2022/2049(INI) Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022
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Lead | AFET | WISELER-LIMA Isabel ( EPP) | SANTOS Isabel ( S&D), AUŠTREVIČIUS Petras ( Renew), STRIK Tineke ( Verts/ALE), MADISON Jaak ( ID), KARSKI Karol ( ECR), URBÁN CRESPO Miguel ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | FEMM | ANDERSON Christine ( ID) | Arba KOKALARI ( PPE), Michal ŠIMEČKA ( RE), Radka MAXOVÁ ( S&D), Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN ( ECR) |
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2022/2049(INI)
2022/10/05
FEMM
148 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 (new) - having regard to Articles 2 and 3(1) ofthe Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 8 of the Treaty on theFunctioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Citation 10 (new) - having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’),
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020- 2024 to protect and empower women and girls
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Highlights the importance of social dialogue in the interest of people from different socio-cultural and socio- economic backgrounds; draws the Commission's attention to the situation of marginalised minorities, including Roma people, especially girls, women and children, who are subject of multiple discrimination in education, health care, employment and housing, especially in deprived and disadvantaged regions and segregates;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Is concerned that EU’s anti- gender movements are heavily financed byforeign actors, who are seeking to curb, among others, sexual and reproductivehealth and rights, against LGBTIQ rights and equality in general. Calls for a careful analysis of this issue and ensuring that European money, as well as foreign donations, do not finance organisations that are actively targeting equality and trying to restrict the rights of others.
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses the importance of making European policies coherent with the defence of human rights, in this regard European policy makers should be committed to the defence of the right to life;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Deplores that human rights defenders continue to face scaling-up attacks, including judicial harassment, smear campaigns, and hate crimes. Calls for adoption and implementation of anti- slapp laws as well as effective prosecution of discriminatory behaviour and zero tolerance for hate speech and hate crimes. Highlights that women rights activists face harassment and violent threats for their actions, especially on social media without effective protection.
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Draws the Commission's attention to the need for independent monitoring of tenders launched by the EU institutions to promote the social inclusion and development of disadvantaged groups, in particular women, girls, especially Roma women and girls, in various fields such as education, employment, health and housing, and to ensure that the various abuses are fully prevented;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Expresses concern about the practice of forced abortions, a practice that must be publicly condemned and prosecuted as a clear violation of fundamental rights and that attacks women’s dignity; condemns the selective abortions of girls, an unacceptable practice that constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and must be completely rejected;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Citation 11 (new) - having regard to the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and the outcomes of their review conferences;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Underlines that the after effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to exacerbate existing inequalities disproportionately affecting the lives of marginalised groups, preventing access to essential services including SRHR services and gender based violence support;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the convention into the future EU directive on combatting gender-based violence;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Calls on the Commission to create a concrete action plan in response to discriminatory and segregationist practices within the European Union, particularly against refugees displaced by the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict, with a particular focus on the multiple discrimination faced by disadvantaged and Roma women, girls and children, in the areas of border crossing, registration, housing, social security, education and employment;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Deplores the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, the hostile regime of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the continued oppression of women and girls throughout many countries in the world; Highlights the gender aspects of these conflicts and the disproportionate negative effects of war on already marginalised communities;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Calls on the EU leaders to promote and ensure the respect of the rights of human rights defenders, particularly women’s and LGBTIQ rights defenders, and to protect them from attacks and threats from state and non-state actors.
