63 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, the Regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters and the Directive on the European Protection Order up to 2015 and beyond
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Being Trans in the EU - Comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data' published in December 2014.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women1, __________________ 1 OJ C 296 E, 2.10.2012, p. 26
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to equal treatment is a defining right which is deeply rooted in European societywomen's human rights are fundamental human rights and equality between women and men and gender equality, is stated in the Treaties, and is essential for the further development of this society and should apply both in case law and in real life;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas strengthening women´s rights demands that the we address the deeprooted unequal gender power relations that give rise to discrimination and violence against women, girls, and also LGBTI persons, and whereas gender power structures interact with other forms of discrimination and inequalities such as race, disability, age and gender identity,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the EU has historically taken some important steps to strengthen women's rights and gender equality, there has been a slowdown in political actions and reform for gender equality during the last decade at EU level and whereas the previous Commission strategy was too weak and did not result in sufficient action being taken for gender equality, and whereas a new strategy need to give new impetus and deliver concrete action to strengthen women's rights and promote gender equality,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas one in two women experiences one or more forms of sexual harassment in the course of her life and as much as 34% of trans people experience harassment and violence in public, the vast majority of them being women and whereas a life free of violence and characterised by self- determination is a prerequisite for full participation in society;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the use of gender quotas and zipped lists in political decision making have proven most effective tools in addressing the discrimination and gender power imbalances and improving democratic representation in political decision making bodies,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the face of poverty in Europe is female, and it is particularly single mothers, young and old women, and migrant and ethnic minority women who are affected by poverty and social exclusion, a situation aggravated by the crisis and specific austerity measures because it is particularly public sector jobs and services in the care sector that are being eliminated;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas lesbian, bisexual, and trans women and intersex individuals face grave and persistent violations of their rights to health and to bodily integrity, and ongoing discriminatory practices in access to healthcare as a result of gender stereotypes,
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the roles of girls and boys are being strengthenlimited by stereotypes in education materials and structures in educational institutions, and their choices are being thereby limited, and these role patterns are being further reinforced especially by media representations;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the use of non-stereotypical education methods and materials are key to strengthening gender equality, and whereas feminist self-defence is an effective tool for empowering girls,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the EU has a responsibility and a role as model for gender equality world- wide,must make gender equality and women's rights a core concern in its external actions and whereas gender equality and the empowerment of women are essential if the international development goals are to be attained and for a successful and more peace oriented EU foreign policy and women all over the world are especially affected by the consequences of climate, environmental and energy policies;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas health policies, programmes, and research largely discriminate against women, and there is a need to scrutinize EU health and research policies to make sure that women's health status and issues are increasingly addressed,
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas in recent years, anti-gender equality movements have gained public ground in a number of Member States, attempting to reinforce traditional gender roles and challenging existing achievements in the area of gender equality;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas safeguarding and strengthening the SRHR of women, young people, and lgbti persons is important to close gaps in health and to strengthen gender equality and whereas women and girls power over their own bodies and sexuality are key to gender equality, which includes access to SRHR, contraception, gender sensitive and non- judgmental sexuality education, and access to safe and legal abortion,
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new separate strategy for gWomen´s Rights and Gender eEquality between woin Europe aimend and men in Europe aimed att addressing the unequal gender power structures in society, and eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, nationality and age);,
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (such as ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, religion, nationality and age);
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that the new Strategy for Women's Rights and Gender Equality must develop specific actions to strengthen the rights of different groups of women, including women with disabilities, migrant and ethnic minority women, older women, lesbians and trans persons, in order to ensure a more inclusive strategy that strengthen the rights of all women, promotes real gender equality and that challenges patriarchal power structures;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to make clear the EU role that it wishes to play in the world and in working with the Member States including their sub-national levels with regard to the promotion of gender equality and to pursue these goals both through the concept of gender mainstreaming in all areas and through individual targeted and specific actions;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Violence against Women and gender- based violence
