Activities of Siiri OVIIR related to 2013/2103(INI)
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REPORT on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality PDF (251 KB) DOC (112 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution is a gendered phenomenon, with the vast majority of prostituted persons being women and girls, and almost all buyers being men, and whereas it is therefore both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality, which it aggravates further;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas prostitution is intrinsically linked to gender inequality in society and has an impact on the status of women and men in society and the perception of their mutual relations between women and men and sexuality;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas any kind of policy of regulating prostitution affects the perception of gender equality and conveys a message and norms to society, including young people;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, according to the approach adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the promotion of sexual health requires a positive and respectful attitude in sexual relations based on the possibility of obtaining an enjoyable and safe experience which is free from coercion, non-discriminatory and non-violent;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas prostitution operates as a market where different parties interact and where a key role is played by purchasers, who generate demand;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas it is clear in the light of the findings from various studies that half of purchasers continue to buy sex irrespective of clear indications that the prostituted persons are under 18 years of age;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the majority of prostituted persons belong to more vulnerable population groups, and therefore in addition suffer multiple discrimination, such as Roma women, ethnic minority women, undocumented immigrants, transsexuals, women living in poverty, etc.;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas prostitution and trafficking in women and girls are linked because the demand for women in prostitution, whether trafficked or not, is the same; whereas trafficking acts as a tool to bring supply to the markets of prostitution;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU statistics indicate that the current policy to combat trafficking in persons has not been effective;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the normalisation of prostitution has an impact on violence against women; in particular data show that half of prostitute-users recognised having had aggressive sexual behaviour towards a partner not in prostitution;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the normalisation of prostitution has an impact on young people’s representation of sexuality and relationships between women and men; according to studies, prostitution acts as a tool for social control over the sexuality of young people;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that prostituted persons are particularly vulnerable socially and, economically and are more at risk of violenc, physically, psychologically, emotionally and in family terms and are at risk of violence, which harms them more than in any other activity;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the most effective way of combating the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation and improving gender equality is the model implemented in Sweden, FinIceland and Norway (the so- called Nordic model), where the purchase of sexual services constitutes the criminal act, not the services of the prostituted persons; (Purchasing sexual services is not yet illegal in Finland. The English term ‘prostituted persons’ has been incorrectly translated into Estonian.)
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need for effective measures to devote special attention to removing under-age prostituted persons from the so-called prostitution market and to their entry to that market, as well as focusing on activities contrary to the aims of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its relevant Optional Protocol;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that gender-specific prevention strategies and awareness-raising measures, aimed at both parties, i.e. both purchasers and suppliers of sex, are key to combating the sexual exploitation of women and girls;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States, when formulating and implementing policies to deal with trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution, to ensure that all relevant parties – NGOs, the police and other law enforcement agencies, and social and medical services – work in cooperationare involved in decision-making processes;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to provide social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation and both to immigrants and to undocumented victims and to implement policies aimed at helping vulnerable women and girlminors to leave prostitution, ensuring that such programmes have a legal basis and the requisite funding to achieve this aim;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop prevention policies in the countries of origin of trafficked prostituted personpersons who are prostituted as a result of being trafficked, aimed both at purchasers of sex and at women and minors;