9 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2014/2015(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), and its article 3 defining ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the FRA report entitled ‘The fundamental rights situation of intersex people’, published in May 2015,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
– having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2016 on new Strategy for gender equality and women’s rights post-201510 , __________________ 10and to its report of 9 June 2015 on EU strategy for equality between women in men post 2015, __________________ 10 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2016)0042. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2016)0042.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas in particular EU gender equality directives are not properly implemented in a number of EU Member States which do not protect transgender people against discrimination in the areas of access to employment and access to goods and services;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the Council’s call for a new Commission initiative setting out a strategy for gender equality between women and men 2016-20202016-2020, inclusive of transgender and intersex people, and for the status of its strategic engagement on gender equality to be enhanced, which should be closely linked to the Europe 2020 strategy and should take into account the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include measures to protect women and LGBTI people against harassment in the workplace; calls on the Commission to revise the current EU framework decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, in order to include sexism, bias crime and incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation and, gender identity and sex characteristics;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Condemns that genital ‘normalisation’ surgery still takes place on intersex infants in most EU countries, despite not being medically necessary; urges EU Member States to avoid such medical treatments without the free and informed consent of the person concerned;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes that in Malta and Greece, intersex people are protected against discrimination on the ground of sex characteristics; calls on Member States to include the grounds of gender identity and sex characteristics within their gender equality legislation when implementing EU gender equality directives;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Repeats its calls on the Member States to put an immediate end to the detention of children, pregnant and nursing women and survivors of rape, sexual violence and trafficking, and for appropriate psychological support to be made available; recalls that timely support for refugee victims of gender-based violence should be provided at all stages of the migration processviolence based on gender or (perceived) sexual orientation or gender identity, should be provided at all stages of the migration process including immediate relocation in case their safety cannot be guaranteed, quality mental health support and instant gender identity recognition for the duration of asylum procedures as a violence- prevention measure;