Activities of Marijana PETIR related to 2018/2684(RSP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU (debate) HR
Amendments (20)
Amendment 14 #
Recital A
A. whereas backlash can be defined as resistance to progressositive social change, regression on acquired rights or seeking to maintains or the deliberate promotion of gender inequalitiesy; whereas this resistance can be both formal and informal and can involve passive or active strategies to counter further progress;
Amendment 31 #
Recital C
Amendment 37 #
Recital D
D. whereas, even in the present decade has witnessed a visible drive against gender equality and the women’s rights agenda, we have not established an adequate level of equality between women and men across continents, including in the EU;
Amendment 47 #
Recital E
E. whereas the main targets of this backlash appear to be common across countries and include the key areas of the institutional and policy framework for gender equality, such as gender mainstreaming, social and labour protection, education, sexual and reproductive health and rights,progress has not been achieved in terms of the institutional and policy framework for establishing equality between women and men, such as social and labour protection, education, healthcare and preventing and combating violence against women, and working space for women’s organisations;
Amendment 57 #
Recital F
F. whereas women’s organisations have acted as catalysts of and leaders in legislative and policy developments in the past decade in the progression and implementation of women’s rights, but are experiencing significant challenges in accessing funding;are important for empowering women and promoting equality between women and men, and they represent an important part of civil society
Amendment 62 #
Recital G
G. whereas in the first half of 2018, several countries in the EU witnessed backlash against the Council of Europe Convention on preventing andcombating violence against women is within the competence of the Member States, since the Member States are obliged to consistently enforce their legal rules in order to combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 69 #
Recital H
Amendment 76 #
Recital I
I. whereas sexuality and gender equality education is not provided in many Member States and is falling short of international requirements, including the World Health Organisation Standards for Sexuality Educationeducation is a direct responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 91 #
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maintain a strong commitment to gender equality and women’s rightsbetween women and men and to empower women;
Amendment 93 #
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the nature, intensity and effects of the backlash have varied among countries and regions, which has iinequalities between swome cases remained at the level of rhetoric, while in others it has been concretised into measures and initiatives as part of a strategic approachn and men have varied among countries and regions;
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that enshrining women’s rights in law is not sufficientBelieves that more work should be done to achieve gender equality between women and men;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all Member States to assume and abide by the international commitmentslaw and ensure respect for the principles enshrined in their fundamental laws as regards fundamental and women’s rightsestablishing equality between women and men;
Amendment 119 #
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that preventing and combating violence against women is more important than everfacing numerous challenges, as in addition to persistent problems in state responses, new forms of violence have spread, such as sexist hate speech, misogyny and online violence;
Amendment 134 #
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it striking that the backlash is built on a convention that targets violence against women, a policy area on which there is a strong consensus; is therefore worriedExpresses concern that no significant progress has been made in preventing violence against women; feels that the rejection of the norm of zero tolerance of violence against women indicates that the very essence of the principles of human rights, equality and dignity is being questioned; calls on the Council to conclude the accession and full implementation of the Istanbul Convention by the EU and to advocate its ratification by the Member States;
Amendment 147 #
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its strong support for the widespread initiatives, including grassroots initiatives, demanding equality for women and men promoted by women’s organisations¸
Amendment 159 #
Paragraph 9
9. Calls onUrges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that their mechanisms for the distribution, monitoring and evaluation of funding are gender sensitive and responsive to the problems that specific organisations face at the time of backlashencountered by the competent institutions responsible for combating violence;
Amendment 164 #
Paragraph 10
10. Points out the disastrousat the long-term impact of austerity measures on women’s economic empowerment and on gender equality, with rising unemployment and cuts in public services and benefits resulting in a care crisis that further disempowers women;may have adverse effects on the economic empowerment of women and on achieving equality between women and men, which may affect the unemployment rate and further weaken the position of women, especially those who live and work in rural areas
Amendment 174 #
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onUrges the Member States to end and reversereview austerity measures and cutbacks that apply to gender equality programming, public services and, in particular, the provision of sexual and reproductive healthcareprogrammes aimed at achieving equality between women and men;
Amendment 181 #
Paragraph 12
Amendment 191 #
Paragraph 13