Activities of Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS related to 2021/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament – annual report 2020 (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Gender Action Plan III
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the gender action plan III (GAP III), and in particular, the commitment of 85 % of the EU’s official development aid (ODA) being allocated to programmes across all sectors having gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective; calls for 20 % of ODA in each country to be allocated to programmes having gender equality as one of its principal objectives; expects no ODA spending to counter gender-equality achievements; emphasises the need for coordinated and coherent EU action and calls for close cooperation with other actors to support gender equality and women’s empowerment and ensure that women and girls are not left behind; stresses the need for intensified and targeted action to advance the promotion of gender equality and to achieve the UN SDG 5 by 2030 at the latest;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that funding needs to be accessible for local and small civil society organisations, such as women’s rights organisations and social movements, that work most closely with girls and women in all their diversity and can actively contribute towards linking the 85% target to the actual funding needs of specific regions; emphasises the key role of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument and stresses that administrative and implementation barriers should be avoided, since they might hamper the involvement of the most relevant actors; recalls the urgent need for significant funding forto support, protect and further enhance universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that women have been over-proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social consequences, constituting a majority of workers particularly affected by unemployment and lockdowns, while also being victims of the sharp increase of domestic and gender-based violence; expects funding in essential services to ensure that victims of gender-based violence have access to protected shelters, social welfare, legal aid and housing, including those in fragile and humanitarian crisis situations; highlights that adequate and quality services can promote socio-economic integration and provide psycho-social support to the victims of all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increased level of support for gender-responsive budgeting, that can have a fundamental impact on inclusive social and economic growth, foster employment, reduce poverty and increase GDP; stresses the need to recognise gender-responsive budgeting as a fundamental policy objective; welcomes the creation of specific gender indicators and the collection of quality, gender- disaggregated and globally comparable data; expects the Commission to consult Parliament on the monitoring system so that the efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and the added value of the GAP III can be properly assessed;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the establishment of an extensive and comprehensive training programme to underpin the implementation of the GAP III, and for the EU to develop clear and specific gender equality guidelines and set binding targets for all EU actors implementing the GAP III;