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32 Amendments of Lívia JÁRÓKA related to 2011/2244(INI)

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to European Parliament and Council Directive 2011/36/EU of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA1, __________________ 1 OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the 1949 UN Convention for the Suppression of the Trafficking in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas at times of economic crisis, strengthening women’s position in the labour market and economic independence is not only a moral imperative, but also an economic necessity; whereas the EU 2020 Strategy includes the headline target of aiming to raise to 75 % the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas the recession has a clear direct impact on all women with regards to male violence: economic recession creates conditions associated with increased intimate relationship violence, a rise in prostitution and attacks on women in prostitution; austerity measures affecting support services leave women victims of violence even more vulnerable than usual; and financing for already over-stretched women’s associations providing shelter and support for victims is being cut;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas Europe’s future economic competitiveness and prosperity depends crucially on its ability to fully utilise 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;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas part-time work opportunities in some cases and for some period can have a positive effect for women and men in order to reconcile work family and private life; whereas, however it should not be a disadvantage limiting the opportunities of women in the labour market by offering them only part-time or involuntary short-term contracts;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data are paramount in implementing equality between women and men in the European Union;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas disparities in the pay received by women and men is still very high (in some cases exceeding 25%), and despite the efforts and progress made the pay gap which has a serious negative effect on the economic and social status of women is narrowing extremely slowly;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas on average 3 in 10 households in the European Union are single person households, the majority of them comprising women living alone, and the percentage is rising; whereas these households are more vulnerable and more at risk of poverty, in particular at times of economic adversity; whereas single person households in most Member States are treated unfavourably, both in absolute and relative terms, with regard to taxation, social security, hous, as a result of different public policies and legal statuses (divorced, separated, unmarried or widowed), single mothers in different Member States experience different situations and benefits, from different types of allocation, including, health ~~care, insurance and pensions; whereas public~~services for themselves and their children; whereas decisions around family polic~~ies~~y should ~~not penalise people for – voluntarily or involuntarily – living alon~~prioritise the needs and best interests of the child, and ensure that children can thrive;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. 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;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas those women who face multiple and intersectional discrimination are more vulnerable to social exclusion, poverty and extreme human rights violations, such as trafficking in human beings; whereas women from ethnic minorities and especially Roma women face much more serious discrimination than men from the same ethnic group or women from the majority;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

Gc. whereas 2012 is the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and it is important to stress that women are often and increasingly over-represented among the isolated elderly, whereas by changing the stereotypes associated with age discrimination and promoting solidarity between generations is necessary to fight the higher risk of poverty and social exclusion;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to elaborate proposals for the mutual recognition of civil unions and of same sex families across Europe between those countries which already have legislation in place, so as to ensure equal treatment with regard to work, taxation and social security, protecting the incomes of families and children;deleted

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States when implementing EU2020 Strategy to give high priority to addressing barriers to women’s participation in the labour market and close the gender gaps in employment and social protection, including the gender pay gap;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Member States to introduce prompt measures in order to promote better work-life balance for women and men: by improving the access to affordable, high-quality childcare services for children under the mandatory school age;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse and eliminate the barriers of (re)entering the labour market and self-employment of Roma women and furthermore to place proper emphasis on the role of women in the economic empowerment of marginalized Roma and launching businesses;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls on the Member States to set specific employment targets in the framework of their National Reform Programmes to ensure that all women have an equal right with men to access the labour-market; particular emphasis should be placed on women with disabilities, migrant and ethnic minority women, women in the age group 54-65 years, Roma women;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to address equality between women and men in a consistent manner throughout the whole of the EU2020 process including in National Reform Programmes and country specific recommendations, and to ensure that all of the recommendations are assessed from an equality perspective to prevent potential counter-effects that some recommendations could have on policies targeting between women and men;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Calls on the Member States to invest current Structural Funds spending for the period 2007-2013 in the development of care services to enable both women and men to combine professional and private life;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for a multifaceted strategy from European institutions, Member States and the Social Partners to address the persistent gender pay gap, including a European equal pay target, a target to reduce the pay gap by 10 percentage points in each Member State, measures for wage transparency, awareness rising about existing rights and improved statistical data;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to address the gender pension gap as a direct consequence of the gender pay gap in policies that aim to reform pensions and to secure the adequacy and sustainability of pensions;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that making the most of Europe’s female talent in the workforce is not just good for business – it also benefits the economy and society as a whole: women represent 60% of new university graduates, but continue to be under- represented in economic decision-making posts;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that the use of electoral quotas ~~has~~can have positive effects on women’s representation;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Member states to combat all forms of violence against women in order to ensure the full enjoyment of their human rights and to achieve equality between women and men by adopting, implementing and monitoring strategies at national and Union level, strengthening the prevention of violence against women and the protection of victims and potential victims, including women from all disadvantaged groups; and emphasising the role and responsibility of men and boys in the process of eradicating violence against women;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls on the Member States to improve the provision of care facilities for other dependants and promote flexible working arrangements and various forms of leave for both women and men;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes in this context the EU Victims Package; calls on Member States to act specifically against traditional practices harmful to women such as honour killings, Ffemale Ggenital Mmutilation, forced marriages, dowry-related violence and other forms of violence and violation of individual rights ~~under the pretext of culture or religion~~;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Points out that economic, vulnerability is one of the main but not the mere cause of domestic violence, notes that the enhancement of social and ~~sexual~~economic autonomy are important preconditions for ~~reducing gender~~fighting against violence;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the gender dimension in health as an essential part of EU health policies and further step up their efforts to adopt a dual strategy with gender and age mainstreaming and specific gender-related actions in EU and national health policies;

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterated its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 1 February 2010 and 8 February 2011 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009 and 2010; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion;deleted

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses concern over the rising incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmissible diseases, in particular amongst women; urges the Commission to explicitly include in its prevention strategies sex education and access to condoms;deleted

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Urges political and religious leaders to publicly throw their weight behind MDG5 and support modern sexual and reproductive health services;~~deleted

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM

Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect, analyse and publish reliable statistical data disaggregated by sex to be able to properly evaluate and update the Commission’s Strategy for equality between Women and Man( 2010-2015);

2012/01/09
Committee: FEMM