25 Amendments of Rovana PLUMB related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty – especially single mothers and women aged over 65, who are often in receipt of pensions barely above the minimum subsistence level for various reasons such as having taken a break from or stopped work to take on family responsibilities, or having worked in their husband’s undertaking, particularly in the business and agriculture sectors, without remuneration and without social security affiliation; whereas most policies aim to support families with children, taking into account that up to 35% of households consist of a single person, which in the majority of cases is a woman,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas in 16 Member States the risk of extreme poverty amongst women greatly exceeds the risk of extreme poverty amongst men,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas employment itself does not constitute adequate protection against extreme poverty; whereas, mainly as a consequence of occupational segregation, more women than men work in lower- paid jobs, whilst it is often the case that social-security payments alone offer no protection against extreme poverty either,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the longer the period of living in poverty with a particularly low income, the greater the risk of falling into a state of permanent economic privation and social exclusion; whereas, therefore, measures to combat poverty should not simply aim to help those who are already living in extreme economic deprivation but should also seek promptly to prevent and tackle factors which lead citizens and in particular women into extreme economic and social deprivation,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas elderly people face a higher risk of poverty than the general population, reaching a rate of around 19% of those aged 65 years and over in 2008 in the EU-27, while in 2005 the figure was 19% and in 2000 it was 17%, and whereas women aged over 65 years are at high risk of poverty (the at-risk-of- poverty rate is 22%, i.e. 5 points higher than for men),
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas older women are in a particularly precarious position as their right to a pension income is often derived from their marital status (spousal or survivor benefits) and they rarely have adequate pension rights of their own due to career breaks, pay gap and other factors,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas violence against women, in all its forms, is one of the most widespread human rights violations, knowing no geographical, economic, or social limits; whereas it is a severe problem in the Union, where some 20-25% of women suffer physical violence, and more than 10% sexual violence, in the course of their adult lives,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the Progress programme is intended to support the effective implementation of the principle of gender equality and promote gender mainstreaming in EU policies; whereas this programme is a tool of outmost importance in combating the feminisation of poverty,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognizes that “the feminization of poverty” means that women have a higher incidence of poverty than men, that their poverty is more severe than that of men and that poverty among women is on the increase;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that gender inequality hinders poverty reduction and endangers the prospects of economic and human development;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Draws particular attention to the necessity to further continue with the researches and analyses regarding the phenomenon of “feminization of poverty”; calls on the Commission and Eurofound to cooperate with the European Institute for Gender Equality and to initiate targeted researches in order to assess inter-alia the effects of the global crisis on women; calls on the Member States to take into account the gender dimension in their plans for recovery from the recession;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that integration of the women into the labour market is a key to fighting poverty and social exclusion; stresses the importance of supporting the creation of new jobs, facilitate additional training and education for women living at risk of poverty and strengthen job placement;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Call on the Member States to adopt the necessary measures in order to offer better opportunities for women in education, by broadening and diversifying the education opportunities, while fighting stereotypes in female/male dominated studies as well as eliminating traditional role models in school curricula;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Recognizes the direct link between economic inequality and female dependency, as well as the inequalities still existing between men and women in terms of access to education, family responsibilities and the general upkeep of a family, and expresses its regret that the pay gap between the two genders continue to be present and produce negative effects;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls in the policy makers, both at EU and national level, to build their policy responses aiming to limit the negative repercussions of the economic crisis on a gender-sensitive analysis of the labour market as well as systematic gender impact assessments and evaluations;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to propose a framework directive establishing the principle of an adequate minimum income in the European Union as a way to combat and reduce poverty, taking into account national laws and practices and with due regard to the gender dimension; calls on the Member States to provide adequate minimum income schemes to lift up from poverty the most vulnerable categories, having in mind that women are one of the most affected groups;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Points out that part-time work and low-quality employment, which affect mostly women, contribute to the increase of women amongst poor workers and it is a source of social exclusion; stresses that access to high-quality employment based on the flexicurity principle is a way to avoid and combat poverty;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Member States to adopt additional support measures, especially for working mothers who are members of single-parent families, either by making it easier to find forms of employment with flexible working hours so that they can meet their more extensive family commitments, or by providing affordable and quality childcare facilities;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the Member States to take targeted action to ensure that women in a disadvantaged environment have fair access to public health systems - in particular to primary health care (including the protection of mothers and children) as defined by the World Health Organization - and also to gynaecological and obstetric health care, decent housing, justice, education, training, life-long learning, sport and culture, to prevent the premature abandonment of schooling and facilitate a smooth transition from school to the labour market;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Calls on the Member States to develop appropriate measures to support teenage mothers, who often have difficulty finding jobs and live in poverty owing to their frequently low level of education and to social prejudices;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls for specific measures to enable people living in poverty to start a family, so as to ensure that both parents are fully able to exercise their parental responsibility, particularly in situations of chronic poverty;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a Calls on the Member States to provide that adequate social security for the women responsible for the care of sick, elderly or disabled members of their families, and for elderly women who receive a particularly low pension;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a Calls on the Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure the due recording, analysis and study of the factors which lead to domestic violence so that policies can be developed immediately to prevent and deal with the consequences of such violence, such as providing shelter for homeless women who are victims of domestic violence;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b Stresses the necessity to step up the European efforts to eradicate human trafficking and sexual exploitation through closer judicial and police cooperation; urge the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate customary or traditional harmful attitudes and practices, including female genital mutilation, early and forced marriages, and honour crimes;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a Considers that a genuine dialogue should aim to enable the members of the most disadvantaged groups, together with the national and European administration, to share viewpoints and to contribute to overcoming extreme poverty, providing a concrete example of the very best practice at European level in this area;