Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2013/2065(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women with disabilities PDF (272 KB) DOC (148 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women with disabilities
Amendments (22)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women with disabilities are discriminated against twice over and thus very often placed at a disadvantage even compared to men with disabilities, not least as regards access to employment and education;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas equal access of women with disabilities to quality public healthcare services must be ensured, i.a. by improving the vocational training and lifelong learning of medical staff with regard to their specific needs, including those related to sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas women with disabilities must enjoy the right to education, health, work, mobility, family life, sexual relations, marriage, and motherhood and the safeguards guaranteeing those rights;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas women with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence; whereas figures show that, as a result of increased poverty, sexual exploitation of women with disabilities has become more common; whereas specific measures must be taken to tackle this inexcusable phenomenon;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas it is the responsibility of public authorities to set up specialised public services of a high standard, available free of charge, in order to provide women with disabilities with an environment that is adapted in such ways that they can fully assume their rights and responsibilities, and make decisions for themselves, ogradually becoming more self-reliant on an equal footing with people that do not suffer from any impairment;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the more resources Member States invest in their integration, the more successful women with disabilities are in terms of living independent lives allowing them to develop their skills;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas women with disabilities who come from more disadvantaged sections of society have had fewer opportunities to develop their skills and fulfil their potential by exercising self-reliance;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas women with disabilities were at great risk of poverty already before the crisis and that risk has been exacerbated by the imposition of the so-called austerity policies, and whereas their inclusion in society, and especially in the labour market, should be given priority among public policies;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the cuts in public services made under the so-called austerity measures have translated into lower numbers of special education and support personnel for people with disabilities, less social support for carers, lower welfare benefits for people with disabilities, reduced funding for institutions and organisations which help them, and restrictions on their access to public sector employment, all of which has had a severe impact on the lives of women with disabilities and on their prospects for independence;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas from the point of view of social inclusion and cost, it would be more desirable if the support provided by Member States were such that women with disabilities could continue to live with their families instead of being institutionalised;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for targets to be set for the inclusion of all EU citizens, regardless of any physical or mental impairments;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that accessibility to the internet must also be ensured (e.g. readability of all public websites for people with visual impairment), and expresses its concern that the accessibility of citizens to government agencies is not yet fully ensured; maintains that all people with disabilities must be given access to digital literacy; welcomes, therefore, the Commission proposal for a directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that democratic participation is part of the fundamental and civil rights of women with disabilities and must be facilitated and guaranteed; calls, therefore, on the Member States and on all relevant public authorities to provide adequately adapted facilities;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that women with disabilities have the right to decide, as far as possible, over their own lives and should be actively encouraged to be independent, and highlights the fact that this right should also be promotguaranteed in specialised public institutions; stresses that personal assistance can be a means of autonomous living and should therefore be encouragedguaranteed; maintains that personal assistance of this kind should be guaranteed to women with disabilities when they receive support in educational or vocational training institutions, at the workplace, within their families, and in the event of pregnancy and maternity;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that women with disabilities must be allowed to enjoy their sexuality as freely as people without impairments, and considers that women with disabilities must be able to live and fulfil their wish to have children, as women without disabilities do; points to the need to provide specialised support, including childcare assistance, to women with disabilities, together with their families, in order that they may enjoy motherhood to the full; maintains that Member States should, in this case, take particularly into account the needs of women with an intellectual impairment;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it vital for women with disabilities to have complete access to medical care that meets their particular needs, including gynaecological consultation, also regardingmedical examinations, family planning, and adapted support during pregnancy; urges the Member States to ensure that their national public health care provision includes proper access to these services free of charge;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that any sterilisation agreement entered into by a woman with disabilities must be examined by an impartial third party charged with verifying that the decision was reached fairly and, in the absence of severe medical indications, without enforcement; urges the Member States to prevent and condemn cases of forced sterilisation of women with disabilities;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to education and the labour market for women with disabilities, and highlights that particular talents, views and experiences can enrich working environments considerably; urges the Member States to provide training and information to teachers, trainers, senior civil servants, and employers so as to encourage them, in their work, to implement social integration processes aimed at utilising the potential and added value of women with disabilities;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges the Member States to make education and training accessible to all people with disabilities and to ensure that schools and training centres have sufficient numbers of teachers and technicians trained to understand special educational needs, for example the use of sign language interpreters in class; urges the Member States, instead of cutting spending, to provide the necessary funding in this area;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the Member States to ensure that women with disabilities can have access to the labour market, in particular by making provision for vocational training, offering incentives to employers (including recruitment premiums and job adaptation allowances), and laying down quotas encompassing sufficient numbers of public service vacancies;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Urges the Member States to provide the necessary funding and support for associations and organisations representing people with disabilities, which play a key role in promoting their rights and emphasising the value of their active citizenship and participation in society;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Urges the Member States to provide the necessary specialised support to the families of women with disabilities, in the form of training and assistance for carers at every possible level, and to set up respite care institutions enabling people with disabilities to be looked after temporarily whenever families might need such a service;