Activities of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2018/2055(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on measures to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at workplace, in public spaces, and political life in the EU PDF (344 KB) DOC (74 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas reports in 2016 found that more than half of the women polled had experienced some form of sexual harassment in UK workplaces but four out of five of them did not report the harassment to their employer;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. whereas prevention of harassment in working environments can only be achieved when both private and public companies create a culture in which women are treated as equals and employees treat one another with respect;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T c (new)
Recital T c (new)
Tc. whereas research has shown that harassment is rife in workplaces where men dominate in management and women have little power, such as the entertainment and media industries, but is also happening in technical and law companies, sales and many other sectors if the male-dominated management teams tolerate sexualized treatment of workers; whereas companies with more women in management have less sexual harassment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T d (new)
Recital T d (new)
Td. whereas online harassment includes threats of rape, death threats, hacking attempts, publication of private information and photos, and is sometimes organized through secret forums or groups on social media; whereas journalists are particularly exposed to cyberbullying because they speak in public and whereas among them, women are a prime target, especially LGBTI or disabled women; whereas many women journalist have had to leave social networks because of online violence and whereas they experience physical fear, stress, concentration problems, fear of going home and worry for loved ones;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the EC to tackle emerging forms of gender-based violence, such as online harassment, by expanding the definition of illegal hate speech as defined in EU law under the Framework decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to include misogyny and ensure that the Code of Conduct on countering illegal online hate speech also covers these crimes;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States and social partners to ensure that both public and private companies and organisations organise mandatory trainings on sexual harassment and bullying for all employees and management. Effective training should be interactive, continuous, tailored for the particular workplace and given by an external expert;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Highlights the serious underreporting of cases of harassment and stresses the importance of the presence of trained confidential counsellors in each organisation to support victims, assist with reporting and legal assistance;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Stresses that companies should have a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment and policies which reflect that. Companies must ensure that all employees are aware of these policies, reporting procedures and their rights and responsibilities regarding workplace sexual harassment;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on Member States to include cyberbullying awareness in educational curriculums in schools and universities;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls on Member States to install a report system in schools to keep track of all cases of cyberbullying;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Encourages Member States to include cyberbullying awareness campaigns in their educational curriculae in schools and universities; suggests the European Commission to continue its successful « Delete Cyberbullying » Campaign and Safer Internet initiatives;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on Member States to systematically collect all data, disaggregated by gender and age, on cases of sexual harassment and bullying, including cyber bullying;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the Commission and Member States to unify legislationharmonize their legislations and their definition of gender based violence in line with the definition of violence against women in the Istanbul Convention, in order to increase the effectiveness of laws against harassment and mobbing;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to improve the monitoring mechanisms for the adequate implementation of EU legislation prohibiting sexual harassment and to ensure that Equality Bodies in each Member State have sufficient resources to act against discrimination;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to propose a legislative act against all forms of gender based violence and to present a comprehensive EU strategy against all forms of gender-based violence, including sexual harassment and sexual abuse against women and girls.