Activities of Maria NOICHL related to 2023/2066(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Amendments (20)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Observes that disparities across the EU have been exacerbated by the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic, and of the war of aggression against Ukraine and theby the related current rise in living costs and have negatively affected children and their families in terms of income, access to employment, living conditions, education and skills and access to care;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the climate crisis and the impact thereof are already exacerbating matters in this connection and will also do so in the future;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that efforts to bring about a truly equal society and thus gender equality policies often fall short, especially in times of crisis; stresses the importance of a systematic gender perspective for analysing problems and their differing impacts and for holistic and fair solutions, including (and especially) in times of crisis;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points to various reports from several Member States, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown, which reveal a worrying increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence and cyber violence; points out that times of crisis are generally particularly dangerous for women, as they are less protected against domestic and sexualised violence and the potential for violence tends to increase; points out that children are also at risk and are affected by this;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Points out that, in times of crisis, women are also disproportionately affected by socio-economic impacts, as was the case with the COVID-19 crisis, too, which led to a loss of employment for women;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Points out that parental poverty always leads to child poverty, too, and that investing in measures to support women also improves the living conditions of their children; points to studies establishing that women, and therefore also children, are affected by housing deprivation and energy poverty;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, in order to reduce these inequalities and promote social inclusion, it is crucial to support women’s access tolessen all forms of discrimination, ensure universal and free access for children to high-quality and community-based childcare facilities, further equal and fair sharing of childcare and all care work between parents, and support family- friendly and flexible working time arrangements for all;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that early childhood education, as a component of high-quality and professional childcare, not only enables parents to work, but also, above all, benefits a child’s linguistic, social and psychological development;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EU care strategy and the revision of the Barcelona targets on early childhood education and care as key drivers of women’s labour-market participation1; therefore welcomes the EU care strategy and the revision of the Barcelona targets on early childhood education and care as key drivers of women’s labour-market participation [1]; calls, in addition, for a European Care Deal to be developed, which should include a set of policies, programmes and recommendations, as well as investment at European level, so as to foster a transition towards a gender- transformative care economy that recognises care as a right and values it as the backbone of our society; stresses that it should take an integrated, holistic and life-long approach to care and promote decent working conditions and fair wages, increase the attractiveness of work in the care sector, for women and men alike, as well as tackle discrimination, gender inequalities and poverty in the sector; [1] Eurostat: In 2021 in the EU-27, 27.9 % of women aged 25–49 outside the labour force indicated that looking after children or adults in need of care was their main reason for not seeking employment. _________________ 1 Eurostat: In 2021 in the EU-27, 27.9 % of women aged 25–49 outside the labour force indicated that looking after children or adults in need of care was their main reason for not seeking employment.
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the central role of women in such essential areas of the public domain as social welfare, care, education, health and retail, which bind our economy and society together, but in a crisis are often the first to be subjected to cuts;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls therefore for work in sectors typically dominated by women to be reassessed and remunerated more fairly, including action to raise the minimum wage and combat precarious employment;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that addressing gender gaps has a positive impact on poverty reduction and social inclusion and that the wide availability of childcare, social care and household servichigh-quality and free childcare, social care, equal and fair sharing of domestic work and care responsibilities is crucial;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out the importance of education for girls and women as a factor in reducing gender inequalities; stresses, in this connection, the importance of school programmes that take a critical look at stereotypes and their negative impact on girls and women, but also on boys and men, with the aim of breaking them down;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that according to Global Women´s Health Index, in the past 12 months, in the EU, about 44% of all women had not been tested for any of four critical diseases for women; notes that gender inequality poses barriers for women and girls to access health information and critical services, and stresses the importance of reduction of healthcare disparities for women;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that inequalities in health between women are strongly related to socio-economic status, ethnicity and geographic region; taking into account the social and economic factors which shape women’s lives and health at different stages of life is crucial;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that many Ukrainian women refugees fleeing the war of aggression live in different Member States and have specific needs related to childcare that need to be addressed in order not only to facilitate their access to the job market, but also to facilitate language learning and the social inclusion of children;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address inequalicombat structural discrimination and make it possible for everyone to have unrestricted and non- discriminatory access to the labour market; highlights also, in this connection, the European pay transparency and minimum wage directives concerning women’s access to the labour market, which are further measures for eliminating the gender pay gap and for paying women fairly and equitably; points out that female poverty can only be sustainably tackled if women's work is fairly remunerated;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for all measures and policies to have a special focus on people, especially children and women, in marginalised situations;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8