20 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities General Comment on Article 6: Women and Girls with Disabilities (adopted 26 August 2016),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the 2015 Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the EU calling on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regards to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs study “Knowledge and Know- How: The Role of Self-Defence in the Prevention of Violence against Women”, in particular in relation to the contribution of self-defence training to implementing Art. 12 of the Istanbul Convention,
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women and girls must be thoroughly informed about their rights and the supportive mechanisms in place so that they can seek assistance and report their experiences in order for the perpetrators to be prosecuted;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas women victims of violence in the EU are unequally protected against male violence, in terms of information on, access to and provision of shelters, support services and rights, protection or barring orders, helplines, rape crisis centres, etc.;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas women and girls with disabilities are not a homogenous group; they include women with multiple disabilities, refugee, migrant, asylum- seeking and internally displaced and indigenous women, women with albinism, women in detention (hospitals, residential institutions, juvenile or correctional facilities and prisons), women living in poverty, from different in terms of ethnicity, race and religion backgrounds, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women, as well as intersex persons; whereas the diversity of women with disabilities includes different types of impairments, such as physical, psychosocial, intellectual or sensory conditions that may or may not come with functional limitations;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas UNCRPD Article 6, recognises that women with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination and requires that States parties take measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by women with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas certain women such as women and girls with migrant background, undocumented migrant women, refugee women and asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, lesbian, transgender women and girls, intersex women and girls, Roma women and girls, young women and elderly women, homeless women, black women and Muslim women face greater risk of violence because of motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity or religion; whereas women in Europe face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing justice and support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social, health actions can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society, and women´s organisations in particular, is also important, as well as, the protection and full enjoyment of social and economic rights , housing and equal participation of women in all areas of society can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and, on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard; whereas, in line with Art. 12 of the Istanbul Convention, gender-sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training has been identified as an efficient tool for reducing victimisation and its negative impacts, challenging gender stereotypes and empowering women and girls;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation that hamper the full participation of women and girls in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the Istanbul Convention should place male violence against women as a core focus of the Convention, while also addressing all gender-based violence by tackling violence motivated by an intersection of various grounds, including sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression; underlines the importance of strategic measures to proactively combat gender stereotypes and counter patterns of patriarchy, racism, sexism, hate incidents, homophobia and transphobia, as well as gender normativity and heteronormativity;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other forms ofpsychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual violence, rape, prostitution, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, forced continuation of pregnancy to term and forced abortion and other forms of sexual and reproductive coercion and violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, amounts to a grave breach of fundamental human rights and an extreme form of violence against women and girls; underlines that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities, calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraception and safe and legal abortion;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k
Paragraph 5 – point k
(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekersregardless legal status, and women asylum-seekers have the right to live free from violence in both the public and the private sphere and that they are particularly vulnerable to gender- based violence as are also LGBTI persons and that gender- based violence mayshould be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures, respect the principle of non-refoulement and stop the use of detention in the EU;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)
(la) To improve and promote the provision of empowering, gender-sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training for all women and girls throughout the European Union as an effective means of combating gender stereotypes and of preventing gender-based violence, in line with Art. 12 of the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 5 – point l b (new)
(lb) Reasserts its call to the Commission for a comprehensive EU strategy on preventing and combating gender-based violence, which should contain a binding legislative act and a sufficient budget, enabling to take effective actions to eradicate violence against women and girls;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l c (new)
Paragraph 5 – point l c (new)
(lc) To appoint one or more official bodies responsible for the Co-ordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls; including a EU Coordinator to end violence against women and girls; underlines the inclusion and the important role of the Civil Society Organisations, particularly women´s rights organisations in this process;