27 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2011/2244(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the crisis may make the segregation of women and men by profession and sector even more pronounced – segregation that not only has not decreased, but is increasing in some countries;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas budget cuts in social services, such as childcare,access to childcare services and assistance services for the elderly and other dependants is essential for achieving equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in education and training, and whereas, therefore, budget cuts in those social services further hinder women’s participation in the labour market;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas equality between men and women has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth, and results in increased women’s participation in the labour market, which in turn leads to multiple social and economic benefits;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas employment rates are lower in rural areas and, moreover, a large number of women do not figure in the official labour market and are, therefore, not registered as unemployed or included in unemployment statistics, causing specific financial and legal problems in connection with maternity and sick leave entitlements, the acquisition of pension rights and access to social security, as well as problems in the event of divorce; whereas rural areas are disadvantaged by the lack of high-quality employment opportunities;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas violence against women is a prime obstacle to equality between women and men, and one of the most widespread human rights violations , cutting across geographical, economic and social bounds; whereas, moreover, there are an alarming number of women who are victims of violence;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas women in certain categories are living under worsening conditions and are often faced with a combination of difficulties and risks, as well as with multiple discrimination, a point which applies particularly to women with disabilities, women with dependants, elderly women, women with little or no training, the female long-term unemployed, immigrant women and women belonging to minorities, specifically Roma women, and whereas the risk of exclusion is especially high in their case,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas positive actions aimed at women have proved to be fundamental for their full incorporation in the labour market and in society in general;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the importance of developing the legal concept 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 women’s work, and the need to amend the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Regulation, so as to make it possible, as is the case under the European Social Fund (ESF), to take positive action for women in the future programming 2014-2020 period, bearing in mind that this was feasible in earlier periods but cannot be done in the current one and that such measures will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Criticises the fact that economic recovery projects focus mainly on male- dominated industrial sectors; stresses that the preference for supporting future employment for men rather than women contributes to increasing rather than reducing inequality between the sexes, and insists on the need to mainstream gender equality policies into European, national and international recovery plans to fight the crisis;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the positive effect that equality between men and women has on economic growth; points out that several studies calculate that if women’s employment, part-time employment and productivity rates were similar to those of men, GDP would increase by 30 %;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that income and high-quality gainful employment for women are the key to their economic independence and to greater equality between men and women in society as a whole;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for action to be taken at national and European level to promote women’s entrepreneurship, by setting up training and careers and legal advice services and facilitating access to public and private funding;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for Member States to adopt measures, in particular through legislative means, to set binding targets to ensure the balanced presence of women and men in positions of responsibility in business, public administration and political bodies;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that domesticgender violence claims many deadly victims across the EU each year, so it should be treated as a public security issue and as a violation of fundamental rights rather than as a private, domestic issue;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes in this context the EU Victims PackageWelcomes efforts, both at Community and national levels, to combat violence against women, but stresses that this phenomenon remains a major unresolved problem; stresses the importance of the measures taken, such as the European Protection Order, the Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and the legislative package to strengthen the rights of victims in the EU; calls on Member States to act specifically against honour killings, Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of violence and violation of individual rights under the pretext of culture or religion;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reiterates the need for the Commission to present a legislative proposal to address specifically the fight against gender-based violence;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses the need for Member States and regional and local authorities to take measures, via instruments such as the ESF or the PROGRESS programme, to help women who have been victims of gender violence to get back into the labour market;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Stresses the need for a comprehensive survey covering all EU countries, using a common methodology, to ascertain the real extent of the problem of gender violence in the EU; notes the important work to be done in this area by the European Observatory on Gender Violence, which will provide high-quality statistics to support political measures to combat this scourge of society; calls, therefore, for the Observatory to be made operational as soon as possible, as the Council agreed in March 2010 in the conclusions on Eradication of Violence Against Women in the EU;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterated its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 1 February 2010 and 8 February 2011 on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009 and 2010; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion; stresses that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay special attention to vulnerable groups of women: disabled women, women of advanced age, women with little or no training, women with dependent persons in their charge, female immigrants and women belonging to minorities all constitute specific groups on whose behalf measures adapted to their circumstances must be taken;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on national, regional and local bodies responsible for ensuring equality to introduce integrated approaches to improve their response to, and management of, cases of multiple discrimination; stresses, furthermore, that these bodies should offer training to judges, lawyers and staff in general to allow them to identify, prevent and manage cases of multiple discrimination
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need to include gender mainstreaming and the fight against gender violence into EU external and development cooperation policy;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Emphasises the importance of developing quantitative and qualitative gender indicators and statistics that are reliable, comparable and available when needed, to be used for monitoring the cross-cutting nature of gender equality in all policies;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Stresses the need to improve arrangements for the cooperation and involvement of women’s organisations, and civil society as a whole, in gender mainstreaming processes