Activities of Marijana PETIR related to 2015/2007(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age (A8-0048/2016 - Terry Reintke) HR
Amendments (4)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and LGBTI personother vulnerable groups;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas ICT, like any technology, can be used and abused to threaten women, their rights and freedoms, and ultimately their empowerment, such as in the case of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, trafficking of human beings through the internet, including hiring of surrogate mothers through the internet, hate speech, incitement to hatred, discrimination and violation of fundamental rights; whereas such new challenges and risks need to be identified and addressed appropriately by policymakers as well as by enterprises, companies and civil society organisations, while providing room for information exchange on the internet;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia or any other form of unfair discrimination; urges policymakers to address these issues properly;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as the Member States and their law enforcement agencies, to cooperate and concretely coordinate their actions to counter the use of ICT to commit crimes related to trafficking in human beings, including surrogacy, cyber- harassment and cyber- stalking; calls for the EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the Europol Cybercrime Centre to cover these issues; calls on the Commission to promote training and capacity-building for victim support in digital matters, for police and judicial authorities, as well as psychological support during court cases related to the issue;