5 Amendments of Eleonora FORENZA related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of gender-equality as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes; urges, however, the consistent useadoption of gender budgeting, in both Union and national strategies for more effective promotion of gender equality, including quantifiable budget allocations and results indicators in order to rectify the imbalances between men and women;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for resources to be allocated from Union funds to promote women´s rights and gender equality through education, health services, notably sexual and reproductive health and rights services, girls empowerment, and women's political representation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the 2017 budget tries to provide an effective European response to the migration challenge; stresses the need to assign funds for providing specific assistance to, and promoting inclusiontegration, ensuring medical treatment, including access to safe abortion for women and girls who are victims of rape in armed conflicts and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the failure of the austerity policies imposed on several Member States, and in particular its negative impact on women and gender equality; calls for EU investments and budgetary priorities to focus on counteracting these impacts, through investments in public care services, investments in education and health, as well as through a coherent use of gender budgeting;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for increased measures aimed directly at disadvantaged groups of women, investing in high-quality public services and, specifically, guaranteeing adequate provision of high-quality services for childcare, elderly care and care of other dependent persons, and calls for genuine budgetary transparency in respect of the funds (ESF, PROGRESS, DAPHNE) allocated to gender equality policies;