13 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2019/2167(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy; calls on the EEAS and the European Commission to implement gender budgeting;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need of implementation of the “EEAS Strategy on Gender and Equal Opportunities for the period 2018-2023”;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality; underlines the need of incorporating gender-related aspects in the training of staff of the EU diplomatic services;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the Delegation’s work and are required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal point in the EU Delegations; deplores the fact that there are no women among the new Deputy Secretaries- General appointed by VP/HR;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that only 22 out of 176 employees in the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) are female, of which 12 serve as secretaries or assistants;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that the European Commission announced in its Gender Equality Strategy 2020-20251a its objective to reach gender balance of 50% at all levels of its management by the end of 2024; urges the VP/HR to start implementing Commission’s recommendations in this regard; __________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2020%3 A152%3AFIN
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender equality strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to focus, in particular, on preventing gender-based violence during conflicts and on support for and access to essential services, including sexual and reproductive health services, for survivors of gender-based violence;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the results obtained under the third gender action plan (GAP III) with regard to gender equality; urges the Commission, given the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and girls’ lives, to keep the renewal of GAP III in its work plan for 2020 and not push its renewal back to next year;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the necessity of ensuring that automated decision-making methods, including AI algorithms in the area of EU’s foreign and security policy, are void of profiling biases, especially based on gender;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the need to tackle gender equality matters in political dialogues with partner countries; calls, in this connection, on heads of EU delegations to ensure that gender is mainstreamed in all relevant political dialogues and that these dialogues include, in particular, sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Laments the growing international opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights, on the political front, through the new gender action plan (GAP III) and, on the financial front, through the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument (NDICI); calls on the Commission and the EEAS to provide political and financial support to civil society organisations fighting for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all people, including the most vulnerable or at risk;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to prioritise gender equality in European humanitarian aid; recommends that the Commission in particular ensure women’s and girls’ access to essential services, such as education and health services, including those for sexual and reproductive health;