Activities of Claude ROLIN related to 2015/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Poverty: a gender perspective (A8-0153/2016 - Maria Arena) FR
Amendments (2)
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the lack of affordable childcare contributes to the gender employment gap, the pay gap and related pension gap, and the disproportionate number of women who are in precarious work and in or at risk of poverty; urges the Member States to ensure better access to childcare by, for example, increasing expenditure on the provision of childcare services and/or subsidies to households, incentivising employer contributions to childcare costs, and making better use of EU funds, in particular by drawing on inspiration from best practices in each Member State;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that women’s economic independence plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of domestic violence, and that women who have exhausted their paid leave are at risk of losing their jobs and economic independence; calls on the Commission and the Member Statesocial partners to consider introducing a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave in order, for example, to allow the people concerned to have the time to manage medical appointments, court appearances and other duties that must be addressed in such situations.