18 Amendments of Iliana IOTOVA related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital a (new)
Recital a (new)
A. whereas parental poverty often leads to child poverty and seriously affects children later in life,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital b (new)
Recital b (new)
B. whereas women from ethnic minorities, women with disabilities and older women are victims of dual discrimination,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital c (new)
Recital c (new)
C. whereas the pay gap between men and women in the EU is almost 18% and the principle of equal pay for men and women is one of the basic principles set out in the European treaties,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital d (new)
Recital d (new)
D. whereas extreme poverty, trafficking in human beings, recruitment to prostitution and all other types of exploitation are closely linked,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that suitable financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increasedshould be provided through the European Social Fund, and for the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion; calls, likewise, for targeted funds to be earmarked, within the new budgetary framework, for job creation and social protection for women; urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU-funded projects;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to implement the indicators in respect of women and poverty developed in connection with the Beijing Platform for Action as a tool to monitor the impact of broader social, economic and employment policies on reducing poverty; calls on the Member States to find more appropriate methods of measuring poverty among women;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point 5
5. Points out that social protection and social policy make important contributions to lessening the depth and duration of the recession by stabilising labour markets and consumption, and that the social protection system is a stabiliser on both the revenue and the expenditure side. Calls on the Member States to pinpoint more appropriate means of measuring female poverty;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
(8a) Notes that women entrepreneurs’ access to credit is limited, which is a major obstacle to their professional development and economic independence, and which conflicts with the principle of equal treatment;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 а (new)
Paragraph 1 а (new)
1a. Notes that women entrepreneurs’ access to credit is limited, which is a major obstacle to their professional development and economic independence, and which conflicts with the principle of equal treatment;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to lifelong learning programmes, especially as far as older women are concerned;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that, on account of the lack of adequate social infrastructure, women are forced to choose between bringing up children and a professional career; calls on the Member State governments to give recognition to the bringing-up of children and ensure that period counts towards a pension, thereby enabling women to benefit from full pensions; recommends that Member States ensure the provision of adequate and dependable pensions for women;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Reminds the Member States that the provision of adequate childcare is a fundamental part of gender equality on the labour market; therefore reminds the Member States of the importance of attaining the Barcelona childcare targets, thereby encouraging women to participate in the labour market and fostering a work-life balance;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to education and training programmes for immigrant women and women from ethnic minorities, which will facilitate their participation in the labour market;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Member States, in the context of the revision of Council Directive 92/85/ЕEC 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, to take the necessary steps to prevent the dismissal of women workers during pregnancy and motherhood; calls on the Member States to take active measures to prevent discrimination against pregnant women on the labour market, as well as measures to ensure that motherhood does not affect the right of women workers to pensions and that the scale of those pensions is not affected by the fact they have taken maternity leave;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
(11a) In the context of the revision of 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, calls on the Member States to take the measures necessary to prevent the dismissal of workers during pregnancy and motherhood; calls on the Member States to take active measures to prevent discrimination against pregnant women on the labour market, as well as measures to ensure that motherhood does not affect the right of women workers to pensions and that the scale of those pensions is not affected by the fact they have taken maternity leave;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that, on account of the lack of adequate social infrastructure, women are forced to choose between bringing up children and a professional career; and that the risk of falling into poverty is greater for older women than for men, particularly in old age, where social security systems are based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; points out that, in some cases, women do not fulfil this requirement because of interruptions to their work and that they are penalised because of discrimination on the labour market, in particular because of the wage gap, maternity leave and part-time work; calls on the Member State governments to give recognition to the bringing up of children and ensure that period counts towards a pension, thereby enabling women to benefit from full pensions; recommends that Member States ensure the provision of adequate and dependable pensions for women;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
(13a) Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to lifelong learning programmes, especially as far as older women are concerned;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a Underlines that adequately increased financing for and effective usage of the European Social Fund (ESF) should be ensured in order to provide adequate resources for measures to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment and measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion in favour of disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, especially women, including those confronted with precarious and insecure contracts; stresses that ESF regulations should be revised and changed to reach those who need it most, that visibility and transparency should be enhanced, that the monitoring of the social effects of the fund usage should be carried out thoroughly, and that further emphasis should be placed on the long-term sustainability of the projects; therefore calls for targeted funds to be earmarked, within the new budgetary framework, for job creation and social inclusion; urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects; stresses that single parents are often alone in educating their children and demands that the Barcelona targets for childcare provision should be fully implemented;