11 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2011/2009(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas women in developing countries face a serious gender gap in terms of property rights and ownership especially in access to productive resources such as land and livestock; whereas women control less land than men and the land they control is often of poorer quality; whereas closing the gender gap in access to productive resources could reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 12-17%1 ,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. whereas, in many developing countries, women's property rights are not legally enforceable or socially recognised, and women are often excluded from property inheritance laws,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. whereas under Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights everyone has the right to take possession of the resources or means needed to produce or obtain food in sufficient quantities for existence,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas women’s rights to property in developing countries are being violated through the increasing incidence of large- scale land acquisition by the developed countries in developing countries for commercial or strategic purposes such as agricultural productivity, food security, and energy and bio-fuel production,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas the UN’s 2010 report ‘Access to land and right to food’ cited 389 large- scale acquisitions or long-term leases of farmland in 80 countries and pointed out that only 37% of investment projects aim to produce food while 35% are intended for agrofuels, and whereas FAO figures show that every year 19.5 million hectares of farmland are turned over to industry and real estate,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate sufficient financial resources and provide specific clauses, in their development assistance, for closing the gender gap in property rights and ownership, including through the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women under the law;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reaffirms European Union's commitments to reduce poverty worldwide in the context of sustainable development and that the EU shall include a strong gender component in all its policies and practices in its relations with developing countries1; __________________ 1 OJ C 46 of 24.2.2006
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the strengthening of policies to increase women’s access to property in developing countries needs to be accompanied by the requisite financial support mechanisms (such as savings, credit and insurance) and by the empowerment of women and NGOs, which includes improving women’s legal and financial literacy, increasing the dissemination and accessibility of information, and establishing supporting legal aid services;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission and the Member States, in their development assistance policies, to take account of large-scale land acquisition processes by developed countries in developing countries, and on the African continent in particular, with a view to protecting women and children from impoverishment and famine, famine and forcible eviction from their villages and land;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine, via the UN, the impact such acquisitions have on the desertification of farmland, on the loss of women’s right of residence and right to property, with particular reference to women who are single or the head of the family, on food security and on their livelihood and that of their children and dependent persons;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give particular consideration to women's property rights in post-conflict situations. , especially in countries where women's property rights are not legally enforceable and socially recognisable.