21 Amendments of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2012/2047(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regards to its resolution of 3 September 2008 on how marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 18 March 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas significant manifestations of sexualisation of girls impact adversely on their psychophysical development of girls, distort peer relationships and weaken the ability to build healthy relationships, reduce self- esteem and cause a series of psychologically based eating disorders, lead to self-objectification, restrict choice of professional aspirations, and increase the probability of aggressive behaviour towards girls;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas healthy sexuality and a life free from violence are fundamental human rights for all girls and women, and should be protected and promoted in order to achieve equality between girls/women and boys/men, which is a core principle of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the transformation of teenage stars into sex symbols in order to increase their chance of success in show business leads to establishing a conviction among girls that being sexually attractive causes others to perceive such a person as being more matureand available are key criteria of value and success;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas degrading the value of women and presenting their image in a manner derogatory to their dignity, being a manifestation of sexualisation, contribute to an increase in violence against women, and to the intensification of sexist attitudes and outlooks, which in the long term lead to discrimination against women as employees,in all areas of society, including in educational and work settings, where it leads to sexual harassment and to undervaluing their work and achievements;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in television programmes, computer games and musical video clips there is an increasingly noticeable tendency to present provocatively dressed women, in sexual poses, and the lyrics of songs for young people contain sexually suggestive content, which often promotes violence against women and girls;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas sexualisation consists of an instrumental approach to a person by perceiving that person as an object for sexual use disregarding the person's dignity and personality traits, with the person's worth being measured in terms of the level of sexual attractiveness and sexual availability; sexualisation also involves the imposition of the sexuality of adult persons on girls, who are emotionally, psychologically and physically unprepared for this at their particular stage of development; sexualisation not being the normal, healthy, biological development of the sexuality of a person, conditioned by the individual process of development and taking place at the appropriate time for each particular individual;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that a series of integrated actions based on the respect for human rights, equality between women/girls and men/boys and women's rights, must be taken in order to broaden the horizons and develop the outlooks of small girls and boys in relation to their guiding values, by means of deliberate strategies to protect children from the process of sexualisation and objectification and to create new tools and spaces where young persons will be able to develop and discover their sexuality at an appropriate time and in their own way;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that a particular effort is called for to make parents, carers and teachers aware that computer games, music videos, internet websites are full of sexualising content, that children using them manifest increased levels of aggression, that sexual violence patterns are perpetuated and that the objectification of women increases exponentially;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a wide dissemination of ratings under the Pan-European Game Information system (PEGI), which allows parents to check the content of computer games and adapt them to a child's age, and calls for an expansion of the ratings under that system to cover sexualising content, such ratings must be elaborated in cooperation with women's and girls' organisations;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends the introduction into school curricula, in cooperation with parents and under their control, of a subject entitled: ‘Preparation for family life with elements of sexual educationemotional and sexual life’, which will prepare young girls and boys to develop healthy, respectful and emotionally satisfying relationships;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for appropriate preparation of teachers and trainers in both formal and informal education through essential training in the area of gender equality between women/girls and men/boys, detection of and reaction to various types of abuse connected therewith and to sexual violence;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to draw on good practices and solutions devised for example in the United Kingdom and to ensure by appropriate legal measures, that parents' organisations' and women's and girls' organisations views on child welfare are taken into account where binding standards in the advertising industry are concerned;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to develop guidelines for video games industries and music industries to launch on the basis of these guidelines a proposal for regulatory measures in form of a 'Code of Conduct' in order to prohibit sexualisation in content, in particular for products targeting children and young people,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member Stats to establish independent regulation bodies with the aim to control the media and advertising industry and the mandate to impose effective sanction on companies and individuals promoting the sexualisation of girls,
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages Member States to establish cooperation with manufacturers of goods intended for children, including clothing, make-up and toys, in order to develop a code of best practice that provides for child welfare and promotes high ethical standards, such codes of best practices must be elaborated in consultation with women's organisations, ;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to take into account, in the programmes being developed in respect of gender equality between women and men and non-discrimination, of the impact of sexualising content on the psychology and development of girls, and in the context of society as a whole, of the entrenchment of discriminatory stereotypes as a consequence of this phenomenon;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in combating sexualisation not only by compiling the necessary data, promoting good practices and organising information campaigns, but also by providing financial support for actions taken in the Member States, in particular to women's organisations fighting against sexualisation and violence against women and girls;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that the Commission's first proposal on Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services originally also covered discrimination in the media, calls on the Commission to cover in its revision education and media as well;