9 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2022/2139(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Article 8 of TFEU and its commitment to promote gender equality in all of Union’s actions;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas the Turkish-occupied territories of Cyprus are used by human traffickers to exploit vulnerable women with the promise of student visas and student registration, only for them to be coerced into prostitution upon arrival and put through inhumane living conditions; whereas the Turkish-occupied territories of Cyprus serve as an area of impunity for human traffickers working in forced prostitution;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous factors cause people to enter prostitution, including poverty, social exclusion, structural violence faced by women and a migration background;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consent can only be given freely when there is no power imbalance between the people involved; notes, at the same time, that it can be extremely difficult for people to realise that they are victims, especially when they doare not knowaware of their rights, and recalls the dynamics of an abusive relationship;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the deterioration of the social and economic situation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased all forms of abuse and violence against women, including prostitutionwomen resorting to prostitution in precarious situations; warns that this will be further aggravated by the current energy and cost-of-living crisis;
Amendment 283 #
14 a. Stresses the need to tackle forced prostitution in the EU’s occupied territories, and calls on the Commission to address this issue with immediate effect;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the gender-specific nature of prostitution reflects and replicates the prevailing power relations; stresses that the majority of sex workers are women which widens the inequality gap between the genders and that prostitution and sexual exploitation are both a cause and a consequence of the unequal treatment of women and men and replicate and perpetuate stereotypes about women and men;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recognises that prostitution is linked to structural violence to which women are disproportionally exposed and that often creates precarious life situations that drive women and girls into prostitution; underlines as well that prostitution is difficult to escape from;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to take action in the areas of prevention, decriminalisation of people in prostitution, exit programmes, demand reduction, punishment of clients, destigmatisation and the elimination of stereotypes; calls on the Member States to reduce demand while protecting women and their rights, to end the criminalisation and stigmatisation of people in prostitution and to ensure exit strategies and unconditional access to social security systems and reintegration by going towards the Nordic/Equality model;