Activities of Eleonora FORENZA related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (A8-0266/2017 - Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt) IT
Amendments (9)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of, girls and all the people who have been subjected to gender-based violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women is too often considered a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious cycle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims ofsubjected to violence;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victimswomen, girls all the people who have been subjected to gender-based violence;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention – the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence at international level;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women and LGBTIQ asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point h
Paragraph 5 – point h
(h) To ensure appropriate training for all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts ofwomen, girls and all the people who have been subjected to all acts of gender-based violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i
Paragraph 5 – point i
(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victimsren, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims ofsubjected to gender-based violence and their children;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k
Paragraph 5 – point k
(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, girls and LGBTIQ people, whether properly documented or not, and women, girls and LGBTIQ asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender- based violence may be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l
Paragraph 5 – point l
(l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against womengender-based violence;