17 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2009/2101(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of the EU, recognised by the Treaty establishing the European Community and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas in spite of the significant progress made in this field, many inequalities between women and men remain,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women need to work until 22 February (i.e. 418 calendar days) in order to earn as much as men do in a year,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas access to services for the care of children, the elderly and other dependants is essential for equal participation of women and men in the labour market, education and training,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the conditions of some groups of women who often face several combined difficulties and risks as well as double discrimination — in particular disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women and minority and immigrant women — show signs of deterioration,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas, for both men and women, employment rates are lower in rural areas, and, in addition, a lot of women are never active in the official labour market and, therefore, are neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics, which leads to particular financial and legal problems in relation to the right to maternity and sick leave, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are badly affected by the lack of high-quality employment opportunities,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give consideration to the situation of spouses helping in handicrafts, trade, agriculture, fisheries and small family businesses, both from the gender equality perspective and taking into account the fact that women are in a more vulnerable position than men; calls on the Member States to develop the legal construct of shared ownership, in order to ensure full recognition of women's rights in the agricultural sector, appropriate protection in the field of social security and recognition of their work;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship in the industrial sector and to provide financial support and vocational guidance structures for women setting up companies, as well as the appropriate training;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Community institutions and the Member States to make 22 February ‘International Equal Pay Day’;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to acknowledge companies that take action to promote equality between women and men and facilitate work-life balance, in order to foster the spread of good practices in this area;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of pre- school childcare provision, childminding services and the provision of assistance to elderly persons and other dependants for better work- life balancing; commends the Commission's approach of making available, in a timely manner, high-quality comparative statistics and in putting specific recommendations to each Member State; calls on the Member States to do their utmost to achieve the above- mentioned Barcelona European Council targets on pre-school childcare provision;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Member States to take effective steps, notably through legislation, to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility; notes in this regard the positive effects of the use of electoral quotas on the representation of women;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to and take particular note of more vulnerable groups of women – disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women, minority and immigrant women and women prisoners – and to develop targeted measures to meet their needs;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt and implement the necessary measures to support women with disabilities so that they may progress in those areas of social life and the world of work, culture and politics in which they are still under-represented;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that violence against women is still a major problem that needs to be eliminated using every means available to the Communities and the Member States, and once again calls on the Commission to establish a European Day for combating violence against women and a European Year for the elimination of all forms of violence against women; congratulates the incoming Spanish Presidency of the Council on making it a priority to combat such violence and invites future Council Presidents to do likewise;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Endorses the Spanish Presidency's proposals to establish a European gender violence monitoring centre, introduce the European protection order for victims and set up a common EU-wide telephone helpline for victims;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the importance of combating violence against women to achieving equality between women and men and accordingly urges the Council and Commission to establish a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women, including trafficking;