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the appeal to the Commission it made in its resolution of 25 February 2014, with recommendations to combat violence against women, to submit a legal act providing both a consistent system for collecting statistical data as well as a uniformstrengthened approach by Member States to the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the appeal to the Commission it made in its resolution of 25 February 2014, with recommendations to combat violence against women, to submit a legal act providing both a consistent system for collecting statistical data as well as a uniform approach by Member States to the prevention and suppression of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to enshrine ‘'zero tolerance’' campaigns in the strategy and to push forward the debate and practices in the Member States about the origins of violence and abuse and the reasons why women resort to prostituin the fields of prevention, and emphasises the importance of including men more specifically in the fight against violence against womenccess to justice, and support to victims;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Emphasises that the sexual exploitation of women and girls in the growing, and sometimes institutionalised, prostitution markets in Europe are both an expression of and generates gender inequality and racism, and therefore underlines the need for actions to decriminalize and step up support to women in prostitution, to curb demand, and take increased actions against buyers, pimps, and traffickers;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Emphasises the importance of including men and boys more specifically in the fight against violence against women; and that perpetrators programmes and involving men in the work against gender based violence must be modelled on feminist research and documented experience of effective and good practices in this field;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to adopt a new strategy to combat human trafficking after the current strategy expires; with a specific pillar on trafficking for sexual exploitation;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on increased support to women's shelters and organizations working to support women victims of gender-based violence, and carrying our prevention and awareness raising work;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in drawing up their action programmes for gender equality and to pay special attention to new forms of violence against women and persons who do not conform to gender stereotypes, such as cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking, and to carry out continual evaluations; stresses in this connection also the importance of close cooperation with civil society in order to recognise problem areas at an earlier stage and to address them more effectively;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that abusive requirements in gender recognition legislation lead to further obstacles hindering trans people from pursuing or accessing jobs and calls upon the Commission to ensure EU Member States enable the full legal recognition of a person's preferred gender, including the change of first name, social security number and other gender indicators on identity documents;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure EU Member States enable the full legal recognition of a person’s preferred gender, including the change of first name, social security number and other gender indicators on identity documents;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to monitor the attainment ofstep up its support in order to attain the Barcelona objectives and to continue to support Member States in creating high quality and affordable child care with reasonable hours of attendance; and to successively develop new targets in the field of childcare structures, emphasises in this connection the importance of nursing and care services for the elderly and persons requiring special care;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of good, secure working conditions allowing both women and men to reconcile work and private life and calls on the Commission to coordinate and promote strengthening of labour rights for increased gender equality; and calls for an exchange of best practices in terms of general shortening of the working hours in the Member States;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in creating incentives for employers to convert unofficial work into official employment; and calls on the Commission to address the needs of women with disabilities to ensure increased participation in work and employment;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Emphasises that actions to strengthen the rights of migrant and ethnic minority women are needed, and ask the Commission to develop policy recommendations and actions in the cross cutting areas of social- and employment policy, migration and asylum policy, as well as in the gender equality field;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that within the European Union, in matters of employment and occupation, women are protected against discrimination on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for Member States to obtain a more balanced representation of women and men in parliaments andnational and regional parliaments and municipal councils in the Commission and emphasises in this connection the importance of electoral lists alternating by gender and of proposing both a woman and a man candidate for senior EU positions;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission when developing specific measures to reduce gender pay gap to take into consideration the structural wage differences, women are lower paid largely because of the segregation of labour market and because women's education and job is lower valued than men's, even men are paid poorer in women dominated professions and sectors than men with the same educational background in a male dominated profession and sectors;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Points out how important it is for the Commission to involve the social partners in the work to implement these measures. The social partners should also be assured a central role in the national implementation of the measures;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States to increasingly use the Structural Funds for investments in public child- and elderly care, as a core strategy to increase women's participation in the labour market;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out how important it is that the investment package and youth guarantee are not only targeted at investments in male-dominated occupations and sectors but that the Commission also focuses its investment policy on occupations and sectors dominated by women, for example by calling on Member States to support investment in social infrastructure, such as childcare and care of the elderly;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to calculate the connection between an increased level of employment for women and increased sustainable growth; calls on the commission to highlight the positive effects of equality in the labour market for the economy;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Stresses that care work should be valued as the skilled work it is. The quality of care for children and the elderly is closely connected with personal circumstances. Sufficient continuity is required over time to build up the relationships required for good care. Paid care work is currently dominated by women. Wages and conditions in the care sector are therefore equally important for the ability of women to become economically independent;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Reiterates its call on the European Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders, and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), and to ensure that gender diversity in childhood is not pathologized.
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses that the Commission need to carry out a gender audit, in order to ensure that EU health policies and EU funded research increasingly address women's health status and diagnosis;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the European Commission to promote access to patient-centred and appropriate healthcare to all women, without discrimination on the grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, socio-economic status, ethnic origin, religion or belief, nationality and age.
