6 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2010/2041(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Insists that no section of the media should be able to portray people as being inferior or superior in terms of human dignity on the basis of their gender, nor as being mere sex objects;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the existence of certain advertisements which promote either various types of violence or stereotypes of women as objects, humiliate women and debase their dignity; urges the Commission and the Member States to develop European awareness campaigns against exploitation of the female body and dissemination of sexist messages, ensuring that there is no dissemination of content that justifies, trivialises or incites violence against women;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the media to use language in a non-sexist way in the programmes they make, to ensure that women participate actively and are represented in a balanced way, and to ensure that there are diverse images of both sexes, going beyond general concepts of beauty and sexist stereotypes of roles carried out in different areas of life, in particular where content aimed at children and young people is concerned;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that reliable advertising may have a positive influence on society’s perceptions of issues such as gender roles, body image and normality; encourages advertisers to be more constructive in their advertisements, in order to promote the positive role of women in society, at work, in the family and in public life;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Likewise stresses that political, social and cultural activities promoting or aimed at women, as well as those that encourage the empowerment of women, should be disseminated on an equal footing;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls for the EIGE to be made responsible for advising on and analysing the advertising carried by the media of the EU institutions and general advertising material, with a view to eradicating all forms of discrimination on grounds of gender; calls, furthermore, for the EIGE to ensure the existence of codes of ethics applying to the content carried by the media of the EU institutions;