Activities of Monica FRASSONI related to 2007/2263(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to the Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe adopted at the European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration held on 15-17 October 2005 in Brussels,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual as well as other forms of exploitation, is one the most egregious violations of human rights, and whereas trafficking in human beings is growing globally as a result of the increase in organised crime and its profitability,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the term “violence against women” is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence, which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life,
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Defines violence against women as 'any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life' in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Calls on the EU Member States and all other States to address the structural problems involved (poverty, political instability/war, gender inequality, unequal opportunities, lack of education and training), including in prostitutes' countries of origin, as the case may be, to prevent people from being 'forced' into prostitution by circumstances;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that social, legal, interpersonal and epidemiological factors create the conditions in which HIV and STDs rapidly spread; calls for an effective targeted response in order to promote safer behaviour, to improve access to effective health and social services and to address the underlying structural and occupational dimensions of vulnerability;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Refers to the report by the German Government on the impact of the Prostitution Act, pointing out that recent scientific evidence shows that prostitutes are not the main group affected by HIV/AIDS;