79 Amendments of Lissy GRÖNER
Amendment 7 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that all action for children’s rights should respect the priority role of the child’s parents and immediate family, and in particular the need to improve the position of mothers;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Condemns all forms of violence towards children: physical, psychological and sexual violence, sex-selective birth control, slavery, trafficking or sale of children or of their organs, child pornography, child prostitution and paedophilia, as well as extreme poverty, famine and armed conflict, and calls on the Commission to set up an aid programme and psychological assistance for children conceived as a result of mass rape and for their mothers;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns in particular specific violations of girls’ and women’s rights, such as so-called ‘honour’ crimes, forced marriages and genital mutilation, which can never be justified and must not be tolerated in any context, and calls for efforts to improve girls' access to education to be stepped up; points out in this connection that education is a significant step in terms of protection against exploitation;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on States giving and receiving development aid to include systematically in all exchanges a health clause to protect children, who are victims of extreme poverty and affected by pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, which are the main causes of death among children in developing countries, and calls for a gender-sensitive approach to be taken in this regard in order to tackle multiple discrimination against women and girls.
Amendment 25 #
2008/2203(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 10 #
2008/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on EUROPOL to set up a specific unit which dealings with child pornography and child prostitution, is composed of experts trained in gender specific issues; and considers cooperation with the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT);
Amendment 9 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in the light of the growing supply of information in conjunction with ongoing digitisation, the capacity must be developed to use media and their content effectively in accordance with one's own aims and needs, and whereas media education is a type of pedagogical approach to the media which should lead to critical and reflective use of all media,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. having regard to the objective of 'equal opportunities for all' and the EC Treaty, particularly Article 13 of the EC Treaty, which combats discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation,
Amendment 18 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas teachers play important social and developmental roles that extend beyond traditional subject boundaries, and can perform an important function as role models,
Amendment 40 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for media studies to be assigned priority in teacher training and for media studies modules already to be a compulsory element in the basic training of teachers;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for media competence to be promoted in the school, post-school and extramural education of teachers in the context of media studies and lifelong learning by means of cooperation between the public authorities and private industry;
Amendment 49 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of gender- sensitive teaching and of the gender aspect in teacher training;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to disseminate best practice models from the Member States which improve general life skills by means of school projects, e.g. healthy diet and sport, domestic science and private financial planning;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 17 c (new)
Article 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the Member States to include in teacher training conflict resolution programmes, so that teachers learn new strategies for coping with violence and aggression;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 17 d (new)
Article 17 d (new)
17d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include in teacher training basic knowledge about the European Union, its institutions and their mode of functioning and arrange for practical visits by trainee teachers to the European Institutions;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for every form of gender-related wage discrimination to be eradicated from education, cultural, sports, and communication circles, and considers the female dominance of part-time and temporary work to give cause for concern inasmuch as it proves that reconciling work, family life, and education depends essentially on women; calls, therefore, on the Member States to intensify their efforts to improve the publicly supported network of care services for dependants and education services for children so as to enable work, family life, and education to be brought more readily into balance, thereby promoting higher female employment for women and men alike, allowing family duties to be shared and increasing the proportion of women engaged in lifelong learning;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to combat existing forms of discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as referred to in Article 13 of the EC Treaty with a horizontal directive encompassing all forms of discrimination;
Amendment 42 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) To achieve true gender equality, it is essential for men to be given a binding entitlement to paternity leave, modelled on maternity leave – except as regards duration – with a view to gradually establishing the conditions required for balanced participation of men and women in work and family life. The same should apply for unmarried couples.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – Point 1
Article 1 – Point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article – Title
Article – Title
Amendment 91 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
(5) Member States shall ensure that any period of sick leavebsences from work due to illness or complications arising out of pregnancy doccurring four weeks or more before confinement does not impact on the duration of maternity leave.
Amendment 23 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Directive should apply to self- employed workers and assisting spouses, as both or life partners who participate in the activities of the business.
Amendment 33 #
Amendment 38 #
2008/0192(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 1
Article 7 — paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers and assisting spouses can, at their request, be entitled to the same period of maternity and parental leave as provided for in Directives 92/85/EEC and 96/34/EC.
