15 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2024/2057(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a 2024 UN study3 on the evaluation of SDG 5 highlights that social norms still exist that legitimise violence against women and girls, reduce access to healthcare services, assign unpaid care and domestic work solely to women and restrict leadership opportunities; whereas women and girls are still discriminated even before birth, with the practice of sex- selective abortions still alive both in Europe and abroad; _________________ 3 UN, Are we getting there? A synthesis of UN system evaluations of SDG 5, March 2024, https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital- library/publications/2024/03/are-we- getting-there-a-synthesis-of-un-system- evaluations-of-sdg-5.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the UN General Assembly has raised the alarm about the active resistance to advances in gender equality and the growing transnational backlash against women’s rights; whereas there is a clear and urgent need to reaffirm substantive equalityequality between women and men, and the human rights of women and girls4 ; _________________ 4 UN General Assembly, Escalating backlash against gender equality and urgency of reaffirming substantive equality and the human rights of women and girls: Report of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, 15 May 2024, https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g2 4/073/47/pdf/g2407347.pdf.
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure that gender equality and women’s rights are fully and proudthe rights of women and girls and equality are fully implemented in all aspects of EU external action through an adequately funded, gender-transformative, inclusive and intersectional approach, in particular women with disabilities and women with vulnerabilities;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) reiterate that the EU has an important role to play in achieving a gender-equal world through supporting partner countries in addressing genderall types of discrimination and violence against women; ensure that the EU leads by example by urging the remaining five Member States that have still not ratified and implemented the Istanbul Convention to do so in the shortest possible timeframe;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) press for equal opportunities for all in all areas of life, to allow women in all their diversity to fulfil their potential, notably in decision-making, whether political, economic, academic or cultural, this also being essential for good governance and policymaking; within this context, express opposition to semiotic violence against women in politics, which sustains and reinforces the invisibilization of women and negative stereotypes about women, because of sex, and discourages young women from entering politics and the public sphere;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) emphasise that weak political leadership, lack of commitment, data gaps, insufficient investment, and the rise of anti-rights movementslack of education, maternal mobbing, lack of economic autonomy and unequal conditions in the labour market have been identified as obstacles; thus making it necessary to promote more women in leadership, increase investment, and implement comprehensive policy reforms to overcome these systemic barriers and achieve a truly equal society;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) commit to constant appraisal and pro-active corrective actionpromote best practices and programmes that develop women’s autonomy and empowerment in the EU’s inexternal and external policies in regard to gender equality, mainstreaming and budgetingction, including the promotion of access to land, credit, entrepreneurship and education, as well as employment and health, especially to those in circumstances of vulnerability, such as women with disabilities, pregnant women, women in rural areas or women victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) call on the Commission to further develop and roll out concrete and well- financed plans and actions to address the UN SDGs, specifically those related to gender equality, promoting equality in education;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) urge the Commission to further develop and improve the collection of gender-desegregated data, particularly on sex and age, and to ensure that this data contributes to better policymaking; as well as to reinforce the European Institute for Gender Equality both in terms of funding and capacity;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) implement without delay and to the fullest extent the EU GAP III and ensure that 85 %the maximum percentage possible of all new actions throughout external relations by 2025 contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) take note of and implement the recommendations of Parliament’s resolution of 10 March 2022 on the EU GAP III, and thus prioritise GAP III in every aspect of EU external action through a gender-transformativenon discriminatory and intersectional approach, both in terms of GAP III’s geographical coverage and areas of action, as well as gender mainstreaming in all areas of external action, whether trade, development policy, humanitarian aid, security or sectors such as energy and agriculture; Promoting women's economic empowerment through entrepreneurship support programs in partner countries, ensuring equitable access to business opportunities and training in entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) address the systemic and root causes of women’s poverty and empower women and girls in all their diversity through education, training, promotion of female entrepreneurship, encouraging initiatives that strengthen economic autonomy and job creation in high- growth sectors, lifelong- learning, non- discriminatory labour opportunities, encourage specific training and employment programs for women with disabilities, access to social services, balancing unpaid care and social responsibilities through legislative initiatives, combating gender stereotyping and promoting women as role models, promoting the adoption of reconciliation policies that support motherhood rights like breastfeeding, in the workplace;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) enhance the EU’s response, resources and toolkit, both internally and externally, regarding gender-based violence, including domestic, sexual, physical, psychological, material and economic violence, including in war zones, taking account of migration, prostitution and sexualeconomic vulnerabilities, migration, prostitution, trafficking and sexual and reproductive exploitation;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) ensure that women in all their diversity have access to health services, including for sexual rights and reproductive health, including age- appropriate sexuality and relationship education, contraception, safe and legal abortion, maternal healthcare and care- based health services; ensure that women are protected from forced pregnancies and forced abortions, particularly in places where ethnic cleansing policies are implemented, and that in no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning, as outlined in the Beijing Declaration;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) advocate for and strengthen civil society organisations supporting women’s rights in all their circumstances such as disability, victims of violence, discrimination in the workplace or motherhood;