5 Amendments of Catherine BEARDER related to 2015/2038(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas according to article 8 of the TFEU the EU has an obligation to take account of the principle of gender equality and therefore the gender dimension should be incorporated in all its activities, including when negotiating trade agreements;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas trade agreements should on no account weaken the progress made the EU, or its Member States, in gender equality;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the effective application of the International Labour Organisation’s core labour standards and its Decent Work Agenda in EU preferential trade agreements as ILO standards are particularly relevant to improving gender equality because of their principles of non-discrimination on the grounds of sex and equal pay for men and women;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it regrettable that trade agreements are often negotiated without specific reference to their impact on women’s and girls’ rights –such as the rights to health, education, food, workaccess to education and training, food, safe working conditions and water – and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase coherence among different but interlinked policies, such as trade, development, employment, migration and gender equality;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the EU, when negotiating trade agreements, should be concerned to not only improve global social and environmental standards and a fairer and equitable global model of trade, but also promote gender equality;