24 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2014/2015(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others of 1949,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on boards directive) (COM(2012)0614),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 25 November 2013 entitled ‘Towards the elimination of female genital mutilation’ (COM(2013)0833), to its resolution of 6 February 2014 on the elimination of female genital mutilation and to the Council conclusions of 5-6 June 2014 on preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on Creating labour market conditions favourable for work- life balance,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 b (new)
Citation 28 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 May 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 20 February 2013 on ‘Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’ (2013/112/EU),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in recent years, anti- gender equality movements have gained public ground in a number of Member States and aim at reinforcing traditional gender roles and at challenging existing and future achievements in the area of gender equality, women’s rights and the rights of LGBTI people;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas a higher participation of women in the labour market and better and fairer wages for women, besides being a fundamental right, would not only increase the economic independence of women but also significantly increase the economic potential of the EU boosting growth and development;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas three quarters of household chores and two thirds of parental care in 2015 were performed by working women, who were therefore overwhelmingly bearing a double burden of responsibilities; whereas gendered division ofan equal sharing of ‘unpaid work’, such as care and familydomestic responsibilities are detrimental to, is a precondition for women’s economic independence in the long term and gender equality;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas not alla quarter of EU Member States have no statutory provisions for paternity leave, and whereas a number of those that do have such provisions allow men to take leave for only one, two or several days; whereas in eight Member States paternity leave is not accompanied by any pay, while the average take-up of parental leave by fathers is poor, with only 10 % of fathers taking at least one day of leave and 97 % of women using the parental leave that is available for both parents;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the precondition for women’s active inclusion in the labour market is availability of quality and affordable childcare facilities and services as well as the EU Child Guarantee;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, fighting gender inequality starts in pre-school age and requires constant pedagogical supervision of curricula, development aims and learning outcomes;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas the persistent problem of a lack of comprehensive, reliable, gender- disaggregated data creates ambiguities and distorts the picture of the situation of gender equality, in particular in terms of violence against women and gender-based violence; whereas collecting such data would not only provide a clear picture of the situation, but would also draw attention to issues of immediate concern;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned that the EU remains only halfway towards achieving gender equality, according to the 2015 EIGE Gender Equality Index; strongly regrets the fact that the status and profile of gender equality shows signs of decreasing in importance, being marginalised as a political goal and undermined it as a policy area, in particular in the context of backlash, across Europe, against the rights of women, LGBTI persons and sexual and reproductive health rights;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mainstream gender and women’s rights into all budgets and policy- making and to carry out gender impact assessments when setting up any new policy to help ensure a more coherent and evidence-based EU and national policy response to gender equality challenges;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the absence of gender mainstreaming in the Europe 2020 strategy, and calls for the inclusion of the gender equality pillar therein; calls for the mainstreaming of a stronger gender perspective addressing the structural causes of female poverty, in particular in the process of formulating the country- specific recommendations, and for specific policy guidance on reducing gender inequalities to be included in the annual growth survey and within the framework of the European semester;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission in close coordination with the Member States, to put forward an ambitious, comprehensive package of legislative and non-legislative measures regarding work-life balance as part of the Commission Work Programme 2017 and in the context of the announced European pillar of social rights, with a view to meeting the needs of working parents concerning the different types of leave, namely maternity, paternity, parental and carers’ leave;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on all Member States to tackle the gender equality issue in their education systems at all levels; urges as well an implementation of a more gender- neutral approach in all work sectors and in training courses; calls on the Commission to propose legislation to contrast sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast Equal Treatment Directive;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the fact that the Commission considers ‘equal pay for work of equal value’ to be one of the key areas for action in its new strategy for gender equality; considers it urgent to develop an EU-level definition of work of equal value;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reasserts its call on the Commission and the Member States to strive towards establishing a European Child Guarantee, which would ensure that every European child at risk of poverty has access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition; emphasises that such a policy must address the situation of women and girls, particularly in vulnerable and marginalised communities; notes that the Youth Guarantee Initiative must include a gender perspective;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call on the Council to state its posia swift adoption onf the proposal for a directive on gender balance among non- executive directors of listed companies, so as to enable the legislative process to continue as soon as possible (Women on Boards directive), as an important first step for equal representation in the public and private sectors;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to prevent and respond to all types of violence against women and gender-based violence and to put in place further prevention strategies, to make widely available specialised support and protection services so that all victims can access them and to focus special attention on gender-specific aspects of victims’ rights, including when related to a victim’s gender identity and gender expression, when reporting on the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive in 2017; calls on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision adding gender- based violence to the areas of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the progress of the Member States in signing the Istanbul Convention, the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at international level; at the same time deplores that only fourteen Member States have ratified it and urges those that have not yet ratified it to do so without delay; repeats its call forwelcomes the Commission’s proposal from March 2016 on EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention in 2016; calls; calls in addition on the Commission to assess the possibility of initiating an EU legislative act to endinclude a definition of gender-based violence in line with the provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU and to prevsent violence against women in all Member Statesa comprehensive strategy that contains a binding legislative act as soon as possible;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights; supports, accordingly, measures and actions to improve women’s access to sexuahealth and rights; calls all Members states to guarantee women’s access to voluntary family planning, the full randge of reproductive and sexual health services and to inform them fully about their rights and the services availableincluding contraception, safe and legal abortion and sexuality education;