83 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2016/2096(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the EU-Compass for Action on Mental Health and Well- being,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the WHO Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2020,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the WHO Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health 2016-2030,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
– having regard to the General Comment No.14 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on The right to the highest attainable standard of health U.N. Doc. E/C.12/2000/4 and its General Comment No. 20 on Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights U.N. Doc. E/C.12/GC/2009,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
Citation 5 e (new)
– having regard to the Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the 2008 European Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission Joint Action on Mental Health and Well- Being (2013-2016).
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to health is a fundamental human rightthe highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a fundamental human right, and comprises an obligation of non- discrimination;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas taking account of women’s diversity and incorporating it into the health policies addressed to women, with specific policies targeting vulnerable and marginalised groups, would strengthen the effectiveness of these policies;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas mental health must be seen and addressed holistically, by taking account of social, economic, and environmental factors, requiring a psychosocial all-of-society approach to attaining the highest possible level of mental well-being for all citizens;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas physical and mental health are interlinked, and are both central to general wellbeing; whereas it is recognised that poor mental health can lead to chronic physical conditions, and that those with chronic physical conditions are more likely to develop mental health conditions; whereas despite the known links between the two, physical health research is often prioritised over mental health;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas women and girls’ mental health is adversely affected by a variety of factors, including prevalent gender stereotypes and discrimination, objectification, gender-based violence and harassment, workplace environment, work-life balance, socioeconomic conditions, the absence or poor quality of mental health education, and limited access to mental healthcare;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas mental health conditions and mental wellbeing are often overlooked, ignored, or suppressed, due to stigma, prejudice, and a lack of awareness or resources; whereas this leads many of those with mental health conditions not to seek care, and for doctors to fail to diagnose patient, or at times diagnose wrongly; whereas the diagnosis of mental health conditions is heavily gendered, with women more likely to be diagnosed with certain conditions than men;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas mental health conditions and illness causes large-scale economic costs in terms of healthcare provision, such as loss of employment days, and have various other indirect impacts, adding further impetus to tackle mental health care in a holistic, comprehensive, and gender sensitive manner;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas lack of access to sexual and reproductive rights, including safe and legal abortion services, endangers the life and health of women and girls, and all persons with reproductive capacity, increases maternal mortality and morbidity, and leads to the denial of life-saving care and to an increased number of clandestine abortions;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas austerity policies, restrictions and budgetary cuts made by national governments in the area of public health and education also make access to health and mental health services more onerous, and this impacts women disproportionately; whereas low socioeconomic conditions, poverty and social exclusion have a significant negative impact on mental health and wellbeing;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas female migrants, refugees and asylum seekers may additionally face specific problems related to reproductive health such as complications with pregnancy and childbirth, as well as a risk of traumatic exposure to (sexual) violence and abuse, and specific risks to their mental health and well-being;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas a holistic strategy on mental health and wellbeing must include a life-cycle perspective, taking into account different factors that affect individuals of different ages; whereas the specific vulnerabilities of teenage girls and older women must be taken into account;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas attention must be given to geographic factors of mental health and wellbeing between urban and rural environments, including in terms of demographics, access to care, and service provision;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas only 10 EU Member States have set the very much-needed target of screening 100 % of the female population for breast cancer, and whereas only eight countries have such a target for cervical cancer screening;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mental health problems, which are different from psychiatric disorders,determinant factors of mental health and wellbeing vary acrossmong genders: and age groups; women have higher rates of depression and anxiety (referred to as internalising disorders) and men have higher rates of substance abuse and antisocial disorders (referred to as externalising disorders);
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mental health problems, which are different from psychiatric disorders,determinant factors of mental health and wellbeing vary acrossmong genders: and age groups; women have higher rates of depression and anxiety (referred to as internalising disorders) and men have higher rates of substance abuse and antisocial disorders (referred to as externalising disorders);
