28 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women and girls in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination, which is turning intohreatening a constant infringement of human rights;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted in New York on 13 December 2006,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in New York on 20 November 1989,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the following General Comment of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: No 7 (2005) on implementing child rights in early childhood, No 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities, to No 10 (2007) on children's rights in juvenile justice, No 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard, No 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, No 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking, which in some cases leads to femicide; Whereas new technologies and the internet have in some ways aggravated, or introduced new forms of harassment, abuse, and sexual violence;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data2 , __________________ 2, to Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA, and to Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, __________________ 2 OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the financial crisis and austerity policies have had a disproportionate negative effect on women, undermining fundamental rights and placing women at increased risk of poverty, exclusion, discrimination, and violence;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016, in particular the provisions on financing the development of guidelines on child protection systems and on the exchange of best practices,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to Commission recommendation 2013/112/EU of 20 February 2013 entitled 'Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage'
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2013 on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU(4) ,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 d (new)
Citation 15 d (new)
– having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and to the Beijing Platform for Action, to its resolutions of 25 February 2014 with recommendations to the Commission on combating violence against women and of 6 February 2014 on the Commission communication entitled 'Towards the elimination of female genital mutilation', and to the Council conclusions of 5 June 2014 on preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation,
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas access to justice is a human right, and equal access to justice between men and women is fundamental to achieving gender equality; whereas women often face both socio-economic barriers to justice, such as economic dependence, lack of financial resources or legal aid, and cultural stereotypes leading to fear and shame, as well as procedural barriers to justice, such as lengthy criminal proceedings, discriminatory practices, and low conviction rates; whereas disabled, rural, minority, migrant, refugee, or LGBTI women and girls may face greater institutional bias in access to justice than other women;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and member states to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence against women and homophobiagender-based violence, improving prevention and providing protection and assistance to victims, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly, disabled people, refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of multiple discrimination;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on EU institutions and Member States to look into the impact on fundamental rights of austerity measures, proposed or implemented, in a gender- sensitive manner, taking into account the disproportionate impact of austerity measures on women; calls on EU Institutions to take remedial action immediately where austerity measures have impacted on women's economic, social and cultural rights;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies, the media, and the political spheres;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise and promote the role of formal and informal education in helping to bring about gender equality through empowerment of women and people identifying as LGBTI, thus protecting their fundamental rights.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to address gendered barriers to justice in Member States, both in socio-economic and in procedural terms, and urges the Commission and Member States to take steps to remove them; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve collection of gender-disaggregated data on barriers to justice.
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation; calls on the European Commission to maximize synergies between the EU disability strategy and the provisions of the CEDAW and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. reiterates the importance of protecting and promoting equal access to all rights for Roma children;
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – serious impact on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation;
Amendment 756 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation; underlines the fact that – according to UNICEF’s report on the impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries - the rights to education, health and social protection of children and young people in the countries most affected by the crisis have been disproportionately harmed;
Amendment 874 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact of detention policies and criminal justice systems on children; points out that across the EU children’s rights are directly affected in the case of children living in detention facilities with their parents; underlines the fact that an estimated 800.000 children in the EU are separated from an imprisoned parent each year, which impacts on the rights of children in multiple ways;
Amendment 884 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Children’s rights
Amendment 890 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission to develop a renewed EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child with a comprehensive, integrated and ambitious set of goals aiming at filling remaining gaps in existing national legislation, addressing child rights violations, ensuring better protection for all children, guaranteeing legal certainty and contributing to greater coherence of EU action, in line with Better Regulation principles;
Amendment 892 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on the Commission to ensure increased coordination within its different services and effective mainstreaming of children’s rights across all the EU’s legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions; calls on the Commission to report annually on the progress made on the respect of the rights of children and the full implementation of the EU acquis on children’s rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that the mandate and resources of the children’s rights coordinator adequately reflect the EU’s commitment to systematically and effectively mainstreaming children’s rights;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Welcomes the forthcoming guidelines on integrated child protection system and stressed the need for an integrated and coordinated approach to ensure all children are protected against all forms of violence and neglect; underlines the importance of a common EU approach to finding missing children in the EU; calls on the Member States to increase police and judicial cooperation in cross-border cases involving missing children and to develop hotlines to search for missing children and support victims of child abuse;
Amendment 896 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Calls on the Member States to ratify without delay the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure; reiterates its call on the European Commission and the VP/HR to explore ways and means for the EU to accede to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;