43 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2013/2065(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on women and girls with disabilities
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and its entry into force on 21 January 2011, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities1, in particular Article 6 thereof, on women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011 - 2020),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)
Citation 25 b (new)
- having regard to the Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (2010-2015),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 c (new)
Citation 25 c (new)
- having regard to the Second Manifesto on the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities in the European Union: A toolkit for activists and policymakers,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 80 million people with disabilities living in the European Union are in significant need of an accessible and unprejudiced environment, of these 80 million people, 46 million are women and girls with disabilities, who make up 16% of the total female population of the EU;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the number of elderly people is increasing, which means that the number of people with disabilities will increase accordingly; whereas, according to the WHO, disability is more prevalent in women, which means that the number of women with disabilities will increase in greater proportion;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas gender policies ignore issues concerning disability, and disability policies in turn avoid the issue of gender; whereas this only serves to perpetuate the invisibility of women and girls with disabilities and the various types of discrimination that they suffer;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas one of the European Union’s founding principles is the full inclusion of all its citizens, which means that all persons with disabilities, women and girls included, must be given fair and equal possibilities to participate in the social and economic life of the community;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas equal access of women and girls with disabilities to quality healthcare services must be ensured, i.a. by improving the vocational training and life-long learning of medical staff with regard to their specific needs;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the representation in the public sphere of partnership, sexuality and maternity as experienced by women and girls with disabilities contributes to efforts to combat prejudice and misinformation; whereas such representations can be made in a variety of ways, in particular using artistic and cultural means and the media;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas women and girls with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence; whereas specific measures must be taken to tackle this inexcusable phenomenon;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas women and girls with disabilities are exposed to gender stereotypes that need to be tackled;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas it is the responsibility of public authorities to provide women and girls with disabilities with an environment that is adapted in such ways that they can fully assume their rights and responsibilities, and make decisions for themselves, on equal footing with people that do not suffer from any impairment;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas women and girls with disabilities can only enjoy equal rights if gender justice is realised, and if state administrations are as accessible to women with disabilities as to persons without any impairment;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas women with disabilities mustthere are above-average rates of illiteracy and lower levels of educational attainment among women and girls with disabilities; whereas they must, therefore, be given full access to education and labour markets in order that they may participate actively in the social and economic life of the community in accordance with their aptitudes and talents, which must be encouraged, especially in education and the labour market;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas women with disabilities are faced with a number of problems that make it very difficult to access to the labour market, and even if they succeed in getting a job, they are generally poorly paid and given few responsibilities; whereas this consigns them to social isolation, which causes them to have low self-esteem and makes them heavily dependent on their families and/or legal guardians; whereas it is vital that they are able to enter the labour market; whereas women encounter greater difficulties when entering the labour market, making it harder for them to lead ordered and independent lives;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas women and girls with disabilities are more likely to be socially and emotionally dependent on others, to suffer violence and to see their personal and social development curtailed; whereas there is widespread misinformation and ignorance in respect of their sexuality, which gives rise to countless scurrilous untruths; whereas they are more likely to be neglected by the social services and medical profession and to have serious body-image issues; whereas employment is not only a source of income, but also has become a way of integrating into society by forging links with the wider world and creating a network of interpersonal relationships and a feeling of participating in the economic life of a country;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for targets to be set for the inclusion of all EU citizens, regardless of any physical, intellectual and/or psychosocial impairments;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the inclusion and participation of women and girls with disabilities can only be achieved if their movement in a society unhindered by barriers is facilitated, and calls for efforts to that end;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes that, in the sphere of housing, architectural and other measures be taken to hasten a positive shift from ‘design for special needs’ to ‘integral and inclusive design for all citizens’; notes at the same time, however, that the objective of ensuring unimpeded access and the adjustments necessary to achieve this should not be of an architectural nature alone and that universal design intended in particular to cater for the basic daily needs of women with disabilities should be a firm objective and a reality;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that accessibility to the internet must also be ensured (e.g. readability of all public websites for people with visual impairment, with solutions also focusing on other types of disability that are non-visual, such as the adapting of complex content to the needs of the intellectually disabled and incorporating sign-language videos enabling content to be understood), and expresses its concern that the accessibility of citizens to government agencies is not yet fully ensured; welcomes, therefore, the Commission Proposal for a Directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that women and girls with disabilities have the right to decide, as far as possible, over their own lives, and highlights the fact that this right should also be promoted in specialised institutions; stresses that personal assistance can be a means of autonomous living and should therefore be encouraged;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that the United Nations Convention promotes a ‘support in decision making’ human rights model based on the intrinsic equality and dignity of all people, as opposed to the obsolete system of ‘substitution