7 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2012/2102(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas many women, in particular young women, were very much involved in the ‘Arab Spring’ in North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco), participating, from the outset, in demonstrations, public and political debate and elections, taking an active part in civil society, in the social media and on blogs, among other things, and therefore were, and still are, key players in democratic change in their countries;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the authorities of the countries concerned to enshrine in their constitution the principle of equality between men and women and the prohibition of all forms of discrimination against women, and to reform all existing laws thaton lawmakers in those countries to reform all existing laws and to incorporate the principle of equality into all projects or legislative proposals that could lead to discriminateion against women, including in the area of marriage, divorce, child custody, parental rights, nationality, inheritance, legal capacity, etc., in line with international and regional instruments;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting and laying down penalties for all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence and sexual harassment; welcome the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of fighting impunity with respect to all violence against women, by ensuring that such crimes are effectively investigated, prosecuted and punished and that all women have full access to justice; recalls also that all those forming part of the judicial system, for the judicial system to work properly, legal practitioners should receive adequate training in existing legislation and the treatment of victims of such crimes;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Commends those states where the legal age of marriage for girls has been raised over the past decades (16 in Egypt, 18 in Morocco and 20 in Tunisia and Libya) and condemns any attempt to lower it again or to limit the impact of such reforms as early marriages are not only detrimental to girls’ rights, health and education but also perpetuate poverty;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that women’s active participation in public and political life, as protesters, voters, candidates and elected representatives, shows their willingness to obtain full citizenshipexercise their rights as citizens to the full; calls, therefore, for the adoption of all the necessary measures, including quotas, to ensure women’s participation in decision- making at all levels of government (from local to national, from executive to legislative powers);
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the idea of many women parliamentarians that women’s rights and gender equality could better be promoted and implemented in legislation with the establishment of a women’s caucus or a special parliamentary committee to deal with the issue and ensure gender mainstreamingequality in parliaments;