12 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2022/2171(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas gender equality is a core principle of the EU, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) TEU, Article 8 TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals is Gender Equality, Goal 8 is Decent work and Economic Growth and Goal 12 is Responsible Consumption and Production; whereas many countries are falling behind on their targets, which Member States have committed to completing by 2030;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas 189 states have signed and ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which states that discrimination against women "violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity";3a _________________ 3a https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments- mechanisms/instruments/convention- elimination-all-forms-discrimination- against-women
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in addition to its significant negative environmental and climate impacts, the textile industry also has a detrimental social impact; stresses that a disproportionate number of women and marginalised groups carry out precarious work, ofte concentrated in low-paid, low-skilled occupations within garment factories and in informal occupation; stresses that this work is precarious and often undertaken involuntarily;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that working conditions and labour laws in third countries supplying the EU with textile products are often extremely poor or not properly enforced; underlines in particular restrictions to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and limitations on paid maternity leave; highlights that women and disadvantaged groups are often in informal employment and do not have access to social security;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights that Gender Based Violence (GBV) has been widely reported in the textile industry; stresses that women and girls in garment factories are particularly at risk of harassment and GBV due to their precarious, low-income employment, as well as limited upward mobility, the location of workplaces and on-site housing4a; highlights that the victims of GBV may face barriers to reporting violence or harassment and calls for employers in the textile sector to ensure that there are robust, gender sensitive operational-level grievance mechanisms to enable workers to report harassment, violence or threats of violence anonymously and confidentially without fear of reprisal; calls for appropriate remediation mechanisms; calls for the inclusion of women in the design of monitoring and evaluation measures; calls employers to provide training and education on gender-equality and GBV to male and female employees; _________________ 4a https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/oecd- due-diligence-guidance-garment- footwear.pdf
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Notes that women in the textile industry are often excluded from decision- making spaces; calls on employers in the textile industry to take steps to ensure female representation at managerial and leadership level and mid-level positions, and to ensure female representation at consultation forums;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on buying companies and factories to develop gender-mainstreamed Codes of Conduct with policies on GBV and harassment as well as clear enforcement mechanisms; calls on buying companies to include gender equality in contractual agreements with suppliers;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to ratify the relevant International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and implement its recommendations, especially those intended to reduceensure occupational health and safety and building standards, reduce Gender-Based Discrimination and the scale of precarious work, and protect workers from the harmful effects of chemicals, as well as from violence and harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for an ecodesign regulation covering textiles, the review of the Textile Labelling Regulation3 and the potential introduction of a mandatory disclosure of information; calls for the inclusion of social and labour standards in both the proposed ecodesign regulation and under labelling requirements; calls for companies in the textile industry to provide detailed information on the status of gender equality in companies throughout their supply chains , in accordance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the future Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; _________________ 3 Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to engage with civil society stakeholders, including educational actors and gender equality organisations, in order to develop programmes to increase awareness about the working conditions for women and girls in the global garment and textile industry, as well as the environmental and climate impact of the textile and garmentose industries.