10 Amendments of Abir AL-SAHLANI related to 2021/2035(INL)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality5 and to the European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, _________________ 5 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0025.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 1 February 2021 89 on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and to the European Commission's Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025),
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled “Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025",
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 crisis resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence and online violence, with a 60 % increase in emergency calls from women subjected to violence by their intimate partner reported among World Health Organization Europe Member States;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Council of Europe Istanbul Convention), the most comprehensive instrument to counter violence against women in Europe, was opened for signature 10 years ago, but has not yet been ratified by all EU Member States nor acceded to by the EU;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) remains the international standard and a key tool for the eradication of gender- based violence by following a holistic and coordinated approach that places the rights of the victim at the centre and addresses the issues from a wide range of perspectives; reiterates its call to conclude the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession, and to advocate its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia; calls on the Member States to take into account the recommendations by GREVIO and to improve legislation to bring it more into line with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions in order to ensure proper implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that gender-based violence is a serious crime and a widespread violation of fundamental rights in the Union which needs to be addressed with greater efficiency and determination on a common basis; stresses that gender-based violence is the result of a patriarchal society that has a cross-border dimension; points, in particular, at the growing anti- gender, anti-lgbtiq and anti-women movements, which are well organised and have a cross-border nature;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Member States to implement effectively the Anti-Trafficking Directive 2011/36/EU and to adopt specific measures to address violence against women and gender inequality as root causes of trafficking; welcomes the commitment of the Commission to revise the directive, to improve measures for the prevention and prosecution of all forms of trafficking, especially for sexual exploitation as the most prevalent and reported area of THB impacting 92 % of trafficked women and girls in Europe; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to amend the directive with a view to ensuring that Member States explicitly criminalise the knowing use of all services provided by victims of trafficking;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) TFEU, a proposal for a Council decision identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto and requests the Commission to use that new area of crime as a legal basis for a holistic dand victim- centred EU Directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys, and empowerment of women and girls; support services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, online violence and sexual exploitation and abuse; and minimum standards for law enforcement;