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas in particular lesbian and bisexual women and trans and intersex persons face specific mental health issues arising from minority stress, defined as the high levels of anxiety and stress caused by prejudices, stigmatisation and experiences of discrimination, as well as medicalisation and pathologisation; whereas LGBTI people may face specific mental health and wellbeing challenges which must be taken into account in any mental health strategy;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas it is deplorable that trans identities are still considered mental health disorders, and most Member States request such diagnoses for access to legal gender recognition or trans-related healthcare, even though research has shown that the ‘gender identity disorder’ diagnosis is a source of significant distress for them;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. Whereas gender variant pre- pubescent children are still subjected to unnecessary and harmful diagnostic practices, while every child should be able to safely explore their gender identity and expression;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas there is a lack of comparable data on available, accessible and quality trans-specific healthcare and products used in hormone replacement therapy are not properly tested and licensed;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, because of a variety of factors, primarily concerning different gender roles and gender inequalities, depression is approximately twice as prevalent among women as it is among men; whereas studies show that imposed traditional gender roles negatively affect women´s mental health and wellbeing; whereas trans people show significantly elevated levels of suicide ideation and attempts;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas there is not enough attention to mental health and wellbeing in the education system across Member States, or at the workplace, given that mental health is often highly stigmatised, or a taboo subject; whereas education on mental health fights the stigma on the subject, it must also address gender specific vulnerabilities, gender stereotypes and discrimination facing women and girls;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the psychosocial all-of- society approach to mental health requires policy coherence for wellbeing, coordinating healthcare, education, employment, economic and social policies in order to attain overall higher levels of mental wellbeing;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Mc. whereas there is not enough attention to mental health and wellbeing in the education system across Member States, or at the workplace, given that mental health is often highly stigmatised, or a taboo subject; whereas education on mental health fights the stigma on the subject, it must also address gender specific vulnerabilities, gender stereotypes and discrimination facing women and girls;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas men and boys experience gendered mental health conditions and an increased likelihood of substance abuse, alcoholism, violent crime and suicide; whereas men and boys face gender stereotypes surrounding masculinity which may encourage repression of emotions or resort to anger, and these have an impact on men’s mental health, as well as the phenomenon of gender based violence;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas social care models that address mental illnesses, through sports, arts, or social activities, should be taken into account in public health programmes in respect of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P c (new)
Recital P c (new)
Pc. whereas people with disabilities risk suffering exacerbated mental health conditions;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P d (new)
Recital P d (new)
Pd. whereas sex and relationship education is key for overcoming gender stereotypes, tackling gender based violence, and improving mental health and wellbeing for girls and boys, women and men;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P e (new)
Recital P e (new)
Pe. whereas intersex persons subject to genital mutilation also experience effects on their physical, psychological and sexual and reproductive health; whereas trans people are still subject to forced sterilisation in gender recognition procedures in 13 Member States;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas, for several reasons, female subjects have historically been excluded from toxicology or, biomedical research, and clinical trials, and whereas large gender gaps in research limit how much we know about the difference between women’s health and men’s; whereas, as a result, biomedical research has tended to reflect predominantly a male perspective, assimilatmistakenly assuming women toand men (except for specific specialisations)to be identical in areas where physiological differences exist; whereas there is a lack of research on the specific needs of intersex women;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the exclusion and underrepresentation of women as subjects, or gender and sex as factors in biomedical research and clinical trials puts women’s lives and health at risk;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q b (new)
Recital Q b (new)
Qb. whereas the Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 on clinical trials of medicinal products for human use introduced requirements for taking account of gender in trials, but the implementation of the regulation must be evaluated; whereas the regulation does not specify any considerations on women other than for pregnant and breastfeeding women;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the impacts of such drugs and medication as contraception devices, antidepressants and tranquilizers have on women’s physical and mental health are still poorly understood, and require further research to eliminate harmful side-effects and improve care delivery;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas there are about 58 000 suicide cases a year in the EU and a quarter of those who commit suicide are women, and whereas suicide continues to be a major cause of death;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Title before paragraph 1 (new)
Title before paragraph 1 (new)
‘Gender Equality in Mental Health’
