10 Amendments of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2011/2091(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe's future economic competitiveness and prosperity depend on its ability to fully utilise its labour resources not only by extending the employment period of life but also by adopting appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life and to tackle direct and indirect discrimination and gender stereotypes which lead to gender gaps in the labour market,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the average hourly earnings of women under 30 is 92% of that of men, and 67.5% in the 50-59 age group6 , 6 The life of women and men in Europe - A statistical portrait, Eurostat, 2008, page 196.and the average EU gender pay gap remains as high as 17.5%, Or. en
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas gender differences in socio- economic status are partially rooted in the traditional gender division of labour, where men bear the primary responsibility for breadwinning and women for unpaid housework and family care, which has a huge impact on men's and women's ability to accumulate social security entitlements for retirement, and consequently their situation in old age, particularly in case of divorce, separation or the widowed,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that multiple discrimination against women over 50 is better reflected in the open method of coordination regarding pensions, social inclusion, changing gender stereotypes and inclusion of women in political and economic decision-making;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to implement the gender equality approach, with specific actions and gender mainstreaming in the preparation and implementation of pension reform, including in the proposals in the upcoming White Paper on pension systems to promote use of the same actuarial calculation of pensions for men and women, to promote decreasing the risk of poverty, to close the gender pensions gap and to end the practice of compulsory retirement, while allowing older women to participate to the labour market by tackling discrimination;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create conditions encouraging older women to remain and/or return to the labour market under the European Year of Active Ageing, so that their potential is not wasted and their rights are respected;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to further develop and improve the collection and analysis of accurate, relevant, comparable European gender- and age-specific data, particularly on the employment and unemployment rate of older women, including migrant and disabled women and the rate of dependent elderly people;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life including in the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, as adopted by Parliament in its legislative resolution of 20 October 20107 and to integrate the ageing dimension into all relevant policies;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Member States to encourage active participation by older women in the business sector by encouraging, and providing support for, women who start new businesses and for an equal representation of men and women in economic decision-making bodies, including in company boards;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the gender dimension in health as an essential part of EU health policies, and therefore asks the Commission and the Member States to further step up their efforts to adopt a dual strategy with gender mainstreaming strategyand specific gender-related actions in EU and national health policies;