19 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2017/2122(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
1a. whereas , in times of armed conflict , women and children ,including female and child refugees, are among the most vulnerable groups in society;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
1b. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are grounded on basic human rights and are essential elements of human dignity; whereas furthermore, these have not yet been secured in all parts of the world;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
1c. whereas violence against women and girls is one of the world’s most widespread human rights violations, affecting all levels of society, regardless age, education, income, social position or country of origin or residence, and representing a mayor barrier for gender equality;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
1d. whereas the EU strategy for equality between men and women provides for the integration for gender equality into its trade policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all of its actions as enshrined in its treaties;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out women should be encouraged to organise, via trade unions, and they should not be discriminated when seeking financing of businesses;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly recommends including education at the core of EEAS policies with the aim of ensuring full and equal access to education to all children, in particular in the context of conflict and humanitarian and migration crises where children can be deprived of basic education; stresses that special attention should be put to girls’ access to education without risks;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS to promote the role of women as peace-builders and place it at the core of the EU Global Strategy and Political Dialogues, particularly when it comes to conflict prevention and in promoting human rights and democratic reform in post-conflict reconstruction;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is concerned about the vulnerability of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, especially women and children or members of marginalised groups, and calls for urgent development of proper safe legal channels for migration, while guaranteeing access to family reunification and psychological support;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns all forms of violence against women and gender-based violence, including the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention in all its parts in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action in this field; underlines that religious, cultural and traditional differences can in no way justify discrimination or any form of violence;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns all forms of violence against women and gender-based violence, including the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify and sign the Istanbul Convention, the first legally binding international instrument seeking to prevent and combat violence against women; in all its parts in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action in this field;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns all forms of violence against women and gender-based violence, including trafficking in human beings, forced marriage, honour crimes, female genital mutilation or the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention in all its parts in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action in this field;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that gender stereotypes are among the main reasons for violations of women’s rights and inequalities between men and women; emphasises the importance of the involvement of men and boys in awareness-raising campaigns on women’s rights, both as targets and agent of change;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Condemns the fact that in some third countries, marriages between adults and minors are legal;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Condemns the fact that in some third countries homosexuality is a crime;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights contributes to prenatal care and the ability to avoid high-risk births, reduce infant and child mortality; points out that family planning, maternal health and safe abortion services are important elements to save women’s lives. Finds it unacceptable that women’s and girls’ bodies, specifically with respect to their sexual and reproductive health and rights, still remain an ideological battleground, and calls for the EU and its Member States to recognise the inalienable rights of women and girls to bodily integrity and autonomous decision- making as regards,
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Condemns and rejects laws, regulations, or government pressure imposing undue restrictions on freedom of expression, especially for women and other gender categories.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Condemns the frequent violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including the denial of access to family planning services, contraceptives and safe and legal abortion services.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Underlines the need for women to be afforded proper and free health care, especially prenatal and neonatal, in order to reduce the high number of mothers and babies who die in childbirth in many third countries.