13 Amendments of Angelika MLINAR related to 2014/2216(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the consequences of gender- based violence are profoundly damnd in particular violence againg forst women, their families and communities and girls violates a woman's right to physical integrity and can have serious permanent consequences on the victim's health;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas domestic violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human Rights violations of our time;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women and girls with disabilities are at greater risk of violence, abuse and negligent treatment, especially in institutionalised settings, which often leads to ignorance of the issue;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are grounded in basic human rights and are essential elements of human dignity 1a; whereas the denial of lifesaving abortion amounts to a serious breach of human rights; __________________ 1aICPD Programme of Action § 7.2 and 7.3
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on all Council of Europe member states, accordingly, to sign and ratify the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women; calls on the EU as such to take steps to accede to the Convention in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action on violence against women;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on conflict prevention and conflict and post-conflict situations, in line with the landmark UN Security Council resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security; and reminds the international community of the necessary safeguards for women and girls, notably protection against rape and forced prostitution;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU to actively continue defending a stand-alone goal for gender equality, girls' and women's empowerment and their human rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, in the upcoming post-2015 development agenda.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for an ambitious long-term political strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and access to medicines that inter alia explores new incentive schemes for research and development as outlined in the WHO Consultative Expert Working Group report on Research and Development: Financing and coordination (2012), to safeguard the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief or economic and social condition. Stresses that women and girls remain at the centre of the HIV pandemic and sustain caring for patients in their communities.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets that women's and girls' bodies, specifically their sexual and reproductive health and rights, remain an ideological battleground to this day and calls on the EU and its Member States to recognize the inalienable rights of women and girls to bodily integrity and autonomous decision-making; among other, the right to access voluntary family planning, safe and legal abortion and to be free from violence, including FGM, child, early and forced marriage, and marital rape.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges the EU and its Member States to come up with an extensive review of the Beijing Platform for Action to mark its twenty years anniversary in 2015.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Urges the European Commission to include SRHR, as basic human rights, in its next EU Health Strategy to ensure coherence between EU's internal and external policy.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Insists that gender balance needs to be rooted in the EEAS overseas missions and a dedicated girls' and women's rights and gender equality strategy for each mission; plus a specific gender equality chapter rooted in the next EEAS Human Rights Action Plan.
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Urges that the provision of EU humanitarian aid and that of its Member States should not be subject to restrictions imposed by other partner donors regarding necessary medical treatment, including access to safe abortion for women and girls who are victims of rape in armed conflicts.