Senator
Democrats 66 (D66)
Senate - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands
Working language: English
03/03/2023 - Standing Committee Improving access to sexual and reproductive healthcare through innovative approaches 25/01/2023 - Session How men and boys can be ‘agents of change’ in confronting gender-based violence 24/01/2023 - Equality and Non-Discrimination Improving access to sexual and reproductive healthcare through innovative approaches 01/12/2022 - Equality and Non-Discrimination The responsibility of men and boys in preventing and stopping gender-based violence 31/05/2022 - Standing Committee Integrating a gender perspective in migration policies
24/04/2023 | 15:26:42 Thank you, Mister President. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group, I would also like to commend both rapporteurs and the speakers who have commemorated the atrocities taking place on this continent, a hundred years ago, 75 years ago and [which] are still ongoing, because the past two years have seen a horrendous time for Europe, for peace, for democracy and for human rights. Of course, Russia's war against Ukraine has revived the worst nightmares of all... 25/01/2023 | 19:53:31 Thank you, Chair. When I was four years old, my father asked me to get the newspaper. We were sitting in the kitchen. I said, "No". You know, a four-year-old, and he said "Yes, you have to do it!" I asked why he said, "Because I am the man, I am the boss." And I said, "That's not a reason". I think this is when my feminism started. This is why I stand here, because I think there is no reason in the world, be it culture, be it religion, be it anything, social class, that one human being can be... 25/01/2023 | 16:50:47 Thank you, thank you, Mr President, thank you, dear colleagues, thank you, colleagues from the Secretariat and great to have Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA here as well. Dear colleagues, let me start with two quotes that guided me during the writing of this report. First, the famous quote of the Canadian author Margaret Atwood, who said: "Men are afraid that women laugh at them, women are afraid that men want to kill them." This quote is rather pessimistic but, I think, realistic as well, when we... 23/06/2022 | 12:05:55 Mister President, What a morning! So many words have been said. My heart goes out to the next of kin in the gallery and to everybody at home who is missing a loved one. I will start with a story about a loved one who was very dear to many people in my party. Since 2015, the Pim de Kuijer lecture offers an annual stage for a politician, journalists, activists or artists, who shows that you can put big words such as human rights and democratisation into practice at a young age. The lecture is... 23/06/2022 | 10:25:31 Thank you, Mister George LOUCAIDES and Mister Bernard FOURNIER, for authoring this report. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group, I would like to especially join the position of this report in emphasising the burden Malta is facing. One of the Mediterranean frontline states with regard to migrants and asylum seekers and the urgent necessity to intervene. We should all work together and at home to gather the European solidarity that Malta needs in order to...
15/02/2023 | Doc. 15715 | Report Innovative approaches to sexual and reproductive health and rights 06/01/2023 | Doc. 15678 | Report The role and responsibility of men and boys in stopping gender-based violence against women and girls 16/02/2022 | Doc. 15456 | Report Gender mainstreaming of migration policies 31/08/2020 | Doc. 15129 | Report Upholding human rights in times of crisis and pandemics: gender, equality and non-discrimination 09/07/2020 | Doc. 15122 | Report The gender dimension of foreign policy
27/06/2023 | Doc. 15754 | Written declaration Palestinian Intelligence Services must cease political harassment of human rights lawyers 11/05/2023 | Doc. 15770 | Motion for a resolution Establishment of an Order of the European solidarities 09/05/2023 | Doc. 15695 | Written declaration The United Kingdom must allow trans people to live their lives with dignity 04/05/2023 | Doc. 15765 | Written declaration The Slovak Republic must avoid regression on legal gender recognition 04/05/2023 | Doc. 15763 | Written declaration Electoral integrity under potential threat in Türkiye
25/04/2023 | Doc. 15740, vote on the draft text for resolution Assessing the functioning of the partnership for democracy 27/01/2023 | Doc. 15683, vote on the draft text for resolution Emergence of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and their necessary apprehension through European human rights law 27/01/2023 | Doc. 15675, vote on the draft text for resolution Building the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks (OCEAN) 26/01/2023 | Doc. 15689, vote on the draft text for resolution Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 25/01/2023 | Doc. 15673, vote on the draft text for resolution The Istanbul Convention: progress and challenges