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Condemns all forms of female genital mutilation, forced and underage marriage, trafficking, “honour” violence and “honour” killings; calls for the EU and global actors to specifically target these issues;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Condemns all kinds of targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; reiterates UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Stands in solidarity with protesters in Iran; reaffirms the right of women throughout the world to bodily autonomy and freedom of expression, including the right to choose their dress, free from state interference, coercion and fear of violence;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Stresses and calls on the Commission to promote policy cooperation with NGOs and institutions, the need to develop cooperation with local communities and the application of the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Condemns targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war and end the impunity of those guilty of these actions and to raise awareness about the specific situation and discriminations experienced by war children; Calls on the EU to ensure that humanitarian assistance is based on genderresponsive needs assessments that regularly consult civil society organisations and survey women, including those who are internally displaced;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Citation 12 (new) - having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2020 on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy,
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Draws the Commission's attention to the dangers of the energy crisis and the increase in food prices as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict, which have a negative impact on those living on the margins of society, thereby increasing the number of social groups at risk of poverty and jeopardising the feasibility of the Commission's 2030 target for reducing the proportion of people living below the poverty line;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to facilitate better cross-border communication and training to ensure a more efficient targeting of human traffickers who use borders as loopholes to further exploit their victims, the overwhelming majority of whom are women; notes that this has become even more relevant in the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Calls on the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing the role of women in humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights; also calls for the EU to address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life- saving health services in Ukraine;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Draws the Commission's attention to the key role of equal opportunities and diversity strategies in enabling excluded and marginalised groups, including Roma, to play an active role in the economic, cultural and political life of the Member States; therefore recommends that the Commission study best practices in Member States to promote Roma inclusion and propose their application to other Member States;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Condemns all forms of gender based violence including violence against LGBTIQ+, gender non-conforming and gender diverse people, including stigmatisation, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings, so-called conversion therapy, genital mutilation and forced sterilisation and the incitement to violence against them;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6 g. Recalls that access to sexual and reproductive health services is a human right; Is appalled by the decision of the US Supreme Court reversing Roe v Wade and the subsequent removal of access to safe abortion across multiple states in the USA; further condemns the October 2020 decision of the Polish constitutional tribunal and the draconian decision of the Hungarian government to force those seeking abortion to listen to a foetal heartbeat; strongly condemns these decisions and calls for their immediate reversal; further condemns other continued attempts to stigmatise and reduce access to sexual and reproductive healthcare; stresses the need to support civil society organisations engaged in the promotion of reproductive justice especially within marginalised communities whose work continues to be threatened by the shrinking space for civil society;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6 g. Calls on the Commission to reject all forms of discrimination and segregation in the areas of education, health, housing and employment; stressing that the number of segregations affecting Roma in Europe is high and that a drastic reduction in discrimination is recommended both national and EU institutional levels;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6 g. Calls for Russia to be held accountable for all breaches of human rights against women and girls, including but not limited to, all accounts of sexual violence and rape; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, to protect and help victims and increase their access to justice;
Amendment 128 #
6 h. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote unimpeded access to sexual and reproductive health services both inside and outside of the European Union including age appropriate, evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education, access to comprehensive family planning care including contraception and unbiased information, antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, fertility services, safe and legal abortion and treatment for all sexual health related issues including HIV;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 h (new) 6 h. Calls on all remaining Member States to fully ratify the Istanbul convention which represents a key means of forging a Europe which confronts and tackles all forms of gender-based violence and offers prevention mechanisms to reduce the number of future victims; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention without delay;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Citation 13 (new) - having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2021
