9 Amendments of Stefan ECK related to 2014/2230(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2004 Constitution holds men and women equal before the law; whereas the situation of women remains extremely worrying; Afghanistan is still one of the worst countries to be a woman; women activists, parliamentarians and women in public life are often subjected to threats and violence; many high-profile women rights advocates and female Ministry of Women's Affairs officials have been targeted and killed in recent years. Armed groups have also targeted girls' schools, attacking teachers and students;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas 1 woman in 11 dies in pregnancy or childbirth in Afghanistan; 87% of women experience domestic violence; 13% of females over 15 years old are literate, compared to 43% of males; the average Afghan woman won't live to see her 50th birthday;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that Afghan women play a crucial role in the development of their country; while acknowledging that the post-Taliban regime has made possible a rise of women in the public sphere, strongly condemns the string of physical assaults against women, and calls on the authorities to ensure their protection and the free and safe exercise of their activities; asks the Afghan authorities and international mediators not to jeopardise the recent achievements in women’s rights in order to ease peace talks with the Taliban; Afghanistan needs a meaningful and adequate representation of women during all stages of peace talks;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is very concerned about the possibility of women's rights being traded away in the current peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban; only 16 per cent of peace agreements in the last two decades have contained a reference to women and gender;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Afghan president, elected on April 2014, to make sure the rights of girls and women are protected and advanced – not traded away;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
- Urges the EU to pursue and extend existing programmes for civil society to enhance the role of Afghan women in peacebuilding and conflict prevention activities linked to the envisaged Afghan National Action Plan for the implementation of the UNSC resolution 1325;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for better enforcement of the law on elimination of violence against women; emphasises the importance of the fight against impunity and better access to formal justice. Reminds that the Taliban have an appalling record of human rights abuses both in government and as insurgents; today in areas they control or influence, as when in government, the Taliban severely curtail the rights of girls and women, including the denial of education, employment, freedom of movement and political participation and representation;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 (new)
- Warmly welcomes the recent announcement - by the EU The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice- President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini - of several EU- sponsored training programmes dedicated to young Afghan women; this offer will include internships in various EU institutions, training on public administration at the dedicated European institutes and longer term intakes, as part of a new exchange programme;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. According to local reports, from mid- 2012 to early 2013, 30 female political and civil society leaders have been killed; female political candidates are the target of 90 cent of all threats against candidates in Afghanistan; targeted attacks on civilian women and children as they go to work or school have increased by 20 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011;