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4 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2014/2216(INI)

Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the consequences of gender- based violence affect the well-being of the victims in all the spheres of their life;
2014/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that in order to effectively combat violence against women, a change of attitude towards women and girls in society is necessary, where women are too often represented in subordinate roles and violence against them is too often tolerated or undermined;
2014/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that violence against women, such as honour killing, forced marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, domestic violence are serious violations of human rights that should never be justified by religion, culture and tradition;
2014/12/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to psychological support for women and girls abused in conflicts; welcomes the fact that the Sakharov Prize 2014 was awarded to Dr Denis Mukwege for his commitment in the fight against sexual violence against women and calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;
2014/12/15
Committee: FEMM