39 Amendments of Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade policies should aim to reduce socio-economic gaps between the Global North and the Global South in terms of development and wealth, andcan contribute to the development and wealth of women, to reduce gaps between women and men, and realisze women’s rights by ensuring decent work conditions for women and finally by contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development while expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurship, access to apprenticeships and work and employment;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade policies should aim to reduce socio-economic gaps between the Global North and the Global South in terms of development and wealth, and between women and generate economic growth and wealth creation and contribute to women empowermen,t and realispromote women’s rights by ensuring decent work conditions for women and contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade policies should aim to reduce socio-economic gaps between the Global North and the Global South in terms of development and wealth, and between women and men, and realise women’s and men’s rights by ensurpromoting decent work and family conditions for women and contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas according to a 2017 study of the European Commission almost 12 million women in the EU have jobs that depend on the exports of goods and services to the rest of the world1a; __________________ 1a http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2017 /june/tradoc_155632.pdf
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the expansion of global trade, and integration of developing countries into global value chains in particular, has allowed many women workers to move from informal economy to the formal sector;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the impacts of trade liberalisation on individuals depends also on their geographical localisation and the sector of their economic activities;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas these new trade related employment opportunities for women in developing countries contributed significantly to the household income and poverty reduction;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current EU trade policy and its ‘Trade for All’ strategy lack a gender equality perspective, as well as any binding obligations to enforce core women’s rights conventions such as the CEDAWis based on three key principles: effectiveness, transparency and values; whereas in order to make trade policy benefit as many people as possible it should include a reference to a gender equality perspective;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas following the provisions included in the CEDAW, the EU should provide the basis for realizing equality between women and men through ensuring women's equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political, economical and public life as well as education, health and employment.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the only area of gender equality in which DG Trade has demonstrated an interest so far isDG Trade should make more quantitative gender-disaggregated research in order to focus on matters such as business, science, and technology in order to promotinge female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is a crucial need of recognising and better understanding gender specific impacts of trade liberalisation to deliver adequate policy responses.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in the framework of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+ systems, aim toing at ensureing the ratification and implementation of human and labour rights conventions in developing countries, it is crucial to monitor on a regular basis and to take actions when needed and pay particular attention to gender equality;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas civil society, particularly women’s rights organisations and trade unions, has the knowledge and potential to strengthen women’s economic empowerment, such as the promotion of women entrepreneurs, becoming informed on the issues faced by women in trade agreements, and collecting data that can broaden our understanding of equality in trade;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas private sector, civil society, particularly women’s rights organisations and trade unions, has the knowledge and potential to strengthen women’s economic empowerment;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas special attention must be given to thepotential negative consequences of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies require a clearer framework aiming to enhance women’s livelihoods, taking into account their irreplaceable role within the family, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote improvements in social justice and international solidarity;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies require a clearer framework aiming to enhance women’s livelihoods, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justiceprogress and international solidarity;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to adopt gender-sensitive binding human rights regulations on an international level to regulate transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies; wWelcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to adoptneed for a consideration for gender-sensitive bindingattention to human rights regulationand provide guidelines on an international level to regulate transnational companies (TNCs) and other companieTNCs; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Commission and Member States for a combined policy intervention to promote greater gender equality in the distribution of the employment opportunities offered by exports such as education and vocational training policies;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that all international trade agreements must include safeguard clauses enabling the contracting parties to regulate and also reverse liberalisation in order to protect fundamental objectives such as gender equality, human rights, publicopulation health and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare (notably access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services), should be exempted from the opening up of public procurement and the trade liberalisation agenda, and that safeguards must be put in place to reinforcshould have greater legal protection, which will strengthen and secure states’ capacities to provide basic services for all;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for bindingeffective measures to combat exploitation and improve working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributedresulted in some cases to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding measures to combating exploitation and improve working and living conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gap, to follow the objective of improving the living conditions of women in these countries and sectors;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the impact of growing agricultural exports ise need for a consideration for genderally less favourable to women than to men, as emerging trends indicate that small farmers, many of whom are women, are often not in a position to compete in overseas marke-sensitive attention to human rights and provide guidelines on an international level to TNCs; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that binding instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that decent work standards, women’s rightshuman dignity, gender equality, human rights principles and environmental protection are at the core ofplay a more significant role in all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of sustainable development, poverty reduction and gender equali, gender equality and strengthening the status and defence of the family as the basic unit that stabilises society;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that binding instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that decent work standards, women’s rights, human rights principles and environmental protection are at the core of all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of sustainable development, poverty reduction and gender equality;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce corporate social responsibility and due diligence mechanisms in free trade agreements with a focus on upholding human rights and their social, labour, gender and environmental aspects;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the importance of implementation, enforcement or transposition of already existing legislation at regional, national and international levels;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that trading commitments in EU agreements should never overrule human rights, women’s rights or environmental concerns, and should take into account the local cultural, social and economic environment;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that trading commitments in EU agreements should never overrulego hand in hand with human rights, women’s rights or environmental concerns;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is convinced that the CEDAW is of great importance for all policy areas, including trade; invites the Commission, therefore, to take action in this contextthe necessary steps to enable the EU’'s accession to and ratification of the CEDAW Convention, and to include CEDAW as an instrument in trade agreementsand to incorporate the principle of equality of men and women in Member states' legal systems, abolishing all discriminatory laws and adopting appropriate ones prohibiting discrimination against women;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure that binding clauses on labour rights, based on the ILO Conventions, includingReiterates that trade agreements should contain far-reaching commitments on all core labour rights in line with fundamental Conventions of the ILO, and calls for the EU and the Member States to take into particular consideration ILO Conventions No 189 con Dcerning decent work for domestic Wworkers and No 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, are included in trade agreements, and that social clauses in trade agreements also apply to informal works it globally addresses the needs for workers to be covered by labour law; asks for social rights, non-discrimination and equal treatment to be taken into account in trade agreements;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure that binding clauses on labour rights, based on the ILO Conventions, including Conventions No 189 on Domestic Workers and No 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, are included in trade agreements, and that social clauses in trade agreements also apply to informal work;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasises the need to enhance codes of conduct, labels and fair-trade schemes, and of ensuring alignment with international standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate, in order to create favourable conditions for the participation of women to the opportunities offered by the free trade agreements, the possibility to build up pre-apprenticeship training programs for providers, employers, workforce practitioners, and other industry stakeholders to network with their peers from across the EU and learn from a variety of successful program models;