8 Amendments of Daniela AIUTO related to 2018/2077(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women spend up to 26 hours per week on unpaid care and domestic activities, compared to nine hours for men, resulting in a unequal distribution of such tasks between men and women within the same family unit;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas it is mainly women who assume the task of caring for dependent children and family members who are elderly or ill, forcing them to choose between their careers and the demands of their private lives;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the lack of high-quality childcare facilities and services at affordable prices is, to an increasing extent, forcing mothers to choose between working part-time or giving up their jobs to take care of their children, with repercussions on the family income and pension savings;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the gender employment gap between women and men widens substantially once families have children, which reflects the difficulties that women face in reconciling child-raising and care responsibilities with their work;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to progressively extend parental and care leave9, and to ensure non- transferable parental leave, guarantees in relation to dismissal, return on the same or equivalent post and protection from discrimination carried out on the basis of leave-taking decisions, and the extension of rights to those who need to take leave in order to care for dependents other than children; _________________ 9 As called for in www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010- 0373+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that direct home care arrangements should be encouraged, allowing disabled people to live independently and obtain the services of qualified professionals caring for them in their own homes, especially in cases of more severe disability;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to provide EU funding and other assistance to Member States for the development of facilities that offer high-quality and affordable childcare services to the poorest members of society;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on all Member States to encourage fathers to make the most of paternity leave as an effective way of encouraging them to accept responsibility for looking after their own children and families; whereas, this is also a useful means of achieving genuine equality between women and men;