20 Amendments of Anna HEDH related to 2007/2263(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to Decision No 779/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme),
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas public health, both at national and European level, should be analysed from a gender perspective since the differences in ill health between the sexes may be successfully reduced and public health positively affected by highlighting gender-related living conditions and their public health implications,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas physical, sexual or psychological violence, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life, constitute a breach of the right to life, security, freedom, dignity and physical and emotional integrity and a serious threat to the physical and mental health of the victims of such violence; whereas such violence is so widespread in the Community that it constitutes a genuine violation of fundamental rights, a public health scourge and an obstacle to the enjoyment of safe, free and just citizenship
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas men are responsible for most of the violence which takes place in society and the home, and those affected to the greatest extent by gender-related violence are women and children,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas prostituted women risk becoming drug users because of the burden of their worksituation and drug users risk turning to prostitution in order to support their addiction,.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas many prostituted women suffer harmful consequences from clients under the influence of alcohol and drugs such as excessive demands and health-threatening demands, unpredictable aggression and acts of violence,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas there is a link between alcohol and drug consumption and unprotected sexsex purchasers' demand for sex without a condom from women in prostitution,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. having regard to Article 3(1)(p) of the Treaty, which provides that the activities of the Union shall include a contribution to the attainment of a high level of health protection, and to Article 152, which lays down that a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. having regard to the various legal situations in the Member States applicable to women in prostitution and purchasers of sex,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 j (new)
Paragraph -1 j (new)
-1j. Stresses that the aim of public health policy is good health on equal terms. A primary goal of the policy is to create social conditions for equal health on an equal footing, which is a concomitant of viewing public health as a right. Health is one of the fundamental human rights and is also a prerequisite for the realisation of other rights. Consequently, health disparities between the sexes, for example, are unacceptable;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 k (new)
Paragraph -1 k (new)
-1k. Notes that different legal situations apply in the Member States in regard to the purchase of sexual services and prostitution but that, regardless of the legal situation concerned, women in prostitution run a high risk of being exposed to serious health risks;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. DefPoinets out that violence ais a health problem, i e victims of violence suffer a wide array of health problems.. In addition to physical injury (e.g. broken legs, damage to teeth and concussion) there is a greater risk of depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms and ailments, and poorer sexual health, including gynaecological complaints and various other health problems. Research also shows that individuals who have been subjected to violence develop a negative lifestyle, including a poorer diet, less exercise, smoking and dangerous levels of alcohol consumption;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that equality between women and men and between girls and boys, respect for the right to reproductive and sexual health, access to information about sex and sexual healthcare together with openness about sexuality are crucial factors in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of physical and psychological injuries related, not to extraordinaryonly to violence, but also to the everyday practice of prostitution;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the purchasers of prostitutes' services who refuse to wear a condom - and even pay extra money not to - are at risk of both contracting and of transmitting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that, as stated in the above- mentioned CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No. 19, traditional attitudes by which women are regarded as subordinate to men or as having stereotyped roles contribute to the propagation of pornography and the depiction and other commercial exploitation of women as sexual objects, rather than as individuals; this in turn contributes to gender-based violence;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges Member States to investigate the specific health risks women in prostituted womeion are exposed to - regardless of their legal status of the sex industry;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges Member States to investigate the levels of alcohol, medicine and drug use among prostituted women, since several studies from Canada and Australiaand testimonies show extremely high levels, and whether abuse has caused them to become prostituted and how the abuse may increase their exposure to other health risks;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to compare differences in health status in the sex industryamong women in prostitution between Member States where prostitution is regulated, legal or criminalised;