L. whereas situations of war and armed conflict, post-conflict reconstruction and economic, social and/or financial crises increase the vulnerability of women individually and collectively to male violence against them and should not be considered as an excuse to tolerate male violence,

3. Calls on the Commission to submit to the Council and Parliament a targeted and a more coherent EU policy plan to combat all forms of violence against women, as stated in the EC Roadmap for Equality between women and men, to include measures to combat violence against women in its action programme for equal opportunities for men and women for 2011-2016, as well as concrete measures to prevent all forms of violence, protect victims and prosecute perpetrators, and to ensure that an analysis of the gender equality implications of male violence against women in all policy areas is carried out and that the EU institutions and the Member Sta ...[+++]tes develop a coordinated, committed and coherent response in order to eradicate such violence;

3. Calls on the Commission to submit to the Parliament and the Council a targeted and a more coherent EU policy plan to combat all forms of violence against women, as stated in the Commission communication of 1 March 2006 entitled "A Roadmap for equality between women and men 2006-2010" (COM(2006)0092 ), to include measures to combat violence against women in its action programme for equal opportunities for men and women for 2011-2016, as well as concrete measures to prevent all forms of violence, protect victims and prosecute perpetrators, and to ensure that an analysis of the gender equality implications of male violence against women in all policy areas ...[+++] is carried out and that the EU institutions and the Member States develop a coordinated, committed and coherent response in order to eradicate such violence;

In the Violence Against Women Act of 1998, the Swedish government and the parliament defined prostitution as a serious form of male violence against women and children, and refused the idea that prostitution is a choice, that prostitution is work, that prostitution is something women, children, young men, and boys would like to participate in.

Pimps, traffickers, and buyers knowingly exploit the vulnerability of the victims, which is caused by high rates of poverty, unemployment, discriminatory labour practices, gender inequalities, and male violence against women and children (1920) On a structural level, Sweden recognizes that to succeed in the campaign against sexual exploitation the political, social, and economic conditions under which women and girls live must be ameliorated by introducing measures such as poverty reduction, sustainable development measures, measures that promote gender equality, and social programs focusing specifically on women and girls.

A project aimed at raising awareness and knowledge on how masculinity contributes to male violence against women.