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Declaration on Women and the European Convention (Date: 14/04/2003)


14 April 2003

Valery Giscard D’Estaing
Chairman of the European Convention

National Council of Women of Malta (NCW Malta)
Declaration on Women and the European Convention

NCW Malta has been closely following developments in the European Convention regarding gender equality.

There has been a significant number of Convention members requesting that gender equality be included in Article 2 Part I of the new Constitutional Treaty. We wish to support these Convention members by insisting that equality between women and men be included in Article 2, Part I.

NCW Malta strongly supports:
The declaration and proposals of
• The Extraordinary Conference held in Athens 31 March 2003 by the Network of Parliamentary Committees for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union and
• The European Conference on ‘Social Rights, a lever for Equality, Proposals for the European Constitution’ organised in Athens on 2 April 2003. organised within the framework of the Greek Presidency of the European Union.

Reaffirms the importance of making gender equality in all fields a visible component of the European Constitution and
Requests the Convention to fully integrate the following concerns in the first part of the future European Constitution:

• Equality, which incorporates equality of women and men, should be included in he Constitution and a value of the European Union.
• The elimination of inequalities and the promotion of the equality of women and men should be a transversal objective of all policies and actions of the European Union.
• Protection against violence should be one of the objectives of the EU.
• The Charter of Fundamental Rights, as proclaimed in Nice should be incorporated in the future Constitution.
• An article of direct effect should be included which prohibits gender discrimination and guarantees equal rights for women and men; it should also provide for positive actions to eliminate gender inequalities in all fields, including ensuring the balanced participation of women and men in decision-making.
• An article should be included providing for the protection of pregnancy, maternity and paternity as well as reconciling of family, professional, political and social life of women and men in all fields, an unfavourable treatment, directly or indirectly related to these situations should be prohibited.
• Equality of women and men and the fight against all form of gender discrimination should be a shared competence of the European Union
• Balanced representation of women and men is part of the principle of participatory democracy and positive measures that lead to true equality in representation in political institutions should be established
• Gender mainstreaming in all policies and actions of the EU should be reaffirmed as a transversal mechanism to reach de facto equality.
• In the area of freedom, security and justice, the Union should be able to adopt measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence including trafficking
• We reiterate that provisions in the future European Constitution guarantee that the ‘acquis communautaire’ in the field of gender equality is fully maintained and further strengthened
• The future European Constitution should use gender-neutral language.

We are confident in your commitment to the full realisation by all women of their human rights and very much hope that you will be able to support our position in the upcoming discussions within the Convention on the Future of Europe.


Grace Attard
President NCW Malta
 
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