13 Amendments of Eva-Britt SVENSSON related to 2007/2263(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas research from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000 shows that armed conflict results in an increased incidence of rape and prostitution and that rape and sexual assault of women and children are often used as a weapon against the civilian population,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas research from the WHO in 2005 shows that prostituted women are at a high risk of violence and sexual violence such as rape, being threatened with a weapon and strangulation, including such severe violence which results in a fatal outcome,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the United Nations Development Fund for Women in 2005 stated that women's exposure to violence increases their exposure to HIV/AIDS. Vulnerability is extremely high in coercive situations such as trafficking for prostitution and, child prostitution, where women and girls have little power to insist and prostitution since prostituted persons condom use or otherwiseannot control the terms under which sex takes place,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is a strong link between experience of violence and sexual abuse and entry into prostitution as well as drug use and abuse,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas studies show that 60-70% of prostituted women report being physically abused as children and that there is a link between parental alcohol and drug abuse and entry into prostitution,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas there is a link between alcohol consumptionpurchasing sexual services and unprotected sex,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas experience from Australia shows that even when prostitution is completely legalised, prostitution comes with many risks in terms of violence, diseases and injuries which renders it unsafe and makes the work and working environment dangerousand increases ill health,
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of physical and psychological injuries related, not only to extraordinary violence, but also to the everyday practice of prostitution;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Member States to investigate the levels of drugall forms of abuse among prostituted women and how this has caused them to become prostituted women but also how the abuse increases their exposure to health risks;