8 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2009/2205(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the ageing of society is too often seen in negative terms, i.e. in terms of challenges to the age structure of the labour force and the sustainability of social protection and health care, whereas in fact older people are a resource and offer key community and family supportlso represent an economic resource and a fund of experience and offer key community and family support as carers for dependents and as labour consultants, given their wide professional experience, as well as helping to maintain rural communities,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty and limited pensions, especially women aged over 65, who are often in receipt of pensions barely above the minimum subsistence level for various reasons such as the wide gender pay gap, which directly affects pension rights, the fact that they have taken a break from or stopped work to take on family responsibilities, or the fact that they have worked in their husband’s undertaking, mainly in the business and agriculture sectors, without remuneration and without social security affiliation; whereas in times of economic recession the risk of falling into poverty is even greater for these women,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a more rights-based approach to ageing so that older people can act as empowered subjects instead of objects;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks for more research and the development of monitoring mechanisms asto ensure that age discrimination is seldom recognised and tackled; recognises that greater awareness in the Member States is needed and would welcome input from the new European Institute for Gender Equality on how progress could be made;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is deeply concerned by the extent to which older migrantthe most vulnerable groups of women are subject to multiple discrimination: migrant women, women with disabilities, homosexual women, women who belong to minorities, women with few qualifications and elderly women, as they suffer discrimination on the basis of age, gender and, ethnicity and sexual or religious orientation, etc., and calls for positive discrimination measures;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that public and private services shall be quality services that are easily accessible for older people and affordable, particularly in the case of public services, and that the structure of public and private services shall support the longest possible period of care at home;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the quality of care shall be ensured in order to improve the quality of old age and also in order to avoid the physical, psychological and economic abuse that elderly often suffer from; considers that Members States should ensure that those employed as carers of older people in the public and private sectors receive training in healthcare and psychology throughout their working life;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 -
Paragraph 22 -
22. Asks the Commission to propose by the end of 2011 an action plan containing: • an examination of the need for more resources for scientific research on ageing, • measures to ensure the quality of care, • changes to increase coherence in the area of social security, including pension schemes, care leaves and part-time working arrangements, • yearly reporting on the violation of older people’s rights and on measures to be taken at EU and national level to abolish direct and hidden discrimination, • non-legislative measures to tackle age- discrimination, such as awareness-raising campaigns, • measures to make use of the knowledge and professional experience of older people, for example by setting up associations of older people to provide advice for job-seekers; • exchange of best practice;