Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2008/2118(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Non-discrimination based on gender and inter-generational solidarity (A6-0492/2008, Anna Záborská) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT on non-discrimination based on gender and intergenerational solidarity PDF (221 KB) DOC (113 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. considers that home caregivers remain discriminated against regarding the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas great poverty must not be a discriminatory factor in the area of intergenerational solidarity, and whereas the poorest families also maintain links and activities that are an expression of solidarity among generations,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas persons who devote their time and skills to looking after children and bringing up children or caring for the elderly should receive social recognition and this could be done by giving such persons individual rights, particularly regarding social security and pensions,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the educational role played by women/mothers or men/fatherparents towards future generations and by elderly and dependent persons is essential for the advancement of the common good and should be recognised as such by cross- cutting policies, including policies for women and men who make a free choice to devote all or part of their time to this activitytowards children is essential,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas solidarity between generations must, above all, become a social link for the benefit of all, all generations having something to offer each other,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas solidarity with our elders must become stronger, but whereas it must also be met with reciprocal solidarity towards children and young people; whereas, while older people can pass on wisdom, knowledge and experience, the younger generations offer energy, dynamism, joie de vivre and hope,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. having regard to the importance of emphasising the role of fathers in projecting a positive image of the wife/mother,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. embracing the conclusions of the first European Conference for Fathers, organised by the Austrian Council Presidency in Vienna on 15 and 16 September 2004,
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the launching of an open coordination method with a view to identifying innovative actions and practices that favour solidarity between generations in Europe in all areas that relate to the day- to-day lives of families,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to promote in the Member States, by way of exchange of best practices, the model of the ‘universal service employment cheque’, which is designed to facilitate aid services for individuals and is currently one of the best examples of best practice, which should be disseminated and encouraged in all the Member States;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Asks the Commission to monitor Member states good practices in relation to carers and to communicate these best practices among all Member States, in order to show that carers play a central role in the field of intergenerational solidarity and to encourage implementation of strategy for carers in Member States;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote inclusive policies allowing young retirees to keep their jobs or to return to the labour market, including through measures aimed at combining employment and a retirement pension, taking into account increased longevity, in order to allow young retirees who so wish to maintain their social integration and financial independence vis-à-vis their families;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the Member States to provide in their national policies for the introduction of maternity leave of one year, allowing mothers who so wish to foster the fundamental bonding relationship with their children;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the Member States and the social partners, to improve work-life balance policies, particularly by: - guaranteeing that the cost of maternity is not borne by the employer alone, but also by the public purse, in order to combat discriminatory behaviour within companies and to support demographic renewal, - improving accessibility to care and assistance services for dependent people (children, people with disabilities and the elderly) and the flexibility of such services, including services in the home, in the framework of solidarity between generations, by defining a minimum number of structures that are open at night and also available in the home, in order to allow the requirements of work and private life to be combined more easily;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all persons who have temporarily interrupted their careers to look after and bring up children or care for elderly or dependent persons can (re)enter the labour market and retain the right to return to their former position and level of career advancement;