28 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2010/2138(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas equality between women and men has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth, and helps to increase female participation in the labour market, which in turn has many social and economic benefits,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas employment rates are lower in rural areas; whereas, moreover, a large number of women are not included in the official labour market and are therefore not registered as unemployed or included in unemployment statistics, which causes particular financial and legal problems in terms of maternity rights and sick leave, acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are at a disadvantage due to the lack of high- quality job opportunities,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas access to childcare services and assistance with the elderly and other dependents is vital to ensure equivalent participation of women and men in the labour market, education and training,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the crisis may exacerbate the sectoral and professional segregation of women and men, which not only has not reduced but is increasing in some countries,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas positive action for women has proven to be vital in ensuring their full integration in the labour market and in society in general,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas minority women, especially Roma women, regularly experience discrimination andliving conditions are worsening for certain groups of women, who frequently face a combination of difficulties and risks as well as many forms of discrimination, particularly disabled women, women responsible for dependents, elderly women, women with little or no training, long-term unemployed women, immigrant women and minority women, especially gypsy women; whereas they are at particular risk of social exclusion,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas violence against women is a violation of their fundamental rights and an, knows no geographic, economic, cultural or social bounds, and represents a fundamental obstacle to equality; whereas 20-25% of women suffer physical violence in the course of their lives; whereas psychological violence is just as devastating as physical violence,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Criticises the fact that economic recovery plans are focused on male- dominated labour sectors; highlights that preferential support for the working future of men over that of women is increasing rather than reducing gender inequality; stresses the need to integrate gender equality policies in the national, European and international economic recovery plans to tackle the crisis;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the positive effect that equality between women and men has on economic growth; points out that several studies have calculated that, if women’s employment, part-time employment and productivity rates were similar to men’s, GDP would increase by 30%;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of developing the legal concept of shared ownership to ensure full recognition of women’s rights in the agricultural sector, appropriate protection in terms of social security and recognition of their work, and also the need to amend the Regulation on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) so that, as with the European Social Fund (ESF), positive action can be taken for women in the future programming period 2014-2020, which was possible in previous periods but not in the current period, as these measures will be very beneficial in terms of female employment in the rural environment;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that separate income and high-quality paid employment for women form the key to their economic independence and to greater equality between women and men in society as a whole;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the Commission and the Member States should develop training and implementation tools so that all stakeholders take due account, in their respective fields of competence, of the perspective based on equal opportunities for women and men, including assessing the specific impact of policies on women and men;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the importance of developing quantitative and qualitative indicators and gender-based statistics that are reliable, comparable and available when needed, which must be used to monitor the mainstreaming of gender equality in all policies;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls, in view of the continuing pay gap between men and women, for a Europe- wide debate to combat stereotypes linked to the respective roles of men and women; stresses, therefore, the importance of organising awareness-raising campaigns in schools, workplaces and the media to combat persistent gender stereotypes and degrading images in particular; points out that campaigns should stress the role of men in ensuring a fair distribution of family responsibilities and reconciliation between work and private life;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to set up and/or improve childcare facilities, such as crèches and nurseries with a view to providing good-quality, affordable child care service, and facilities for the elderly and other dependents with a view to providing good-quality, affordable services at times compatible with full-time working hours to as many people as possible; believes that these facilities offer considerablhuge support to parents and should make it easier for them to enter the workforce;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that these care services for children and dependents represent an important source of jobs that could be filled by older women, whose employment rate is currently one of the lowest;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes efforts made at European level to increase women’s representation in politics; advocates, therefore, greater participation for women in all European institutions, particularly in positions of responsibility; stresses, however, that further efforts must be made at national, regional and municipal level; points out, therefore, that the use of electoral quotas has positive effects on women’s representation;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need for the Member States to take steps, particularly through legislation, to set binding targets to guarantee parity between men and women in positions of responsibility in companies, public administrations and political bodies;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for action to be taken at national and European level to promote entrepreneurship among women by creating training and professional and legal advice structures and by facilitating access to public and private finance;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay particular attention to vulnerable groups of women –: disabled, elderly, immigrant or minority women and women who have little or no training and are responsible for dependents being specific groups in need of measures tailored to their circumstances; calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the European Year of Volunteering in 2011 to include promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on national, regional and local bodies responsible for equality to adopt integrated approaches improving their response to and handling of cases of multiple discrimination; also stresses that these bodies should offer training to judges, juries and general staff so that they can identify, anticipate and handle situations of multiple discrimination;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to Romagypsy women in the implementation of the EU strategy on Romagypsy inclusion;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Advocates access for women and men to information on sexual and reproductive health and women’s right to avail themselves of services in this areato services in this area; stresses that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes efforts made at EU and national level to combat violence against women but stresses that this remains a serious, unresolved problem; welcomes the resumption of debate on this form of violence, notably via the establishment of a European protection order and the Directive on Human Trafficking; calls on present and future EU presidencies to make further progress; stresses the need for the Council and the Commission to accept the agreement reached in the European Parliament on the European protection order so that the Directive can enter into force as soon as possible;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses the need to conduct a wide- ranging survey covering all the EU countries and using a common methodology to determine the real scope of the problem; points to the important work to be carried out in this area by the European Observatory on Gender Violence, which will provide high-quality statistics to support political measures combating this social scourge;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses the importance of the Member States and regional and local authorities taking action to aid reintegration into the labour market for women who have suffered gender violence, using instruments such as the ESF or the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Points out that schemes helping women’s organisations and civil society in general to collaborate with and participate in processes to integrate the gender perspective must be improved;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Stresses the need to integrate the gender perspective and the fight against gender violence in the external and development cooperation policy of the European Union;