13 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2013/2004(INL)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it is necessary to take account of the characteristics of victims with special needs, for example persons under age, women with disabilities, older women, immigrant women, women from minorities, and women with few qualifications or none;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas women in the Union are not equally protected against male violence, due to differing policies and legislation across Member States, especially as regards the definition of offences coming under gender-based violence;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests the Commission to present an EU-wide Strategy and an Action Plan to combat violence against women, paying particular attention to the characteristics of victims with special needs, for example persons under age, women with disabilities, older women, immigrant women, women from minorities, and women with few qualifications or none;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2
Annex – Recommendation 2
Recommendation 2 on prevention and combat measures
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2
Annex – Recommendation 2
Member States should develop a series of measures in order to prevent and combat gender-based violence. They should namely:
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 1
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 1
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 a (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 a (new)
- set up mechanisms to facilitate access to free legal aid enabling victims to assert their rights throughout the Union;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 b (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 b (new)
- create or increase the number of courts specifically handling gender-based violence; provide more resources and training materials on gender-based violence for judges, public prosecutors and lawyers; improve the specialist units in law enforcement bodies, by increasing their staff numbers and improving their training and equipment;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 c (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 c (new)
- duly take into account in all programmes, measures and actions undertaken the characteristics of victims with special needs, such as minors, women with disabilities, immigrants, women from minorities, elderly women and those who are unskilled or poorly- skilled or at risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 d (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 d (new)
- implement measures through collective agreements and promote coordination between employers, trade unions and enterprises, as well as between their respective management bodies, in order to furnish victims with relevant information on their employment rights, particularly in the event of reduction or reorganisation of their working time, geographical mobility, change in place of work, suspension of the employment relationship without loss of post, with the period of suspension regarded as a fully paid-up contribution period for the purposes of social security and unemployment benefits, and end of contract with the right to unemployment benefit;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 e (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 e (new)
- guarantee that aggressors are punished in accordance with the seriousness of their crime;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 f (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 f (new)
- ensure that victims of gender-based violence are given priority access to social housing;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 g (new)
Annex – Recommendation 2 – Citation 7 g (new)
- include gender-based violence as one of the grounds on which asylum requests can be made;