11 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2013/2066(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Roma women suffer much more serious multiple discrimination than Roma men and non-Roma women in all areas of society and the labour market, including persistent discrimination based on deep-rooted stereotypes which are nothing more than examples of underlying racism against the Roma;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Roma women are forced to abide by patriarchal and sexist traditions which prevent them from exercising their freedom to make their own decisions about fundamental issues such as education, work, sexual and reproductive health and even marriage;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee the involvement of Roma women in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the EU strategy and the national strategies on Roma inclusion;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the rights of Roma women, specifically targeting all Roma in order to combat patriarchal and sexist traditions rooted in Roma communities which prevent women from this ethnic group from exercising freely their rights and lifestyle choices;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse and eliminate the barriers to (re)entering the labour market and self-employment of Roma women and, furthermore, to place due emphasis on the role of women in the economic empowerment of marginalised Roma communities and the setting up of businesses;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to include in their national Roma inclusion strategies tailored programmes for the active inclusion of Roma women in the labour market and to make life-long learning available in order to acquire marketable skills; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include as a horizontal objective the capacity building and empowerment of Roma women in all priority areas of the national strategies on Roma inclusion;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges Member States to include as top priorities of the national strategies measures to improve protection of the reproductive and sexual health of Roma women, to prevent and eradicate the phenomenon of forced sterilisation, to encourage family planning and sex education and to protect girls and teenagers from early marriage;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States and local and regional authorities to develop and implement policies to guarantee that all Roma women, even those from the most excluded communities, have access to primary, emergency and preventive health care services and to organise training activities for health care workers in an effort to eliminate prejudice against Roma;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to investigate, ban and prosecute direct and indirect discrimination against Roma women in exercising their fundamental rights and in accessing public services as well as to prevent any further discrimination; stresses the importance of conducting awareness-raising campaigns to combat discrimination and eliminate racist stereotypes of Roma, and Roma women in particular;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States to address all forms of violence against women, with special regard to Roma women, and to support victims of domestic violence and human trafficking by ensuring proper resources for related public services and by providing assistance also through mainstream services, such as health, employment and education; urges the Commission to support government and civil society initiatives to address these problems and guarantee the fundamental rights of victims;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage the exchange of information and best practices on the integration of Roma women in all areas of society;