7 Amendments of Britta THOMSEN related to 2010/2239(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
-1. Whereas equality between women and men is a value, an objective and a fundamental right in the Union, and EU institutions have the duty to include gender equality in all their actions.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas women face direct and indirect discrimination in different pensions-related aspects the European Union.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Is of the view that any proposal on adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems shall aim to eliminate inequalities between women and men in the European Union. It shall prohibit direct discrimination in private and public pension schemes, including the practice of basing the level of payments and contributions on life-expectancy, i.e private, public and occupational pension schemes, which are based on defined contributions, should apply unisex actuarial criteria;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the period spent by women and men on taking care of children or other dependent family members should be recognised in the calculation systems and taken into account to the period of work as well as all kind ofs periods of full time work as well as all kind of contracts including internships and atypical contracts;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States - particularly the new Member States - to review their pension systems, taking into account the higher life expectancy of womento take into account the higher life expectancy of women without by any means using it as a justification for sex-based discrimination, and the major pay differentials between men and women, which are reflected in the amount of the pensions granted, often pushing them below the poverty line, and to eliminate the gender pension gap ;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to initiate the procedure aiming at eliminating article 5 (2) of Directive 2004/113 which allows for discriminations against women on pension products;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the European Commission to undertake a full study on the impact of pension reforms on women’s lives in the EU with the following objectives in mind: (1) The individualisation of pension rights (and social security and taxation systems overall) to encourage women and men to engage in paid work, and thus earn individual economic security; (2) The development of mechanisms accommodating the employment patterns linked to society's need for the care of children and other dependant persons so that career-breaks or part-time work are considered as full-time work in the calculation of pension benefits, (3) the degree of women’s access to second and third pillar schemes, (4) the different needs of different groups of women such as migrant women and disabled women. On the basis of the above study, formulate concrete recommendations to strengthen the gender equality dimension of all pension schemes;