11 Amendments of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2008/2330(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Indent (new)
Indent (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union1,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Indent (new)
Indent (new)
- having regard to its resolution of [...] February 2009 on non-discrimination based on gender and intergenerational solidarity2,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that the poorest women should be the first partners consulted when devising, implementing and assessing policies under the renewed social agenda, because women living in extreme poverty have to assume their roles and responsibilities, including those of a mother, just like any other woman, and they take delight in the same things, have the same aspirations, suffer from the same fears and doubts, but do so in material circumstances that are much more difficult than those experienced by the majority of women;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5b (new)
Paragraph 5b (new)
5b. Is of the opinion that employment itself does not constitute adequate protection against extreme poverty and that, mainly as a consequence of occupational segregation, more women than men work in lower-paid jobs, whilst it is often the case that social-security payments alone offer no protection against extreme poverty either;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Takes the view that extreme poverty among women and the ensuing social exclusion cannot be eradicated unless consideration is given to the role played by men in the open method of coordination and in national plans for implementation of the renewed social agenda;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses that extreme poverty and the ensuing social exclusion cannot be understood solely in economic terms, on the basis of figures, but must also be understood in terms of human rights and citizenship; recognises that the principle of the free movement of capital and goods cannot, in itself, eradicate poverty and chronic poverty (especially persistent poverty) and that extreme poverty deprives those affected of opportunities and prevents them from fully taking part in the life of their community, by making them indifferent to their surroundings;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for the close partnership with the very poorest women and families to be consolidated at all levels of the decision- making process so that their experience can be drawn upon in devising measures and means to combat chronic poverty effectively and eradicate the ensuing social exclusion; calls, in order to make the abovementioned partnership possible, on all the institutions concerned to adjust the open method of coordination and the operational framework for the renewed social agenda to the needs of women in situations of great poverty;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Member States to adopt additional support measures, when implementing the renewed social agenda, that will help particularly working women who are single parents, or who have large families, to find forms of employment with flexible working hours so that they can meet their more extensive family commitments;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Commends the very poorest women in their daily struggle against extreme poverty, and acknowledges that the work performed by volunteers who assist and support them is an important contribution to implementation of the renewed social agenda; pays tribute to the work of international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), such as Caritas Internationalis or ATD Fourth World, which display a long-term commitment to the most disadvantaged groups, and to European NGO networks in the welfare sector;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Calls on the institutions charged with implementing the renewed social agenda, at all decision-making levels, to adopt the same definition of poverty as the one Parliament has adopted in all its resolutions on respect for fundamental rights in the European Union, namely: the lack of basic security means the absence of one or more of the factors, particularly employment, that enable individuals and families to assume professional, family and social responsibilities and to enjoy fundamental rights; such a situation may vary in extent, its consequences can vary in gravity and may to a greater or lesser extent be irreversible; the lack of basic security leads to chronic poverty when it simultaneously affects several aspects of life, when it is prolonged and when it severely compromises people's chances of regaining their rights and of reassuming their responsibilities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Stresses the importance of the European Economic and Social Committee to structured social dialogue under the renewed social agenda, and calls on it to continue to host Fourth World People's Universities meetings, which have, since 1989, provided a forum for genuine dialogue between the poorest groups and EU administrators, elected representatives at all levels and representatives of organised civil society, with the special aim of enabling members of the most disadvantaged groups to share viewpoints and to contribute to overcoming extreme poverty, which provides a concrete example of the very best practice at EU level for implementing the renewed social agenda;