Activities of Jackie JONES
Plenary speeches (13)
Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks
The European Green Deal (RC-B9-0040/2020, B9-0040/2020, B9-0041/2020, B9-0042/2020, B9-0043/2020, B9-0044/2020, B9-0045/2020, B9-0046/2020)
Implementing and monitoring the provisions on citizens’ rights in the Withdrawal Agreement (B9-0031/2020)
Situation in Iran and Iraq following recent escalations (debate)
Gender pay gap (debate)
Violations of human rights including religious freedoms in Burkina Faso
Public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people, including LGBTI free zones (B9-0234/2019)
An EU strategy to put an end to female genital mutilation around the world (debate)
Criminalisation of sexual education in Poland (B9-0166/2019, B9-0167/2019, B9-0168/2019)
Criminalisation of sexual education in Poland (debate)
Iran, notably the situation of women's rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals
Importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe (debate)
Situation at the USA-Mexican border
Institutional motions (2)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the gender pay gap PDF (164 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland PDF (162 KB) DOC (53 KB)
Oral questions (1)
Water crisis in Bulgaria PDF (51 KB) DOC (10 KB)
Written explanations (1)
Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (B9-0108/2019, B9-0111/2019)
I welcome the fact that the European Parliament voted in favour of the resolution on foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes. This resolution is an important addition to other measures drawing attention to the increases in interference and disinformation in democratic processes, which we must do all in our power to halt. The United Kingdom is no exception.The inclusion of a strong emphasis on the role of electoral influence in increased and targeted attacks on migrant, LGBT+ and religious groups and individuals within the resolution is welcome. Also welcome is the explicit reference to allegations against Front National, FPO and Lega per Salvini, which pre-empt the Leave.eu campaign.The resolution also recalled the European Parliament resolution on Cambridge Analytica of 25 October 2018. It urged Facebook, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to implement various measures to prevent the use of the social media platform for electoral interference. Nevertheless, Facebook has not followed up on most of these requests. The resolution is a timely reminder of Facebook’s role in the referendum campaign, a scandal documented in ‘The Great Hack’, which the European Parliament hosted a screening of last week.
Written questions (2)
Directive 2004/35/EC and updating penalties for environmental damage PDF (45 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Combating corruption - the Commission's delays PDF (45 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 11 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender equality is a core objective of the European Union, yet remains severely underfunded. In 2019 the European Institute for Gender Equality found that just 1% of the Union’s Structural and Investment Funds have been set aside for the promotion of gender equality within the 2020 Union budget. Yet gender inequality and discrimination carries an enormous economic cost to both women and society. The World Bank estimates that around EUR 145 trillion is lost in human capital wealth as a result of gender pay inequality. In England and Wales alone, domestic violence costs approximately 33 billion dollars per year, according to UN Women in 2016;
Amendment 23 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its request to increase resources for the Daphne-specific objective within the current REC programme and that such an increase is maintained in the Rights and Values programme; calls to ensure that funding is made available for actions aimed at combating both violence against women and traffickinggirls and human trafficking, particularly for the purpose of sexual exploitation, in the framework of the effective implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for budgetary allocations to support women’s entrepreneurship and women’s economic independence and to ensure and encourage access for women to affordable loans and equity finance through Union programmes and funds, such as COSME, Horizon 2020 and the European Social Fund;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The European Institute for Gender Equality found in 2019 that gender mainstreaming is “treated as a theme that has little impact on the actual content of funding programmes”. Therefore calls for robust and comprehensive measures to improve gender mainstreaming efforts, including a renewed focus on the promotion of accountability and transparency in fiscal planning and an increase in gender response participation in the budget process;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence without delay, with particular regard to the Convention’s role in the protection of women and girls from violence and the resultant economic impact on victims and societies; calls on relevant Union funds to be utilised in assistance to preparations for, or continued efforts towards, implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Member States;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for budgetary allocations to target the specific needs of different groups of women facing a diverse range of economic challenges, including but not limited to: period poverty among young girls, economic deprivation of single female pensioners and the gender pensions gap, unpaid caring duties and time poverty among mothers and female carers, and socio-economic exclusion and employment discrimination against BAME women;