Amendment 49 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Therefore, legislation should prohibit discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in a range of areas outside the labour market, including social protection, education and access to and supply of goods and services, including housing. It should provide for measures to ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to the areas covered.
Amendment 56 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Discrimination, including multiple discrimination, is understood to include direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, instructions to discriminate and, denial of reasonable accommodation, discrimination based on assumptions and discrimination by association.
Amendment 58 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
Amendment 58 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Title
Title
Proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender
Amendment 61 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the fundamental principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Article 10 of the Charter recognises the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Article 21 prohibits discrimination, including on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender; and Article 26 acknowledges the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Effective non-discriminatory access can be provided by a variety of means, including through "design for all" and through facilitating the use of assistive devices by persons with disabilities, including aids to mobility and access.
Amendment 65 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Therefore, legislation should prohibit discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender in a range of areas outside the labour market, including social protection, education and access to and supply of goods and services, including housing. It should provide for measures to ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to the areas covered.
Amendment 67 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In implementing the principle of equal treatment irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientationAs discrimination can occur on multiple grounds, in implementing the principle of equal treatment, the Community should, in accordance with Articles 3(2) and 13 of the EC Treaty, aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women, especially since women are often the victims of relating to sex, race or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or age, or a combination of these, and to promote equality, whatever combination of the above mentioned characteristics. When implementing the provisions of this Directive, Member States should take into account multiple discrimination.
Amendment 71 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The prohibition of discrimination should be without prejudice to the maintenance or adoption by Member States of measures intended to prevent or compensate for disadvantages suffered by a group of persons of a particular religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation. or gender. Such measures may permit organisations of persons of a particular religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender where their main object is the promotion of the special needs of those persons.
Amendment 74 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Persons who have been subject to discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age or, sexual orientation or gender should have adequate means of legal protection. To provide a more effective level of protection, associations, organisations and other legal entities should be empowered to engage in proceedings, including on behalf of or in support of any victim, without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts.
Amendment 77 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The rules on the burden of proof must be adapted when there is a prima facie case of discrimination and, for the principle of equal treatment to be applied effectively, the burden of proof must shift back to the respondent when evidence of such discrimination is brought. However, it is not for the respondent to prove that the plaintiff adheres to a particular religion or belief, has a particular disability, is of a particular age or has a particular sexual orientation or gender.
Amendment 79 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive lays down a framework for combating discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation or gender, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment other than in the field of employment and occupation.
Amendment 80 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Actuarial and risk factors related to disability and to age are used in the provision of insurance, banking and other financial services. These should not be regarded as constituting discrimination where the factors are shown to be keydetermining factors for the assessment of risk.
Amendment 82 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - indent b
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - indent b
b) indirect discrimination shall be taken to occur where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put persons of a particular religion or belief, a particular disability, a particular age, or a particular sexual orientation or gender at a particular disadvantage compared with other persons, unless that provision, criterion or practice is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.
Amendment 94 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While prohibiting discrimination, it is important to respect other fundamental rights and freedoms, including the protection of private and family life and transactions carried out in that context, the freedom of religion, and the freedom of association. This Directive is without prejudice to national laws on marital or family status, including on reproductive rights. It is also without prejudice to the secular nature of the State, state institutions or bodies, or education.
Amendment 100 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
With a view to ensuring full equality in practice, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting specific measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation or gender.
Amendment 103 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
1. 1. Member States shall designate a body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation or gender.
Amendment 109 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States are responsible for the organisation and content of education. The Commission Communication on Competences for the 21st Century: An Agenda for European Cooperation on Schools draws attention to the need for special attention to be paid to disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs. In particular national law may provideNotwithstanding the right to education, Member States may allow for differences in access to educational institutions based on religion or belief. Member States may also allow or prohibit the wearing or display of religious symbols at school when to require individuals, only on the basis of objective justifications, to act in good faith and with loyalty to the organization’s ethos and should not justify discrimination on any other ground.
