15 Amendments of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2014/2217(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular Article 6, Women with disabilities,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on Board Directive,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4%, whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and whereas women make up 17.8% of the membership of large company boards and every week spend three times as long as men on household chores; whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and only 37% of Members of the new European Parliament and 9 out of 28 new Commissioners are women
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities and facilities for the elderly and people requiring special care in particular pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights and should be taken into account in the EU’s action programme in the field of healthfully integrated in the next EU Health Strategy;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender and women’s rights into their policy-making and budget procedures, with positive action measures, especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses in every case;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that poverty among women, and older women and, single mothers and disabled women in particular, needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency; calls on the Member States, therefore, to implement more effective inclusion strategies and make more efficient use of social policy resources, not least the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement proactive policiolicies to provide incentives for training for women in scientific careers, as well as proactive measures to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes and vertical and horizontal occupational segregation, encouraging the transition from part- to full-time working, and focusing on the NEET1 category in particular; __________________ 1 Not in education, employment, or training.
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of demographic developments and changes in the size and composition of households when designing their fiscal policies, social security and public services; notes that the number of single person households is on the rise in most EU Member States, but most policies directly or indirectly discriminate against them and put them at an undue disadvantage; believes that people should not be rewarded or punished for the particular size and composition of the household they are part of, calls therefore for policies to be neutral with regard to household size or composition;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3; calls on the Commission to provide continuing financial support to Member States so that they can offer childcare systems that parents can afford;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to establish affordable, flexible, high-quality and easily accessible services for the care of people who are unable to cope with everyday tasks by themselves as they do not have the functional autonomy they need to strike a balance between their personal, family and working lives;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to take the necessary steps to encourage the Member States to make it possible for women and men to participate on an equal footing in the various spheres of decision-making;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Asks the Council and the Commission to foster action among the Member States to harmonise legislation on gender violence and promote the setting-up of a public equality institute in each Member State as a key instrument for the collection of data;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission to strongly condemn media campaigns or other communications depicting victims of sexual violence as responsible for these acts, as such assumptions go against all basic principles of gender-equality.
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Maintains that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive health and rights, not least by having ready access to contraception and abortion; accordingly supports measures and actions to improve women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and inform them more fully about their rights and the services available; calls on the Member States and the Commission to implement measures and actions to make men aware of their responsibilities for sexual and reproductive matters;