# Sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality

European Parliament procedure 2013/2103(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee DEVE / FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 199 committee amendments tabled by 24 Members between 2013-11-06 and 2014-01-09.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is a report on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality. The amendments address root causes linked to inequality between men and women and poverty, human trafficking and its victims, protection of vulnerable groups, discouraging demand and sex tourism, criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services, and reference UN and Council of Europe instruments against trafficking.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael GUSTAFSSON | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109649.md |
| Siiri OVIIR | Estonia | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/26829.md |
| Anna HEDH | Sweden | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28131.md |
| Inês Cristina ZUBER | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111589.md |
| Antonyia PARVANOVA | Bulgaria | ALDE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/34234.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |
| Minodora CLIVETI | Romania | S&D | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113597.md |
| Nicole KIIL-NIELSEN | France | Verts/ALE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96737.md |
| Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS | United Kingdom | ECR | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96944.md |
| Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU | Cyprus | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97050.md |
| Ulrike LUNACEK | Austria | Verts/ALE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97017.md |
| Marusya LYUBCHEVA | Bulgaria | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/37524.md |
| Mariya GABRIEL | Bulgaria | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96848.md |
| Silvia COSTA | Italy | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96917.md |
| Mojca KLEVA KEKUŠ | Slovenia | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23413.md |

## Official source documents

- PE522.935: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-522.935+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE523.001: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-523.001+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE526.279: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.279+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2103-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2103-INI.json

---

Source: AmendEU (amendeu.com), built from Parltrack (ODbL), European Parliament Open Data ((c) European Union) and official Parliament documents. Aggregates CC BY 4.0.
Data refreshed: 2026-07-27. Human-readable version: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2103-INI
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".