Activities of Samira RAFAELA related to 2021/2243(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on intersectional discrimination in the European Union: the socio-economic situation of women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Asian descent
Amendments (27)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— - having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2022 on the EU Gender Action Plan III5
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas intersectional approach aims to address social inequalities and discrimination from a complete, systemic and structural perspective, permitting an apprehension of all types and dimensions of discrimination; whereas EU policies have not involved anthe intersectional approach thus far andity thus far; whereas they have focused only on the individual dimensions of discrimination, which downplays its institutional, structural and historical dimensions;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the achievement of gender equality cannot occur if all multiples types of discrimination, intentional and unintentional, in its individual, structural, institutional and historical forms, have not disappeared; whereas traditional anti-discrimination laws fail to combat all forms of discrimination and their compounded negative effects on the women concerned;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women are not a homogenous category and understanding their diversity is key to ensuring that policymaking does not continue to render certain groups of women invisible; whereas women, particularly women with disabilities, migrant and ethnic minority women, Black women, women of colour, Roma women, older women, women with lower education levels, women with health problems, as well as LGBTI+ women, are more often subject to multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a key challenge in operationalising intersectionality and addressing intersecting forms of discrimination is the absence of intersectional equality data, including data disaggregated by race and ethnicity; whereas the collection and research of all data should be in line with the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women subjected to intersecting types of discrimination face multiple obstacles in accessing the formal labour market, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation, sexual harassment and mistreatment; whereas across the EU, 91 % of Black women are overqualified in their jobs, compared to 48 % of white women and on the work floor consistently deal with discrimination and micro-agressions, resulting in higher rates of burnout;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women subjected to intersecting types of discrimination face multiple obstacles in accessing the formal labour market, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation, sexual harassment and mistreatment; whereas across the EU, 91 % of Black women are overqualified in their jobs, compared to 48 % of white womekey areas such as employment, health and education, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination, gender based violence and economic exploitation;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas they nearly three quarters (72%) of all victims of trafficking in the EU and 92% of the victims trafficked for sexual exploitation are women and girls, whereas women in precarious situations facing poor housing conditions, social exclusion and discrimination are even more vulnerable;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas in the field of employment women continue to be overrepresented in precarious and low-payed sectors, facing discrimination, sexual harassment, mistreatment; whereas barriers to join and remain in the labour market are often amplified by the intersection of gender with additional factors of vulnerability and marginalisation, for example racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate effect on the job stability of all women but particularly Black women, women of colour and women from minorities, and the economic recovery and job recovery lags behind specifically for Black women compared to white women;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the high unemployment rate among Roma women cannot be explained by one single factor, such as discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender or socio-economic background, as these grounds are mutually reinforcing; whereas only 16% of Roma women are employed compared to 34% of Roma men; whereas more than a quarter (28 %) of Roma women are engaged in unpaid domestic work including care of children and relatives, compared to 6 % for men, reinforcing the difficulty to break the poverty cycle;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas racialised women, women from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, women with disabilities and LGBTIQ people face additional barriers and violence in accessing healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as a result of discriminatory laws and policies, stigma and stereotypes; whereas these women are more likely to face the gynaecological and obstetrical violence during the pregnancy and the delivery;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the lack of comprehensive education and the unavailability of methods of contraception affect in a disproportional way women in vulnerable or precarious situations, who are more subject to the risk to unwanted pregnancies;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas it is essential to improve accessibility to health care, knowledgeableness and also effectively preventing, eliminating and penalizing all forms of discrimination in access to health care for all women and reinforce their ability to exercise their fundamental rights;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas intersecting types of discrimination can have a serious impact on the life of survivorvictims of gender-based violence such as female or intersex genital mutilation, for example by limiting or impeding their access to the prevention, support and protection services they need as a result of a combination of types of discrimination and cultural and linguistic barriers; whereas professionals entering in contact with victims of gender-based violence often lack formation including the intersectional approach; whereas the gender-based violence is both the consequence and one of the causes of persisting gender inequalities;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas ending child marriage is considered a priority in the 2015-2019 Action plan on human rights and democracy, the EU Gender action plan for 2016-2020 and the EU Strategic engagement to gender equality 2016-2019, it still occurs in some Member States; whereas this issue is widespread in marginalized communities, affected by low levels of education and high rates of poverty; whereas the Istanbul Convention calls for criminalising the act of forcing a child to enter into marriage, some Member states still refuse to ratify it and in their legislation they allow child marriages;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas women with disabilities are 10 times more likely to experience physical or sexual assault compared to women without disabilities; whereas trans women and intersex persons experience further physical violence and sexual assaults than other LGBTQ+ categories; whereas 27 % of the Muslim women of African descent who have indicated that they wear religious dress outside of the house report that they have experienced inappropriate staring or offensive gestures;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas too many women and particularly migrant and ethnic minority women, Black women and women of colour, Roma women, LGBTI+ women continue to be subjected to sexual harassment in public spaces and in the workplace because of persisting stereotypes;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to collect equality data, including data disaggregated by gender, racial and ethnic originrobust, disaggregated and comparable equality data, based on voluntary participation, anonymity, confidentiality, self- identification and informed consent, while respecting the key principles of data protection and fundamental rights;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the Member States to adopt or strengthen criminal and civil laws prohibiting both intersectional and multiple discrimination;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need for a comprehensive directive on gender-based violence with an intersectional approach, covering all women and girls in all their diversity and LGBTIQ people on the grounds of gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics; regrets that the Proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence does not include an intersectional approach;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls upon all EU institutions, bodies and agencies and Member States to step up their response to the phenomenon of harassment of women; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to counter online harassment which targets girls and women disproportionately, particularly those in public and political life;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for positive action measures, such as quotasuch as incentive mechanisms, mentorships, for women facing intersectional discrimination in public institutions, including in the EU institutions, as a way to promote public institutions that reflectin order to ensure a fair representation of the diversity of society in decision-making;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to take note of the compounded effect of intersectional discrimination on the access health care diagnosis, particularly concerning reproductive health and specifically for Black women, women of colour and minority women;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the SRHR of marginalised groups of women and to eradicate the systemic, financial, legal, practical and social barriers they face; invites the Member States to help women in a vulnerable or precarious situation to access free contraception in all its different forms, to ensure that they won’t face any discriminatory practices in access to health services;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges the Member States to take swift, effective and coordinated action to protect the human rights and address the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls and marginalized populations affected by the conflict in Ukraine;