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 h (new) 6 h. Draws attention to communities living in disadvantaged areas, in segregates and poverty, whose access to clean water and their right to decent housing are being undermined by the denial of infrastructure services and by the continuing discrimination due to the lack of infrastructure;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 i (new) 6 i. Urges the High Representative, the Commission and the Council to strongly reject all attempts to restrict women’s rights, gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, both in the EU and the world; Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 i (new) 6 i. Draws attention to the segregation and various types of discrimination in the health sector, which affects minorities especially Roma minority and other disadvantaged communities across the EU;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 i (new) 6 i. Encourages non-EU states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, improve women’s rights and strongly fight against all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 j (new) 6 j. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and for its immediate ratification by all individual Member States; Highlights that the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive instrument in Europe to combat specific forms of gender based violence; Calls for its use as a minimum standard with regards to the eradication of gender based violence throughout the world;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 j (new) 6 j. Draws the Commission's attention to border discrimination against groups fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war, whereby the crossing of borders by certain minority groups, including Roma, has been obstructed, delayed or denied on both national and ethnic grounds, and to the situation of non-Ukrainian refugees arriving at border crossing points in host countries across Ukraine;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 k (new) 6 k. Appreciates the recognition of the need to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in the Gender Action Plan III; Calls for implementation of the EU guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual,transgender and intersex persons; calls for the development of concrete targets to support the promotion of these rights
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 k (new) 6 k. Draws attention to the importance of the Child Guarantee, in particular for children who are refugees from war-torn countries and to ensure the social security of children with multiple disadvantages, religious, ethnic or other nationalities;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 k (new) 6 k. Stresses that gender equality is a core value of the EU and one of its common and fundamental principles;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 l (new) Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Citation 14 (new) - having regard to its resolution of 7April 2022 on the EU’s protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine,
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 l (new) 6 l. Reiterates its calls on the EU institutions and Member states to commit to advance towards a feminist foreign and security policy that entails a gender transformative vision and to ensure that all goals and commitments of the Gender Action Plan III are fully implemented by Member States, EU delegations and all EU institutions;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 l (new) 6 l. Draws the Commission's attention to cases of discrimination against disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged people and people with disabilities in employment and in the health sector, where their opportunities are reduced and they are denied full participation in the economy and their health services are obstructed;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 m (new) 6 m. Regrets the backsliding in the rights for LGBTI women in some Member States, such as Poland, who face increasing barriers and hostility to living a life free from discrimination; Recall’s Ursula Von Der Leyen’s 2020 State of the Union speech where she declares that "LGBTI-free zones are humanity free zones. And they have no place in our Union.";
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 m (new) 6 m. Calls on the Commission to reduce the practice of digital exclusion and upcoming social gaps and inequalities in terms of opportunities, particularly in employment, education, housing and health, and its impact on members of disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged groups living in poverty who are subject to further discrimination;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 m (new) 6 m. Underlines its calls for the EU to take into account the gender-specific threats, needs and challenges faced by Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) and urges EU institutions to guarantee their access to specific protection mechanisms, as well as to provide political and increased direct financial support.
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 n (new) 6 n. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTI+ people across the EU and wider world; Calls on the EU and the Member States to up its efforts to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI+ citizens;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 p (new) 6 p. Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 r (new) 6 r. Calls on the EU to promote equal opportunities to access education around the world; Strongly urges the EU, including European External Action Service (EEAS), to counteract the appalling denial of girls’ education which represents a contravening of children’s human rights; recalls the particular significance of girls’ education in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan;
Amendment 148 #
6 s. Calls on Member States to promote and encourage STEM learning from an early age to ensure that girls and women are not at an unfair disadvantage when later seeking employment in the scientific and technical sectors; recalls that equal opportunity to access the fields of science and technology are a prerequisite to ensure that women and girls can fully enjoy their human rights;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Citation 15 (new) - having regard to its resolution of 5 May2022 on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Citation 16 (new) - having regard the joint communication of the Commission and the High representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy entitled ‘EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III – An ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action’ (JOIN(2020)0017), having regard to the Resolution on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women of 5 May 2022,
Amendment 17 #
- having regard to its report of 22 June 2022 on intersectional discrimination in the European Union: the socio-economic situation of women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Asian descent,