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to enshrine (medical) fertility support as an individual right, including for single women and lesbians;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to enshrine (medical) fertility support as an individual right and to end discrimination in access to fertility treatment and assisted reproduction;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for competent training in the critical use of the media in the Member States to encourage the questioning of stereotypes and structures and to share best practice examples so as to review the ways in which roles have been stereotyped in the educational material used so far; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to support programmes to raise awareness of stereotypes and traditional gender roles in the education and media sector; emphasises in this regard that combating bullying and prejudice against LGBTI persons in schools, whether of students, parents or teachers, should be part of the EU's efforts to combat gender stereotypes; emphasises in this connection the importance of gender-equitable teaching methods for teachers, so that they can clearly explain the benefits of gender equality and a diverse society;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses that the EU should help combating bullying of trans persons in schools whether of students or parents, as part of its efforts to combat gender stereotypes;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Instructs the Commission to conduct a study of the everyday impact of the gender portrayal in public life, the media and educational institutions, focusing in particular on school bullying, hate speech and gender-based violence;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to coordinate Member States actions aiming at fighting against gender-based school bullying, hate speech and violence.
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to focussupport campaigns forand initiatives to promote the active participation of citizens in society especially on women and women migrants;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Underscores that universal access to sexual and reproductive health and the associated rights is a fundamental human right, and calls on the Commission to ensure that European development cooperation adopts an approach based on a human rights; emphasises the importance of family planning services, including contraception and abortion services; and highlights the need for information and education to reduce maternal and infant mortality and, to eliminate female genital mutilation, child-bride and forced marriages, selective, gender-based abortion and forced sterilisation;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls for ambitious gender-specific targets to be set, both in EU and beyond, as regards ending the feminisation of poverty and closing gender gaps, including enhanced access for women and girls to quality education, including secondary education, universal access to quality health services, the enhancement of access for women and girls to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including family planning and abortion services, the ending of all forms of violence against women and girls as well as gender based violence, and the boosting of women's social and economic independence, particularly in terms of employment and their participation in decision-making processes; stresses the urgent need to include gender equality, women's rights, the empowerment of women and human rights of women and girls as a stand-alone goal in the post- 2015 global development framework, as the post-2015 development framework will be a universal agenda for global development, urges the European Commission to include SRHR in its next EU Health Strategy;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission, in the Neighbourhood Policy and development cooperation, trade and diplomatic relations, to work for the introduction of a standard that defines women’s rights as a human right and makes respect for this right mandatory; emphasises the importance of participatory collaboration with all stakeholders, especially with civil society organisations and local and regional government associations in the context of development cooperation;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission, in the Neighbourhood Policy and development cooperation, trade and diplomatic relations, to work for the introduction of a standard that defines women’'s rights as a human right and makes respect for this right mandatory and part of structured dialogues in all EU partnerships; emphasises the importance of participatory collaboration with all stakeholders, especially with women's organizations and civil society organisations in the context of development cooperation;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission, in the Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy and development cooperation, trade and diplomatic relations, to work for the introduction of a standard that defines women’s rights as a human right and makes respect for this right mandatory; to ensure that women are protected against discrimination and violence, including on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; emphasises the importance of participatory collaboration with all stakeholders, especially with civil society organisations in the context of development cooperation;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on Commission to assess and identify specific actions that can ensure that women asylum seekers rights are strengthened and fully respected throughout the asylum procedure;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls on the Commission to promote the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessment in all areas, both at EU and at nationat all levels of governance (EU, national, regional and local level) and thus ensure specific gender equality targets;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses the importance of adequate funding for national anti-discrimination bodies; calls in this connection also on the Commission to support the implementation of the European Charter for Equality of women and men in local life, the continuity of non-governmental organisations through adequate and predictable financial assistance; calls in this connection also for continued financial support for the Daphne programme and for its profile to be maintained in order to continue to allow in particular women's rights organisations on the ground in the Member States to combat violence against women;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses the importance of adequate funding for national gender equality and anti-discrimination bodies; calls in this connection also on the Commission to support the continuity of non-governmental organisations , in particular women's organisations and other organisations working on gender equality issues through adequate and predictable financial assistance; calls in this connection also for continued financial support for the Daphne programme and for its profile to be maintained in order to continue to allow in particular women's rights organisations on the ground in the Member States to combat violence against women;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Calls for the Commission to collaborate with the European Parliament and the Council and call an Annual EU Summit for gender equality and women's rights, to identify progress made, and to make renewed commitments;