Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/0170(CNS)
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Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a legally binding international Human Rights Treaty confirming the rights of women and girls with disability; regrets that only four EU Member States have so far ratified the Convention and the Protocol; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate all the provisions of the Convention into EU and domestic law, to provide for the measures and financial means necessary for their application within specific deadlines and to set quantitative objectives for this;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that to ensure equal treatment and equal rights for women and girls with disabilities, gender mainstreaming must be applied in decisions about policies and measures for disabled people and their implementation in all areas, especially regarding the right to work, integration in the workplace, education and life-long learning, and anti- discrimination;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. With reference to the protocol, underlines the importance of training in and use of new technologies to improve the living conditions of women and girls with disabilities, and encourages research to this end, taking into consideration the legislation on bioethics in each Member State;
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 23 May 2007 on promoting decent work for all1, __________________________ 1 OJ C 102 Ε, 24.4.2008, p. 321.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 17 June 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (2010)1, ___________________________ 1 P6_TA(2008)0286.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges all Member States to proceed rapidly to ratification of the UN Convention and put its content into effect in advance of completion of the ratification processmaking the necessary adjustments to their framework legislation and creating the necessary material infrastructure;
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member Sates and the Commission to ensure free access to information about the provisions of the UN Convention for European citizens and for organisations of people with disabilities at European and national level and encourage exchanges of information on best practices regarding observance thereof;