42 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, the Regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters and the Directive on the European Protection Order up to 2015 and beyond
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Being Trans in the EU - Comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data' published in December 2014.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas one in two women experiences one or more forms of sexual harassment in the course of her life and as much as 34% of trans people experience harassment and violence in public, the vast majority of them being women and whereas a life free of violence and characterised by self- determination is a prerequisite for full participation in society;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the female employment rate is 63% and 53,5% if employment is measured in full-time equivalents1 a; whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4% and the gender pension gap is 39% on average; whereas positions of power and decision-making are occupied almost exclusively by men, and women are therefore severely limited in their ability to wield influence; __________________ 1aCommission, Report on Progress on equality between women and men 2012, page 8 (SWD(2013) 171).
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance, the insufficient promotion of flexible working hours, especially among men and the low take up rate of parental and paternity leave pose important obstacles for the women's economic independence and for the equal sharing of family and domestic responsibilities.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas combating poverty is one of the Commission's five measurable targets proposed for EU 2020; whereas the face of poverty in Europe is female, and it is particularly single mothers, migrant, young and old women who are affected by poverty and social exclusion, a situation aggravated by the crisis and specific austerity measures because it is particularly public sector jobs and services in the care sector that are being eliminated;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas lesbian, bisexual, and trans women and intersex individuals face grave and persistent violations of their rights to health and to bodily integrity, and ongoing discriminatory practices in access to healthcare as a result of gender stereotypes,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the EU has a responsibility and a role as model for gender equality world- wide, gender equality and the empowerment of women are essential if the international development goals are to be attained and for a successful EU foreign policy and women all over the world are especially affected by the consequences of climate, environmental and energy policies, thus making the fight against gender inequality interdependent with the fight against climate change;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas in recent years, anti-gender equality movements have gained public ground in a number of Member States, attempting to reinforce traditional gender roles and challenging existing achievements in the area of gender equality;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, nationality and age)based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, nationality and age; calls on the European Commission to be a leader in tackling the still existing gap in including gender identity and gender expression comprehensively in EU non- discrimination legislation;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (such as ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, religion, nationality and age);
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to make clear the EU role that it wishes to play in the world and in working with the Member States including their local and regional levels, with regard to the promotion of gender equality and to pursue these goals both through the concept of gender mainstreaming in all areas and through individual targeted and specific actions;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to introduce a specific gender pillar for equality between women and men in the Europe 2020 strategy, to consider the objectives of the future strategy as an aspect of the European Semester and to insert a gender perspective in the country-specific recommendations and the Annual Growth Survey ;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to gather gender-specific data in all policy areas; and at all levels of governance, building on the work of the FRA and EIGE, and to further disaggregate such data on the basis of race or ethnic origin, religion or belief and disability, in order to allow for an intersectional analysis to be possible for all policy areas, thus documenting the multiple discrimination suffered by certain groups of women; asks the Commission to initiate gender impact assessments of Member States policies, especially when Member States propose labour and pensions reforms. ;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to draft the strategy in the form of a practical action plan, ensuring that it takes into account in particular the following specific suggestions in the areas of violence against women, work and time, women in power and decision-making, financial resources, health, knowledge, education and the media, the wider world and institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming; Stresses that a post 2015 Gender Equality Strategy should propose action to (a) decrease the gender pay gap, (b) increase the economic independence of women, (c) improve women's labour market accessibility and career progression, (d) fundamentally increase equality in decision-making, and (e) remove discriminatory structures and practices related to gender;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Violence against Women and gender- based violence
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the appeal to the Commission it made in its resolution of 25 February 2014, with recommendations to combat violence against women, to submit a legal act providing both a consistent system for collecting statistical data as well as a uniform approach by Member States to the prevention and suppression of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to enshrine ‘zero tolerance’ campaigns in the strategy and to push forward the debate in the Member States about the origins of violence and abuse and the reasons why women resort to prostitution and emphasises the importance of including men more specifically in the fight against violence against women;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to adopt a new strategy to combat human trafficking after the current strategy expires, which should incorporate a gender perspective, give priority to the rights of victims of trafficking, develop new tools to monitor and evaluate the Directives 2011/36/UE and 2012/29/UE as well as ensure that all Member States' policies, budgets and outcomes within the development of the strategy are transparent and accessible;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in drawing up their action programmes for gender equality and to pay special attention to new forms of violence against women and persons who do not conform to gender stereotypes, such as cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking, and to carry out continual evaluations; stresses in this connection also the importance of close cooperation with civil society in order to recognise problem areas at an earlier stage and to address them more effectively;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure EU Member States enable the full legal recognition of a person’s preferred gender, including the change of first name, social security number and other gender indicators on identity documents;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of flexible forms of work, better investment in care infrastructure and encouragement of men's participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave available to both parents but with strong incentives for fathers, in allowing women, but more especially men, to reconcile work and family life and instructs the Commission to coordinate and promote exchanges of best practices; stresses in this connection the need for awareness campaigns for the equal division of domestic work and care and nursing, for the inclusion of men and the introduction of paternity leave of at least 10 days and parental leave to be divided between both parents;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of gathering qualified, gender-specific data relating to the allocation of time to care, nursing and domestic work and leisure, with the aim of making a regular assessment; stresses that unequal division of care work is also driven by societal perceptions about gender roles and that it is important to challenge these as a means to achieving a fairer distribution of both care work and paid work; calls on the Commission to address this in the new gender equality strategy; stresses that parents of families not following classical gender patterns continue to face discrimination at the workplace as regards among others parental leave, social security benefits, access to benefits for their children, right to work-life-conciliation measures at the workplace, and family-related wage elements;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that within the European Union, in matters of employment and occupation, women are protected against discrimination on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for Member States to obtain a more balanced representation of women and men in parliamentnational and regional parliaments and municipal councils and in the Commission and emphasises in this connection the importance of electoral lists alternating by gender and of proposing both a woman and a man candidate for senior EU positions;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reiterates that Directive 2006/54/EC, in its current form, is not sufficiently effective to tackle the gender pay gap and achieve the objective of gender equality in employment and occupation; urges the Commission to revise Directive 2006/54/EC without delay.
