Activities of Marijana PETIR related to 2015/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Poverty: a gender perspective (A8-0153/2016 - Maria Arena) HR
Amendments (3)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women who live in rural areas are particularly affected by poverty; whereas many women who live in rural areas are not even registered on the labour market or registered as unemployed; whereas the rate of unemployment among women in rural areas is extremely high, and those who are employed have very low incomes; whereas women in rural areas have limited access to education, the early discovery of cancer and health care in general;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on minimum income schemes in the EU and to consider further steps that would take into account the economic and social circumstances of each Member State as well as an assessment of whether the schemes enable households to meet basic personal needs; invites the Commission to evaluate on this basis the manner of, and the means for providing an adequate minimum income above the poverty threshold of 60 % of national median income in all Member States in line with national practices and traditions while respecting their individual characteristics in order to support social convergence across the EU; urges, once again, the Member States to introduce a minimum national pension which cannot be lower than the risk-of-poverty threshold;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Encourages the Member States, in cooperation with regional and local authorities, to help improve the quality of life of women in rural areas in order to reduce the risk of poverty while providing quality educational programmes aimed at empowering rural women, quality employment conditions for rural women and decent incomes; encourages the Member States to provide quality municipal, social and public infrastructure in order to improve general living conditions in rural areas;