Amendment 113 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The European Union in its Declaration No 11 on the status of churches and non- confessional organisations, annexed to the Final Act of the Amsterdam Treaty, has explicitly recognised that it respects and does not prejudice the status under national law of churches and religious associations or communities in the Member States and that it equally respects the status of philosophical and non-confessional organisations. Measures to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non- discriminatory access to the areas covered by this Directive play an important part in ensuring full equality in practice. Furthermore, individual measures of reasonable accommodation may be required in some cases to ensure such access. In neither case are measures required that would impose a disproportionate burden. In assessing whether the burden is disproportionate, account should be taken of a number of factors including the size, resources and nature of the organisation. The principle of reasonable accommodation and disproportionate burden are established in Directive 2000/78/EC and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Amendment 117 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Measures to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non- discriminatory access to the areas covered by this Directive play an important part in ensuring full equality in practice. Furthermore, individual measures of reasonable accommodation may be required in some cases to ensure such access. In neither case are measures required that would impose a disproportionate burden.
Amendment 129 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
1. This Directive lays down a framework for combating discrimination, including multiple discrimination, on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment other than in the field of employment and occupation. 2. Multiple discrimination occurs when discrimination is (a) on any combination of the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation, or (b) any one or more of the grounds set out in Article 1(1), and also on the ground of any one or more of (i) sex (in so far as the matter complained of is within the material scope of Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services as well as this Directive), (ii) racial or ethnic origin (in so far as the matter complained of is within the material scope of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin as well as this Directive), or 3. In this Directive multiple discrimination and multiple grounds shall be construed accordingly.
Amendment 169 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, Member States may provide that differences of treatment on grounds of age shall not constitute discrimination, if, within the context of national law, they are objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and if the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. In particular, this Directive shall not preclude the fixing of a specific age for access to social benefits, education and certain goods or servicesortionate and necessary.
Amendment 195 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - point d
(d) Access to and supply of goods and other services which are available to the public, including housing. Subparagraph (d) shall apply to individuals only insofar as they are performing a professional or commercial activity.
Amendment 205 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 245 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) The measures necessary to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non-discriminatory access to social protection, social advantages, health care, education and access to and supply of goods and services which are available to the public, including housing and transport, shall be provided by anticipation, including through appropriate modifications or adjustments. Such measures should not impose a disproportionate burden, nor require fundamental alteration of the social protection, social advantages, health care, education, or goods and services in question or require the provision of alternatives thereto.
Amendment 259 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of assessing whether measures necessary to comply with paragraph 1 would impose a disproportionate burden, account shall be taken, in particular, of the size and resources of the organisation, its nature, the estimated cost, the life cycle of the goods and services, and the possible benefits of increased access for persons with disabilities. The burden shall not be disproportionate when it is sufficiently remedied by measures existing within the framework of the equal treatment policy of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 301 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate an independent functioning body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. These bodies may form part of agencies charged at national level with the defence of human rights or the safeguard of individuals' rights, includingthe rights under other Community acts including Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC.
Amendment 324 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In order to take account of particular conditions, Member States may, if necessary, establish that the obligacomply with the obligation to provide effective non-discriminatory access to existing infrastructures, policies or procedures within the meaning of article 4.1(a), Member States may, if necessary, have an additional period of 10 years [from the deadline for transposition] to provide effective access as set out in Article 4 has to bcomply with this provision. Member States wishing to use the additional period shall submit to the Commission a plan for progressive complianced with by … [at the latest] four [years after adoption]. the requirements found in article 4.1(a), including targets, means and timeline. Any Member States wishinghich chooses to use this additional period shall informreport annually to the Commission aton the latest by the date set down in paragraph 1 giving reasonssteps taken to provide effective non- discriminatory access and on the progress towards implementation of article 4(1)(a). The Commission shall report annually to the Council.
Amendment 327 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The European Commission shall propose a new directive in which all of the separate directives based on article 13 EC will be assembled by .... at the latest [2 years after adoption]. In this new directive all grounds for discrimination will enjoy the same level of protection.
Amendment 3 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 4 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 5 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 7 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
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,
Amendment 32 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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,
Amendment 38 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 41 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 44 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
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 prostitutiohysically abused as children,
Amendment 45 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 48 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 50 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas prostituted women may develop psychological health problems,
Amendment 53 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 71 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 74 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 77 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 85 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 118 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 125 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more exposed to all forms of violence than other women;
Amendment 138 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 155 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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 contractspreading sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDS, further;
Amendment 163 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 169 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 172 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 188 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 193 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 208 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 216 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23