Activities of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2013/2066(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies PDF (224 KB) DOC (123 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas commonly used indicators tend to neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, violence against women and girls, the poverty of large families and single parents, child poverty, and the social exclusion of women;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas eolderly Roma women are exposed to a higher risk of poverty due to the majority of them having worked in the informal economy without remuneration or social security affiliation;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. Whereas the overwhelming majority of Roma adults classified as ‘inactive’ are women and – partly due to the traditional labour division between women and men and due to racism and sexism existing within European labour markets – the number of active-aged Roma women in paid employment is only about half that of Roma men, with the figures being similar in terms of self-employment;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas teenage and unplanned pregnancylack of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive rights, including contraception, is an obstacle to Roma women's empowerment and gender equality, and leads to unplanned pregnancies, including among teenagers (which disrupts the educational and working opportunities of women and girls);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of trafficking in women, prostitution, violence and other forms of exploitation that, gender inequalities, and gender stereotypes increase the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation, including trafficking in women and prostitution, and hamper the full participation of women in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas it has become known that Member States have collected and stored data in registers on Roma people, including children, solely on the basis of ethnic background, and whereas this is a deep form of discrimination and a clear breach of the European Convention on Human Rights
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to strengthen gender mainstreaming in the implementation of their national Roma inclusion strategies and to connect their implementation with existing gender equality strategies, in particular by establishing the elimination of the gender pay gap and gender pension gap within Roma communities, as anwell as the eradication of violence against women and girls as explicit objectives;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States' governments to recognise Roma women's experiences and knowledge and to include Roma women at all levels and all parts of designing and implementing inclusion strategies.
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States to develop specific measures targeting large families (with four or more children), and single parent households by facilitating entry to the labour market, promoting flexible working hours, extending childcare facilities and considering tailored welfare arrangementsextending childcare facilities and ensuring that Roma children are integrated into local schools and childcare facilities, thereby counteracting social exclusion and ghettoisation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introductory part
Paragraph 13 – introductory part
13. Calls on the Member States to develop specific programmes targetingo ensure that Roma girls and young women stay in school, both primary, secondary, and higher education, and also putting in place special actions for teenage mothers and early school leaver girls, in particular to support the continuation of uninterrupted education, subsidising their assumption of employment, and providing work-based training;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to develop anti-discrimination strategies in order to avoid and condemn racist reactions in public services and within the labour market in particular, ensuring that Roma women and men's rights in the labour market are firmly upheld.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a.Calls on Member States to ensure that Roma women and girls have access to a full range of sexual and reproductive health care services, so that they can make their own choices about their sexuality, health, and maternity.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to facilitate and promote thea gender balanced participation of Roma communities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of disease prevention, treatment, care and support programming, as well as in reducing stigmatisation and discrimination in the medical system;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include Roma and particularly Roma women as a specific target group in the Operational programs and the Rural Areas Development Programs for the next programming period.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
Paragraph 17a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to work with Roma women setting up empowerment strategies that recognise their intersectional identity, as well as promote activities that counteract gender stereotypes, targeting both women and men, girls and boys.
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on Member States to urgently address older Roma women's needs as they are one of the most vulnerable groups, lacking adequate income as well as access to health and long-term care as they age;