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and should be fully respected; whereas the right to the integrity of the person is paramount under Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas gender mainstreaming and intersCectional approach should therefore be implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities and policies;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) B. whereas gender equality is paramount to the development of free and equal societies; whereas the human rights of women, girls &non-binary people are still not guaranteed throughout the world and the space for civil society organisations, especially women’s rights, feminist and grassroots organisations is shrinking in many countries;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Citation 2 (new) - having regard to the European Pillar ofSocial Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 11 and 17,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital C (new) C. whereas theCOVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives as they affect women and men differently all over the world; whereas the pandemic has exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities; whereas its consequences disproportionately affect lives of vulnerable groups including women, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ persons, people with disabilities, older people and others, for example preventing them from access to essential health and care services including SRHR services and gender based violence support;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital D (new) D. whereas since the pandemic violence against women has increased; whereas more than 45% of women reported that they or a woman they know has experienced a form of violence since 2019 and 65% of women reported experiencing it in their lifetime; whereas globally, 245 million of women and girls aged 15 years or over have been subjected to sexual and/or physical violence perpetrated by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months; whereas more than 4 in 10 women feel more unsafe in public spaces than before and 1 in 2 women feel unsafe walking alone at night, whereas 6 in 10 women say they think sexual harassment in public has worsened;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital E (new) E. whereas there is an ongoing oppressive backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ peoples rights throughout the world;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital F (new) F. whereas countries all around the world are facing a backlash against gender equality, women’s and LGBTQIA+ rights, especially in the sphere of access to sexual and reproductive rights; whereas the Supreme Court of the US decided on 24 June 2022 to overturn the Roe v Wade ruling, putting an end to the federal constitutional right to abortion in US, allowing states to ban abortion at any point during pregnancy and opening up the possibility of complete bans on abortion; whereas since then, there had been a growing number of states in US and worldwide, who decided to ban abortions or limit the right to abortion;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital G (new) G. whereas racialised women, women from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, women from minorities, women with disabilities, migrant women and LGBTIQ+ people faceadditional and multiple violations of their human rights; whereas they are often restricted from participating fully and effectively in economic, social and political life; whereas women subjected to intersecting types of discrimination all around the world face multiple obstacles in accessing the formal labour market, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination, poverty, economic exploitation, social exclusion and gender-based violence, including sexual harassment and mistreatment; whereas they face racism and discrimination in access to health care, support services in the case of violence and other services, denying their human rights; whereas afrophobia, antigypsism, antisemitism and islamophobia are widespread forms of racism all around the world;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital H (new) H. whereas all around the world religion and ideology are used against women' and girls' rights and against gender equality in general; whereas women, girls and LGBTQIA+ persons experience gender-based violence and discrimination that impedes their ability to fully enjoy their human rights by state and non-state actors relying on religious ‘justifications’ for their actions; whereas women expressing their religion and beliefs by their clothing or physical appearance are more often victims of violence and discrimination;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital I (new) I. whereas between2021-2022 1a, a total of fourteen female journalists were killed worldwide, marking an increase from the number given for 2020; whereas whilst more male journalists are killed each year, women generally experience more online and sexual harassment and are targeted more frequently in this regard; whereas women are engaging in politics in record numbers around the world, by seeking office and by voting, whereas in many countries this increased participation of women in politics is accompanied by a violent backlash; whereas physical, moral and cyber violence targeting women in politics is creating dangerous obstacles to women’s participation in political processes; whereas women activists, human rights defenders, and social leaders face worsening violence all around the world, _________________ 1a https://en.unesco.org/themes/safety- journalists/observatory
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital J (new) J. whereas significant number of women serve in the Ukrainian armed forces in combat and non-combat roles; whereas more than 22.8% of Ukraine's military are female; whereas at least 12 million people have fled their homes since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, most of them women and children, whereas wars and armed conflicts impact women, including those facing intersectional discrimination, in specific ways and exacerbate pre-existing inequalities; whereas women and girls are particularly at risk during humanitarian and displacement crises as they continue disproportionately to be victims of discrimination based on gender norms, of gender-based violence and deprived of access to health care and other services; whereas rape and sexual violence are used as a war weapon; whereas massive displacement and refugee flow due to wars and armed conflicts lead to a spike in human trafficking; whereas women and unaccompanied children are main victims of traffickers, often abusing their vulnerable situation;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital K (new) K. whereas environmental problems – caused and exacerbated