Activities of Edite ESTRELA related to 2010/2209(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU policy framework to fight violence against women (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women PDF (234 KB) DOC (137 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas information, awareness- raising and education are key instruments in preventing and combating gender- based violence,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women who are the victims of violence are three to eight times more likely to have sick children, to be unemployed or, if employed, fail to obtain promotion and to seek heathcare, and are more likely to commit suicide,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Eb (new)
Recital Eb (new)
Eb. whereas approximately one-quarter of women have been the victims of at least one act of physical violence during their lives, at least one in ten have been victims of sexual violence, and between 12 and 15% have been or are in marital relations in which they suffer domestic abuse,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E C (new)
Recital E C (new)
Ec. whereas, according to the existing studies concerning Council of Europe member states, the annual cost of violence against women is estimated to be in the region of EUR 33 billion [1] [1] 'Combating violence against women – Stocktaking study on the measures and actions taken in Council of Europe member states', Council of Europe, 2006
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- creation of partnerships with higher education institutions with a view to providing training courses on gender- based violence for professionals in the relevant fields, especially judges, officials of the criminal police, health and education professionals and victim support staff,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
– integration of specific identification and diagnosis mechanisms in hospital emergency services and the primary care network, with a view to consolidating a more efficient access and monitoring system for the victims concerned,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
– closer dialogue among representatives of the law and the various stakeholders, with a view to preventing the crime of gender-based violence and its recurrence, with specific forms of intervention vis-à- vis the aggressors,
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to submit a study on the financial impact of violence against women, building on research using methodologies enabling the quantification in financial terms of the impact of this form of violence on health services, welfare systems and the labour market;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8. Reiterates the need to work not only with the victims but also with the aggressors, with a view to enhancing the awareness of the latter and contributing to changing the stereotypes and socially determined beliefs which help perpetuate the conditions that generate this type of violence and the acceptance of it;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that prevention policy should be grounded in the promotion of a culture of citizenship and non-violence, with a view to eradicating stereotyped representations of gender roles; this will require the involvement of various sectors of society (schools, local authorities, civil society organisations and employers);