5 Amendments of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2011/2069(INI)
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to establish complaints procedures that ensure that a victim of multiple discrimination, taking into account that women are specially targeted by these, can lodge a single complaint addressing more than one ground of discrimination; considers appropriate to support the activities of human rights defenders and the development of collective actions by marginalised people and communities;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the decision to make 2012 the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations; calls on the Member States to enhance the quality of elderly people’s lives by providing adequate social services, combating abuse against them and promoting their independence by supporting the renovation and accessibility of housing; recalls that elderly women live more often under the poverty line due to the gender pay gap and later the pension gap;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to focus on effective legal migration policies and to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; underlines that special attention should be given to women migrants who are particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Welcomes the ‘EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012–2016 and the work of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator; recalls that Council Directive 2004/81/EC of 29 April 2004 on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities, and Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals are useful tools for the protection of victims of trafficking and should be fully implemented;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission to make a comparative study on electoral rights at national and EU level in order to identify divergences that have an unfair impact on certain categories of persons in the EU, and to accompany it with appropriate recommendations on overcoming discrimination; recalls the importance of preferential treatment and special measures in promoting the representation of people from different backgrounds and disadvantaged groups in decision-making positions;