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Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the pay gap is a reflection of the greater exploitation of women in the labour market and considers that discrimination between women and men is deliberately promoted in order to facilitate and intensify policies seeking to impose low wages and the deregulation of labour which affect both women and men, albeit in a different manner; considers that the root causes of wage discrimination between men and women result from this broader reality of deregulation and devaluation of labour, but also from the absence of measures enabling a proper balance between women’s professional, family and personal lives, as a result of an ever greater promotion of precarious working conditions which have as a consequence shorter working periods within a lifetime, and impose on women more precarious labour situations such as part-time or temporary work with lower wages and increasingly deregulated working hours;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for a joint effort to ensure equal access to jobs with rights for women; reaffirms that collective bargaining is a decisive factor in reversing and overcoming inequalities and that equal pay for equal work of equal value should be guaranteed;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Emphasises that the long term effects of the neoliberal policies imposed by the EU have a negative impact on the empowerment of women in all spheres of life, from an economic and social point of view, and in the achievement of equality between men and women, with rising unemployment, labour deregulation, increased precariousness and low pay affecting women in particular, while cuts in public services, especially in health and education, are further exacerbated, with social entitlements and benefits being targeted, thus further increasing the multiple forms of discrimination and inequality that women face;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
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 sector, the self- employed, workers with a precarious employment relationship, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges the Commission to refrain from promoting any political recommendation which promotes precarious employment relationships, the deregulation of working hours, wage reductions, an attack on collective bargaining or the privatisation of public and social security services;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote proactive policies for gender equality and major investment in public services; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen the provision of sexual and reproductive health care and the protection of motherhood and paternity, notably by increasing periods of leave, taking into account the six-month period recommended by the World Health Organisation for breastfeeding as an exclusive form of nutrition for the child, and ensuring that they are paid at 100 % without loss of pay; ensuring, after the end of maternity leave, the right to a reduction in working hours to allow for breastfeeding the child until it is at least two years of age and taking concrete steps to ensure such protection, alongside investment in the establishment of a free public network of childcare and education services; rejects the promotion of so- called 'flexible' employment relationships which promote the deregulation of labour, pushing women to stay at home, thus feeding the logic of discrimination against women;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers prostitution a serious form of violence and exploitation affecting mostly women and children; calls on the Member States to adopt specific measures to combat the economic, social and cultural causes of prostitution and support measures for people who are prostituted to allow their social and professional reintegration;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %; urges the Member States to implement specific measures to combat the risk of poverty for older women, by increasing pensions and boosting social benefits; considers it imperative to overcome pension inequalities and, at the same time, to improve the level of pensions and, in order for this to be achieved, to maintain public, universal and solidarity- based social security systems, ensuring a redistributive character and a fair and decent income after a lifetime of work, safeguarding the sustainability of public social security systems through the creation of jobs with rights and the improvement of wages;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, jobs with rights, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges the Member States to create the conditions to eradicate and reverse the structural causes of poverty and social exclusion; to promote access to various types of social provisions for children, young people, adults, the elderly, people with disabilities, among other social groups, seeking to provide public responses where they are lacking; to provide better conditions in terms of housing and mobility and to intervene in the various areas in which social inclusion is determined, such as family settings, urban spaces, education and health promotion, leisure time and spaces and access to culture, sport and information and knowledge;

2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM

Activities of Sandra PEREIRA related to 2019/2188(INI)

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