by climate change – are currently responsible for the growth of forced migration and subsequent erosion of human rights, and whereas there is therefore an increasing link between asylum-seekers and areas of environmental decline; whereas there is a need for better protection and resettlement of ‘climate refugees’, and for special attention to be given to women who are most vulnerable;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital L (new) L. whereas climate change is undermining the enjoyment of human rights and increasing existing gender inequalities; whereas women and girls are more affected by climate change due to their unequal access to resources, education, political power, job opportunities and to land rights than man and due to the existing social and cultural norms such as their role as primary caregivers and often providers of water, food and fuel;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Citation 3 (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW) of 18 December 1979,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital M (new) M. whereas the lack of women involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) represents an untapped catalyst for technological advancement; whereas scientific education such as STEM subjects is important for obtaining skills, decent work and the jobs of the future, as well as for breaking down gender stereotypes and biases that unjustly regard these as typically masculine fields;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital N (new) N. whereas protecting women and girls and other vulnerable persons from violence and discrimination, in particular with regard to education, information and health services, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, is especially important for ensuring the full enjoyment of their human rights; whereas violations of SRHR, such as forced sterilization, forced abortion, forced pregnancy, criminalization of abortion, denial or delay of safe abortion and/or post-abortion care, abuse and mistreatment of women and girls seeking sexual and reproductive health information, goods and services, female genital mutilations, gynaecologic and obstetrical violence are forms of gender- based violence that, depending on the circumstances, may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital O (new) Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital P (new) P. whereas there has been a regrettable backsliding for women’s access to safe and legal abortions in some Member States; whereas access to SRHR, including safe and legal abortion, is a human right;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital Q (new) Q. whereas even though it is illegal, it is estimated that because of sex-selective abortions in India an estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030; whereas the same practice in China is resulting in 834 girls being born for every 1000 boy;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Recital R (new) R. whereas gender-based violence constitutes a serious breach of human rights, undermining social stability and security, public health, women’s educational and employment opportunities, as well as the well-being and development prospects of children and communities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Recital S (new) S. whereas 1 in 3 women have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Recital T (new) T. whereas women’s and girls’ rights are still not adequately safeguarded in many parts of the world and the role for civil society, in particular women’s rights organisations, is becoming increasingly under threat in many countries;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Citation 4 (new) - having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December1979
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, where male guardianship, the imposition of rules regarding women's dress, and forced marriages, among others, are normalised and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, which does not recognize the equal dignity of men and women, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses th
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Expresses concern about the existence of communities within the European Union where the Sharia law is de facto applied constituting an attack on human rights;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children; condemns the practice of surrogacy, which compromises human dignity, exploiting the woman's body and its reproductive functions, as well as considering the unborn child as an object; believes that the practice of surrogacy involving reproductive exploitation and the use of the human body for economic or other returns, particularly in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, should be prohibited and treated as serious violation of human rights;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Citation 5 (new) - having regard the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. C
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Emphasizes the importance of setting a leading example by enshrining SRHR in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights that the displacement and refugee flow from wars is always largely gendered; strongly condemns the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war and stresses that this constitutes a war crime; expresses its deep concerns about the growing number of reports of human trafficking, sexual violence, exploitation, rape and abuse faced by women and children fleeing Ukraine; call son all host and transit countries receiving refugees to address the specific needs of women and girls and to ensure that gender based violence services and referral pathways and complaints mechanisms are immediately available within communities in languages and formats accessible to all groups; calls on guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services, particularly emergency contraception, abortion care, including for survivors of rape; encourages the fast inclusion of women and children fleeing the war or armed conflicts in host countries;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights that any conflict, such as the war in Ukraine, creates an opportunity for human traffickers who are misusing people’s vulnerability. Calls for the establishment of safe and legal migration routes and legal guarantees, as well as transparent information campaigns, so that people who are fleeing conflict and/or distress are not susceptible to falling into trafficking chains.