# Towards an EU external strategy against early and forced marriages - next steps

European Parliament procedure 2017/2275(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AFET / FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 333 committee amendments tabled by 33 Members between 2018-03-05 and 2018-03-08.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report towards an EU external strategy against early and forced marriages. Amendments characterise child, early and forced marriage as a violation of human rights and a form of gender-related violence harmful to personal development, link it to honour-based violence, poverty, lack of education and gender inequality, and cite figures on girls and boys married before age 18, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Istanbul Convention and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soraya POST | Sweden | S&D | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124997.md |
| Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA | Spain | ALDE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125040.md |
| Marie-Christine VERGIAT | France | GUE/NGL | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96858.md |
| Miguel URBÁN CRESPO | Spain | GUE/NGL | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/131507.md |
| Louis MICHEL | Belgium | ALDE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96670.md |
| Angelika MLINAR | Austria | ALDE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125026.md |
| Liliana RODRIGUES | Portugal | S&D | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125099.md |
| Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH | Malta | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/188906.md |
| Daniela AIUTO | Italy | EFDD | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124842.md |
| Charles GOERENS | Luxembourg | RE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/840.md |
| Marietje SCHAAKE | Netherlands | ALDE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96945.md |
| Lívia JÁRÓKA | Hungary | NI | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28141.md |
| Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS | Lithuania | RE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124766.md |
| Ernest URTASUN | Spain | Verts/ALE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124972.md |
| Wajid KHAN | United Kingdom | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/188624.md |

## Official source documents

- PE618.326: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/FEMM-AM-618326_EN.pdf
- PE619.117: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-619117_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2275-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2275-INI.json

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