Activities of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2020/2208(INI)
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OPINION on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019 and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2019
Amendments (35)
Amendment 2 #
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Amendment 18 #
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— having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the fact that human rights are universal, inalienable, interdependent and interrelated,
Amendment 21 #
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- having regard to the completion of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019,
Amendment 22 #
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Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024,
Amendment 23 #
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Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 ‘Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020’ (GAP II),
Amendment 24 #
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Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (hereinafter ‘the Istanbul Convention’) of 11 May 2011,
Amendment 25 #
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Citation 2 e (new)
- having regard to the Women Peace and Security Agenda(1325) and to the EU Strategic Approach and Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2019-2024,
Amendment 26 #
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Citation 2 f (new)
- having regard to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number 5,
Amendment 27 #
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- having regard the Council conclusions of 18 March 2019, approving the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-Discrimination in External Action,
Amendment 28 #
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- having regard the 25th anniversary of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in 2019,
Amendment 29 #
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Citation 2 i (new)
- having regard the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW) in 2019,
Amendment 30 #
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Citation 2 j (new)
- having regard to the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative for eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls,
Amendment 31 #
Amendment 36 #
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Recital A a (new)
Amendment 39 #
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Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Beijing declaration and platform for action 1995 through its 25th anniversary insists on the importance of the equal rights and opportunities for women as well as their equal participation indecision making and in the democratic process for the consolidation of democracy;
Amendment 40 #
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Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the current COVID-19 crisis has had clear gender perspectives and greatly impacted women, highlighting existing inequalities with regards to gender equality and women’s rights;
Amendment 41 #
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Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Amendment 42 #
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Recital C
Amendment 55 #
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Amendment 57 #
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Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the importance of advancing gender equality and women’s rights worldwide as crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence, and that many societies still struggle to provide women and girls with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;
Amendment 58 #
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Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that EU continues to be at the forefront of the action to promote and improve human rights situation for women and girls in the world in view to achieve gender equality and hails the continuous engagement as a defender of global commitments, promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in its international partnerships, political and human rights dialogues with third countries, and asks for taking into account and adjusting its action to the current COVID-19 crisis situation and its severe consequences on women’s rights;
Amendment 59 #
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Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that feminicide, where born and unborn baby girls are discarded, robs the world of their contribution, and createe alarming increase of violence against women worldwide during the COVID-19 crisis in particular and welcomes the efforts and investments of the EU together with its international partners aimbalances between the sexes, which can lead to violence against women, rape and forced prostitutioned at eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, while reiterating that women around the globe remain vulnerable to violence in the form of domestic violence, mobbing, sexual exploitation, human trafficking, child and forced marriage, rape as a weapon of war, feminicide as well as other forms such as harassment and hate-speech online; condemns therefore all forms of gender- based, physical, sexual and psychological violence;
Amendment 64 #
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Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that as stated in the EU Strategic Approach to WPS it is imperative to integrate gender perspectives into all EU policies, including security, conflict prevention and resolution, and long-term peace building; Women need to be involved in all levels of decision-making, also in security and conflict prevention agenda in line with UNSCR 1325;
Amendment 65 #
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Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls for the EU to continue its important role in addressing gender discrimination through its work with other countries; to step up their actions in the fields of education, healthcare and social services, data collection, funding and programming; to better prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence worldwide; points out that an enabling environment is an essential tool for the fulfilment of girls and women’s rights and for combating discrimination and violence against women and girls, thus calls for measures to facilitate the access of women and girls to education and the labour market;
Amendment 67 #
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Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Strongly supports the EU’s strategic engagement for gender equality and its ongoing efforts to improve the human rights situation of women and girls, in line with the 2030 SDGs; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to further contribute to gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, to use all existing and available instruments, develop and implement synergies and networks between EU internal and external policies and actions for strengthening women’s rights, as well as for eradicating harmful practices targeted at women and girls;
Amendment 68 #
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Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Reiterates its call on the EU Member States and members of the Council of Europe that have not done so, to ratify and fully implement the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 69 #
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Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Calls on the EU Delegations to improve LGBTI persons human rights situation through the implementation of the EU LGBTI Guidelines;
Amendment 72 #
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Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who fail to clinically demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providingwomen and girls; and to ensure the right to safe and accessible access to comprehensive health and sexual and reproductive rights, Stresses the need to acknowledge the rising backlash against women’s rights on a global scale and in Europe, in particular when it comes to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
Amendment 77 #
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Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission in its new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy2020-2024 to build on its experience and continue tackling the challenge of the opposition to women’s rights and to gender equality, continuing its efforts to protect and empower women and girls, maximising the use of available instruments in that sense and awaits for the follow-up on the next steps, using the potential of synergies between EU, MS and other actors as well as between internal and external EU policies and measures;
Amendment 79 #
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Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Human Rights are fully respected by EU’s trade partners, including gender equality, as EU trade policy can help promote and uphold human rights and gender equality in third countries, insists that dedicated and enforceable provisions in EU trade agreements are needed to ensure respect for human rights and gender equality;
Amendment 80 #
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Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls for a comprehensive plan to address and challenge the prevailing gender norms and stereotypes and instigate change across sectors in the Member States and on a global level, as prescribed by the CEDAW;
Amendment 81 #
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Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls on coordinated EU action on providing support and protection on women’s rights and LGBTI defenders who counter continuous harassment and threat of violence in their countries;
Amendment 82 #
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Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Awaits for the new EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health, to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation, to enforce gender equality as key priority in programmes and projects;
Amendment 83 #
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Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 88 #
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Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6