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Citation 6 (new) - having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring true gender equality, for all people, throughout the world; emphasizes the role of gender equality in ensuring equal enjoyment of fundamental rights and subsequent access to services such as healthcare, education, decent work, housing, and care;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Condemns excessive use of force by police against women protesting in Canada and Germany; calls on all Governments to ensure that their law enforcement authorities do not prosecute legitimate protests or discriminate against those exercising their right to free speech;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recognizes the courage and the strength of Ukrainian female soldiers, who defend their country in large numbers, and all Ukrainian women who provide support and assistance on the ground, as well as those who have decided to flee the country to protect their families;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Stresses that human trafficking for sexual exploitation and other purposes remains one of the biggest risks for women and children fleeing wars and armed conflicts who are in a particularly vulnerable situation; urges the EU and all global actors to identify and prosecute the trafficking networks profiting from the sexual exploitation of refugee women and girls;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Underlines that women and girls need continued access to sexual and reproductive health services throughout conflict and displacement, including access to safe delivery, family planning services, legal and safe abortion or clinical management of rape; calls for funds to be made available for the provision of essential and lifesaving SRHS in line with the UN Minimum Initial Service Package;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Recalls the difficult situation of and obstacles to transgender persons including transwomen or transgender and intersex women with the male gender marker fleeing wars and armed conflicts; stresses that transgender people whose identity documents do not correspond with their identity should be allowed to pass borders and through internal checkpoints and may not be excluded from civil protection measures; stresses that transgender refugee persons have difficulties to access hormonal treatments; underlines that such treatments another specific medicines for transgender and intersex people are classified as essential by the WHO and thus should be included in humanitarian aid packages;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Citation 7 (new) - having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Istanbul Convention’) of 11 May 2011
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based, physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence including domestic violence, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, stalking, mobbing, human trafficking, child and forced marriage, forced sterilisation, forced abortions, femicide, female genital mutilation, rape as a weapon of domination and of war, as well as cyber violence;underlines that all these forms of violence constitute a serious violations of human rights and dignity, is deeply concerned about the growing phenomenon of femicide in Europe and all around the world;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights that LGBTIQ+ women, migrant and racialized women, women with disabilities and older women among others face intersectional discrimination; Calls for EU internal and external action to take into account intersecting identities and discriminations and to recognise that women and girls in all their diversity as well as non-binary people, are affected differently by gender inequalities as they are compounded by other forms of oppression;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Expresses grave concerns over loss of privacy and protection for women in locker rooms and jail facilities where biological males identifying as women are given access; notes that a level playing field can only exist in women's sports when only biological females are permitted to compete;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for the identification of gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in the Article 82(1) TFEU.
Amendment 74 #
4 b. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification by all the Member States; welcomes Commission's proposal for a directive on combatting violence; is concerned by the Turkish withdrawal from the convention; condemns the attempts in some States to revoke measures already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women; calls on EU and Council of Europe to continue to encourage states to join the Convention in order to combat and eliminate gender based violence together;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Highlights the need to tackle discrimination against women and harmful stereotypes from early childhood, as those are one of the major driving factors of GBV. Highlighting that many women are facing intersectional and multiple discrimination. Calls for better protection of women from vulnerable groups, such as LGBTIQ, women with disabilities, with a migrant background, older women and women from rural areas.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Calls on global actors to protect and prevent gender based violence and protect vulnerable groups, children, minority groups, LGBTQIA+ and refugee and migrant women, and to investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes; welcomes and encourages the efforts and investments of the EU together with its international partners aimed at eliminating all forms of gender based violence;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Highlights the use of threats and violence targeting female journalists or politicians, as well as women engaged in defence of human rights; reminds the state’s primary responsibility to ensure an enabling a safe environment for these publicly exposed women and a protection from threats and attacks; calls for prompt investigations of intimidation, threats, violence and other abuses against these women;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4 e. Stresses that women and girls from ethnic, religious and belief minorities are even more vulnerable to gender-based violence and discrimination; strongly condemns the discrimination and violence against women from minorities in the world, such as Romani women ; considers that right to education, social rights, the right to the healthcare should in no case be diminished or taken away; is deeply concerned about the situation of Uyghurs minority and condemns all violations of human rights such as arbitrary detentions, torture, ill treatment, including forced medical treatment, sexual and gender-based violence which may constitute international crimes;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Citation 8 (new) - having regard to its Resolution of 7 July 2022 on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s heath in the EU
