17 Amendments of Kathy SINNOTT related to 2008/2034(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
– having regard to the findings and recommendations contained in the landmark UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children in 2006, according to which economic inequalities and social exclusion are among the risk factors for child maltreatment,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is a complex relationship between poverty, parenting and children’s well-being in diverse social circumstances, including the protection of children from all types of abuse,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recognises the unequal income distribution among self-employed people and that one quarter of self-employed people live below the poverty line and, therefore, that more institutionalised support needs to be given to entrepreneurs to avoid the poverty trap;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the importance of an holistic approach on child well-being based on a child rights centred perspective framed by the UNCRC supporting adequate incomes for families, adequate housing for children and families, accessibility of high quality health and social services and education; recognises, however, that children’s fundamental needs should take priority over Member States’ financial considerations;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b
Paragraph 10 – point b
(b) ensuring that children grow up in families with sufficient resources to meet all aspects of their emotional, social, physical, educational and cognitive needs;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point b a (new)
(ba) recognising the vital role of the family in ensuring health and safety as well as the well-being of the child;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to consider child poverty and social exclusion in a broader context of EU policy making including issues such as immigration, discrimination, protection of children from all forms of maltreatment and abuse, child and adult carers, gender equality, family support, active inclusion, early- years care and education, life-long learning and the reconciliation of work and non- work life;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Member States to reduce child poverty by 50 % by 2012 as a first commitment towards the eradication of child poverty in the EU and allocate sufficient resources in order to achieve this goal;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States to ensure that all children and families, including those experiencing poverty and social exclusion, have access to high quality social care services which have a clear understanding of the impact of poverty on families, including the increased risks of, and impact of, child abuse and maltreatment;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on Member States to ensure that child helplines are sufficiently resourced to be able to respond to every child who needs help and advice;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point i
Paragraph 14 – point i
(i) supporting personal development, family stability, social integration and inclusion before employment;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point iii
Paragraph 14 – point iii
(iii) assisting job retention by supportive measures (e.g. on-the-job training and lifelong learning opportunities) and also work arrangements that help marginalised people enter the workplace and reconcile employment with their efforts to deal with social disadvantage (e.g. lack of housing, care responsibilities or health problems);
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that ‘make-work-pay’ policies should address the problem of the low-pay trap and the low-pay/no-pay cycle at the lower end of the labour market whereby individuals move between insecure, low-paid, low-quality, low- productivity jobs and unemployment and/or inactivity; stresses that higher levels and duration ofthe need for flexibility in unemployment and social benefits should be addressed as a matter of priority;);
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s view that statutory and complementary social security schemes, health services and social services of general interest must play a preventive and socially cohesive role, facilitate social inclusion and safeguard fundamental rights; points out the need to ensure the development of high quality, accessible and affordable long term care for those in need and support for those who provide the care;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights the importance of promoting integrated services that respond to the multidimensionality of poverty and social exclusion, e.g. the link between poverty and homelessness, violence, health and mental health, education levels, social and community integration, lack of access to information technologies and infrastructure and the widening of the ‘digital divide’;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to support a meaningful and safe participation of children in all matters affecting them, ensuring that all children have an equal opportunity to be involved;