Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2007/2263(INI)
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Amendments (11)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, according to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, prostitution and the traffic in persons, which is often associated with it, are incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person and endanger the welfare of the individual, the family and the community,
Amendment 35 #
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 on condom use or otherwise control the terms under which sex takes place,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas prostitution is a low skilled occupation and many prostituted women have lower levels of education are members of an ethnic minority and are of a low socio- economic background,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas it is demand for prostitution which bolsters the market and associated business, thus sustaining traffic in persons and, more generally, exploitation of women,
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. DeIdentifines violence as a health problem, i e victims of violence suffer a wide array ofgainst prostituted women as a source of physical and mental health problems;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the health effects of the sex industry are not something that can be isolated within the sex industry, but also affect the wider community. Purchasers of prostituted women's services who refuse to wear a condom are spreading STDs, most importantly HIV/AIDS, in their sexual encounters outside the sex industry; in this context, encourages Member States to penalise the negligent transmission of diseases endangering public and individual health in connection with the supply of sexual services;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that providing decent working conditions for impoverished women and better social integration of migrants could help lessen recourse to prostitution;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks associated with prostitution and the need to combat paedophilia;