6 Amendments of Nicole KIIL-NIELSEN related to 2013/2090(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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B. whereas it is estimated that 48 % of girls aged between 15-19 years are forced into marriage in South Sudan and whereas 12- year-old girls have reportedly been forced into marriage, which directly affect girls' enrolment, only 39% of pupils at primary school and 30% at Secondary School are girls,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the creation of the first College of Nursing and Midwifery at the Juba teaching hospital, but notes that more qualified nurses and midwives are needed to ensure significant improvement of maternal health; and to open up roads, establish more health centres based on this model in the whole country;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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2. Urges the South Sudanese authorities to ensure that police and judicial staff are better trained to deal with crimes and violence against womenstrengthen the fight against impunity by training the justice and the law enforcement community with tools designed to curb violence against women ensuring that the authors are effectively convicted;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the South Sudanese authorities to adopt laws which will criminalise all forms of violence against women as well as the forced marriage of a minor and condemn all marriage involving girls under the age of 18 years, guarantee the safety of women and ensure the conviction of the perpetrators of crimesintroduce a family law setting out a minimum age marriage, conditions for the custody of children and a law that tackles gender-based violence particularly which criminalises harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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3a. Urges the South Sudanese government to ratify the CEDAW and the UN Convention on the rights of the child;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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4a. Welcomes the commitment made by the President of South Sudan to achieve the aim of at least 25 percent female representation in cabinet and invites him to strengthen women's participation in the ongoing constitutional process; recalls that women play a key role in conflict resolution and peace-building processes, invites therefore the South Sudanese authorities to ensure that women are fully included in the implementation of the peace process with Sudan;