11 Amendments of Cindy FRANSSEN related to 2021/2170(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
— having regard to the work of the EU Platform on Combatting Homelessness, launched in June 2021.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas women have a lowthe average gender employment rate gap stands aret 11,5% with women disproportionally highly represented in low-paid, precarious and dead-end job sectors; whereas women are more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts(part-time work, temporary work).whereas the gender pay gap stands at 14.1 %;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas the Action Plan of the European Social Pillar has the specific aim to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty by at least 15 million, of which 5 million children, by 2030.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. Whereas the European Social Charter recognises the right of all workers, and thus also female workers, to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families, and the right to equal pay for work of equal value. It establishes the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion, and it contributes to reducing the existing pay gap between men and women.
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas only 20.7 % of women with disabilities and 28.6 % of men with disabilities are in full-time employment; whereas in some Member States, persons with disabilities often lose their disability entitlements upon taking up employment, which increases their risk of in-work poverty;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different. Calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious 2030 European anti- poverty strategy, with concrete targets for reducing poverty and a focus on ending women’s poverty and the risk of intergenerational poverty;.
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the pivotal role of women working in the social, care cleaning, education and retail sectors that keep our societies functioning, as shown by the COVID-19 crisis; calls for typically female-dominated work to be reassessed and revaluated and for cross- sector gender- neutral job evaluation tools to be developed and applied in order to better assess and more fairly remunerate female- dominated work;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that in order to tackle the multidimensionality of women’s poverty, it is necessary to overcome the segregation of unpaid domestic care work mainly performed by women and to introduce flexitime in order to allow women and men to better reconcile their professional life with their private life (time use policy);. Stresses that in-work poverty needs to be addressed at its root causes, such as but not limited to education and training. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to invest in qualitative education and training, to share good practices and to have specific attention for life-long learning.
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender into all transport-related legislation, policies, programmes and actions and to include gender criteria and work-life balance in the design of mobility, affordable housing and urban planning;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and its Member States to integrate a gender perspective into policies and practices that address homelessness, to develop a specific strategy to combat women’s homelessness and to ensure that services work appropriately and effectively to meet the needs of homeless women; . Calls on all actors to integrate this gender perspective in the EU Platform against homelessness. Is convinced that the principle of housing first can play an important role in fighting homelessness and calls for the roll-out of these projects in all Members States.
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best cure for poverty’ no longer applies today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that effective collective agreements and minimum wage systems are needed to realise a poverty- free society.