English: It also notes that women’s reproductive functions are unfortunately still often controlled by the family, domestic legislation and/or religious heads, and that furthermore the majority of people in positions of responsibility are men. 10. The Assembly considers that Maghrebi immigrants must be informed of the existing laws in the host country, in particular those that prohibit all forms of discrimination against women, and of the need to obey these laws, on pain of expulsion. 11. The Assembly considers it inconceivable that, from one day to the next, a woman who has shared a man’s life for many years can find herself repudiated and with no roof over her head. 12. The Assembly therefore asks governments of member states to: i. revise the bilateral conventions in order to guarante the principles included in the European Convention of Human Rights; ii. authorise consulates to draw up individual visas for women even if their passport has been drawn up for the whole family; iii. grant individual residence permits for women; iv. ensure equality of treatment in respect of applications for work and residence permits and improve immigrants’ legal status. 13. The Assembly invites the governments of the Maghreb countries to: i. amend the family code in order to establish real equality between women and men and grant women their own genuine legal status and to make it in conformity with the international treaties and conventions which are in force; ii. abolish the practices of repudiation and polygamy which are a violation of human dignity; iii. enable women to acquire the same inheritance rights as men; iv. grant women the same entitlement to file for divorce as men; v. guarantee the right to work, the right to education, the right of access to decision-making bodies, and the right to perform public duties; vi. apply international conventions guaranteeing equality of treatment between women and men; vii. promote the role of women in economic and social life; viii. ensure women have adequate access to vocational training; ix. make it possible for women to reconcile family life with a career; x. ensure that women have free access to financial instruments and borrowing facilities; xi. ensure that women have access to reproductive health services and to introduce a family planning system; xii. raise media awareness so that immigrants receive less adverse publicity. 14. The Assembly asks the national parliaments of member states to invite political parties to: i. ensure that the immigrant population is represented in parliaments, making sure that women are equally represented; ii. ensure gender-balanced representation of immigrant communities on municipal electoral lists.
French: L’Assemblée invite les gouvernements des pays du Maghreb à: i. modifier le Code de la famille afin d’instituer une véritable égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et de donner un véritable statut juridique à la femme et de le rendre conforme aux traités et aux conventions internationales en vigueur; ii. abolir la répudiation et la polygamie qui sont contraires au principe de la dignité humaine; iii. permettre aux femmes d’obtenir les mêmes droits successoraux que les hommes; iv. autoriser les femmes à demander le droit au divorce sur les mêmes bases que les hommes; v. garantir le droit au travail, à l’éducation ainsi qu’au droit d’accéder aux instances décisionnelles et à exercer des fonctions publiques; vi. appliquer les conventions internationales garantissant l’égalité de traitement entre les femmes et les hommes; vii. veiller à promouvoir le rôle des femmes dans la vie sociale et économique; viii. assurer une formation professionnelle adéquate aux femmes; ix. permettre aux femmes de concilier la vie professionnelle et la vie familiale; x. assurer un accès libre pour les femmes aux instruments financiers et aux instruments de crédit; xi. assurer l’accès des femmes aux services de santé reproductive et instaurer un système de planification familiale; xii. sensibiliser les médias pour que leurs informations soient moins négatives lorsqu’ils parlent des populations immigrées.