7 Amendments of Simona BALDASSARRE related to 2019/2188(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes, on the basis of pre-Brexit data, that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, that women - with particular regard to mothers or women who are pregnant - 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 22 #
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 sector and tourism and, inter alia, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher large proportion of whom are women;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, there is a risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender womenwhich could affect older women, mothers and women with disabilities belong is the same;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, which does not indicate whether its data predate Brexit, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is differcould be different and therefore that action by Member States is needed in order to adopt fiscal policies geared to growth and removing the constraints of austerity in order to fight poverty and promote employment;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that poverty among women - like that among men - increases with age, with the gender pension gap between men and women remaining at around 39 %;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that female poverty, like male poverty, is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, 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 workermust be protected by promoting a genuine culture of meritocracy which takes account of people's value and capacities, fostering incentives for entrepreneurship and productive activity in order to overcome the existing inequalities;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7