Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2013/2065(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women with disabilities
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that, as the population ages, the proportion of elderly people with a disability is increasing, and that those concerned are more likely to be women owing to their longer life expectancy; stresses that women with disabilities as a group face greater exclusion and have less opportunities in the labour market than men with disabilitiesa lower rate of activity in the labour market and/or jobs carrying less responsibility and lower salaries, great social isolation, greater financial dependency on the family and/or care persons; calls on the European Union to implement positive action measures to include women with disabilities in the labour market;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that all discrimination based on disability and gender shall be prohibited; emphasises that the overlap of such discrimination has particularly negative effects on women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas of the 80 million people with disabilities living in the European Union there are 40 million women and girls and all are in significant need of an accessible and unprejudiced environment;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that the increase in the number of people with disabilities will increase the burden on carers, in particular on family carers;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on Member States to use the European Social Fund as an effective tool to improve the levels of inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in all important areas of life, such as access to the labour market, training and education;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the increase in the number of people with disabilities will increase the burden on carers, in particular on family carers;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas disability prevalence is higher among women and women have a greater life expectancy than men, this means that the number of older women with disabilities will increase;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas women and girls with disabilities suffer multiple discriminations both from a gender based perspective and a disability based perspective;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas women with disabilities were at great risk of poverty already before the crisis, and whereas their inclusion in society, and especially in the labour market, should be given priority among public policies; whereas women and girls with disabilities suffer greater emotional dependency, greater risk of falling victim to all gender-based violence, lower levels of personal and social development and widespread ignorance regarding sexuality and the innumerable and damaging myths surrounding this issue;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that disability policies should be gender mainstreamed;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that all discrimination based on disability and gender shall be prohibited emphasises that the overlap of such discrimination has particularly negative effects on women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that women with disabilities have the right to decide, as far as possible, over their own lives, and highlights the fact that this right should also be promoted in specialised institutions; stresses that personal assistance can beis a means of autonomous living and should therefore be encouragbe facilitated and promoted;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the EU and Member States to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social, educational and other measures to protect women and girls with disabilities, both within and outside the home, from all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse and access to all community services and justice should be guaranteed;