9 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2012/2234(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas women are disproportionately represented in the part- time and flexible job market;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)
Paragraph C b (new)
Cb. whereas women represent a large proportion of workers in undeclared employment, mainly in domestic work and the care of dependent people;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)
Paragraph C c (new)
Cc. whereas women are over-represented in the lowest-ranked jobs and positions in terms of qualifications, pay and prestige and women therefore face greater job insecurity and are paid less than men;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C d (new)
Paragraph C d (new)
Cd. whereas women encounter greater difficulties in reconciling work and family life, as family responsibilities are not always shared fairly and the care of children and other dependent family members falls mainly upon women;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D
Paragraph D
D. whereas disparities between men and women in relation to employment, pay, contributions, career breaks, undeclared employment, job insecurity, and part-time working in connection with family responsibilities can have a serious impact on the amount of pension to which women are entitled;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the need for Member States to take measures to eliminate the pay differential between women and men which also affects pensions, resulting in a substantial difference between pensions paid to women and the much higher pensions paid to men;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that while flexible working hours and part-time jobs make achieving a work-life balance easier, especially for women, they also imply lower salaries and therefore lower pensions in the future; emphasises that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are paid for part-time work and about 80 % of the working poor are women;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that social policies and social services providing childcare and care of the elderly and other dependent people are vital to ensuring that women have the same opportunities as men to obtain paid work, compatible with their family and personal lives, which allows them to earn pension rights sufficient for them to receive a decent pension in their old age;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates once again that it is important to combat gender stereotypes which traditionally relegate women’s work to a secondary role, resulting in lower pay for work done by women;