6 Amendments of Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ related to 2012/2222(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union’s policy on development cooperation is guided by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and two of those Goals specifically concern women – MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women and MDG 5: Improve maternal health,; whereas these goals contribute successfully to poverty reduction;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the increase in poverty affects more women than men;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas gender-based violence is becoming more widespread, in particular sexual violence, exploitation and the killing of women and girls;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a stepping-up of efforts to achieve the MDGs relating to gender equality and maternal health and requestsUrges the Commission to place greater emphasis on the health of mothers; stresses the importance of education and awareness-raising in the area of sexual and reproductive health as an integral part of the women's health agenda, since this is the Millennium Development Goal with regard to which the progress achieved thus far has been least satisfactory; requests, moreover, that measures immediately be considered for the post-2015 period;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission and Council, therefore, to further encouragevigorously promote improving the position of women and girls in society by obliging third countries to make express provision for women’s rights in their legislation, to guarantee that those rights are respected, and to implement gender-sensitive policies and mechanisms to ensure that women are more closely involved in decision making in public life, be this in the political, economic or social spheres;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission, within the framework of its programme activities, to provide appropriate protection and advice to the victims of gender-based violence, to fight against impunity for the perpetrators and to oblige third countries to institute effective legal provisions;