18 Amendments of Liliana RODRIGUES related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas article 8 TFUE states that the European Union should, through all its actions inside and outside of the Union, aim at eliminating inequalities and promote equality between women and men;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the success of trade policy should also be judged on whether it positively impacts women and men equally, contributing to narrow the existing gender gaps, and not reproducing or exacerbating existing gaps and inequalities; whereas therefore the various and complex effects on women and men must be identified, analysed and monitored;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas a trade policy that increases inequalities and impacts people’s livelihoods negatively increases the pressure to migrate, especially for women, and must therefore be analysed and addressed;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the UN Guiding Principles on business, trade and human rights are binding on all states and all enterprises, regardless of their size, sector, location, ownership and structure;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy, adopted by the Council in 2016, affirms that human rights must be mainstreamed systematically across all policy sectors and institutions, including international trade and commercial policy;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, in addition to measures to promote human rights and corporate and government responsibility, there is an urgent need for trade agreements to provide for the creation of monitoring mechanisms and penalties for cases of non-compliance;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas civil society, particularly women’s rights organisations and trade unions, hasve the knowledge and potential to play a crucial role in shaping and monitoring trade policies in order to strengthen women’s rights and their economic empowerment;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas decisions on trade and trade agreements are only to a small extent made by women as negotiating teams, parliaments and governments are still far from achieving a gender balanced composition; whereas gender balance in these institutions could not only lead to a better integration of gender equality issues but also increase democratic legitimacy of decision-making;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas women rely more than men on the affordable access to healthcare and to medicines and their availability, especially with regards to their sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas an above-average number of women is employed in public services or in the public service sector and, as users of these services, are more dependent on high-quality, affordable, accessible and demand-driven public services than men, particularly with regard to social services such as child care and care for dependents; whereas cuts in national households and cuts to public services, as well as price increases, tend to shift this care burden nearly exclusively onto women which will consequently hinder gender equality;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges that women and women’s organisations should participate effectively and broadly in the process of negotiating trade agreements and in shaping and implementing trade policies, since trade is not gender-neutral;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Encourages Member States to carry out continuous monitoring and assessment of the impact of trade agreements on women’s empowerment and the promotion of gender equality, both within the European Union and in third countries, addressing the direct and indirect effects on production structures and the labour market, with a particular focus on countries where social discrimination is overt;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the EU is obliged to ensure a high level of protection of human, labour and consumer rights and of social and environmental standards as well as the promotion of gender equality; believes that these values should guide transnational and national trade, including all trade agreements that should also be used as a means of actively supporting these objectives;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges that efforts be undertaken to make negotiations on trade agreements transparent and participatory;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges that explicit reference be made to gender equality in the main text of trade agreements, honouring the European political commitment and making more funds available for cooperation programmes linked to gender equality;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for training policies to be implemented in all areas of trade with the aim of enhancing women’s skills so as to facilitate their integration in any sector of the labour market;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for the inclusion of a human rights clause in all trade agreements that includes gender equality, in order to guarantee the protection of girl’s and women’s rights and their participation in trade and services, as well as the inclusion of appropriate indicators to guarantee gender equality in the implementation of trade agreements;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for mandatory ex-post evaluations from a gender perspective in order to analyse whether permanent and quality employment was created, changes in the composition of the labour force in different sectors could be detected, labour standards have been implemented or segregation in particular sectors has been challenged;