12 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2012/2131(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas gender stereotypes are more deeply rooted in immigrant communities, and migrant women are more often victims of the different types of violence against women, especially forced marriages, female genital mutilation, so- called honour crimes, ill treatment in close relationships, sexual harassment in the workplace and even trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas migrant women are at major risk of discrimination, lacking access to social services and legal protection and of being subject to physical, psychological, economic and sexual abuse; whereas in many cases they lack access to social services and legal protection;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Points out that the jobs of migrant workers are much less secure given that migrants, particularly migrant women, often work in the lowest ranked jobs in the labour market in terms of skills, pay and prestige;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement measures to promote the smooth and equitable integration of migrant women, including acquisition of legal status, recognition of qualifications and educational levels, the right to a decent wage, access to healthcare, education, training and lifelong learning, health and safety standards in the workplace, and social security benefits and protection under labour legislation, and to involve trade unions, NGOs and civil society in the development of such measures;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to facilitate access by migrant women to information and the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights through campaigns specifically targeted at this group, talks held in health centres, greater collaboration with NGOs working with migrant women, etc.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to establish and promote gender-sensitive legal practices for regulating the recruitment of migrant workers, and to facilitate access for migrant women to information on legal formalities, labour laws, and their social, economic and labour lawrights;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to develop efficient systems for the recognition of qualifications obtained in third countries to make it easier for migrant women to enter the labour market, to make training opportunities available for those lacking skills, and to ensure access for migrant women to vocational and lifelong training, as well as free language courses;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Emphasises that the majority of migrant women’s employment is in domestic services and personal care, regardless of their educational and professional experience; deplores the fact that the vast majority work without contracts on very low wages and with no social rights of any kind;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
(5b) Calls on the Member States to ratify without delay ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers, which was adopted by the tripartite organisation in 2011 with the aim of ensuring decent working conditions for domestic workers and the same basic labour rights as those available to other workers;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
(5c) Deplores the fact that many migrant women are misled in their countries of origin with promises of employment contracts in developed countries, and some are even kidnapped to be sexually exploited by mafias and human trafficking networks; calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to combat this abusive and inhuman practice;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the protection of migrant women against all forms of abuse, harassment and discrimination., gender-based violence and discrimination; points out that migrant women often face multiple discrimination not only for being both women and migrants, but also for belonging to an ethnic minority or being disabled;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) Calls on the Member States to conduct campaigns aimed at migrants to combat the entrenched gender stereotypes in these communities in order to improve the integration and participation of migrant women in society, the economy, education and the labour market and to combat gender-based violence;