11 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2011/0406(COD)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The European Union is strongly committed to gender equality as a human right, a question of social justice and a core value of the Union development policy; gender equality is central in achieving all MDGs; the Council has adopted the EU Plan of Action on Gender equality and Women's Empowerment in Development (2010-2015).
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point b – point iii
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point b – point iii
(iii) strengthening social inclusion and gender equality with cooperation on equitable access to basic services, employment for all, empowerment and respect of rights of specific groups, notably youth, persons with disabilities, women and minority groups to let all population participate and benefit from wealth creation and cultural diversity.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point i
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point i
(i) Supporting local, regional and country level programmes to promote women's economic and social empowerment and political participation;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point ii
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point ii
(ii) supporting nationlocal, regional, national and global programmes and initiatives, to promote the integration of this issue inand implement gender equality, women and girls' empowerment, namely through micro-credit assistance, and the aid effectiveness agenda.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point ii a (new)
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) promoting, providing and expanding essential services and psychological support for victims of gender-based violence.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point i
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point i
(i) Improvn line with the priorities set out in the European Consensus for Development, supporting the health and well-being of people in developing countries through increasing access to, and equitable provision of, good quality essential public health services and more specifically:
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point ii
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point ii
(ii) supporting and shaping the policy agenda of global initiatives of direct significant benefit to partner countries, in the context of poverty eradication and in the areas of health and basic education, considering result orientation, aid effectiveness and effects on health systems, including supporting partner countries to better engage with these initiatives;
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point iii
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point iii
(iii) supporting specific initiatives especially atat local, regional and global levels, which strengthen health systems and help countries develop and implement sound, evidence-based national health policies, and in priority areas (e.g., child and maternal health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to family planning; global public goods and response to global health threats, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria and other poverty related and neglected diseases).
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point iii a (new)
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point iii a (new)
(iii a) promoting, providing and expanding essential services and psychological support for victims of violence, especially children.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point e – point iii
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point e – point iii
(iii) improvenhancing equal access and quality of education, including fowith particular emphasis on women, girls and other vulnerable groups, women and girls, and countries furthest from achieving global targets.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(e a) Children and youth: (i) promotion of policies taking into consideration children's and youth's particular vulnerability, protection of their rights, education, health and livelihoods, starting with participation and empowerment; (ii) promoting and helping on the implementation and development of policies, projects and programmes benefiting children and youth and enhancing the role of children and youth as actors for development; (iii) promoting and helping on the implementation and development of policies, projects and programmes to eradicate child labour, trafficking of children and violence against children.