Activities of Minodora CLIVETI related to 2013/2065(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women with disabilities
Amendments (16)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises the need for political and social reforms within Member States to concentrate on the capacity rather than the incapacity of people with disabilities; stresses that the social security system needs to be flexible and focus more on providing incentives for disabled people in order to integrate them actively into the labour market;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Emphasises the need to promote decent jobs for disabled people, taking into account that they are more often either not employed or employed in jobs requiring fewer skills, in particular for women;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the Member States to review their legislative and policy frameworks in respect of the labour market participation of women with disabilities; encourages Member States to draw on best practice around Europe and to request employers to make reasonable adjustments to workplaces and working conditions with the possibility for individual cases of discrimination to be heard at employment courts; stresses the need to adopt active labour market policy measures for women with disabilities that offer choices for the individual, including flexible, distance, tele-working, part-time and full-time employment;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on the Member States to support women with intellectual impairments and mental health conditions, who face particular difficulties in entering and/or remaining in the labour market;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Notes that, in the creation of small enterprises and other forms of self- employment, disabled women should have equal right to financial assistance and should be seen as fully qualified entrepreneurs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Calls on the Member States to stimulate SMEs through tax incentives in order to create jobs for disabled women;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Member States to identify ways of increasing the representation and participation of women with disabilities in decision-making, through a coordinated range of measures, including consultation, training and awareness- raising;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the need to prevent harassment at the workplace, which is the key to improving well-being at the workplace and to avoiding social exclusion;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Strongly underlines the need for harassment protocols at sectoral and company levels, which should include disciplinary sanctions for employees who violate the personal dignity of other employees, in particular that of disabled people, creating an environment which is degrading, intimidating, hostile, humiliating or commiting offensive actions of discrimination;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that, as regards the notions of barrier-free environment and accessibility, inclusive design, as an innovative approach, covers both architecture and services that can better suit the needs of all people regardless of disability and foster more sustainable and inclusive lifestyles; stresses the importance of ICT skills, which can increase integration and employability;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the need to reduce the gap between school age and the labour market for disabled people, including paying attention to education, employment needs of young disabled women and the importance of lifelong learning;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that education and professional training for disabled people is being done in most of the Member States separately and deficiently; stresses the importance of integrating women with disabilities inside the standard education and professional systems in all cases where the disability allows for such an integration;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the Member States to actively encourage disabled women to participate and to facilitate their access to all training programmes; stresses that existing vocational training programmes should be accessible for disabled women and support services should be provided; stresses, in particular for deaf women, the right to have access to work and professional training in their native language and sign language;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Underlines the need to support disabled migrant girls and women in order to develop their skills and potential in vocational training and to give them opportunities to obtain suitable employment;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the need to respect human rights without any discrimination, in particular the right for women with disabilities to enjoy equal and adequate access to medical care and support during and after pregnancies, as well as rights on the labour market in relation to maternity or parental leave and social services; stresses that the conditions should be at the highest standard in all EU Member States and should not not discriminatory against disabled women; underlines that rights and services should be available for disabled women migrating in the EU, whether as workers or as accompanying partners;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Member States to provide specific support for disabled women for a better reconciliation of professional and private life, in regard to housekeeping, childcare and education;