16 Amendments of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2013/2103(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Strategy Towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution is a gendered phenomenon, with the vast majority of prostituted persons being women and girls, and almost all buyers being men, and whereas it is therefore both a cause and a consequence ofor maintaining gender inequality;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas according to WHO, sexual health "requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence",
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas prostitution functions as a business and creates a market, with different actors being interlinked; whereas buyers have a key role for maintaining the demand of this market;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is a huge divergence in the way that the Member States deal with prostitution, with two main approaches existing: one approach views prostitution as a violation of women’s rights – a form of sexual slavery –, which results in and maintains gender inequality for women; the other approach maintains that prostitution itself promotes gender equality by promoting a woman’s right to control what she wants to do with her body;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the vast majority of prostituted persons are recognised as vulnerable groups or people experiencing discrimination, such as Roma women, women form ethnic minorities, undocumented migrants, women at risk of or experiencing poverty, etc..,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that data show that the majority of prostituted persons are recognised as vulnerable persons in our societies;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that prostitution has an impact on violence against women; in particular data show that men buying sex were more likely to commit sexually coercive acts against women1 and other acts of violence against women, and often presented misogynist attitudes __________________ 1 See Farley, M. et al (2008) "Challenging Men’s Demand for Prostitution in Scotland", Women’s Support Project (p.15)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that prostitution has a detrimental health impact on prostituted persons’ health, stresses that person in prostitution are more likely to suffer from sexual, physical and mental health traumas, as well as higher mortality rate, than the average population,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that according to data up to 50% of the sex buyers ask for unprotected commercial sex, which increases possibilities for detrimental health impact on persons in prostitution, as well as on buyers;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that prostituted persons are particularly vulnerable socially and economically and are more at risk of violence and harm than in any other activity;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that 9 out of 10 persons in prostitutesion would like to stop but feel unable to do so27 ; __________________ 27 89 % of 785 people in prostitution from 9 countries wanted to escape prostitution, Farley et al, 2003.
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that prostituted persons should not be criminalised, as is the case in some Member States, for example the United Kingdom, France and the Republic of Ireland, Croatia and calls on all Member States to repeal repressive legislation against prostituted persons;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States, when to design and implementing policies to deal with trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution, to ensure that all relevant parties –such as NGOs, the police and other law enforcement agencies, and social and medical services –are involved and work in cooperation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to provide social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation, including support to migrant and undocumented victims, and to implement policies aimed at helping vulnerable women and girls to leave prostitution;