19 Amendments of Britta THOMSEN related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty – especially single mothers and women aged over 65, who are often in receipt of pensions barely above the minimum subsistence level for various reasons such as having taken a break from or stopped work to take on family responsibilities, or having worked in their husband’s undertaking, particularly in the business and agriculture sectors, without remuneration and without social security affiliation; whereas most policies aim to support families with children, taking into account that up to 35% of households consist of a single person, which in the majority of cases is a woman,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas in 16 Member States the risk of extreme poverty amongst women greatly exceeds the risk of extreme poverty amongst men,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the longer the period of living in poverty with a particularly low income, the greater the risk of falling into a state of permanent economic privation and social exclusion; whereas, therefore, measures to combat poverty should not simply aim to help those who are already living in extreme economic deprivation but should also seek promptly to prevent and tackle factors which lead citizens and in particular women into extreme economic and social deprivation,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas older women are in a particularly precarious position as their right to a pension income is often derived from their marital status (spousal or survivor benefits) and they rarely have adequate pension rights of their own due to career breaks, pay gap and other factors,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas violence against women, in all its forms, is one of the most widespread human rights violations, knowing no geographical, economic, or social limits; whereas it is a severe problem in the Union, where some 20-25% of women suffer physical violence, and more than 10% sexual violence, in the course of their adult lives,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide systematic gender disaggregated data and information in national reporting and in the annual Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce new individual indicators in respect of women and poverty as a tool to monitor the impact of broader social, economic and employment policies on women and poverty;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training as life-long opportunities with a view to providing the skills and qualifications as empowerment, confidence building and capacity building needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on green jobs for a new sustainable economy;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Call on the Member States to adopt the necessary measures in order to offer better opportunities for women in education, by broadening and diversifying the education opportunities, while fighting stereotypes in female/male dominated studies as well as eliminating traditional role models in school curricula;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 Strategy; ;strongly encourages establishing as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year, in order to achieve a target of 10% reduction by 2020, ensure full pay for women during statutory maternity leave as recommended by the Parliament report on this matter as it will contribute to eliminate gender inequalities in employment;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls in the policy makers, both at EU and national level, to build their policy responses aiming to limit the negative repercussions of the economic crisis on a gender-sensitive analysis of the labour market as well as systematic gender impact assessments and evaluations;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Points out that part-time work and low-quality employment, which affect mostly women, contribute to the increase of women amongst poor workers and it is a source of social exclusion; stresses that access to high-quality employment based on the flexicurity principle is a way to avoid and combat poverty;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to reconsider the above-mentioned objectives concerningfulfil and renew their commitments to the Barcelona targets for the provision of accessible, affordable and high quality child care facilitieand to develop new targets for the care of dependent persons;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Member States to adopt additional support measures, especially for working mothers who are members of single-parent families, either by making it easier to find forms of employment with flexible working hours so that they can meet their more extensive family commitments, or by providing affordable and quality childcare facilities;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Impact of gender based violencediscrimination on the risk of poverty
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b Stresses the necessity to step up the European efforts to eradicate human trafficking and sexual exploitation through closer judicial and police cooperation; urge the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate customary or traditional harmful attitudes and practices, including female genital mutilation, early and forced marriages, and honour crimes;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to establish national plans to combat all forms of violence against women if one is not already in existence, ensure ongoing and systematic monitoring to measures progress, to ensure the highest standards of legislation with regard to combating male violence against women and provide adequate funding for the support and protection of victims of violence, as a way to prevent and reduce poverty;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a Calls on Member States to give greater visibility to the impact of poverty and social exclusion on women and in particular in relation to the multiple identities of women and to indicate as priorities women with disabilities, ethnic minorities, especially Roma community and children and immigrants;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b Calls on Member States to take gender-specific measures to address issues which are not only linked to income poverty, but which relate to culture, social and political participation and social networks;