Translation of "groupe autonome " (French → English) :

53. Welcomes the fact that the empowerment of women and girls and the importance of gender equality are recognised as priorities in the Open Working Group (OWG) outcome document, taking into account the central role of women in the new global development framework; calls for the EU and its Member States to support the call of the OWG for a stand-alone goal on gender equality while ensuring the integration of gender mainstreaming across all goals, and to promote inclusion of ambitious targets related to the rights of women and girls and the enhanced implementation of these targets;

H. whereas the self-proclaimed autonomous region of Rojava is based on the Charter of Social Contract, an inclusive and democratic agreement between different ethnic groups that lays down the principles of ecological balance, freedom of religions and beliefs and equality without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, doctrine or gender; whereas it appears that women truly have been included and empowered in the administration of the autonomous region;

– (PT) On behalf of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, I wish to express our condolences to the families of the victims, and show our solidarity with the people affected by the tragedy that struck the Autonomous Region of Madeira, in Portugal, on the 20th of this month.

Of crucial importance in realising the Headline Goal 2010 will be the complete development of the “battle groups” concept which foresees the deployment of numerous stand alone groups of forces of up to 1,500 soldiers prepared for high-intensity military operations.

[24] For example, by organising the workforce into self-managed, autonomous work groups.

However, the boundaries between the two groups (self-sufficient and others) are not always clear-cut and depend on society's ability to guarantee an autonomous existence for as long as possible.