Activities of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (debate) CS
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the right to equal treatment and to non-discrimination is a defining fundamental right which is recognised in the Treaties;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas according to the European Added Value Assessment, the annual cost to the EU of violence against women and gender-based violence was estimated at EUR 228 billion a year, of which EUR 45 billion a year was in the form of spending on public and state services and EUR 24 billion in lost economic output;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Commission stressed in its strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 that violence against women and gender-based violence, which damages women´s health and wellbeing, working lives, financial independence and the economy, is one of the key problems to be addresses in order to achieve genuine gender equality;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas during the meeting in Valetta on 3 February 2017 the Council Presidency, the Commission and the European Parliament committed themselves to zero tolerance to violence against women and girls;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Point iii a (new)
Point iii a (new)
(iiia) Recognises that domestic violence affects women disproportionately, but men and children may also be victims of domestic violence, including as witness of violence in the family;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Point v a (new)
Point v a (new)
(va) Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully engaged in the Convention´s monitoring process following the EU accession to it;