Activities of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2011/2185(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)
Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World and the European Union’s policy on the matter including implications for the EU’s strategic human rights policy
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, unacceptably, sexual violence in the form of mass and ethnic 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;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses in particular the need to promote health education and appropriate programmes for sexual and reproductive health, which are prominent in the EU’s development and human rights policy towards third countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that women in conflict situations have fair access to public healthcare systems, adequate gynaecological and obstetric protection as defined by the World Health Organization;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Expresses its deep concern on the entrenched gender-based discrimination and domestic violence in both urban and rural areas in several third countries; on the high rates of sexual violence and rape of women and girls in South Africa; on the inadequate investigations, which are often obstructed by gender bias; on obstacles in accessing healthcare risks; and on delays in providing medical treatment for victims;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to make the issue of women’s rights central to the negotiations with all candidate countries, and recalls that Turkey is required to achieve visible and concrete results in the application of the principle of equality and respect for without exception; to the Turkish authorities that the persisting severity of violence against women, including honour killings, early and forced marriages remain major issues for Turkey; to stop neglecting the ineffectiveness of remedies, and the lenience of Turkish authorities to punish effectively the perpetrators; to urge the Turkish Government to speed up reforms, to introduce gender equality and anti- violence programs at all levels of education, to train public officials, the police, the judiciary and the civil society; to ask Turkey to implement effective prevention, protection and prosecution policies and to deliver tangible progress in respecting and implementing women’s rights;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of female genital mutilation both at grass-roots and at policy level, highlighting the fact that such practices constitute a severe violation of human rights and the physical integrity of women and girls;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls nevertheless on the Commission, nevertheless, to make further use of this instrument in order to address all forms of violence physical, social and psychological against women, as well as to develop measures to reinforce women’s rights and their position in society;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the European Commission to combat the so-called gender-selected abortion, and all forms of harmful traditions and practices against women and the girl child;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the European Commission to promote the active participation of the NGOs engaged in the promotion of women rights and conditions in all the cooperation and development programmes;