8 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2012/2301(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration; addressing the root causes for the feminisation of poverty and identifying best practices and recommendations for Member States, as support for their national measures to integrate or re-integrate women in the labour force and, more generally, to eradicate poverty and social exclusion of women and children;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need for a gender impact assessment and gender budgeting in all measures taken and all funds used to deal with the economic crisis, in particular the ESF, in order to limit the negative effects on gender equality;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services which are forcing many womenaffecting in particular women and forcing them to shift from paid to unpaid work, exposing them to a high risk of poverty;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Maintains that measures need to be taken to reduce gender segregation in the labour market both horizontally, i.e. the over-representation of women in occupations with less income, and vertically, i.e. the under-representation of women in power and decision making positions; stresses that precarious working conditions remain a gender issue not only in low skilled and low qualified sectors but also occupations requiring higher education such as the so-called academic precarity with women being over-represented.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of minimum income schemes exceeding the at-risk-of poverty threshold of 60% of national median equalised income and social assistance programmes for persons having difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in particular persons with children, and especially single parents.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Invites Member States to act for reducing in-work poverty, of which women are especially affected, by a set of measures, such as minimum wages of at least 60% of the relevant average wage and continuing education at the work- place;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that there is a need to promote the sharing of family and household responsibilities; invites Member States to set up or advance existing measures to overcome discriminatory gender stereotypes and the unequal assignment of roles such as encouraging men in their right to take care for children, sick or disabled relatives.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Points out that in a time of crises many goods or services previously paid for are produced or carried out in the household by women without any remuneration; therefore, stresses the need for more comprehensive official statistics which also include unpaid work in order to be able to fully evaluate the impact of the crisis and austerity measures on the labour market situation of women and men;