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6 Amendments of Lívia JÁRÓKA related to 2021/2170(INI)

Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women may be especially affected by economic inequalities due to income disparities between men and women, due to the low proportion of highly paid women, and because the income of women consists mainly of salaries and to a lesser extent capital income; whereas the risk of period poverty may also have a negative impact on the situation of women; whereas it is regrettable that female hygiene products, and care products and services for children, elderly people or people with disabilities, are still not considered to be basic goods in all Member States;
2021/12/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas a significant section of the Romani population in Europe live in extremely precarious conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio-economic circumstances; whereas deep-rooted, permanent and structural anti-gypsyism, often institutionalised and governmental, continues to exist at all levels of European society, forming a significant barrier in all areas of life, including housing, education, healthcare and employment, which leads to poverty; whereas poverty is inherited, forcing the communities in question to face intergenerational difficulties;
2021/12/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Romani people face discrimination in accessing employment initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee; whereas public employment services often lack capacity to reach them or apply indirect discrimination practices;
2021/12/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to increase their efforts to effectively address the gender pay gap in the interest of improving the economic situation of women and ensuring their economic independence; calls for a fundamental focus to ensure that men and women become equal earners and equal carers; calls on all Member States to eliminate the ‘care and tampon tax’ by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0% VAT rates to these essential basic goods;
2021/12/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises that national efforts to ensure Roma inclusion should be accelerated in all EU Member States; calls on the Commission to create a programme that contains measures to promote inclusion and thus ensures the participation of Romani girls and women at all levels, including those working at local, regional and EU level; points out that this should take into account equality between men and women and focus on the elevation of Member State good practices to Union level, such as the Family Home Creation Discount (CSOK) programme, personal income tax exemption for workers younger than 25, tax exemption for mothers with a large number of children, and baby shower loans, thus providing support for the conditions for starting and sustaining a family;
2021/12/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to supplement the EU financial aid with study programmes and projects that give talented Romani girls and women the opportunity to use continuing education to free themselves from intergenerational poverty, promoting their social integration and developing their knowledge, with a view to improving the situation of the Romani; calls on the Member States to indicate the level of support they would need to implement the recommended measures to integrate the Romani population;
2021/12/08
Committee: EMPL