Activities of Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ related to 2010/2209(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU policy framework to fight violence against women (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the term ‘violence against women’ means any act of gender-based violence that 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 life3 . It should also be stated that violence against men and children has the same repercussions. For child victims, this may cause a recurring phenomenon in which children are raised to accept violence as a norm, which may increases the likelihood that they themselves will go on to carryout such acts at school, or later on in life,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence is an extremely traumatic experience for any man, woman or child, but gender-based violence is preponderantly inflicted by men onperson, whose consequences, whether physical or psychological, often stay with the victim throughout their life; whereas, however, women and, girls, and both reflects and reinforces inequities between men and women and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victimschildren are the most frequent victims of various forms of violence both in the home and outside it,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas male violence against womperpetrated against women, mostly by men, not only reflects but also reinforces the inequality between men and women and thus often shapes women’s place in society: their health, access to employment and education, integration into social and cultural activities, economic independence, participation in public and political life and decision-making, and relations with men,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is no regular and comparable data collection on different types of violence against women in the European Union, which makes it difficult to ascertain the real extent of the phenomenon and to find appropriate solutions to the problem. Reliable data collection is highly problematic as women and men are reluctant through fear or shame to report their experiences to the relevant stakeholders,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 6
Paragraph 1 – indent 6
– minimum requirements set up by Member States as to the number of victim support structures per 10 000 inhabitants for victims of gender-based violence in the form of centres with specific expertise to help victims,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 7
Paragraph 1 – indent 7
– minimum standards set up by Member States to ensure that victims have professional support in the form of advice from a legal practitioner irrespective of their role in the criminal proceedings,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 8
Paragraph 1 – indent 8
– plans to develop methodological guidelines and undertake new data collection efforts to obtain statistical data on gender-based violence at Member State level;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Commission, using all available expertise, to develop and provide annual statistics on gender- based violencethe various forms of gender- and age-based violence, whether in the public or the domestic domain, including figures on how many women, girls and children are killed annually or physically, mentally or sexually attacked by their partner or ex- partner or a family member, based on data from the Member States;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will, in the form of a survey, interview a representative sample of womenn anonymous survey, with the help of specialists interview a representative group of victims and witnesses of violence from all Member States regarding their experiences of violence, and asks that the focus be placed on examining the actual responses women receive from the various authoritiesthese victims receive in practice from the responsible authorities, professional and support services when reporting;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States, in their national statistics, to make visible the magnitude of gender-based violence and to take steps to ensure that data are collected anonymously on gender- based violence, including the sex of the victims, sex of the perpetrators, their relationship, age, crime scene, and injuriphysical or psychological consequences;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. HighlightRecognises the serious problem of prostitution in the European Union and asks that the link between the legal framework of the Member State in question and the form and extent of the prostitution taking place be studied further;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the serious problem of domestic violence, which has specific characteristics, is mostly perpetrated by men against women and has disastrous consequences for all members of the family, especially the children; calls on the Member States to take proper account of this type of violence with the aim of exposing it and helping its victims; and stresses the need for open discussion of the phenomenon throughout society and support for preventive information campaigns;