13 Amendments of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2012/2222(INI)
Amendment 1 #
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 Goalswhich specifically concern women – MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women and MDG 5: Improve maternal health, – while a further three contribute directly to improving the living conditions of women and girls – MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education, MDG 4: Reduce child mortality and MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas sexual violence in the form of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children is still used as a tactic of war by armed forces and perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict regions, and notably in certain ACP countries; whereas rape in wartime has been recognised by the United Nations as a crime against humanity, and whereas since 2008 the United Nations Security Council has been committed to combating the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas where more women are engaged in conflict resolution and peace-building processes, they play a key role in peace negotiations, broadening the scope of reconstruction, rehabilitation and peace building;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its satisfaction at the recognition given in various action plans and communications to the key role played in development by gender equality and women’s empowerment, and calls for that priority to be put into practice in the geographic programmes; calls also for better coordination with the thematic programmes financed via Intra-ACP cooperation and the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI);
Amendment 12 #
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 requests that measures immediately be considered for the post-2015 period, notably in regard to MDG 3 on gender equality and empowering women and MDG 5 on maternal health, reproductive health and access to family planning;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the move by the UNFPA to set up a high level taskforce to head up the review of the International Conference on Population and Development, particularly in regard to women’s sexual and reproductive rights, their right to reproductive health and combating HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the fact that progress on MDG 2 on education has been mixed as progress has been made in terms of schooling for girls, but not in regard to their completing their studies; calls on the ACP countries and all international partners to devise and implement as priority development policies all the measures necessary for girls to finish primary school and have access to secondary and higher education;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls therefore for enhanced financing for programmes which aim at ensuring all girls have access to education (bearing in mind that female education is a cornerstone in building more egalitarian societies), at promoting women’s economic independence and reducing sexual exploitation of girls and women worldwide;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that democracy entails the full participation by women in public life, as stated in international and regional instruments such as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the rights of women in Africa;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly supports the inclusion of Gender Advisors or Gender Focal Points in EU delegations and common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions, and calls on the High Representative/Vice-President to provide them with resources and the appropriate means and spheres of activity;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Affirms the key role of women in democratic transition processes, in state-building and consolidation and in conflict resolution, pacification and stabilisation; encourages the Commission, the EEAS and the ACP countries to promote tangible and voluntary policies that promote the presence of women around negotiating tables and in political and economic decision-making positions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to apply the performance indicators established in the EU plan of action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development: 1) at least 80 % of funds to include gender-sensitive indicators, 2) at least 75 % of all projects or programmes to score gender as a principle objective (G-2) or gender as a significant objective (G-1), and 3) at least 50 % of indicative multiannual programmes to identify gender-equality related actions;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Asks the Commission to provide the European Parliament with a progress report on implementation of the EU plan of action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development;