7 Amendments of Karen MELCHIOR related to 2019/2188(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the average gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member StatesEU stands at 15.76 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service, tourism, hospitality and care sectors, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, refugee and migrant women, women of colour, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 % mainly as a result of the impact of gendered unpaid care duties, life-long differences in pay and working time with the lower pensions that result, different retirement ages for men and women in some Member States, and the fact that more older women live alone; notes with regret that the gender pension gap stands at around 39 %, more than double the gender pay gap, revealing the gradually accumulating impact of pay inequalities;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the undervaluation of work typically carried out by women, unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring impacting on promotion and pension advancement, unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities for sick and dependent persons and domestic work, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers; stresses the need for accessible and affordable childcare; reiterates its call on Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women's access to finance, female entrepreneurship, women's representation in future oriented sectors such as STEM and women's financial independence;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap.Communication, A Union of Equality : Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, in particular its commitment to inter alia revise the Barcelona targets to ensure further upwards convergence among Member States of early childhood education and care, to deliver a Child Guarantee, to deliver legislation on pay transparency and to explore pension credits for care-related career breaks all of which will help to address gendered poverty;