25 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2022/2049(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital M (new)
Recital M (new)
M. whereas the lack of women involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) represents an untapped catalyst for technological advancement; whereas scientific education such as STEM subjects is important for obtaining skills, decent work and the jobs of the future, as well as for breaking down gender stereotypes and biases that unjustly regard these as typically masculine fields;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Recital P (new)
Recital P (new)
P. whereas there has been a regrettable backsliding for women’s access to safe and legal abortions in some Member States; whereas access to SRHR, including safe and legal abortion, is a human right;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital S (new)
Recital S (new)
S. whereas 1 in 3 women have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Recital T (new)
Recital T (new)
T. whereas women’s and girls’ rights are still not adequately safeguarded in many parts of the world and the role for civil society, in particular women’s rights organisations, is becoming increasingly under threat in many countries;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the convention into the future EU directive on combatting gender-based violence;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Condemns all forms of female genital mutilation, forced and underage marriage, trafficking, “honour” violence and “honour” killings; calls for the EU and global actors to specifically target these issues;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Condemns all kinds of targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; reiterates UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to facilitate better cross-border communication and training to ensure a more efficient targeting of human traffickers who use borders as loopholes to further exploit their victims, the overwhelming majority of whom are women; notes that this has become even more relevant in the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Calls on the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing the role of women in humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights; also calls for the EU to address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life- saving health services in Ukraine;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Calls for Russia to be held accountable for all breaches of human rights against women and girls, including but not limited to, all accounts of sexual violence and rape; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, to protect and help victims and increase their access to justice;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Calls on all remaining Member States to fully ratify the Istanbul convention which represents a key means of forging a Europe which confronts and tackles all forms of gender-based violence and offers prevention mechanisms to reduce the number of future victims; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention without delay;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Encourages non-EU states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, improve women’s rights and strongly fight against all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Stresses that gender equality is a core value of the EU and one of its common and fundamental principles;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Regrets the backsliding in the rights for LGBTI women in some Member States, such as Poland, who face increasing barriers and hostility to living a life free from discrimination; Recall’s Ursula Von Der Leyen’s 2020 State of the Union speech where she declares that "LGBTI-free zones are humanity free zones. And they have no place in our Union.";
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6 n. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTI+ people across the EU and wider world; Calls on the EU and the Member States to up its efforts to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI+ citizens;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)
Paragraph 6 p (new)
6 p. Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)
Paragraph 6 r (new)
6 r. Calls on the EU to promote equal opportunities to access education around the world; Strongly urges the EU, including European External Action Service (EEAS), to counteract the appalling denial of girls’ education which represents a contravening of children’s human rights; recalls the particular significance of girls’ education in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan;
Amendment 148 #
6 s. Calls on Member States to promote and encourage STEM learning from an early age to ensure that girls and women are not at an unfair disadvantage when later seeking employment in the scientific and technical sectors; recalls that equal opportunity to access the fields of science and technology are a prerequisite to ensure that women and girls can fully enjoy their human rights;