9 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2014/2247(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the poverty that affects marginalised communities affects women, children and men differently, in that women and children tend to find it more difficult to access social services and to receive a decent income;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women in marginalised communities suffer more intense multiple discrimination and have a much lower employment rate than the men in those communities and other women;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, given the important role they play in the family, women can become the cornerstone of integration in marginalised communities, improving women’s living conditions and giving them the training they need to participate actively in the social and economic life of the country;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific needs of women in marginalised communities by applying a gender perspective to all EU-funded integration and social inclusion initiatives, programmes and actions, as women are more at risk of extreme poverty, discrimination and exclusion, meaning that they are unable to access high levels of education, jobs and social services;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to take account of Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises ‘the basic right of a person to sufficient resources and social assistance to live in a manner compatible with human dignity’, an essential issue for women, who are more at risk of poverty than men; points out that it is important to establish a common method for calculating a subsistence threshold in cost-of-living terms (a ‘shopping basket’ of goods and services), so as to be able to draw on comparative measurements of poverty levels and determine means of social intervention, including a minimum income scheme, which is vital in order to achieve economic and social cohesion for people living in different areas of the European Union;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly criticises the fact that gender has not been taken into account in the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion, one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy for sustainable, smart and inclusive growth, the aims of which include better use of EU funds to support social inclusion, with 20% of the European Social Fund being put towards combating poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the use of the funds to improve living conditions and facilitate access for women in marginalised communities to education, housing, health care, employment, childcare facilities and social services.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises how important it is that special attention be paid to the specific circumstances and needs of the most vulnerable groups of women in marginalised communities such as elderly women, disabled women, women who are the victims of violence and human trafficking, immigrants, women belonging to ethnic minorities, refugees, etc., in all EU-funded programmes, initiatives and actions.
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises that women in marginalised communities are more at risk of falling victim to gender violence and suffering other violations of their fundamental rights; calls for the fight against all forms of violence against women to be a key factor in integration programmes for marginalised communities and in assigning European funding.