5 Amendments of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2011/2245(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming as it states that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women play a key role in the processes of democratization and success of the social movements;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the recent events in North Africa and the Middle East have demonstrated that women are determinant actors for democratic change and that women’s rights are often violated, women are placed at a greater risk of poverty and marginalized in their country’s political, social, and economic life;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure that the EED fosters and encourages ‘deep and sustainable democracy’ in pre-transition and transition countries, with a primary, although not exclusive, focus on the European Neighbourhood; stresses the necessity of support the political, economic and social participation of women in democratic reform processes in the countries undergoing the process of transition towards the democratic system;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) address, in the early stages of funding in a specific country, a wide group of potential beneficiaries, including key political players (emerging political actors, fledgling political parties, grassroots movements and non-registered NGOs, trade unions), watchdogs, whistleblowers, individual dissidents, media outlets and think tanks, in order to enable the EED to support a wide variety of actors striving for democratic reforms; emphasises that priority must be given to the gender sensitive areas related to democratization reforms such as combating violence against women, providing for them employment opportunities, increasing the participation of women in elections and political parties, extending equal access to justice and education for women and girls and preventing or ending existing violations of women’s rights;