Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2013/2065(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women with disabilities PDF (272 KB) DOC (148 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women with disabilities
Amendments (13)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reminds governments that discrimination on grounds of disability is forbidden and calls on Member States to make more ambitious efforts to remove the remaining obstacles;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Deplores the fact that Council has not finalised its work on the Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation yet, despite Parliament's position from 2009; calls on the Council to ensure this legislation is adopted by the end of the current parliamentary term;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Union and the Member States to facilitate the participation of all citizens in the democratic process in terms of both the right to vote and the right to stand as a candidate, the right to participate in public meetings and the right to contribute to the democratic process;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Union to further support mothers with disabilities ordisabled parents and disabled children, with special regard to their difficult position in the labour market, by maintaining or setting up services better tailored to their needs, by removing obstacles and by awareness-raising for employers as well as employees.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women with disabilities often suffer double discrimination, and whereas the Commission and Member States can counter this phenomenon by implementing gender mainstreaming in all relevant areas of disability policy;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Member States and the European Union to acknowledge and address the issue of multiple discrimination which women with disabilities face;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Refers to estimates showing that women with disabilities are 1.5 to 10 times as likely to be abused as non-disabled women, depending on whether they live in the community or in institutions;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive strategy to fight violence against women as requested by Parliament in several resolutions and the latest in the Svensson report in April 2011; reiterates the need for the Commission to present a legislative criminal-law instrument to combat gender-based violence including the protection of rights of disabled women in cases of sexual abuse and violence in public and within their home environments;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Member States for appropriate measures to avoid all types of exploitation, violence and abuse against women and girls with disabilities through the provision of suitable community-based assistance and support, taking into consideration their specific needs, including assistive devices, to avoid isolation and confinement in the home, additionally, all such services and programmes should be closely monitored by independent authorities;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost barrier free accessibility for women and girls with reduced mobility and disabled women and girls to the transport infrastructure, the vehicles and the information and reservation formats;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Regrets that the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A Renewed commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe does not include an integrated gender perspective or a separate chapter on gender-specific disability policies, despite the fact that women with disabilities are often in a more disadvantaged position than men with disabilities and are more often victims of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States for the adoption of a horizontal anti- discrimination Directive which remove barriers in all areas of EU competence and which prevent disabled people and especially disabled women and girls from achieving their full potential for social participation and independence;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Commission to come up with a legislative proposal on carers' leave (or filial leave) before the end of the legislature that allows people to take a period of leave to take care of ill, disabled or impaired family members and/or to stay in employment when taking leave in order to care for dependant family members;