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27 Amendments of Lissy GRÖNER related to 2007/2263(INI)

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

– having regard to the Swedish legislation that criminalises the purchase of sexual services which came into force in 1999, and its positive effects on the prevention of trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes and prostitution in and to Sweden,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

~~– having regard to the Finnish legislation of 2006 criminalising the purchase of sexual services from a victim of trafficking or procuring,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~– having regard to the proposal by the Norwegian government to criminalise the purchase of sexual services of July 2007,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

– having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1997 on the need to establish a European Union wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence against women1 and the designation of a European Year against Violence against Women and Children,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas research from the WHO in 2005 shows that prostituted women are at a high risk of violence and sexual violence such as rape, ~~being threatened with a weapon and strangulation,~~

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas research from Canada shows that prostituted persons are 60 to 120 times more likely to be beaten or murdered than the general public,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas there is a link between experience of violence and sexual abuse and entry into prostitution as well as drug use and abuse,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas sexual abuse in childhood ~~is associated with greater vulnerability to "revictimisation" in adulthood including involvement~~ often starts a circle of violence for the people concerned, and whereas studies show that 60-70 % of prostituted women report being p~~rostitutio~~hysically abused as children,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas studies show that 60-70% of prostituted women report being physically abused as children and that there is a link between parental alcohol and drug abuse and entry into prostitution,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas common psychological health problems for prostituted women include: depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, traumatic stress, sleep disorders, flashbacks and migraines. Research also shows that the post-traumatic stress syndrome prostituted women experience is similar to that experienced by political prisoners,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas prostituted women may develop psychological health problems,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas an Australian study shows that a high percentage of prostituted women have experienced violence (85%) and rape (40%) as well as several traumatic experiences (93%) and depression (87%). 75% had been sexually abused before the age of 16 and 81% during the course of their work,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

~~L. whereas men who have ever paid for sex are significantly more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infection,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

~~M. whereas many prostituted women suffer harmful consequences from clients under the influence of alcohol such as excessive demands and unpredictable aggression,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

~~N. whereas there is a link between alcohol consumption and unprotected sex,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas experience from Australia shows that even when prostitution is completely legalised, prostitution comes with many risks in terms of violence, diseases and injuries which renders it unsafe and makes the work and working environment dangerous,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Identifies violence towards prostituted women as a major health problem in prostitution;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more exposed to all forms of violence than other women;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, traumatic stress, sleep disorders, flashbacks and migraines;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recognises that the purchasers of prostitutes' services who refuse to wear a condom - and even pay extra money not to - are at risk of ~~contract~~spreading sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDS, further;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
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;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Identifies violence in the sex industry as inseparable from the industry as such. A large proportion of what are considered normal services delivered by prostituted women is defined as violence in the criminal system;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Urges Member States to examine how large the proportion of people being infected by HIV/AIDS through prostitution is;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Urges Member States where prostitution is legal or regulated to implement the same legal framework on safety in the workplace as in other areas of the labour market;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Urges Member States to investigate the levels of alcohol and drug use among prostituted women, since several studies from Canada and Australia show extremely high levels;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Member States to investigate the levels of drug abuse among prostituted women and how this has caused them to become prostituted women but also how the abuse increases their exposure to health risks;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to conduct a study on how pornography contributes to an increase in the size of the sex industry, in relation to the above-mentioned CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No. 19;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM