Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM |
BIEDROŃ Robert ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p1, RoP 136-p5
Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p1, RoP 136-p5Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 462 votes to 19, with 89 abstentions, a resolution on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has forced a large number of people to flee the country. Approximately 5 million refugees have fled from Ukraine to the EU since the beginning of the invasion, with an estimated 90 % of refugees being women and children. A further 7.1 million people have been displaced internally within Ukraine, including women and children in need of medical and mental health care, employment possibilities, proper schooling for children and accommodation and protection against sexual and gender-based violence.
On the other hand, many women have stayed in Ukraine and mobilised for combat with around 300 000 women in the battlefield as well as those who make up a second line of defence, providing non-combat support as well as vital logistics including assistance in the evacuation of civilians. Those who do leave often come to the EU with their children or the children of their extended family and friends.
The resolution highlighted that there are currently an estimated 80 000 women waiting to give birth in Ukraine. The difficult situation on the ground is resulting in a lack of proper access to sexual and reproductive health and rights for the women still in the country. Access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is also becoming increasingly difficult for the refugees arriving in the EU notably in Poland where there is a de facto abortion ban .
Parliament restated its condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against and invasion of Ukraine and condemned any war crimes being committed against the civilian population, including women and girls in all their diversity. It praised the solidarity shown by EU citizens, civil society, Member States and the EU itself towards Ukraine and people fleeing Ukraine.
The EU should work towards swiftly granting EU candidate status to Ukraine, in line with Article 49 TEU and based on merit, and, in the meantime, continue to work towards the integration of Ukraine into the EU single market along the lines of the Association Agreement in order to adequately protect Ukrainian women and girls.
The Commission is asked to ensure correct and full implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive across all 27 Member States and to make sure that women refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine fully benefit from the rights enshrined therein, especially regarding health services, maternity, childcare and access to the labour market.
Members insisted that all Ukrainian citizens who were forcibly deported to Russia should be immediately returned to Ukraine.
The EU is called on to:
- address the specific needs of women and girls in reception centres and to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services , particularly emergency contraception, post-exposure prophylaxis and abortion care, including for survivors of rape;
- use additional measures, EU funds and mechanisms to respond to the sexual and gender-based violence protection and sexual and gender-based violence;
- swiftly identify and prosecute the trafficking networks profiting from the sexual exploitation of refugee women and girls;
- prioritise the need for an EU-wide registration platform for people applying for temporary protection, which is especially needed to support tracing and reunification efforts of unaccompanied minors, but also regarding those at risk of trafficking, such as women and girls;
- support Ukraine in investing in anti-trafficking awareness raising as well as setting up an EU-wide helpline number specifically for refugee victims or those at risk of human trafficking or sexual and gender-based violence, free of charge and monitored in Ukrainian.
Ukrainian legislation allows surrogacy and the country accounts for over a quarter of the world’s commercial surrogacy market. Although Parliament condemns this practice, it asked the EU and its Member States to pay particular attention to the protection of surrogate mothers during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium and to respect all of their rights, as well as those of the newborns.
To further assist Moldova in its efforts to host refugees fleeing Ukraine, Parliament called on the Member States and the Commission to share responsibility and provide specific assistance to meet the needs of refugee women and girls.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)460
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0206/2022
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B9-0012/2022
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0219/2022
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0219/2022
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B9-0012/2022
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)460
Activities
- Heidi HAUTALA
Plenary Speeches (3)
- Malin BJÖRK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Andrea BOCSKOR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria da Graça CARVALHO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Lívia JÁRÓKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sandra PEREIRA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Vladimír BILČÍK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Katalin CSEH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Nicolaus FEST
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mick WALLACE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Simona BALDASSARRE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Guido REIL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Tudor CIUHODARU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Frances FITZGERALD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Radka MAXOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Leszek MILLER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Cindy FRANSSEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Izabela-Helena KLOC
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Elżbieta KRUK
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
L'impact de la guerre contre l'Ukraine sur les femmes - The impact of the war against Ukraine on women - Auswirkungen des Krieges gegen die Ukraine auf Frauen - B9-0219/2022 - § 9/13 #
B9-0219/2022 - Après le § 9 - Am 7 #
B9-0219/2022 - Après le § 9 - Am 8 #
B9-0219/2022 - Après le § 11 - Am 10 #
| IT | PL | HR | SK | AT | SI | CY | LT | MT | LV | EE | CZ | EL | LU | BG | HU | IE | FI | DK | BE | SE | FR | PT | RO | NL | ES | DE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
65
|
45
|
12
|
11
|
18
|
6
|
1
|
10
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
18
|
6
|
6
|
11
|
16
|
11
|
13
|
13
|
18
|
20
|
65
|
21
|
21
|
24
|
55
|
82
|
|
 ID |
55
|
Italy IDFor (21)Alessandra BASSO, Alessandro PANZA, Annalisa TARDINO, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Gianantonio DA RE, Gianna GANCIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Marco CAMPOMENOSI, Marco DREOSTO, Marco ZANNI, Massimo CASANOVA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Susanna CECCARDI, Valentino GRANT
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
Germany IDFor (6)Abstain (1) |
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 ECR |
53
|
Italy ECRFor (6) |
Poland ECRFor (25)Adam BIELAN, Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA, Anna FOTYGA, Anna ZALEWSKA, Beata KEMPA, Beata MAZUREK, Beata SZYDŁO, Bogdan RZOŃCA, Dominik TARCZYŃSKI, Elżbieta KRUK, Elżbieta RAFALSKA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Izabela-Helena KLOC, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Karol KARSKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Krzysztof JURGIEL, Patryk JAKI, Ryszard CZARNECKI, Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
Netherlands ECRFor (2)Against (2) |
Spain ECR |
1
|
||||||||||||||
 NI |
33
|
Italy NIFor (2)Against (6)Abstain (1) |
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Hungary NI |
2
|
3
|
3
|
||||||||||||||||||
 The Left |
27
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
Spain The LeftAgainst (6) |
3
|
|||||||||||||||
 PPE |
142
|
Italy PPEAgainst (2)Abstain (1) |
Poland PPEFor (1)Against (2) |
4
|
Slovakia PPEFor (2)Against (1)Abstain (1) |
Austria PPEAbstain (1) |
4
|
Lithuania PPEAgainst (1)Abstain (3) |
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Bulgaria PPEFor (1)Against (2)Abstain (2) |
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
Belgium PPEAgainst (2)Abstain (2) |
Sweden PPEAgainst (4)Abstain (2) |
France PPEAgainst (2)Abstain (2) |
Portugal PPEAgainst (3)Abstain (2) |
Romania PPEAgainst (4)Abstain (6) |
Netherlands PPEAgainst (5)Abstain (1) |
Spain PPEAgainst (1) |
Germany PPEFor (1)Against (18) |
|
 Verts/ALE |
65
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
France Verts/ALEAgainst (10)Abstain (2) |
1
|
2
|
3
|
Germany Verts/ALEAgainst (19)
Alexandra GEESE,
Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG,
Damian BOESELAGER,
Daniel FREUND,
Erik MARQUARDT,
Hannah NEUMANN,
Jutta PAULUS,
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN,
Malte GALLÉE,
Martin HÄUSLING,
Michael BLOSS,
Nico SEMSROTT,
Niklas NIENASS,
Patrick BREYER,
Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA,
Rasmus ANDRESEN,
Romeo FRANZ,
Terry REINTKE,
Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL
Abstain (3) |
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 Renew |
93
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Czechia RenewFor (1)Abstain (4) |
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
Denmark RenewAgainst (5) |
4
|
3
|
France RenewAgainst (21)
Bernard GUETTA,
Catherine CHABAUD,
Christophe GRUDLER,
Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU,
Dominique RIQUET,
Fabienne KELLER,
Gilles BOYER,
Jérémy DECERLE,
Laurence FARRENG,
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE,
Nathalie LOISEAU,
Pascal CANFIN,
Pascal DURAND,
Pierre KARLESKIND,
Salima YENBOU,
Sandro GOZI,
Stéphane BIJOUX,
Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ,
Stéphanie YON-COURTIN,
Valérie HAYER,
Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR
|
Romania RenewAgainst (6) |
Netherlands RenewAgainst (7) |
Spain RenewFor (1)Against (8) |
Germany RenewAgainst (6) |
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| S&D |
115
|
Italy S&DAgainst (8) |
Poland S&DAgainst (6) |
4
|
1
|
Austria S&DAgainst (5) |
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
Portugal S&DAgainst (9) |
5
|
4
|
Spain S&DAgainst (21)
Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ,
Alicia HOMS GINEL,
Clara AGUILERA,
Cristina MAESTRE,
César LUENA,
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA,
Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL,
Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS,
Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO,
Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO,
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ,
Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ,
Javi LÓPEZ,
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ,
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ,
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR,
Lina GÁLVEZ,
Marcos ROS SEMPERE,
Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ,
Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR,
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES
|
Germany S&DAgainst (14) |