12 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2014/2204(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the number of deaths is higher among women than men and emerging evidence points to a huge effect of the disease on women, largely because of their role as mothers, caregivers, care workers, nurses, cross-border traders and economic agents in the agricultural and informal sectors;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the traditional role of caring for the elderly, children and sick puts women in direct risk of contracting the virus;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas, as in many other health emergencies, adolescent girls and young women are among the most marginalised and at-risk populations when outbreaks occur;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas the epidemic poses a serious threat to women´s engagement in economic activities and has affected women through loss of livelihoods, productivity in agriculture, trade (in particular cross-border trade), small business and service sector activities, leading to an increased vulnerability to poverty and diseases;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas the weakening of the health systems because of the epidemic has increased maternal deaths and reduced antenatal and neonatal care and health care providers are often reluctant to care for pregnant women because of their high vulnerability to the virus;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas gender gaps in education has increased with school closures and girls dropout rates;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for gender responsive development policies, which should pay attention to the gender dimension of the impact of Ebola and the recovery efforts. The response should address the underlying gaps in women´s representation, access to health and services and the disruption to livelihoods, while recognising the potential of women as agents of change in the recovery from Ebola;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need for gender disaggregated socio-economic data, to inform policy and programming and to develop gender sensitive strategies that can address the associated negative impact of Ebola on women and girls;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of the involvement of women in Ebola response actions, including efforts to raise awareness about the disease and discuss prevention and eradication;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the establishment of social protection mechanisms for heavily affected women, as well as a programme targeting Ebola´s orphans;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses, in general, the need for developing countries to give budgetary priority to setting up robust social security and health systems, building sustainable healthcare infrastructure (in particular laboratories) and offering high-quality basic services and healthcare, especially where maternity care and obstetric and gynaecological services are concerned;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to analyse lessons learned with a gendered lens and promote medical and social responses that should respond to the specific and differentiated needs of women and men;