Activities of Eleonora FORENZA related to 2017/2122(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2016 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (4)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Observes that neo-liberal framework is actually damaging sustainable development and human rights, including women’s rights, which are part of human rights themselves. Calls on the Commission to provide continued support to protect human rights defenders, women’s organisations and women leaders as active actors committed to promoting, protecting and raising awareness of women’s rights;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Points at the positive contribution of women’s empowerment in achieving an inclusive, equitable and peaceful society and sustainable development; stresses that the focus on gender equality and women’s empowerment is explicit across all the SDGs and more efforts should be pursued to seek the full realization of women’s rights and the effective implementation of policies promoting economic and social empowerment and women’s participation in decision-making; stresses that particular attention should be given to ‘empowering indigenous women’migrant women and asylum seekers;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Condemns all forms of violence against women and gender-based violence, includingspecially the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention in all its parts in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action in this field;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. EStrongly condemns the Global Gag Rule and its impact on girls access to comprehensive sexuality education, sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortions; calls on the EU and the Member States to counter the impact of the gag rule by significantly increasing financing for sexual and reproductive health and rights, in particular funding explicitly destined to ensure access to birth control and safe and legal abortion, using both national as well as EU development funding, in order to fill the financing gap left after the Trump administration’s moves to cease funding all overseas aid organisations that provide sexual and reproductive health and rights services; emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights contributes to prenatal care and the ability to avoid high-risk births, reduce infant and child mortality; points out that family planning, maternal health and safe abortion services are important elements to save women’s lives.