18 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, the Regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters and the Directive on the European Protection Order up to 2015 and beyond
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Being Trans in the EU - Comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data' published in December 2014.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas one in two women experiences one or more forms of sexual harassment in the course of her life and as much as 34% of trans people experience harassment and violence in public, the vast majority of them being women and whereas a life free of violence and characterised by self- determination is a prerequisite for full participation in society;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas lesbian, bisexual, and trans women and intersex individuals face grave and persistent violations of their rights to health and to bodily integrity, and ongoing discriminatory practices in access to healthcare as a result of gender stereotypes,
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas in recent years, anti-gender equality movements have gained public ground in a number of Member States, attempting to reinforce traditional gender roles and challenging existing achievements in the area of gender equality;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to draw up and adopt a new strategy for gender equality between women and men in Europe aimed at eliminating discrimination against all women and men in their diversity (such as ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, religion, nationality and age);
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Violence against Women and gender- based violence
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the appeal to the Commission it made in its resolution of 25 February 2014, with recommendations to combat violence against women, to submit a legal act providing both a consistent system for collecting statistical data as well as a uniform approach by Member States to the prevention and suppression of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in drawing up their action programmes for gender equality and to pay special attention to new forms of violence against women and persons who do not conform to gender stereotypes, such as cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking, and to carry out continual evaluations; stresses in this connection also the importance of close cooperation with civil society in order to recognise problem areas at an earlier stage and to address them more effectively;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure EU Member States enable the full legal recognition of a person’s preferred gender, including the change of first name, social security number and other gender indicators on identity documents;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that within the European Union, in matters of employment and occupation, women are protected against discrimination on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Reiterates its call on the European Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders, and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), and to ensure that gender diversity in childhood is not pathologized.
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the European Commission to promote access to patient-centred and appropriate healthcare to all women, without discrimination on the grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability, socio-economic status, ethnic origin, religion or belief, nationality and age.
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to enshrine (medical) fertility support as an individual right and to end discrimination in access to fertility treatment and assisted reproduction;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to create incentives for competent training in the critical use of the media in the Member States to encourage the questioning of stereotypes and structures and to share best practice examples so as to review the ways in which roles have been stereotyped in the educational material used so far; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to support programmes to raise awareness of stereotypes and traditional gender roles in the education and media sector; emphasises in this regard that combating bullying and prejudice against LGBTI persons in schools, whether of students, parents or teachers, should be part of the EU's efforts to combat gender stereotypes; emphasises in this connection the importance of gender-equitable teaching methods for teachers, so that they can clearly explain the benefits of gender equality and a diverse society;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Instructs the Commission to conduct a study of the everyday impact of the gender portrayal in public life, the media and educational institutions, focusing in particular on school bullying, hate speech and gender-based violence;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to coordinate Member States actions aiming at fighting against gender-based school bullying, hate speech and violence.
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission, in the Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy and development cooperation, trade and diplomatic relations, to work for the introduction of a standard that defines women’s rights as a human right and makes respect for this right mandatory; to ensure that women are protected against discrimination and violence, including on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; emphasises the importance of participatory collaboration with all stakeholders, especially with civil society organisations in the context of development cooperation;