Activities of Anna HEDH related to 2011/2069(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2010 - 2011) (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the 1949 UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Member States to set specific employment targets in the framework of their National Reform Programmes to ensure that women have equal access with men to enter and stay in the labour market; with a view to closing the entrenched gender pay and pension gaps these targets must address the persistent concentration of women in part-time, low-pay and precarious work and ensure sufficient quality care facilities for children and other dependents;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the EU to put an end to policies establishing dependency between family members in the framework of family reunion and calls on the EU and its Member States to grant migrant women an autonomous residence status, especially in cases of domestic violence;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Considers that women’s underrepresentation in political decision- making is a question of fundamental rights and democracy; welcomes the legislated parity systems and gender quotas introduced in France, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, Portugal and Poland, and calls on the Member States with particularly low representation of women in political assemblies to consider introducing binding legislative measures;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Considers that violence against women is the most pervasive violation of girls’ and women’s human rights worldwide, including in the EU; calls on the EC to establish 2015 as the European Year to End Violence against Women, and to deliver a related EU-wide strategy to end violence against women as announced in the Council Conclusions of March 2010, comprising legally binding instruments, awareness raising actions, data collection, and funding for NGOs;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Reiterates its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 10 February 20101 and 8 March 20112 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009 and 2010; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion, sexuality education and funding cuts to family planning; 1 P7_TA(2010)0021 2 P7_TA(2011)0085
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality in coordination with the Fundamental Rights Agency to conduct research and provide guidance at European and Member State level as regards the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities; particular attention should be paid to practices of forced sterilisation and coerced abortion, which may amount to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment and should, therefore, be prosecuted and punished;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Notes that there is a huge disparity in recognition of gender-based persecutions in asylum procedures in the EU; calls on Member States to adopt and implement gender guidelines for initial decision makers and judges based on UNHCR gender-relevant guidelines and the European Asylum Support Office to develop tools to ensure a gender equality perspective in the Common European Asylum System;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers that the tolerance for prostitution in Europe leads to an increase in trafficking of women into Europe for sexual purposes and to sex tourism; calls on the EU to set up mechanisms to ensure that the gender- equality analysis of trafficking in human beings is part of all laws and policies aimed at preventing and combating trafficking and to address the root causes of trafficking through preventive measures such as sanctions, education and awareness campaigns;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Stresses the need to integrate the necessary gender equality dimension of victim’s rights in the proposed directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime; the definition of gender-based violence should refer to violence against women and the definition of violence in close relationships needs a concrete gender dimension;