There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-11695, in the name of Christine Grahame, on Scotland’s national action plan for human rights, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament notes the publication on 19 November 2014 of the first Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) annual report, SNAP: Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights - Year One Report.
The second question is, that amendment S4M-11789.1, in the name of Graeme Pearson, which seeks to amend motion S4M-11789, in the name of Michael Matheson, on violence against women, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The third question is, that motion S4M-11789, in the name of Michael Matheson, on violence against women, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament affirms its commitment to ending violence against women and to supporting women, children and young people who are affected; supports the 24th year of the UN 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence; welcomes the publication of Equally Safe, Scotland’s strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls; endorses the inclusion of far-reaching priority actions in the programme for government to address domestic abuse and revenge pornography; welcomes the introduction of Police Scotland’s pilot Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse in Scotland; acknowledges the positive developments made collaboratively utilising partnerships across Police Scotland and the NHS and specialist services to eradicate honour-based violence, with the criminalisation of forced marriage and establishment of the Female Genital Mutilation Short-Life Working Group; commends the valuable contribution that voluntary and third sector organisations such as Scottish Women’s Aid, Rape Crisis Scotland and the Women’s Support Project make to the shaping of Scotland’s approach to violence against women and for the vital support that they provide to women, children and young people who have experienced or are experiencing violence or abuse, and this year congratulates White Ribbon Scotland on its eighth anniversary of positive campaigning to ensure that men are part of Scotland’s strategy to end gender-based violence, and encourages the Scottish Government to enhance its efforts to deal head-on with the prevailing culture, exacerbated by some media, music and internet content, which promotes the view of women as sexual objects rather than as human beings who are worthy of the same equal rights and respect as men.
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Violence against Women