8 Amendments of Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ related to 2016/2328(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-widesurvey’, published in March 2014,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a wide range of health professionals are likely to come into contact with victims, especially victims of gender-based violence, and are often initially contacted by the victim to report a crime; whereas evidence shows that health professionals, such as doctors and other clinical professionals, receive limited training in responding effectively to gender-based violence;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas women victims of gender- based violence always require special support and protection, due to their particular vulnerability to secondary and repeat victimization;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas about two-thirds of women victims of gender-based violence do not report to an authority, because they fear retaliation, embarrassment and social stigma;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that individual assessments are timely offered to women victims of gender-based violence, if necessary, during their first contact with a competent authority, in order to prevent secondary and repeat victimisation, intimidationand retaliation;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that information about victim support services and victims’ rights is accessible to health professionals, who are often initially contacted by women victims of gender-based violence and therefore, can play an enhanced role in identifying and channelling cases of violence against women; encourages the Member States to provide targeted trainings for health professionals, enabling them to identify cases of potential abuse and to encourage women victims to contact a competent authority;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support services such as access to reproductive health service, trauma support and counselling as a part of targeted support for victims with specific needs, such as children, women victims of gender-based violence, victims of human trafficking and people with disabilities;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Encourages the Member States to take measures, such as promoting awareness-raising in all areas of victims’ rights, setting up telephone helplines and women’s shelters, to encourage and facilitate reporting of gender-based violence, and to offer immediate assistance to women victims;