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging; notes that no international legal right to abortion exists, and that the Dobbs decision in the United States allows individual states to decide on their maternal healthcare policies;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses the need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care including the access to safe and legal abortion, both within and beyond the European Union; reaffirms that the denial of quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of gender based violence; reiterates that the need to universal accesso quality and affordable sexual and reproductive health care embraces the right to information, including comprehensive sexuality education,
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses that the harmful effects of climate change and ecosystem degradation are being borne disproportionately by the poor, notably women and young people, as well as by indigenous peoples and other natural resource-dependent communities and calls the EU to commit towards gender transformative climate actions in both internal and external actions;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Expresses grave concerns over the loss of women's rights in countries like Afghanistan, following the American withdrawal and the take-over by the Taliban; condemns any country or culture which treats women as property, prevents women and girls from enjoying choices in education, family life, and careers;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Condemns all threats, attacks and punishments of activists helping women to access to abortion or contraception; stresses the need to support civil society organisations engaged in the promotion of gender equality and especially reproductive justice;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Condemns the actions of anti- gender and anti-feminist movements, regimes and religions that systematically attack women’s and LGBTQIA+ rights; urges Commission to ensure that governments, civil society organisations supported and funded by the Union do not promote policies against women and LGBTQIA+ individuals, gender discrimination, gender inequality, hate crimes and violence against women and LGBTQIA+ people;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Citation 9 (new) - having regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the General Comments of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Stresses that over the past 12 months, human rights violations against women and girls have increased disproportionately in Afghanistan despite initial promises to guarantee the right to work and to education for women and girls; condemns that the Taliban is systematically excluding women and girls from public life and political participation; Welcomes that the EU has re-established minimal presence in Kabul ensuring the delivery of assistance and prioritises direct engagement with the Afghan people, including through the Afghan Women Leaders’ Forum which aims to ensure that Afghan women have a voice in international fora;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Is deeply concerned and saddened by the death of Mahsa Amini, died on September 16th after morality police beat her, apparently for wearing a loose hijab; calls for a prompt, impartial and effective investigation by an independent competent authority; is concerned by the repressive answer and use of power by Iranian government against people who manifest for women’s rights and equality; calls all national authorities to stop targeting, harassing, and detaining women who do not abide by the hijab rules;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTIQIA+ and gender non conforming people; calls on global actors to take into account the increased risk and specific challenges of LGBTQIA+ people, who are particularly vulnerable and often victims of discrimination and violence, and to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes against them; furthermore calls global actors to take all necessary steps to ensure that gender identity or sexual orientation may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties; calls on respect for the bodily autonomy of all people, in particular by banning intersexgenital mutilation, so-called ‘conversion therapy’ practices, and the forced sterilisation of trans people as a precondition for being granted legal gender recognition; reiterates that gender recognition laws should be adopted in accordance with international human rights standards, thereby making gender recognition accessible, affordable, administrative, quick and based on self-determination;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Calls on the EU and all global actors to adopt a gender-sensitive response including an intersectionality perspective to all crisis, especially the incoming energetic and climate crises; calls to systematically integrate a gender mainstreaming and intersectionality perspective in the EU’s foreign and security, migration, enlargement, trade and development policy; calls for specific gender chapters in all future EU trade and investment agreements; deeply regrets, in this regard, the lack of an intersectional dimension in the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5 h. Recalls that women in all their diversity, in particular those facing intersecting forms of discrimination, in marginalised situations and in conflict settings, are disproportionally affected by climate change and its consequences; calls on the EU and global actors to ensure that all climate action includes an intersectional perspective and that targeted funds and measures are implemented to that end and to guarantee the equal participation of women in all their diversity in decision-making bodies at international, national and local level;
Amendment 95 #
5 i. Stresses that the presence and contribution of women is particularly important in the time of crisis; recalls the EU commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and the necessity of equal representation of women and men in leadership and in the decision- making;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new) 5 j. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide’ notes, however, that no country in the world has achieved gender equality yet; Regrets that fact that the overall progress in women's rights is far below the UN countries’ commitments included in the 1995 Beijing Convention;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
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