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Activities of Isabella TOVAGLIERI related to 2020/2035(INL)

Plenary speeches (1)

Combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence (debate)
2021/12/13
Dossiers: 2020/2035(INL)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence
2021/12/06
Committee: FEMMLIBE
Dossiers: 2020/2035(INL)
Documents: PDF(269 KB) DOC(104 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sylwia SPUREK', 'mepid': 197550}, {'name': 'Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI', 'mepid': 125065}]

Amendments (17)

Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are widespread in the Union and are to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in the unequal distribution of powerviolence against women is rooted in the lack of solid family foundations within which mutual respect between women and women, in sexism and gender stereotypes, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by mcomplementarity are a given;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence presents different but not mutually exclusive forms and manifestations; whereas those different forms of violence are often interlinked and inseparable from offline violence because they can precede, accompany or continue them;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender-based cyberviolence directed against women; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas women can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination can exacerbate the consequences of gender-based cyberviolence such as schools, university students societies, workplaces, etc;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas some women, such as politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-basedtargeted by cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural life;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas gender-based cyberviolence impacts on mental health, on the full exercise of fundamental rights and even on democracy, and has consequences on society, including an economic impact;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence isagainst women is likely a continuum of gender- based violence offline and that no policy alternative will be effective unless it takes this realitythis must be taken into consideration;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Governments measures in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic hasve increased the risk of domestic violence and abuse because victims are forced to spend more time with perpetrators and they tend to be more isolated from support networks; calls on Member States to increase the assistance they offer through shelters, helplines and support services to protect victims and facilitate the reporting of gender-based violence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolence, considering the cross- border dimension of the use of ICT;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated, contextualised and comparable data on gender-based violenceviolence against women, including cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence against women generates psychological, social and economic consequences;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to give particular attention to women belonging to groups put in a vulnerable situation as regards gender-based cyberviolence and to develop specific support services and educational programmes dedicated to those specific groups;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that gender-based cyberviolence against women reduces the participation of womenthe victims in public debate which, as a consequence, erodes the democratic principles of the Union; regrets that that ‘silencing effect’ has been particularly aimed at targeting women activists, journalists and politicians with the intention of discouraging their presence of women in political life and decision- making spheres;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to protect, support and ensure reparation for female victims of gender-based cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly reaffirms its commitment, as it has previously expressed, to tackle gender-based violenceviolence against women and to the need to have a comprehensive directive covering all its forms as the best way to put an end to gender-basedsuch violence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Requests that the Commission submit, without undue delay, on the basis of Article 83(1), first subparagraph, TFEU, a proposal for an act establishing measures to combat gender-based cyberviolence following, the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto; indicates that that proposal should not undermine the efforts to identify gender-based violence as a new area of particularly serious crime with a cross- border dimension pursuant to Article 83(1), third subparagraph, TFEU or any derivative legal acts on gender-based violence as requested by Parliament in its previous calls;deleted
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM