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46 Amendments of Christa PRETS related to 2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

– having regard to International Sex Workers' Rights Day on 2 June in recognition of sex work,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

– having regard to the Swedish legislation that criminalises the purchase of sexual services which came into force in 1999, and its positive effects on the prevention of trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes and prostitution in and to Sweden,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

~~– having regard to the Finnish legislation of 2006 criminalising the purchase of sexual services from a victim of trafficking or procuring,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~– having regard to the proposal by the Norwegian government to criminalise the purchase of sexual services of July 2007,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

– having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1997 on the need to establish a European Union wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence against women1 and the designation of a European Year against Violence against Women and Children,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas recognizing and ensuring the protection of sex workers' human rights is essential to promoting health and safety,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas research from the WHO in 2005 shows that prostituted women are at a high risk of violence and sexual violence such as rape, ~~being threatened with a weapon and strangulation,~~

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas research from Canada shows that prostituted persons are 60 to 120 times more likely to be beaten or murdered than the general public,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas there is a link between experience of violence and sexual abuse and entry into prostitution as well as drug use and abuse,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas sexual abuse in childhood ~~is associated with greater vulnerability to "revictimisation" in adulthood including involvement~~ often starts a circle of violence for the people concerned, and whereas studies show that 60-70 % of prostituted women report being p~~rostitutio~~hysically abused as children,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas studies show that 60-70% of prostituted women report being physically abused as children and that there is a link between parental alcohol and drug abuse and entry into prostitution,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas common psychological health problems for prostituted women include: depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, traumatic stress, sleep disorders, flashbacks and migraines. Research also shows that the post-traumatic stress syndrome prostituted women experience is similar to that experienced by political prisoners,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas prostituted women may develop psychological health problems,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas an Australian study shows that a high percentage of prostituted women have experienced violence (85%) and rape (40%) as well as several traumatic experiences (93%) and depression (87%). 75% had been sexually abused before the age of 16 and 81% during the course of their work,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

~~J. whereas prostituted women risk becoming drug users because of the burden of their work and drug users risk turning to prostitution in order to support their addiction,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

~~K. whereas prostitution is a low skilled occupation and many prostituted women have lower levels of education are members of an ethnic minority and are of a low socio-economic background,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

~~L. whereas men who have ever paid for sex are significantly more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infection,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

~~M. whereas many prostituted women suffer harmful consequences from clients under the influence of alcohol such as excessive demands and unpredictable aggression,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

~~N. whereas there is a link between alcohol consumption and unprotected sex,~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas experience from Australia shows that even when prostitution is completely legalised, prostitution comes with many risks in terms of violence, diseases and injuries which renders it unsafe and makes the work and working environment dangerous,deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas every person has the right to work, free choice of occupation and just and fair working conditions,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)

Ob. whereas, as in all other occupations, sex workers, have the right to equality, the right to the same legal protection, as well as protection against discrimination and against any form of incitement to discrimination,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)

Oc. whereas sex workers are controlled and discriminated against by laws, regulations and social attitudes,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Recital O d (new)

Od. whereas stigmatising sex workers discriminates against women, men and transgender persons in the sex industry,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges that sex workers have full enjoyment of their human rights and as the best way to reduce or eliminate the discrimination and abuse to which sex workers are often subjected and to improve their access to health and social services;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Identifies violence towards prostituted women as a major health problem in prostitution;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges that sex work be recognised as work in order to ensure safe and appropriate working conditions, because the lack of employment rights leaves sex workers vulnerable to abuse and poor working conditions;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that sex work should not be over-regulated or subject to special restrictions because of discriminatory fears about sex work and sex workers; furthermore, sex work should be treated in the same way as other forms of work;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~4. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of being murdered than other women;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of physical and psychological injuries related, not to extraordinary violence, but to the everyday practice of prostitution;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, traumatic stress, sleep disorders, flashbacks and migraines;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Notes that whether or not the sex industry in a particular Member State is legal, regulated or criminalised, it is a growing business, a business which is detrimental to prostituted women's health;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recognises that the purchasers of prostitutes' services who refuse to wear a condom - and even pay extra money not to - are at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDS;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recognises that, as stated in the above- mentioned CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No. 19, traditional attitudes by which women are regarded as subordinate to men contribute to the propagation of pornography and the depiction and other commercial exploitation of women as sexual objects, rather than as individuals;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Acknowledges that the health effects of the sex industry are not something that can be isolated within the sex industry, but also affect the wider community. Purchasers of prostituted women's services who refuse to wear a condom are spreading STDs, most importantly HIV/AIDS, in their sexual encounters outside the sex industry;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Identifies violence in the sex industry as inseparable from the industry as such. A large proportion of what are considered normal services delivered by prostituted women is defined as violence in the criminal system;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Urges Member States to examine how large the proportion of people being infected by HIV/AIDS through prostitution is;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Urges Member States to investigate the specific health risks prostituted women are exposed to - regardless of the legal status of the sex industry;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Urges Member States where prostitution is legal or regulated to implement the same legal framework on safety in the workplace as in other areas of the labour market;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Urges Member States to investigate the levels of alcohol and drug use among prostituted women, since several studies from Canada and Australia show extremely high levels;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission and Member States to introduce improved working conditions for sex workers plus safeguards against repressive measures and against discrimination;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Urges Member States to examine how and why prostituted women become prostitutes, since several studies indicate that a considerable proportion have been sexually abused and/or raped as children;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Urges the Commission to compare differences in health status in the sex industry between Member States where prostitution is regulated, legal or criminalised;~~deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Member States to investigate the levels of drug abuse among prostituted women and how this has caused them to become prostituted women but also how the abuse increases their exposure to health risks;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses that future measures must be centred on empowerment of sex workers and on improving their working conditions and that the persons concerned must be consulted directly when such objectives and laws are being formulated;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

Lissy GRÖNER, Christa PRETS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to conduct a study on how pornography contributes to an increase in the size of the sex industry, in relation to the above-mentioned CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No. 19;deleted

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM