25 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2022/2138(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. B a. Whereas sexual harassment in European streets has a gendered dimension with a disproportionate number of women and girls falling victim to sexual harassment including, but not limited to, sexual assault and rape;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the proportion of women who have ever worked and have experienced any unwanted behaviour with a sexual connotation in the workplace varies between Member States, ranging from 11 % to 41 %7 ; whereas sexual harassment disproportionately affects women workers, including women from racialized communities; whereas colourism is a serious issue that needs addressing in the work place; _________________ 7 EU survey on gender-based violence against women and other forms of inter- personal violence (EU-GBV) – first results – 2022 edition.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. D a. Whereas in the light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees, particularly women, are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation including, but not limited to, the workplace;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in its previous resolutions, Parliament called for the introduction of several concrete measures introducing a zero-tolerance approach but, several years on, only some of them have been fully implemented and more needs to be done;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas more data is required to understand the breakdown of harassment that exists, particularly keeping in mind that many LGBTI employees work in an environment marked by prejudice and hostility;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas cases of sexual harassment is a gendered phenomenon but harassment akin to bullying, denigration and belittling is undertaken by all genders;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas European Parliament President Roberta Metsola stated that, “The European Parliament must be a safe and welcoming space for everyone - free from harassment. We must be the example”;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. Whereas the Employment Equality Directive enshrines the right not to be discriminated against, nor be subjected to harassment, in employment contexts on the basis of sexual orientation[1]. [1] Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16).
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
G d. G d. Whereas The ‘Gender Equality Directives’ stipulate that sex- based and sexual harassment at work and in access to goods and services are contrary to the principle of equal treatment between men and women;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
G e. Whereas the proposal for a directive on violence against women defines “sexual harassment at work” as any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, where it occurs in the course of, linked with, or arising in matters of employment, occupation and self-employment, with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of the victim, in particular when creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises that women, especially those who live in rural areas, often have limited transport services, meaning they can be devoid of options to return home safely; therefore calls on local authorities to ensure a safe public transport service that is able to serve womens' needs;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on Member States to ensure that urban planning takes into consideration women and girls’ needs, including safety and security; calls on Member States to ensure adequate, sustainable street lighting to avoid situations where women have to face dark, eerie spots when commuting to and from work;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention, the international gold standard to prevent gender-based violence, and in so doing protect victims and punish perpetrators; Stresses the need to intercept prevalent cultural attitudes about violence and gender equality; is convinced that the EU and the Member States should learn from the crises and backlashes against gender equality by adopting and implementing concrete, efficient and ambitious rules and policies on preventing and combating violence;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that special attention must be paid to women and girls fleeing war, particularly in the case of Ukrainian women in the aftermath of Russian attack(s);
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that the European institutions should behave as exemplary employers and establish zero-tolerance standards; calls on the Commission to assess, exchange and compare the existing best practices and to disseminate the results of this assessment as regards the most effective measures;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of the progress initiated by the MeToo campaign, which helped to break the silence and raise awareness of the need to implement better working conditions for all staff, cases of sexual harassment still occur in the European institutions, including Parliament as well as taking into account the new conditions of remote working and the subsequent lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic; recalls that these cases cast a shadow over the functioning of our institutions and undermine the confidence of EU citizens in them;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the EU Member States to strengthen awareness raising of equality bodies supervising discriminatory practices through adequate resources sufficient to ensure their effective functioning;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of prevention, with information and awareness-raising efforts, and the promotion of zero-harassment campaigns and policies; considers that the existing campaigns should be reinforced so that ignorance or a so called “lack of awareness” cannot be cited as an excuse for flagrant flouting of the rules;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sexual harassment cases are still under-reported because victims do not use the existing channels, demonstrating the need for further efforts with regard to the prevention of sexual harassment including information campaigns which can enable victims to recognise examples of harassment;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the duty of all of the European institutions to put in place all necessary policies to prevent and address all forms of harassment and violence, and urges them to ensure that all of the rules in place guarantee a zero-tolerance approach to any forms of misconduct and full support for all victims; calls on the European institutions to strengthen their internal rules and policies to ensure that in cases of harassment and violence, they should not only suspend the perpetrator, but also entirely remove their salary once proven guilty;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the harassment prevention training offered to Members, managers in Parliament’s Secretariat and staff; is convinced, however, that voluntary harassment prevention training has proven insufficient; calls for the introduction of mandatory training for all Members; calls for any reprimand for those who do not comply to be proportionate and respectful of the Member’s elected status and their right to excersise their mandate; suggests that one potential measure could perhaps include a formal ban on Members’ participation in missons;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the measures implemented under the ‘Updated Roadmap for the adaptation of preventive and early support measures to deal with conflict and harassment between Members of the EP and APAs, trainees and other staff’ adopted by the Bureau on 12 March 2018, and the Gender Action Plan; calls for the improvement, on a regular basis, of awareness raising for all persons working on Parliament’s premises about the zero- harassment policy, in order to provide them with the tools to recognise all forms of harassment and to report it; calls for more data so as to ascertain the extent of which harrasment affects employees within the EP including a particular focus on the LGBTI community;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the work of the Advisory Committee on Harassment and its prevention at the workplace and the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament; calls for full transparency about how Parliament is addressing issues of harassment, while protecting the identity of those affected, and invites both committees to draft and publish their monitoring reports and risk assessments annually on the European Parliament website; calls for an independent evaluation of the measures in place by external and auditors selected in a transparent procedurein a transparent procedure; emphasises the need to apply the legal principle that every accused person is innocent until proven guilty;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for the composition of the advisory committees to be updated to ensure an equal representation of exthat internal experts with proven expertise in tackling harassment in the workplace, including doctors, therapists and legal experts in the domain of harassment and to change their status to full members with voting rights; calls for the creation of a confidential register of cases over time, as already requested in the resolutions dating from 2017 and 2021;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14