13 Amendments of Samira RAFAELA related to 2021/2181(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas an estimated 736 million women worldwide – almost one third of all women – have been subjected to intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their lifetime1 ; whereas one out of two children experience violence every year; _________________ 1UN Women, ‘Facts and figures: Ending violence against women’, https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/ending-violence-against-women/facts- and-figures. Accessed 24 September 2021.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas violence experienced by women and girls during armed conflict ranges from physical, sexual to psychological violence perpetrated by both state and non-state actors including murder, unlawful killings, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, abductions, maiming and mutilation, forced recruitment of women combatants, rape, sexual slavery, sexual exploitation, involuntary disappearance, arbitrary detention, forced marriage, forced prostitution, forced abortion, forced pregnancy and forced sterilisation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas according to UNODC’s 2020 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons female victims continue to be the primary targets, showing that in 2018 46 percent of detected victims were women and 19 percent girls;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas data shows that women are still underrepresented at all levels of decision-making worldwide, and achieving gender parity in political life is far off;1a _________________ 1ahttps://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we- do/leadership-and-political- participation/facts-and-figures.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of advancing gender equality and women’s rights, which are an integral component of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; stresses that gender mainstreaming is an official policy approach, enshrined in the EU treaties, to promote gender equality in the EU’s external policies and programmes, hand in hand with its internal policies; underlines the necessity of an intersectional approach to gender equality; Calls on the Commission to implement the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the rise of violence against women and girls worldwide; calls for greater and targeted action to combat femicidon the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community for greater and targeted action to combat femicide and other forms of gender based violence, including sexual, physical and psychological violence; highlights the increase of gender based violence during the COVID crisis and calls for tailored action in this regard; welcomes the work of the Spotlight Initiative;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that women are still underrepresented in political and other leadership roles around the world; calls on the EU and partner countries to implement measures to ensure the full participation and inclusion of women in political, business and public life; commends the indispensable work of women human rights defenders and asks the EU to step up its efforts to support and protect them;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, protect and help victims and increase their access to justice; underlines the importance of the inclusion of women in peace negotiations;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and global actors to step up the fight against sexual exploitation, forced labour and human trafficking;trafficking in human beings, the victims of which are more often women and girls; welcomes the Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025) and requests its full implementation, paying particular attention to the protection of vulnerable groups, such as children, women and LGBTIQ+ people.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that children, particularly girls, continue to suffer offline and online violence and abuse, including female genital mutilation, forced and early marriage, sexual and mental abuse and child labour; Calls on the Commission and Member States to enhance the fight against gender based violence and to combat child sexual abuse; Welcomes the EU strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse (2020-2025), the EU strategy on the rights of the child (2021-24) and calls on the Commission to implement both as soon as possible; calls on the Council to conclude the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the fact that millions of girls worldwide do not have access to education; calls on the EU and the Member States to support worldwide actions to provide girls with quality education;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that LGBTIQ+ women face intersectional discrimination.; calls on the Member States to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTIQ+ people both within the EU and externally; welcomes the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and calls on the Commission to implement it;