Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2014/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the EU policy on the matter (A8-0023/2015 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) PT
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (A8-0015/2015 - Marc Tarabella) PT
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) PT
Amendments (29)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular Article 6, Women with disabilities,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality (2013/2103(INI)),
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the labour market situation and social conditions remain critical, and whereas inclusive growth will require greater strategic public investment;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the net destruction of jobs has coincided with an increase in precarious employment in the form of low-paid part-time jobs and short-term contracts;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas poverty has a structural and deeper impact on women the effects of which are worsening due to austerity measures which are set up in an attempt to solve the current economic, financial and social crisis;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the increasing risk of poverty is closely and directly linked to the destruction of significant social functions performed by the state, as seen, for example, in the recent destruction of public social security systems in a number of Member States, along with cuts in key social benefits (family allowances, unemployment and sickness benefits, and income support), which affect many women, particularly those who have dependent families and have to cope with all their household problems;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is crucial to take into account the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination experienced by many women and girls in Europe (disability, migrant background, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, housing status, etc.);
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas austerity measures in some countries have made women more vulnerable, both collectively and individually, leading to greater exploitation and to poverty and marginalisation, a situation which is also fuelling the trafficking of women and prostitution;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas family units in EU countries take a variety of forms based on civil partnership or marriage, between persons of the same sex or different sexes, and including families in which the parents are married or unmarried, be they of the same sex or of different sexes, single parents, foster parents, and families with children from previous relationships, all of which deserve equal protection under EU laws;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas rates of unemployment among young women are overtaking those of the population as a whole, and young women continue to be discriminated against by employers following maternity leave, a factor which affects their work and life prospects;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas flexible working patterns are becoming more common, as can be seen from weekend work and more irregular, unpredictable, and longer working hours; whereas flexible working patterns apply mainly to part-time workers and hence mostly to women, who are thus more likely than men to work different hours from one week to the next, making it difficult to balance work and family life; whereas this adds to the importance of promoting measures making for work-life balance;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the falling birth rate in the EU has been exacerbated by the crisis, given that unemployment, precarious circumstances, and uncertainty about the future and the economy are making couples, and younger women in particular, put off having children, thereby further reinforcing the EU-wide trend towards population ageing;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Proposes that austerity measures be withdrawn immediately as these do not just affect the public services women are more likely to use on account of their current economic vulnerability, but also cuts in the budgets for policies to prevent violence against women;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social protection for the unemployed in order to tackle rising poverty, especially among women;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to increase their child support budgets, specifically by expanding the public network of day-care centres, nurseries, and public services offering extracurricular activities for children;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to implement a multi-layered approach that focuses on equality in paid and unpaid work to enable both women and men to become equal earners and equal carers throughout their lives and policies that address women's economic independence on an equal footing with men.
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Maintains that collective bargaining is a right which has to be protected, such protection being central to social harmonisation building upon improvements inasmuch as it helps to combat discrimination and to safeguard and enhance rights;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that helping women to return to the labour market requires multidimensional policy solutions incorporating lifelong learning, action to combat precarious work and promote work with rights, and working patterns tailored to women’s individual requests, thus ensuring that women will not have to give up their careers or take career breaks;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Member States to devise specific measures for the long-term unemployed centring on vocational training and their swift reintegration into the job market;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Member States to combat every aspect of job insecurity, proceeding from the principle that permanent jobs should involve proper employment contracts;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls for genuine work-life balance to be achieved, implying a need, at company level, to promote parenting-friendly working-time arrangements enabling working mothers and fathers to perform their irreplaceable role of helping their children into adulthood, and allowing for the particular needs of given age groups;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Maintains that states and employers have to assume greater responsibility for generational replacement and maternity and paternity rights, implying that women must have the right to be both mothers and workers without forfeiting labour rights;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the EU ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22 January 2012 and that, under that Convention, States Parties must undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability and to refrain from engaging in any act or practice that is inconsistent with the Convention;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that the economic crisis is contributing to harassment and violence of all kinds, as well as to prostitution, with women as the victims, and that this is a violation of human rights; points to the need to increase public, financial, and human resources in order to support groups at risk of poverty and tackle situations posing a risk to children and young people, the elderly, people with disabilities, and the homeless;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalisation, owing to so-called austerity policies, have led to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution and that there are signs that male domestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressors;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to sign as soon as possible the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), this being the best way of combating and eradicating all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recommends that, in their national action plans to eliminate domestic violence, Member States lay down the obligation of supporting undocumented migrant women in exactly the same way as women staying legally, without any requirement for institutions to report such cases to the authorities;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health services in order to support all women subjected to violence, including refugees, among other measures by increasing their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities and to women with disabilities;