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow-up on the EU Mental Compass with an ambitious new strategy on mental health, promoting a holistic psychosocial all-of-society approach, which includes a strong gender pillar, which ensures policy coherence on mental health;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the Commission and Member States must recognise gender-based violence as a public health issue, whatever form it takes, which directly impacts on women’s mental health and wellbeing; notes that more research is needed on the mental health impact of gender-based violence, including verbal and psychological violence, harassment and intimidation;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges Member States and the Commission to invest in formal, informal and non-formal education for mental health and wellbeing for all ages, and in campaigns and other initiatives that strive to overcome stigma and raise awareness of mental wellbeing, with an emphasis on gender sensitive mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety or substance abuse; highlights the need for education professionals to receive mental health training, including gender aspects of mental health;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Insists that the link between socioeconomic conditions and mental health and wellbeing is crucial to policy coherence on mental health, where poverty and social exclusion leads to greater mental health problems; notes that the feminisation of poverty, and austerity policies that disproportionately impact women put women’s mental wellbeing at greater risk;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission, Member States, and local authorities to develop specific tailored policies in order to provide mental health services to groups of vulnerable women in marginalised communities, and those facing intersectional discrimination, such as refugee and migrant women, women facing poverty and social exclusion, intersex and trans persons, ethnic minority women, women with disabilities, older women, and women in rural areas;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Underlines that social and employment policy, particularly policies on work-life balance, must take women’s mental health and wellbeing into account;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Notes that holistic mental health and wellbeing strategies must include a healthy working environment, free of gender-based barriers that women often face; Calls on the Commission and Member States to work together with trade unions, employers, health professionals and civil society in order to develop a holistic approach to gender sensitive mental wellbeing at work; Notes the importance of providing mental health training to those in management positions in the private and public sector;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Highlights the importance of a life-cycle approach to mental health, where every age-group’s needs are addressed in a coherent and comprehensive manner, with an emphasis on adolescent girls and older women, who on average report a lower rate of life satisfaction than men of the same age groups;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Recognises the impact of the media, and particularly the internet and social media on mental health and wellbeing, particularly on young women and girls, and notes that more research must be done on the subject; underlines that effective tools, including legal measures, must be developed to deal with online bullying and harassment and objectification; highlights the needs for an ambitious strategy on e-mental health and wellbeing, and work to promote and work with stakeholders to develop emerging e-therapies;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that mental healthcare for pregnant women begin as soon as possible in the first trimester of pregnancy, in order to make it possible to identify specific conditions that may require surveillance, to recognise social problems for which women may need help from social or mental health services and to inform women about pregnancy-related issues;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and EIGE to increase the collection of regular, gender disaggregated data on mental health, in particular on the prevalence of depression, this data being disaggregated at least by sex, gender, age group and socioeconomic status;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recognises the important role of formal and informal carers, who are overwhelmingly women, in mental healthcare; Calls for particular attention to be given to the role of formal and informal carers in mental health, and particularly to the role of women carers, as well as action to protect the mental health and wellbeing of the carers themselves;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights the need for a strategy and sharing of best practice on mental health and wellbeing of women and girls with disabilities and the unique challenges that they face;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission, Member States, and local authorities to address the mental health challenges that could be faced by LGBTI people in gender sensitive mental health strategies;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Urges the Commission and Member States to include the mental health and wellbeing challenges faced by men and boys due to gender stereotypes leading to increased likelihood of substance abuse and suicides than women; Underlines that policies on men’s mental health must also take into account the perspective of age and lifespan, socio- economic condition, social exclusion, and geographic factors;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Highlights the importance of social mental health treatment and care, such as through sports, music, arts, and cultural activities, as an important element in health service delivery, and one which reduces the economic and human cost that mental health problems can bring to bear for individuals and society as a whole; calls on the Commission and Member States to invest more in social mental health care programmes, such as social prescribing;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Title before paragraph 3 (new)
Title before paragraph 3 (new)
‘General Remarks’
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that sexual and reproductive rights include universal open access to legal and safe abortion, reliable, safe and affordable contraception, and sexual and relationship education and information on sexual and reproductive health, free choice and consent; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, adequate gender-sensitive information and reliable, safe and affordable contraception, and to provide access to legal and safe abortion within and beyond the European Union;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to prevent, ban and prosecute forced sterilisation of women, a phenomenon that affects in particular women with disabilities, transgender and intersex persons, and Roma women;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission and Member States to work for the de- psychopathologisation of trans identities in the World Health Organisation’s International Catalogue of Diseases 11 and national catalogues, and to particularly prevent a diagnosis for prepubescent children;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages Member States to implement the Council of Europe’s recommendations 2010(5) and take into account the specific needs of lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the development of health policies, programmes and protocols;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to ensure full access to high-quality physical and mental health care for all migrant women, irrespective of