Activities of Zita GURMAI related to 2012/2301(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women’s rights PDF (263 KB) DOC (171 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas no Member State has yet assessed the impact of the cuts in public spending and of the consequences of fiscal consolidation from a gender perspective;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
(Db) Whereas cuts in services and benefits have a very negative impact on women's economic independence, especially on single mothers and single female pensioners, as it constitutes an important source of income and as they use public service more than men;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas the gender dimension hasn't been taken into consideration in the current and planned initiatives and policies aimed at exiting the crisis
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream the global approach to gender equality in all employment policies, to take the measures needed to assist women in their return to work and to incorporate this approach in the European Union's employment guidelines; insists on the need for proper gender budgeting, especially in view of the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 in order to reach the objectives set in the Gender Equality Pact as well as in the 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to monitor the impact of cutbacks in public care and health services that lead to the reprivatisation of care; underlines that savings on maternity, paternity, parental leave and children benefits and other care and family related benefits have significantly reduced the income of all women with care responsibilities;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that cutbacks in public services providing childcare have a direct impact on the economic independence of women and on the reconciliation of working and private life; Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt an action plan to achieve the targets that were set in Barcelona for better childcare provision with the development of company and inter- company crèches; stresses the importance of collective bargaining between management and labour in order to improve the work-life balance at sectoral, national and regional level;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Member States to invest in the care sector as a potential growth sector for both women and men to break the traditional assignment of the role of carer to women which creates a gender segregation of the labour market; insists that cuts in the care sector lead to a shift from public care to unpaid care within households; stresses the need for proper contracts and social protection for home- based personal care workers;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
(19b) Calls the Commission and the Member States to carefully monitor the increasing number of discriminations against pregnant women on the labour market as it has been reported in several countries;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls, in the absence of reliable data, for the consequences of the economic crisis on women's working conditions to be appraised: discrimination during recruitment, increased workload, pressure and stress at work, bullying and psychological harassment; underlines that existing data do not reflect the extent of the crisis' harsh consequences on women;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines that the institutional framework for gender equality policies, such as the equality bodies as well as women organisations are also hit by cuts in funding; calls on the Member States to reconsider cuts in government funding for gender equality bodies, projects and women's organisations as these provide effective means to finding sustainable solutions out of the crisis;