5 Amendments of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2013/2017(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that gender equality is essential to inclusive and sustainable development; recalls that women represent half of the world population but account for 70% of the world's poor and those disproportionally affected by poverty, natural disasters, conflict and consequences of climate change and that they are usually the caretakers, ensuring provision of food, health and education to the families and communities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Given that 2014 is the last year where progress towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can be made, urges the Commission to devote more attention to the most off- track MDGs and in particular to MDG 5 (Maternal health) and the MDG 5b (universal access to reproductive health) in line with the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in 1994, and the Global women conference in Beijing in 1995 and the outcome of their reviews;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that enabling girls, and women to freely take decisions about their sexual and reproductive life, including whether and when to bear children creates opportunities to pursue activities such as education and employment, which contributes to gender equality and poverty reduction and inclusive and sustainable development; therefore calls on the EU to continue its support to access quality, affordable, acceptable and accessible sexual and reproductive health including voluntary family planning, safe abortion on demand, youth friendly services, and sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, without discrimination;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Recalls that according to UN Women, one woman out of three has been affected by gender-based violence in her life; urges the Commission to maintain its commitment to eliminate all forms of gender-based discrimination, violence and harmful practices against women and girls such as sexual abuse, female genital mutilation/cutting and early enforced marriage, in line with the recent UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on violence against women in New York in 2013; notes that this includes supporting the full range of prevention, care and services for the victims and survivors of violence and harmful tradition practices, and advocating against policies leading to sex-selective and involuntary abortions and sexual violence, and advocating enforcement measures against the perpetrators;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to provide adequate financial funding for measures to promote gender equality in third countries and to make sure they are used efficiently, targeting the root causes of poverty by promoting equality of opportunity and of outcome and empowerment for all with an explicit focus on young girls and women including voluntary family planning and respect and promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).