Activities of Assita KANKO related to 2021/2243(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on intersectional discrimination in the European Union: the socio-economic situation of women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Asian descent
Amendments (5)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas situations of marital captivity, in which women belonging to religious communities are unable to terminate their religious marriage, is another example intersectional discrimination.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of violence against women and girls; whereas inherent underlying racism is preventing their effective protection; whereas FGM is often addressed as an African issue, but it is practiced on every continent.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the EU institutions, within the limits conferred by the Treaties, to address intersectional forms of discrimination in EU anti-discrimination and gender equality legislation and policies;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the EU and its Member States to guarantee that victims of marital captivity enjoy the same legal and social protection as everyone else, in law and in practice; urges the EU to put the issue firmly on the EU agenda and encourage EU institutions to take actions within the limits conferred by the Treaties;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the EU and its Member States to address the two-way intersectional forces that operate between FGM both to tackle racial discrimination and to end the practice of FGM;