Activities of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2013/2066(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies PDF (224 KB) DOC (123 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC1 of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, 1 OJ L 180, 19 July 2000 p. 22
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC1of 27 November 2000 Establishing a General Framework for Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation, 1 OJ L 303, 02 December 2000, p.16.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission's proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008) 426 final),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Roma women are often confronted with multiple and intersectional discrimination on grounds of gender and ethnic origin and limited access to employment, education, health, social services and decision making,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas data from all countries shows that Roma women face severe exclusion in the field of employment as well as discrimination in the workplace when looking for employment or employed, whereas Roma women also remain excluded from formal economy, constrained by limited educational opportunities, inadequate housing, poor healthcare, traditional gender roles and general marginalisation as well as discrimination from majority communities;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas teenage and unplanned pregnancy disrupts the educational and working opportunities of girls; whereas early motherhood and the absence of contraception is largely a consequence of the lack of appropriate access to social services and inadequate health structures which have not addressed the need of Roma women;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas a great number of Romani women have been victims of domestic violence at the hands of their husbands, in-laws and other family members, whereas a great majority of violence and human rights abuses against Romani women goes unreported due to the fact that violence against women is still accepted in patriarchal societies as a legal exercise of power but also due to the fact that perpetrators of violence against women are rarely held accountable for their acts, which discourages women from seeking legal help,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas all EU Institutions and Member States bear responsibility to eradicate violence against women and girls and likewise to end impunity, bringing perpetrators of hate crime, hate speech, discrimination and violence against Romani women and girls to justice,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas evicting hundreds of people without offering any adequate alternative housing or support is a shameful and callous action that totally ignores Member States' international human rights obligations, whereas 11,803 evictions of Roma were carried out alone in France in 2012;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas the Race Equality Directive 2000/43/EC prohibits discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin, whereas about 30 infringement proceedings have been opened by the EU Commission against EU Member States for not adequately transposing the Race Equality Directive into national legislation;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that national Roma inclusion strategies must focus on reinforcempowering Roma women's socio-economic resilience, i.e. their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing economic environment, through effectuating savings and preventing the running-down of assets; to gain strength and power to take control of their own lives by becoming visible agents of change within their communities and by raising their voices to influence policies and programmes affecting them,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that despite the adoption of the resolution on the situation of Roma Women by the European Parliament in 2006 and the 10 Common Basic Principles on Roma Inclusion by the Council of the European Union, in which one of the principles relates to gender awareness, the vulnerable situation of Romani and Traveller women has, in practice, remained unaddressed by European and national policy makers,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to support National Roma Inclusion Strategies by seeking common, comparable and reliable indicators and developing a Dashboard of EU Roma Inclusion Indicators in order to present clear and unambiguous outputs against which progress can be measured as well as to meet the requirement of effective monitoring;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on Member States to place greater emphasis on the territoriality of social inclusion in their national strategies, and to target the most deprived micro-regions through complex and integrated development programs;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Calls on Member States to focus also on the urban dimension of cohesion policy, with special regard to cities that are unevenly affected by social imbalances - such as unemployment, social exclusion and polarization - and assist them in developing their infrastructure in order to exploit their potential contribution to economic growth as well as to strengthen the links between urban and rural areas with a view to promoting inclusive development;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Demands on the Commission to monitor and evaluate that National Roma Integration Strategies take into account a gender perspective and the situation of multiple and intersectional discrimination faced by Romani women especially in employment, health, housing and education,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Council, the Commission and EU Member States to ensure that specific measures for women's rights and gender mainstreaming are included in the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS) and that assessment and annual monitoring by the EU Commission, and in particular by the Fundamental Rights Agency, take into account a women's rights and gender equality perspective in each section of the National Rome Integration Strategies and that the findings are presented to the European Parliament,
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to issue an evaluation report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin in each Member State; likewise calls on the Commission to formulate concrete recommendations to each Member State in order to include also the gender dimension within the directive.
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls upon the Council to achieve an agreement on the EU Equal Treatment Directive on implementing the principle of implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation so to ensure that all the grounds of discrimination, as well as multiple discrimination are protected under the law in all spheres of life, likewise calls on all EU Institutions to ensure that intersectional discrimination is included in the Directive;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that arranged marriage, child marriage and forced marriage are still prevalent as 'traditional practices', underlines that these practices are human rights violations, which not only have a significant impact on the health situation of Romani girls, increasing their risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery but also expose girls to sexual abuse and exploitation, as well as precluding educational and employment opportunities for girls,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings as well as to fully transpose the provisions of Directive 2011/36 EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims,1 in particular in strengthening the identification, protection and assistance to victims and with a special emphasis on children; 1 JO L 101, 15.4.2011, p.1.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive strategy to fight violence against women as requested by Parliament in several resolutions; calls upon the Commission to deliver legal instruments, including a European Directive to combat gender-based violence,