Activities of Barbara MATERA related to 2011/2185(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, unacceptably, sexual violence in the form of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children is still used as a war tactic in conflict regions around the world, and whereas rape in wartime has been recognised by the United Nations as a crime against humanity, and since 2008 the United Nations Security Council has been committed to combating the use of sexual violence as a war tactic;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas various forms of abuse of women continue to occur, but often go unreported because they are perpetrated by members of the victim’s immediate family;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to endorse the United Nation’s initiative establishing an International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation, which was introduced in 2003 with a view to raising public awareness of this abuse of women’s and girls’ fundamental right to health and physical integrity;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Strongly supports the DAPHNE programme, which aims to combat violence against women through the 500 projects implemented since 1997 in the various Member States of the European Union and aimed, in particular, at eliminating all forms of sexual, psychological and physical violence against women at work, at school and in the home;