12 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2011/2273(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Daphne is the only programme of this type that aims to combat violence against women, children and young people across the European Union as a whole; whereas, therefore, continued funding for the Daphne programme is vital in order to maintain the measures currently in force and introduce new measures that will be effective in combating all types of violence against children, young people and women;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Parliament has pointed out in numerous resolutions that the Daphne programme has been underfunded so far, and has stated its intention to ensure that it has sufficient funding so that it can tackle the real needs involved in the fight against all types of violence against women, children and young people;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Commission stresses in its strategy for gender equality 2010-2015 that gender-based violence is one of the key problems to be addressed in order to achieve genuine gender equality;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas violence against women, children and young people encompasses all kinds of human rights violations, such as sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, prostitution, people trafficking, violation of sexual and reproductive rights, violence against women and young people at work, violence against women, children and young people in conflict situations, violence against women, children and young people in prison or care institutions, and several harmful traditional practices such as genital mutilation; whereas any one of these abuses can leave deep psychological scars, damage the physical and mental integrity of women, children and young people and in some instances even result in their death;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas various studies on gender- based violence estimate that one-fifth to one-quarter of all women in Europe have experienced physical acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force; whereas research also shows that 26% of children and young people report physical violence in childhood;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas gender-based violence is a structural and widespread problem throughout Europe and the world, and it is a phenomenon that involves victims and perpetrators of all ages, educational backgrounds, incomes and social positions and is linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men in our society;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women in the European Union are not equally protected against male violence, due to differing policies and legislation in the Member States;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets the Court of Auditors' observations in the Annual Report concerning undue payments in the implementation of the Daphne II project; urges the Commission to follow up the situation and ensure proper implementation of the Daphne programme in the future;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the Daphne programme's added value for the EU, enabling various organisations in the Member States to cooperate on preventing and reducing violence and to benefit from the exchange of knowledge and best practice; points out, further, that projects funded under Daphne III have created associations and stable structures which will continue to support target groups in the longer term and which have prompted policy changes at national and EU level;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that it is important for the Daphne programme to take due account of the specific circumstances of certain categories of women, children and young people who are particularly vulnerable to violence, such as those belonging to minorities, immigrants, refugees, those living in poverty in rural or isolated communities, those in prison or other institutions, homosexuals, those with disabilities, and older women;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the importance of actions under the Daphne III programme to prevent and combat violence against women but nevertheless reiterates the need for legislative measures at European level to eradicate gender-based violence;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the commitment by the Commission in its Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme to present in 2011-2012 a ‘Communication on a strategy to combat violence against women, domestic violence and female genital mutilation, to be followed up by an EU action plan’[1]; [1] COM(2010) 171 Delivering an area of freedom, security and justice for Europe's citizens, Action plan Implementing the Stockholm Programme, p. 13.