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20 Amendments of Alessandra MORETTI related to 2021/2035(INL)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
– having regard to Articles 8 and 10, Article 19, Article 83(1) and Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 march 2020 entitled "A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025",
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 24 June 2020 entitled "EU Strategy on victims' rights (2020- 2025)",
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 25 November 2020 entitled "EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III",
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
– having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
– having regard to Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 f (new)
– having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU on establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender-based violence is the most severe manifestation of gender- based discrimination; whereas it is a violation of human rights, such as the right to physical integrity and the right to security;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas gender-based violence in the form of cyberviolence, including online harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, sexist hate speech, revenge pornography, deep-fakes, is a transnational crime that disproportionally affects women and girls;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas according to a EU Fundamental Rights Agency's survey published in 2014, an estimated 33% of women in the EU have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15, while 8% had experienced it in the year before the interview; whereas more recent figures are not available;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality estimates that the total cost of gender-based violence to the European Union is about 290 billion euros in loss of economic output, services, and physical and emotional impact on the victim; whereas this is a very significant loss to the EU economy that exceeds the estimated annual costs of particularly serious crimes such as organised crime and illicit drug trafficking;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas combating gender-based violence is a key priority of the EU Gender Equality Strategy and of the European Union's external action; whereas Union action aiming to eradicate violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence demands that the Commission pursue several parallel avenues;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are the result of the unequal distribution of power, patriarchal structures, and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men; underlines that this situation is aggravated by social and economic inequalities; highlights that these inequalities and power unbalances have a transversal and global nature, common to the whole territory of the European Union, and not limited to specific Member States;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) remains the international standard and a key tool for the eradication of gender- based violence by following a holistic and coordinated approach that places the rights of the victim at the centre and addresses the issues from a wide range of perspectives; points out that the Istanbul Convention should be understood as the minimum standard to eradicate gender- based violence and that the European Union should pursue even more decisive and effective actions in this regard; recalls that such new legislative measures should in any case be coherent with the rights and obligations set by the Istanbul Convention and should be complementary to its ratification;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Denounces the fact that the combat against gender-based violence is negatively affected by the attack on women’s rights and gender equality; condemns the actions of anti-gender and anti-women movements in Europe and worldwide that aim to overturn existing laws on women’s rights and LGBTI+ rights; , Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and LGBTI+ rights, thus endangering the respect of human rights and of the Rule of Law in the whole European Union;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that due to the lockdown and social distancing measures there has been a worrying increase in gender-based violence, including domestic violence, physical and psychological violence, coercive control and cyber- violence across the whole European Union during the COVID-19 pandemic;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that there are substantial differences in the legal definition and treatment of gender-based violence across the Member States; points out that this greatly hampers the European Union's legislative actions against gender-based violence, including the Victims' Rights Directive, the Trafficking Directive and the European Protection Order;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights, including family planning, contraceptive methods, and safe and legal abortion, are essential to achieving gender equality and eliminating gender- based violence;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that violations of sexual and reproductive rights are a form of violence against women and girls, including the denial of safe and legal abortion care, are a form of violence against women and girls; stresses that girls' and women's autonomy and ability to free and independent decisions about their bodies and lives are preconditions for their economic independence and thus for gender equality and the elimination of gender- based violence;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM