Activities of Branislav ŠKRIPEK related to 2017/2015(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender equality in EU trade agreements (debate) SK
Amendments (11)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
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 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 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 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an increased focus on women working in the informal sector, recognising the need to reinforce decent work standards for women workers in this sector; realises, furthermore, that the informal sector provides vital economic opportunities, especially for the less well- off;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. whereas unpaid domestic work and unpaid care for family members do not involve formal or informal work, underlines its importance and stresses the need to include it as an objective when creating EU trade policy;
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 262 #
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 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure inclusive participation in trade consultations, including woinclude women’s rights organisations, women’s interest groups, religious and trade organisations and various civil society groups in analyses and consultations concerning trade agreemen’ts rights organisations, trade unions and civil societywhen they can make an effective contribution to reaching the EU’s trade objectives;