27 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2020/2035(INL)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act, COM(2020) 825),
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to the Advocate General’s opinion of 19March 2021 in Avis 1/19,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are widespread in the Union and are to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in the unequal distribution of power between women and men, in sexism and gender stereotypes, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by mengirls remains widespread in the EU;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the expression "violence against women and gender-based violence present different but not mutually exclusive forms and manifestations; whereas those different forms of violence are often interlinked and inseparable from offline violence because they can precede, accompany or continue them" is used to refer to different acts of violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women; whereas these notions might therefore cover different offences whose common feature is that they are directed against women because they are women and it affects women disproportionately;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender-based cyberviolence; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectionaldifferent forms of discrimination can exacerbate the consequences of gender- based cyberviolence;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some women, such as politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-based cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural life, as well as may negatively impact their family lives;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas gender-based cyberviolence impacts on mental health, on the full exercise of fundamental rights and even on democracy, and has consequences on society, including an economic impact;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence is a continuum of gender- based violence offline and that no policy alternative will be effective unless it takes this reality into consideration;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Union’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 put forward by the Commission as a tool to combat violence against women and gender-based violenceirls and to tackle the root causes of it;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of domestic violence and abuse because victims are forced to spend more time with perpetrators and they tend to be more isolated from support networks; calls on Member States to increase the assistance they offer through shelters, helplines and support services to protect victims and facilitate the reporting of gender-based violenceviolence against women and girls;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolence, considering the cross- border dimension of the use of ICT;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to promote raise-awareness raising, to, increase effectiveness of implementation of national criminal justice laws andegislation, as well as specific policies and programmes to prevent gender-based cyberviolence and to fight against impunity for those who commit such acts;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based violence, including cyberviolence;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence generates psychological, social and economic consequences;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to give particular attention to women belonging to groups put in a vulnerable situation as regards gender-based cyberviolence and to develop specific support services and educational programmes dedicated to those specific groups;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that gender-based cyberviolence reduces the participation of women in public debate which, as a consequence, erodes the democratic principles of the Union; regrets that that ‘silencing effect’ has been particularly aimed at targeting women activists, journalists and politicians with the intentioneffect of discouraging the presence of women in political life and decision- making spheres;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recallminds that gendersome stereotypes are at the core of gendercontribute to discrimination and acre one of the mating barriers to the entry of women and girls’ entry into the ICT and digital fields; stresses the need to tackle the gender gap in the ICT sector through education, awareness- raising campaigns and the promotion of the representation of women in the sector;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to protect, support and ensure reparation and support for victims of gender-based cyberviolence;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the Council is to urgently conclude the Union’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations, and to advocate for its ratification, swift and proper implementation, and enforcement by all Member States; underlines that the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international treaty addressing the root causes of gender-based violence in all Istanbul Convention’s ratification is still not concluded by thirteen Member States of the Council of Europe; underlines that some of them openly say that the reason to reject the Convention is its ideological character; points out to the Advocate General’s opinion on 11 March 2021which stated that the Council is entitled to conclude the Istanbul Convention by means of two separate acts as well as to waits forms; highlights that this call does not detract from the call to adopt a Union legal act on combating gender-based violence but, rather, complements it the common agreement of all the Member States to conclude ratification of the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly reaffirms its commitment, as it has previously expressed, to tackle gender-based violence and to the need to have a comprehensive directive covering all its f by the European Parliament, on tackling violence against women and girls; expects that the ongoing wormks ason the best way to put an end to gender-based Digital Services Act will contribute significantly to fighting cyberviolence;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes a number of existing legislative acts of the European Union, such as the General Data Protection Regulations, the e-Commerce Directive, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, the Directive on the Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation of Children, the Directive on the Rights, Support and Protection of Victims of Crime and the Directive on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, which all contain a number of provisions which can contribute effectively to fighting cyberviolence;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I
Annex I