Activities of Michiel HOOGEVEEN 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 (28)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there are many women face intersecting inequalities and discrimination in the EU; whereas intersectional discrimination refers to a situation in which several grounds of discrimination operate and interact with each other, in a way that is inseparable and produces specific types of discrimination unique to each and every individual;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU policies have not involved an intersectional approach thus far and have focused only on theand gender policy experts have struggled to define intersectional discrimination; the prevailing academic view thus focuses on individual dimensions of discrimination, which downplaysstruggles to accommodate its institutional, structural and historical dimensions holistically;
Amendment 56 #
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 invisibleis inclusive of all women;
Amendment 63 #
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 ethnicityFundamentally opposes the statistical categorisation of people according to race or ethnicity and supports that processing of such personal data is prohibited in most member states. Welcomes therefore, that the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) refrains from this practice and calls upon the Commission to never allow any kind of race classification in the institutions;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas implementing intersectional policy means undertaking thorough impact assessments of policies and legislation, removing measures that are detrimental to marginalised groups at the intersections of discriminationviewing detrimental measures, studying marginalised groups, and securing the meaningful participation of people affected by inequalities in all their diversity;
Amendment 80 #
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; people of all genders may also face such obstacles; whereas across the EU, 91 % of Black women are overqualified in their jobs, compared to 48 % of white women;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas on several occasions, the respondents in the FRA LGBTI Survey II highlight additional grounds for discrimination, with 40 % facing additional discrimination on account of being member of an ethnic minority or having an immigrant background, 15 % on account of their skin colour, 36 % on account of having a disability and 28 % on account of religionwhich integration and linguistic classes should help minimize;
Amendment 102 #
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 discriminationappears to be founded on the basis of ethnicity, gender or socio-economic background, as these grounds are mutually reinforcing;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas high degrees of prejudice and the subsequent policies preventing Muslim women from wearing religious dress further trigger unequal treatment andintersectional discrimination as it relates to Muslim women multiplyies the barriers to accessing the labour market and housing, thereby keeping them in a precarious socio- economic situation;
Amendment 120 #
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 into accessing healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as a result of discriminatory laws and policies, stigma and stereotypes;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas intersecting types of discrimination can have a serious impact on the life of migrant women and their children, who are most frequently the survivors of gender-based violence such as female genital mutilation, for exampleced marriages and child marriages, 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; ;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for EU policymaking to addresswork on clearly defining intersecting forms of discrimination and calls for the polices under the Union of Equality to be strengthened and for an EU framework on intersectional discrimination with cross- cutting objectives and measures to be promoted; stressed the difficulty of holistically receiving answers on intersectional discrimination, a tool which calls for a holistic and expansive evaluation at each instance of application; underlines that it is unfeasible to do within the existing legal bounds of most Member States;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the creation ofMay consider supporting a mainstreaming mechanism for cooperation and coordination for EU and national equality policies, ensuring that all types of discrimination, especially those which intersect, are taken into account in the review and adoption of policies, including through systematic gender and equality impact assessments;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the appointment of a Commissioner for Equality and EU coordinators for combating racism, as well as for combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life; stresses that in order to institutionalise an approach that takes intersectionality into account, the Commission should appoint coordinators aligned with all of the individual Equality Strategies; stressed that before making any appointments on the basis of intersectionality, the Commission should be assured of the rigor of the definition of intersectional discrimination and its method of application;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the role and cooperation of the Commission’s Task Force on Equality to be reinforced and its cooperation with other bodies to be stepped up in order to ensureconsider that all policy measures include an intersectional perspective based on impact assessments of policies and legislation; intersectional discrimination will continue to be addressed on an evolutionary basis as methods to measure and address this form of discrimination are developed;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to operationalisetake an intersectionality in approach to the upcoming directive to strengthen the role and independence of equality bodies and to include the intersectionality perspective in the evaluation and implementation criteria of the Victims’ Rights Directive and the Anti-Trafficking Directive;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for positive action measures, such as quotas, for women facing intersectional discrimination in public institutions, including in the EU institutions, as a way to promote public institutions that reflect the diversity of society that do not discriminate against women while taking measures to ensure that the excellency of candidates is not compromised;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the Member States and the EU to provide implicit bias and awareness-raising training courses within theirconsider the effects of implicit bias within its institutions, including in judicial institutions, asylum processing and intake centres, education, and for the police, healthcare professionals and other civil servants, and to addressconsider the effects of the implicit biases on decisions, actions and interactions generated resulting from persistent stereotypes, and the under- representation of certain groups in these sectors;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the Council Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia13 , the Racial Equality Directive and the Employment Equality Directive are consistently implementedimplemented as consistently as all other EU directives; _________________ 13 Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 55.
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls forStresses the ability of individual Member States to organize awareness- raising campaigns to combat the gender and diversity segregation of the labour market, with the aim of countering prevalent prejudices, as manifested in the structural barriers faced by Roma and Muslim women, trans migrants and asylum seekers, and women with disabilities among others;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States toEncourages Member States to review their own labour markets and examine the possibility of supporting the creation of new legal pathways across sectors, including for medium- and low- skilled workers, that promote autonomy, decent work and social inclusion; notes that these measures can lead to a robust economy that is beneficial to all of its citizens;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on theEncourages Member States to ensureconsider universal health coverage and to urgently remove the barriers that exist to healthcare for all, including for undocumented migrantsconsider removing existing barriers to healthcare for all;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on theEncourages Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the SRHR of marginalised groups of women and to eradic; stresses thate the systemic, financial, legal, practical and social barriers they facissue of women's health affects the health of her entire family, and thus society as a larger whole;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the Member StatesUnderlines Member States have the right to ensure accessible and transparent legal gender recognition procedures based on self-determination and to recognise trans, non-binary and intersex people in law;