in decision making’;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, for women and girls with disabilities in particular to receive proper care, there is a need in the medical sector for specific continuous and career-long training on the issue of mental illness/disabilities;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the various steps in a woman’s life – pregnancy being one – entail specific challenges which have to be dealt with, and that when women with disabilities do so they should enjoy the same rights and opportunities offered women without disabilities, and that furthermore, bearing in mind the additional challenges faced by women with disabilities, they must be entitled to a longer period of maternity leave in order to adjust to their new situation and build a good family life;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that women and girls with disabilities must be allowed to enjoy their sexuality as freely as people without impairments, and considers that women with disabilities must be able to live and fulfil their wish either to have or not to have children, as women without disabilities do;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it vital for women and girls with disabilities to have complete access to medical care that meets their particular needs, including gynaecological consultation, also regarding family planning, and adapted support during pregnancy;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the necessity to protect women and girls with disabilities living in care homes and mental hospitals from sexual assault and other forms of physical mistreatment, and points with concern to the lack of data on this alarming phenomenon; asks, therefore, the Member States to investigate how pervasive this problem is, collect the relevant data and take the appropriate measures to tackle it. These data must likewise be used to check that women and girls with disabilities who are still institutionalised in segregated facilities are receiving all the medical care and attention they require;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. The European Union and the Member States shall take legislative, administrative, social, educational and other measures to protect women and girls with disabilities from all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse, both within and outside the home environment, and ensure they have full access to community services and justice;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Proposes, therefore, the introduction of trial procedures specifically tailored to meet the needs of women and girls with disabilities, including the provision of NGO assistance; underscores that no barriers may hinder the access of women with disabilities to legal recourse;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that any sterilisation agreement entered into by a woman or girl with disabilities must be examined by an impartial third party charged with verifying that the decision was reached fairly and, in the absence of severe medical indications, without enforcement, nor must contraceptive methods ever be administered or a pregnancy ever be legally terminated against the will of a woman or girl with disabilities. Women and girls with disabilities must have the right to give their informed consent to and to understand all medical practices. If a woman or girl with disabilities is incapable of giving her consent, then consent must always be based on respect for human rights;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to education and the labour market for women and girls with disabilities, and highlights that particular talents, views and experiences can enrich working environments considerably;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Proposes that the European Social Fund be used as an effective tool to increase the extent to which women and girls with disabilities are included in all spheres of life, such as access to the labour market, as well as in reducing youth unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that mobility within the EU should be open for women and girls with disabilities and that the Member State of destination must provide such women with the special needs to which they are entitled, on an equal footing with other people with disabilities;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Member States to take adequate measures to prevent women and girls with disabilities from slipping into poverty, and to guarantee that they have access to social and health services;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for public health systems to class vulnerable groups as users with special needs and to be provided with the resources and referral facilities required in order to deliver proper care;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Asks the Commission and the Member States to develop large-scale awareness raising campaigns to make women and girls with disabilities more visible, and highlights the valuable role that mass media and the internet have to play in this regard;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reiterates that Community policies on disability need to take account of gender equality from the very start, so that inequalities that already exist are not continued or increased during policy development; Stresses that indicators need to be established that reflect disability and gender aspects jointly. The lack of indicators makes it difficult to obtain an accurate picture of the situation facing women with disabilities; Calls on the Commission to invite women and girls who do have disabilities to participate in future studies on women and disability;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. It is essential to ensure that periodic reports by the European Union and its Member States under human rights treaties contain information in relation to each right on women and girls with disabilities, including the current situation de facto and de jure, information on measures to improve their situation and on the difficulties and obstacles they have encountered, especially in rural areas. This practice must be extended to all institutions working for the defence of human rights, both within the EU and nationally, including organisations representing people with disabilities and their families, women in general and women with disabilities;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. It is vital that the European Union and national governments adopt measures to ensure existing surveys collect data and statistics that take account of the relationship between gender and disability, so that governments may devise and apply policies in order to meet their obligations in regard to international human rights treaties; women who have disabilities must be involved in the collection of this data. Similarly all studies on people with disabilities need to take the gender aspect into account, and studies on women and girls need likewise to take the disability aspect into account;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. It is vital that Member States ensure that women and girls with disabilities are equal before the law and are entitled to receive equal legal protection and equal legal benefits free of discrimination of any kind. All discrimination on grounds of disability and sex shall be banned, taking into consideration the fact that the confluence of these two factors has an exponential effect on inequality;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. In changing the situation of women and girls with disabilities one of the main challenges lies in including disability in all programmes, measures and policies on gender, as well as devising and developing positive action measures to achieve progress for them, given that they are at a disadvantage;