Activities of Liliana RODRIGUES related to 2015/2220(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation and review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy (A8-0051/2016 - Tamás Meszerics) PT
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas all EU actions and initiatives should seek to promote human rights and the rule of law and whereas the EU’s priorities include respect for freedom of association, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion, and promotion of the rights of women, children, and persons belonging to minorities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas shortcomings in terms of human rights, democracy, and fundamental freedoms continue to exist in the Central Asian countries and whereas closer cooperation with the EU will open the way to improvement in those areas;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas raising the general standard of education will help to counteract possible radicalism among young people and reduce gender-based violence;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends that judicial personnel be made aware of, and trained in, gender issues, and points to the need to punish persons who commit gender-based violence;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that priority should be given to investment programmes that could have a greater impact on the region’s development, not least in terms of education, youth, and gender equality;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the EU to intensify its action in the field of education, for instance by organising teacher training and supplying educational materials;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for vocational education for women to be supported, for a greater take- up of higher education to be ensured in the fields of science and technology, and for gender equality training programmes to be devised for education professionals in Central Asian countries;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls for efforts to be continued with a view to modernising the public education sector, promoting international academic exchanges for students and teachers, and enabling women to participate on equal terms;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the EU to support civil society organisations working to defend human rights and promote gender equality in Central Asian countries and to cooperate actively with international organisations involved in the gender equality field, for example the ILO, the OECD, and the UN, with a view to creating synergies serving to empower women;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recommends that a quota system be introduced in order to provide a way of promoting women’s participation in political bodies and the democratic process, primarily as candidates;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Condemns any legislation, regulation, or government pressure that unduly curtails freedom of expression, especially that of women and other gender categories;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Maintains that EU involvement and budget support should be subject to such measurable progress regarding human rights, democracy, and fundamental freedoms as might be achieved in Central Asian countries;