5 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2010/2089(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the testing of new pharmaceutical products with respect to their effects on women's anatomy and physiology, ensuring a sufficient representation of experts on the relevant monitoring, control and evaluation bodies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to promote and reinforce instruments for the prevention of women's illnesses, by means of specific, wide-ranging and regular information campaigns on their nature and causes and the associated risks, thus pointing up the need for systematic health checks and the benefits of early intervention;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to encourage and support medical and pharmaceutical research into illnesses that primarily affect women, with reference to all phases of their lives and not only reproductive age;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to take account of the specific health protection needs of immigrant women, with particular reference to the guaranteed provision by health systems of appropriate language mediation services. Those systems should develop training initiatives enabling doctors and other professionals to acquire an intercultural approach based on recognition of and respect for diversity and the sensitivities of people from different geographical regions. Priority must also be given to actions and information campaigns to combat female genital mutilation, including severe penalties for those who practise it;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to create a network of specific social, health and counselling services, with dedicated telephone helplines, for women, couples and families, with the aim of preventing domestic violence and providing qualified professional help and support for those needing it, in cooperation with the other bodies in the field;