8 Amendments of Karen MELCHIOR related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an aging Union population and low fertility rates are urgent concerns for every Member Stategender equality is a core principle of the Union enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; whereas gender mainstreaming is a globally recognised strategy to ensure the integration of a gender perspective across all policies and programmes;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender dysphoria is a rapidly growing mental health challenge, especially amongst girlsParliament has repeatedly called for sufficient funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the Daphne Strand and Equality and Rights Strand of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, which is urgently needed to combat gender-based violence and ensure gender equality across the Union;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there are no scientifically demonstrated benefits to abortion, causing harm to women asexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are human rights, protected under international and European law; whereas Parliament in its resolution of 7 July 2022 called for the right to safe and legal abortion to be included in the Charter of Fund amen and their offspring;tal Rights of the European Union;1a _________________ 1a OJ C 47, 7.2.2023, p. 268.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to reduce budget allocations to civil societies that promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, as killing the next generation of Europeans is economically damagingfor increased budget appropriations for women’s health and especially SRHR in the EU4Health Programme, including for the provision of safe and legal abortion via cross-border services;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a similar reduction inincreased budget allocations to civil society organisations that promoting LGBTI+ ideologies, as they do not represent these diverse groups, bute women’s rights, in particular those working on protection of women in conflicts, encompassing the promote division by awarding special rights to sexual minoritiection of SRHR and LGBTI+ rights; calls also for provisions to ensure that Union funds cannot be accessed by anti-gender and anti-choice organisations;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CRecalls for a reduced budget for the European Institute for Gender Equality at a time when citizens are facing cost of living crises as Member States have their ownthe vital work of EIGE, especially in the context of the backlash against women’s rights across the Union and the situation of women fleeing Ukraine; calls on the Commission to allocate budget and ceontres of expertise, and equal rights are already safeguarded in nationalacts so that EIGE can recruit the eight contract agents urgently needed for the Institute to constitunue to carry out its functions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) should redirect allocation away from sexual minorities and gender identities towards genuine protection of victims of violence (both men and women), persons with disabilities and vulnerable children; Recalls that one in three women in the Union has been affected by gender- based violence, at an estimated economic cost of EUR 290 billion per year1b; calls for additional funds to be allocated to the Daphne Strand and Equality and Rights Strand of the CERV programme specifically to combat gender-based violence; _________________ 1b https://eige.europa.eu/publications- resources/publications/costs-gender- based-violence-european-union
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly urges the Commission to return to prioritising equality of opportunity for men and women, and not push an agenda of equality of outcome for all 27+ genders, including ‘non-binary’, ‘asexual’ and ‘genderfuck’esses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term care facilities, particularly in the light of the Union’s 14% average gender pay gap;