Activities of Edit BAUER related to 2011/2091(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of women approaching retirement age (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the situation of women approaching retirement age PDF (191 KB) DOC (116 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas gender equality and non- discrimination, among others on the basis of age, is a fundamental principle of the European Union enshrined in the EC Treaty and one of the objectives and tasks of the Community,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women are often and increasingly over-represented among the isolated elderly, as a consequence of rising divorce rates and shorter life- expectancy of men; whereas widows and lone elderly women in general are at a higher risk of poverty, isolation and social exclusion,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Europe's future economic competitiveness and prosperity depends crucially on its ability to fully utilize its labour resources, not only by extension of employment period of life, but also through adoption of appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the gender gap is smaller before family formation and increases when individuals form a couple; whereas a drop of employment rate occurs for women at the first childbirth and the labour market disadvantages accumulate in their earlier stages of life cycle, connected to child-care, which at a later stage changes into care of elderly people, which often flows into in-work poverty,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision to designate 2012 as the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, and calls for appropriate steps to combat discrimination, particularly by changing the stereotypes associated with age discrimination and promoting solidarity between generations;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to implement the gender equality approach in the preparation and implementation of pension reform, to promote use of the same actuarial calculation of pensions for men and women, to promote decreasing the risk of poverty and to end the practice of compulsmandatory retirement;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to conclude a study, in close cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, on the situation of women over 50, in particular by focusing on their experiences in the labour market, care-giver experiences as well as on health issues and other challenges they have to face;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create conditions encouraging older women to remain and/or return to the labour market under the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, so that their potential is not wasted;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to adequately address the multiple discrimination that older women are facing in seeking access to employment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to further develop and improve the collection and analysis of accurate, relevant, comparable European gender- and age-specific data, particularly on the employment and unemployment rate of older women and, on the rate of dependent elderly people and on elder abuse;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practices in improving the quality of working conditions of older women, in order to create them a sustainable and healthy workplace;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to step up progress towards meeting the needs of families who have to take on responsibility for dependants; and calls on the Commission to continue to support the development of care structures making use of the Structural Funds;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages the Member States to extend access to parental leave for grandparents, to recognise caring for dependent persons, while considering the possibility of developing a carer's leave and to provide services, training and counselling for care-givers;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop gender-assessed pension systems by taking into account the older women's higher risk of poverty, as well as their career breaks due to caring obligations, in order to avoid creating new dependency traps;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to expand a research into gender-related diseases, including research into the causes, possible prevention and treatments for these diseases;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the efforts of some Member States who provide free access to prevention of gender-related diseases and encourages Member States who have not yet done so to strengthen preventive healthcare for older women by providing, for example, for accessible and regular mammographies, to erase age limits in access to health prevention such as breast cancer screening, and to raise awareness of the importance of screening;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Encourages the Member States to further step up their efforts to adopt a gender mainstreaming strategy in health policies and to ensure equality of access to affordable health care and long-term care for both women and men, especially the older ones, and for those who face multiple disadvantages;