20 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2010/2209(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas male violence against women is a major obstacle to gender equality, and is one of the most widespread forms of violation of human rights, including the right to life, to security, to dignity and to physical and mental integrity, as well as the right to free choice and the right to sexual and reproductive health, while also having no geographical, economic or social limits,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas male violence against women is a structural problem present everywhere in Europe and the world, and a phenomenon which affects both victims and perpetrators irrespective of age, educational level, income level or social position and is bound up with the inequalities existing in the distribution of power between women and men in society,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas male violence against women shapes women’s place in society: their health, access to employment and education, integration into social and cultural activities, economic independence, participation in public and political life and decision-making, and relations with men, and can condemn women to situations of marginality, poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in many cases women fail to lodge complaints against acts of gender violence against them, for reasons that are complex and diverse and include psychological, economic, social and cultural factors, while they may also lack trust in the police, the legal system and the social and health services,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the kinds of violence perpetrated against women vary between cultures and traditions, while female genital mutilation, 'honour killings' and forced marriages are a reality in the EU,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. having regard to the alarming number of women who are victims of gender violence,
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that several Member States still do not regard gender-based violence as a publicn offence and still require a victim complaint or private prosecution, which constitutes a failure of these states to exercise due diligence;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and the Community institutions to take due account of the specific circumstances of certain groups of women who are especially vulnerable to violence, including members of minorities, women who are immigrants or refugees, women living in poverty in isolated rural communities, women who are imprisoned or institutionalised, young girls, lesbians, women with disabilities and elderly women;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses how important it is for all those working with women who are victims of gender-based violence to have suitable training, and especially people representing the legal system and law enforcement, with special reference to the police, judges, social workers and healthcare workers;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Urges the Member States to recognise rape and sexual violence against women, particularly within marriage and intimate informal relationships and/or where committed by male relatives, as a crime in cases where the victim did not give consent, and to ensure that such offences result in automatic prosecution and that any reference to cultural traditional or religious practices as a mitigating factor in cases of violence against women, including so-called ‘crimes of honour’ and female genital mutilation, is rejected;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls for mechanisms to be established by which women who are victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking networks, irrespective of their nationality, may obtain free legal advice and allowances enabling them to leave the marital home or the trafficking network;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Insists on the need to improve cooperation among legal professionals and the exchange of best practices in the fight against discrimination and gender violence, and to find ways of eliminating obstacles to the recognition of legal acts in other Member States, including sentences for gender-violence offences and injunctions against violent men;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Asks the European Commission and the Member States to do everything possible to ensure that the directives on the European protection order and on the trafficking of human beings are adopted as soon as possible;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Welcomes the creation of special courts dealing with gender-based violence in some Member States, and calls on all the Member States to pursue this initiative;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Calls for any alleged instance of violence against women, in whatever form, to constitute sufficient grounds for accepting a woman’s application for asylum;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for records concerning gender- based violence to play a central role within the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS);
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that Member States should devote appropriate resources to preventing and combating violence against women, including through recourse to the Structural Funds; stresses the importance of campaigns to raise awareness and inform public opinion about gender-based violence, of bringing in strategies to change social stereotypical views of women through education and the media and of encouraging the exchange of good practice;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to step up measures to prevent gender-based violence among young people by providing for targeted education campaigns and better cooperation among stakeholders and the various circles affected by the phenomenon, such as families, schools, the public arena, and the media;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the importance of the Member States and the regional and local authorities undertaking actions to facilitate the return to the labour market of women who have been victims of gender-based violence through instruments such as the ESF or the Progress Programme;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to address on the international stage all forms of violence against women under human rights violations, in particular in the context of EU enlargement, bilateral association agreements and international trade agreements;