their legal status, and, in the longer term, to adequately prepare their national health systems for incoming refugees and asylum seekers;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges Member State governments, the Commission, and FRONTEX to provide access to healthcare and mental health care for all refugees and asylum seekers and migrants, particularly vulnerable women and girls, as a matter of universal human rights; Highlights the need for gender sensitive mental health training of immigration, asylum, and law enforcement staff and officials who work with refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants, particularly vulnerable women and girls; considers that these necessary healthcare measures include provisions such as safe accommodation and sanitary facilities for women and children, legal counselling and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including contraception, support for survivors of sexual violence and safe abortions;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. CallRaises serious con the Member States to protect women asylum seekers in detention who report abuse, and stresses that these women are to be provided with immediate protection, support and counscerns over the provision of mental health care and facilities to refugee women and girls in Europe, particularly those in makeshift conditions across Member States; Highlights that detention of refugees and asylum seekers without effectively and efficiently processing their asylum claims is in violation of international law, and has a negative impact on their mental health and wellbeing;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is disappointed by the fact that the annual budgets for programmes designed to prevent male violence against womengender-based violence in all Member States is much less than the actual cost of such violence, be it in economic, social or moral in nature;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to prevent, ban and prosecute female genital mutilation, and genital mutilations affecting intersex persons, and to provide specialised health services for women victims of FGM;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to take measures to ensure access to healthcare and specifically mental health services – including women’s shelters – to all women, independent of their legal status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, race or ethnic origin, age or religion;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the lack of comparable, comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated gender-disaggregated data constitutes a source of discrimination foragainst women’s and LGBTI persons’ health; calls for the EU institutions and the Member States therefore to promote and make mandatory the collection of comparable gender- disaggregated data at EU and national level, including data on sexual and reproductive health indicators;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that the action taken at EU level on mental health and well-being should involve leading figures in the political, health, education, and social spheres, together with the social partners and civil society organisations; considers it essential that mental health should cease to be a taboo subject in certain social environments;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the moves by the Commission for the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention, and regrets that many Member States have not done so yet; urges the Council to ensure EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for measures to be taken to reduce the risk factors involved in suicide, such as alcohol abuse, drugs, social exclusion, depression, and stress; also calls for systems to be set up to provide support following suicide attempts;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Title before paragraph 16 (new)
Title before paragraph 16 (new)
‘Gender Equality in Clinical Trials’
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the fact that clinical trials of pharmaceutical products on both men and women are necessary and that these should be inclusive, non- discriminatory and performed under conditions of equality, inclusion and non- marginalisationzation, and reasonably reflective of the population that would use the products; suggests that clinical trials also take account of specific vulnerable population groups such as paediatric and geriatric patients, persons, and ethnic minorities; is of the opinion that gender- disaggregated data should also be collected after commercialisation of the products, in order to record the different side-effects, as well as research and data on the implementation of the relevant EU legislation by Member States;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Expresses deep concern that the failure to improve women’s representation in clinical trials and biomedical research puts women’s health and lives at risk;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Emphasises that clinical trial methodologies and design must allow for stratified analysis by age and gender;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Highlights the importance of the publication of the results of clinical trials, so that the methodology is transparent and accessible;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Demands that the labels on pharmaceutical products clearly indicate whether trials on women took place or not, and whether men and women may expect different side-effects; calls upon Member States to encourage research on the long- term effects of products used in hormone replacement therapy;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to invest in awareness raising campaigns to encourage women to participate in clinical trials;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges Member States, the EMEA, and relevant stakeholder to ensure that sex and gender factors are introduced at the earliest stages of research and development of medication, before the stage of clinical trials; Emphasises the need for improved sharing of best practice among research institutions and healthcare providers across Europe on the subject;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Underlines that urgent action is required to correct gender gaps in clinical trials in areas of health where such gaps are particularly harmful, such as in medication for Alzheimer’s, cancer, treatment of strokes, anti-depressants, and cardio-vascular diseases;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Emphasises that concerted action must be taken by researchers and all relevant stakeholders to eliminate harmful side effects of medication that specifically affect women, such as in anti- depressants and contraception and other drugs, in order to improve women’s health, and the quality of healthcare;