18 Amendments of Andreas MÖLZER related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union is confronted with a major economic, financial and social crisis thatthe most serious financial and economic crisis since the great recession of the 1930s, which is in danger of becoming a social crisis and which, inter alia, affects women in the labour market and in their personal lives, in particular women at risk of poverty,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas combating poverty is one of the Commission’s five measurable targets proposed for EU 2020; whereas Integrated Guideline 10 of the Europe 2020 Strategy (Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty) would encourage the adoption of national policies to protect women, in particular, from the risk of exclusionpoverty, ensuring income security for one-parent families or elderly women,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the female employment rate is 59.1% on average; whereas since 2000, the average gender pay gap has remained significantunchanged (between 14% and 17.48%) and the gender-segregated labour market has direct consequences on women,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas access to support services such as children’s care facilities, facilities for the elderly and other dependants is important for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and as a means to prevent and reduce poverty,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas women, in particular in rural areas, are more often part of the informal economy than men, not being registered on the official labour market, or have short-term working contracts, which generates particular problems as regards women’s social rights, including rights during pregnancy, maternity leave and breastfeeding, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas gender based violence is also a major barrier to problem for gender equality and is closely linked to the risk of povertyparticular income situation; whereas trafficking in human beings is a modern form of slavery that primarily affects women and girls on a large scale and constitutes a significant factor that contributes to povertyis equally correlated with the particular income situation,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the conditions of some groups of women who more often face double discrimination, such as disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women, immigrant women, and ethnic minority women, especially Roma women, contribute to raising the risk of finding themselves in situation of poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission Communication on the Strategy for equality between women and men 2010- 2015; calls on the European Commission and Member States to adopttake account of a gender specific perspective as a key component of all common policies and national programmes to eradicate poverty and combat social exclusion;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission initiative on a ‘European platform against poverty’; calls on the Commission and Member States to promotetake account of the gender dimension in this platform;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to consider granting individualised rights in pensions and social security schemes as a tool to combat the risk of poverty; encourages the Member States in this context, in the medium term, to eliminate gender-specific inequalities of retirement age, which still exist in many EU States;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to promote the reconciliation of work and private life, in order to enable women who are exposed to the risk of poverty to pursue their careers, by providing access to flexible work arrangements or to full-time work; calls on the Member States furthermore to protect young mothers against poverty by means of appropriate measures and to assist them in returning to employment;
Amendment 102 #
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 concerningir approach to childcare facilities;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the risk of falling into poverty is greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, where social security systems are based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; points out that, in some cases, women do not fulfil this requirement because of interruptions to their work and that they are de facto penalised because of discriminaand often receive smaller pensions because of their employment situation and their position on the labour market, in particular because of the wage gap, maternity leave and part- time work;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women is still a major problem at European Union level, and has an increasing impact on the risk of poverty, as it has a direct influence on women’s health and their capacity to access the labour market; once again calls on the Commission to establish a European Year for combating violence against womgainst which efficient measures must be taken;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to provide adequate funding for thetake comprehensive measures to support and protection of victims of violence, as a way to prevent and reduce poverty;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to increasemaintain the financial allocation that may be used among civil society organisations in fighting and curbing the effects of women’s poverty;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and, the Commission and the parliaments and governments of the Member States.