REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Recital B

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Sebastian Kruis, Mieke Andriese +4 · PfE

   … law are indivisibly linked; whereas a growing backlash against women’s rights and Removed: gender equality is driven by the rise of Removed: anti-gender and anti-democratic movements; whereas recent cuts in US development aid disproportionately impact women and girls worldwide, increasing vulnerabilities and harming communities; Added: Islamist movements, in particular through the imposition of the Islamic veil or through demands by the Islamic community; whereas the UN General Assembly has warned of active resistance to gender … need to reaffirm substantive equality and the human rights of women and Removed: girls5 ; 5 https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g24/073/47/pdf/g2407347.pdf. Added: girls5; whereas such practices as honour crimes, stoning, sexual violence against women and girls during clandestine crossings of the Mediterranean Sea5a, early and forced marriages, the forced imposition of religious clothing, genital mutilation, including excision and forced sterilisation, and anything that may expose women and girls to sexual assault should be condemned; 5 https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g24/073/47/pdf/g2407347.pdf. 5a https://news.un.org/fr/story/2024/11/1150996.

2. Amendment 2Rejected

   Recital F

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Sebastian Kruis, Elisabeth Dieringer +3 · PfE

   … is especially challenging in some regions, particularly in those where democratic institutions Removed: and the rule of law are weak; Added: are replaced by community rules and special or exceptional courts; whereas economic deterrence, limited access to legal aid, high costs, complex legal …

3. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point a

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Elisabeth Dieringer, Catherine Griset · PfE

   … and girls’ rights in all aspects of EU external action, including development, Removed: trade Added: trade, and foreign policy, through Removed: an adequately funded, Added: the conditionality of Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) aid and external European action on unconditional compliance with equality, and an inclusive and intersectional approach that challenges gender stereotypes and is based on …

4. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Sebastian Kruis, Mieke Andriese +3 · PfE

   Added: (ba) recall that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to rights and freedoms, without distinction of any kind on grounds such as race, sex, religion, opinion or sexual orientation;

5. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Elisabeth Dieringer, Viktória Ferenc +1 · PfE

   Added: (fa) call on the Member States to ensure the accessibility of health services to all women, with full respect for their dignity and specific needs;

6. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Elisabeth Dieringer, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión +2 · PfE

   Added: (oa) call for the Member States to guarantee equal pay for men and women in equal jobs, in a timely and fair manner, without overburdening procedures for employers, in compliance with national legislation;

7. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point s

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Sebastian Kruis, Elisabeth Dieringer +1 · PfE

   (s) apply Removed: gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting to all relevant EU policy areas, including external action; stress the need for states to allocate adequate, sufficient and predictable funding for gender-responsive legal aid and support services, especially for survivors of gender-based violence, and sufficient access to compensation, since current barriers disproportionately affect women’s access to justice; Added: the conditionality of Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) aid and external European action to unconditional compliance with equality; stress the importance of addressing practical, regional and accessibility-related barriers that hinder …

8. Amendment 8Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point aa

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Sebastian Kruis +4 · PfE

   (aa) Added: strongly condemn all forms of sexual violence; stress that women have the fundamental right to live in safety in their country of origin, free from violence, persecution or discrimination; reaffirm the right of women and girls subjected to acts of persecution owing to gender-based violence to Removed: seek asylum; call on governments and international bodies to address specific risks faced by women and girls in migration and to implement gender-responsive policies, including the establishment of safe and legal routes, the strengthening of the protection of women from violence in reception centres and the improvement of age-assessment procedures; call for the recognition of gender-based persecution and gender apartheid as grounds for seeking asylum; Added: receive effective access to justice;

9. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 1 – point ad

   Tabled by Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión +3 · PfE

   (ad) commit the Removed: EU to a feminist Added: Member States to a foreign, development and security Removed: policy, which is inclusive and intersectional, prioritising the needs Added: policy that gives priority to the protection of women and Removed: LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders; Added: human rights defenders against dictatorial, totalitarian and misogynistic regimes; stress that external action and foreign policy must be fully consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and grounded in respect for human dignity;