Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2014/2254(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women and girls in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination, which is turning intohreatening a constant infringement of human rights;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking, which in some cases leads to femicide; Whereas new technologies and the internet have in some ways aggravated, or introduced new forms of harassment, abuse, and sexual violence;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the financial crisis and austerity policies have had a disproportionate negative effect on women, undermining fundamental rights and placing women at increased risk of poverty, exclusion, discrimination, and violence;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas access to justice is a human right, and equal access to justice between men and women is fundamental to achieving gender equality; whereas women often face both socio-economic barriers to justice, such as economic dependence, lack of financial resources or legal aid, and cultural stereotypes leading to fear and shame, as well as procedural barriers to justice, such as lengthy criminal proceedings, discriminatory practices, and low conviction rates; whereas disabled, rural, minority, migrant, refugee, or LGBTI women and girls may face greater institutional bias in access to justice than other women;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and member states to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence against women and homophobiagender-based violence, improving prevention and providing protection and assistance to victims, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly, disabled people, refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of multiple discrimination;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on EU institutions and Member States to look into the impact on fundamental rights of austerity measures, proposed or implemented, in a gender- sensitive manner, taking into account the disproportionate impact of austerity measures on women; calls on EU Institutions to take remedial action immediately where austerity measures have impacted on women's economic, social and cultural rights;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies, the media, and the political spheres;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise and promote the role of formal and informal education in helping to bring about gender equality through empowerment of women and people identifying as LGBTI, thus protecting their fundamental rights.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to address gendered barriers to justice in Member States, both in socio-economic and in procedural terms, and urges the Commission and Member States to take steps to remove them; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve collection of gender-disaggregated data on barriers to justice.