17 Amendments of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2013/2156(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the standard of living of most Europeans continues to decline, particularly for women, for whom the unemployment rate in the EU27 stood at 10.8 % in the last quarter of 201213 .; whereas it is necessary to improve female labour participation in order to ensure sustained, long-term growth;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas studies on gender-based violence estimate that one-fifth to one- quarter of all women in Europe have experienced physical acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force, 12 to 15 per cent of women in Europe are victims of domestic violence and seven women die every day in the European Union from it1; __________________ 1 European Added Value Assessment of March 2013 on Combatting violence against women. PE 504.467
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is currently facing the most significant economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s; whereas this crisis has been exacerbated by so-called austerity measures imposed on the Member States by the EU institutions within the framework of economic governance policies (Stability and Growth Pact, European Semester, Euro-Plus Pact, Budgetary Treaty) and ‘financial aid’ programmese fiscal consolidation policies undertaken by Member States which frequently involve personnel cuts and the freezing of wages, mainly affect the public sector which is female- dominated;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. Wwhereas women are particularly affected by precarious employment, suffer wage discrimination and armore likely to be employed in part-time mwore likely to be in part-time work, meaning that they alsok (32.1 % in 2012, up from 30.8 % in 200714) and consequently earn lower wages, enjoy lessrisk lower social protection and find it harder to become economically independent and pursue a career than men domore difficult to achieve financial independence;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas theausterity policies applied in the name of the crisis have a particularly harsh impact on vulnerable people andhave taken a disproportionally hard toll on women in particularly women, who feel the impact both directly – through loss of employment, wage, pension and benefit cuts, and loss of job security – and indirectly through budget cuts in public services and social care;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas several factors have led to a reduction in women’s incomes, with wage inequality standing at 16.2 % in the EU in 2011, and over 20 % in Estonia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany and Greece;; whereas in 2011 78 % of women said that they carried out 'domestic work' every day (as did 37 % of men16 )
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas there has been little progress over the past decade regarding correcting the gender balance in political decision- making, with the EU average improving by just 4 percentage points, 22% in 2003 to 26% in 20121; __________________ 1 European Commission Report on Progress on equality between men and women 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/swd_2013_171_en.pdf
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the fact that women constitute 52% of the total European population, but only one-third of the self-employed or of all business starters in the EU, highlights that women face more difficulties than men in access to finance, training, networking, and in maintaining a work life balance; therefore calls on the European Commission and the Member States to encourage female entrepreneurship and utilising the potential of half of Europe’s population to ensure sustained, long term growth1; __________________ 1 Commission communication on ‘Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan. Reigniting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe’( COM(2012)0795 final)
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that according to the Commission statistics’, 15.8% of seats on the boards of the largest listed companies are currently held by women and, progress in rectifying the situation has been slow with an annual increase of just 0.6% among the top business leaders of these companies; notes that — 97% of company board presidents are men1, calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to promote better gender balance in management positions in companies and thus contribute to better business performance, improved competitiveness and economic gains for the EU; __________________ 1 European Commission, Database on Women and Men in Decision-Making
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to increase their child support budgets in order to expand the public netwStresses the importance for women to be awarded the possibility of balancing work and family life in order to participate morke of day care, nurseries and public servn the labour market; therefore calls on the Member States to elaborate policies providing extracurricular activities for childrenmixing flexible work arrangements, encouraging parental leave for fathers as a viable option, and increasing the availability of affordable and qualitative childcare facilities;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that in order to promote the participation of women in decision- making, measures need to be set in motion to combat stereotypes and prejudices about the rolStresses the fact a gender-balanced representation at the political decision- making level is crucial in order to achieve a democratic representation of EU citizens; emphasizes the need to encourage more women to run in regional and local elections as well as in national ones; points out the importance of wcomen,batting gender stereotypes along with specific policies to support equal rights and opportunities in economic, social, political and cultural life (to combat irregular and unforeseeable working hours, applying fair remuneration and equal pay and expand public childcare, nursery and school networks,) with the positive effect ofgender mainstreaming in all decision-making processes, but especially in the ‘male- dominated’ ones such as energy and research and development in order to strengthening women’s participation in all levels of social and political life;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalisation, owing to so-called austerity policies, have led to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution and that there are signs thaNotes with worry the increase in all forms of violence against dwomestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressorsn, including domestic, sexual violence and human trafficking;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that – according to data from the Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women, Victim support (2012), from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) – professional training and the sustainability of funding for public services, associations and NGOs providing services to women in situations of domestic violence is clearly being affected by the so-called austerity measures, threatening the continued existence of such services, and that this is a shameful step backwards in civilizational terms; recalls that tremendous inequality exists among the Member States in terms of access to support services, with secure and sufficient state funding existing in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austriahas been negatively affected by budgetary constraints under austerity measures;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that violence against women is pervasive violation of women’s human rights worldwide, including in the EU; calls on the Commission to establish 2016 as the EU Year to End Violence against Women, and to deliver a related EU-wide strategy to end violence against women, comprising legally-binding instruments, awareness raising actions, data collection, and funding for NGOs, as announces in the Council Conclusions of March 2010,;calls on the Commission to promote national ratifications and launch the procedure for the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention on violence against women;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health services in the area of support to women subjected to violence and that they increase the number of refuges and their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities, in a range of languages, and to women with disabilities;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the Commission must continue its efforts to include gender equality in all negotiations with third countries and in its country progress reports; emphasizes the European Parliament’s important role in providing criticism and keeping tabs on the implementation of gender equality measures in country strategies and reports;