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that due to austerity measures and cutbacks in health and care services, women are increasingly bearing the burden of care for children and/or elderly, sick or disabled relatives; whereas universal access and affordable, high quality support services such as childcare facilities, facilities for the elderly and other dependants is important for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and as a means to prevent and reduce poverty;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Reiterates its call on the European Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders, and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), and to ensure that gender diversity in childhood is not pathologized.
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the European Commission to promote access to patient-centred and appropriate healthcare to all women, without discrimination on the grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, socio-economic status, ethnic origin, religion or belief, nationality and age.
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to enshrine (medical) fertility support as an individual right and to end discrimination in access to fertility treatment and assisted reproduction;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for competent training in the critical use of the media in the Member States to encourage the questioning of stereotypes and structures and to share best practice examples so as to review the ways in which roles have been stereotyped in the educational material used so far; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to support programmes to raise awareness of stereotypes and traditional gender roles in the education and media sector; emphasises in this regard that combating bullying and prejudice against LGBTI persons in schools, whether of students, parents or teachers, should be part of the EU's efforts to combat gender stereotypes; emphasises in this connection the importance of gender-equitable teaching methods for teachers, so that they can clearly explain the benefits of gender equality and a diverse society;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that compliance with gender equality should be considered a criterion for all EU-funded research programmes and asks the Commission to include a specific area of gender research within the Horizon 2020 programme;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Instructs the Commission to conduct a study of the everyday impact of the gender portrayal in public life, the media and educational institutions, focusing in particular on school bullying, hate speech and gender-based violence;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to coordinate Member States actions aiming at fighting against gender-based school bullying, hate speech and violence.
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to focus support campaigns forand initiatives to promote the active participation of citizens in society especially on women and women migrantsfor women, women migrants and those women belonging to stigmatised groups or whose labour activity is not formally recognised or regulated;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission, in the Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy and development cooperation, trade and diplomatic relations, to work for the introduction of a standard that defines women’s rights as a human right and makes respect for this right mandatory, making gender equality one of the core points for any bilateral negotiations; emphasises the importance of participatory collaboration with all stakeholders, especially with civil society organisations and local and regional government associations in the context of development cooperation;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission, in the Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy and development cooperation, trade and diplomatic relations, to work for the introduction of a standard that defines women’s rights as a human right and makes respect for this right mandatory; to ensure that women are protected against discrimination and violence, including on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; emphasises the importance of participatory collaboration with all stakeholders, especially with civil society organisations in the context of development cooperation;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the Commission to gather gender-specific data so as to conduct angender impact assessments for womenall policies and legislative proposals in the areas of climate, environment and energy policy, while actively promoting equal gender representation at all levels of political decision-making concerning these areas;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls on the Commission to promotimpose the use of gender mainstreaming, and to implement gender budgeting and gender impact assessment in all areas, both at EU and at nat and for each legislative proposal, at all levels of governance (EU, national, local and regional levels) and thus ensure specific gender equality targets;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the Commission also to encourage cooperation between Member States, including at the local and regional level, and women's NGOs and the social partners;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses the importance of adequate funding for national anti-discrimination bodies; calls in this connection also on the Commission to support the implementation of the European Charter for Equality of women and men in local life, and the continuity of non- governmental organisations through adequate and predictable financial assistance; calls in this connection also for continued financial support for the Daphne programme and for its profile to be maintained in order to continue to allow in particular women's rights organisations on the ground in the Member States to combat violence against women;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses the importance of the partnership between the Commission and the Parliament and therefore proposes that the Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality submit an annual progress report in oral and written form to the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality - from the perspective both of the Commission and of Member States, adopting a country specific approach in reporting, with specific information on each Member State - on the objectives set out in the strategy;