations fighting, in particular, for the rights of women, girls and marginalised groups;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Points out the need to increase the monitoring and accountability of EU action, especially with regards to the human rights, democracy and gender nexus; requests the EEAS and the Commission to include a specific update on the actions carried out to mainstreaming gender equality in the country reports of its Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the EU to recognize women's leadership in the fight against climate change, and to promote their participation both at European level and in international fora, while increasing synergies with the external dimension of the EU Green Deal; encourages the EEAS and the Commission to ensure that a gender perspective is included in political dialogues and partnerships with third countries on disaster risk reduction, natural resources management and climate adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the integration of the Women, Peace and Security framework in GAP III; insists on the inclusion of women and marginalised groups in conflict
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes the strong commitment of both the European Commission and EEAS to gender equality and women empowerment worldwide and to implement a feminist EU external agenda, reflected by the upgrade of the Gender Action Plan from a working document to a Joint Communication;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the integration of the Women, Peace and Security framework in GAP III; insists on the inclusion of women and marginalised groups in conflict resolution and peace negotiations, across all tracks; is strongly concerned over women rights situation in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the NATO troops and urges the Member States and the Commission to closely monitor situation and further support the empowerment of women as a key condition for continuous financial support to the country;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the integration of the Women, Peace and Security framework in GAP III; insists on the inclusion of
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the integration of the Women, Peace and Security framework in GAP III; insists on the inclusion of women and marginalised groups in conflict resolution and peace negotiations, across all tracks;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the integration of the Women, Peace and Security framework in GAP III; insists on the inclusion of women and marginalised groups in conflict resolution and peace negotiations, across all tracks, and of fighting rape and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls as a weapon of war and conflict;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the integration of the Women, Peace and Security framework in GAP III; insists on the
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls for ending impunity for perpetrators of attacks against women human rights defenders (WHRDs), including women environmental defenders, women peacebuilders and others working for gender equality and the rights of women and marginalised groups; calls for resources, including funding, to be allocated to their security and safety in order to ensure that they can be operational; calls to investigate private sector harassment of WHRDs;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Points out the importance of linking the concept of human security and the gender approach; calls on the European Union to use the concept of human security as set out in UN Resolution 66/290 in its Women, Peace and Security agenda; insists that security must focus on human lives and their protection from threats such as violence, lack of education, healthcare, food or economic independence;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to develop specific internal strategies to further increase women’s leadership and full participation in all matters of foreign and security policies, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping operations, post-conflict reconstruction, and long-term peace building;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes the GAP III objective to work towards securing the empowerment of girls and women, their education and their economic and social rights, particularly put at risk because of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes that GAP III includes the pillar of 'leading by example'; condemns the European Commission's lack of action on violations of women's rights, LGBTIQ rights and human rights in EU Member States; deplores the Commission's failure to take action to prevent these rights violations and to whitewash hate speech, xenophobia, misogyny, sexism and LGTBIQ phobia; condemns the establishment of LGTB- free zones in Poland; condemns the recent ban on the discussion of homosexuality in school curricula and media in Hungary;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Urges EU foreign policy to pay particular attention to the elimination of female genital mutilation;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Welcomes the inclusion of mandatory training on gender perspectives for all staff at HQ, EU delegations, CSDP missions and operations; recalls that training should comprise comprehensive programmes for the identification of victims of conflict- related sexual and/or gender-based violence, as well as prevention programmes, and medical, psycho-social and legal training to all EU staff, including military and police staff;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and Member States to develop and promote the UN disarmament agenda; insists that the reduction of arms exports must be a pillar of a European feminist foreign policy in the interests of progressing towards a culture of peace;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Welcomes cooperation on the field of gender action with other partners, such as the Spotlight Initiative in partnership with the United Nations;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the introduction of country-level implementation plans; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take full ownership of gender-sensitive country reporting and gender mainstreaming; 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 to lay 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 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the introduction of country-level implementation plans (CLIPs); insists that all CLIPs be made public and translated into local languages to ensure more effective monitoring of progress or lack thereof, as well as better include a focus on girls and young women; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take full ownership of gender- sensitive country reporting and gender mainstreaming, avoid outsourcing the work on gender equality to third parties, and establish the necessary expertise and capacity within their services, and ensure that also the multilateral EU Delegations present a plan for their implementation of GAPIII;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the introduction of EU strategic engagement at multilateral, regional and country
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the introduction of country-level implementation plans (CLIPs) and the improvement of the reporting process for EU Delegations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take full ownership of gender-sensitive country reporting and gender mainstreaming at all program and policy levels, including by using gender analysis to inform the planned CLIPs and by requiring delegations to set clear indicators and targets within CLIPs;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the introduction of country-level implementation plans; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take full ownership of gender-sensitive country reporting and gender mainstreaming, by, among others, enhancing the role of gender focal persons (GFP) within EU Delegations to implement GAP III through adequate time and resources assigned to this position;
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