# Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights

European Parliament procedure 2022/2139(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 389 committee amendments tabled by 31 Members between 2023-02-10 and 2023-02-10.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns the regulation of prostitution in the EU, its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women's rights. Amendments mainly add references to instruments and reports including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Istanbul Convention, CEDAW, the Anti-Trafficking Directive, UN and Council of Europe bodies, and sex workers' rights organisations, and frame prostitution, sexual exploitation and trafficking as gender-specific phenomena affecting mostly women and girls.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen MELCHIOR | Denmark | RE | 93 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197567.md |
| Monika VANA | Austria | Verts/ALE | 90 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124934.md |
| Maria NOICHL | Germany | S&D | 68 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124836.md |
| Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES | Portugal | S&D | 68 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197635.md |
| Christine SCHNEIDER | Germany | PPE | 67 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197422.md |
| Isabella ADINOLFI | Italy | PPE | 66 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124831.md |
| Lina GÁLVEZ | Spain | S&D | 65 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197702.md |
| Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ | Lithuania | S&D | 61 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96681.md |
| Lena DÜPONT | Germany | PPE | 59 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/99945.md |
| Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA | Poland | PPE | 59 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96791.md |
| Carina OHLSSON | Sweden | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/237779.md |
| Heléne FRITZON | Sweden | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197391.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Pernille WEISS | Denmark | PPE | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197515.md |
| Arba KOKALARI | Sweden | PPE | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197406.md |

## Official source documents

- PE742.470: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/FEMM-AM-742470_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2022-2139-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2022-2139-INI.json

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