Activities of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2010/2272(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the Commission communication on European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 does not include an integrated gender perspective or a separate chapter on gender-specific disability policies, despite the fact that disabled women are often in a more disadvantaged position than disabled men and are more often victims of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
– social inclusion of 80 million disabled people in the European Union and facilitatpeople with disabilities ing the work of their carers, particularly womeEuropean Union;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that disabled children are often cared for by their mothers, who have to cope with medical, educational and administrative procedures, which has an adverse impact on their careers; calls on the Member States to mtake working hours more flexible so that these women are no longer excluded from the job marketdue account of the problems faced by parents of disabled children, who are often forced to remain outside the labour market, and to promote policies to support and assist such parents;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to take vigorous measures against all forms of violence against the disabled, in particular women, elderly people and children, who are frequently victims of mental and physical violence as well as sexual violence; notes that almost 80% of disabled women are victims of violence and that the risk of sexual violence is higher for them than for other women; points out that violence is not only a frequent occurrence in the lives of disabled women but is also sometimes the very cause of their disability;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the difficulties disabled women face in gaining access to employment, and adds that they should be encouraged to follow study courses and use new information and communication technologies, while enterprises should be urged to employ them using positive measures and with adequate funding.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to develop both independent and collective forms of accommodation, which are of good quality and affordable for all regardless of the individual’s own financial situation;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement policies to assist persons with disabilities, particularly women and children, to support their autonomy and full integration into society ; in this context call on the Commission to support programmes for exchange of best practice between Members States, and in particular to examine the role of personal assistants for persons with disabilities and the way they contribute to facilitate the every day life and the independence of persons with disabilities ;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to ensure that co- financing by NGOs working in this area of disability in projects that they submit for Community funding does not exceed 10%;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that women with disabilities have a right to share in and benefit from the rapid development of products and services derived from new technologies on equal terms, since this will enable them to participate in an inclusive information society without barriers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Considers it necessary to make provision for special support measures to cater for people with disabilities in lower income groups, in order to ensure that they have equal access to ICTs and avoid creating new forms of social exclusion;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses the need to establish and apply minimum incomes at EU Member State level based on the poverty threshold used by Eurostat, i.e. 60% of each country’s median income;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes measures must be taken to implement the right to physical assistance of people with functional diversity and ensure an independent life for those who want it;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Draws attention, in particular, to women with disabilities and stresses the need for measures and actions to fight double discrimination and promote full equality of rights and opportunities;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Believes that educational systems must provide a full response to special educational needs, ensuring in all circumstances the inclusion of special needs pupils by means of public policies offering them specific learning support;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Stresses that people with disabilities have the right to benefit, on a footing of equality, from the rapid development of products and services related to the new technologies, so that they can avail themselves of an inclusive and barrier- free information society;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Advocates special support measures for the needs of people with disabilities on low incomes, with a view to ensuring that they have equal access to ITC and preventing the creation of new forms of social exclusion;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24 d. Believes that more funding needs to be channelled to disabled people's organisations; insists that for such organisations the cofinancing rate should be no more than 10% of the value of the projects presented by them, in view of their known financial difficulties;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Insists on the need to create and implement minimum income levels in the Member States, starting out from the poverty threshold used by Eurostat, i.e. 60% of average income in a given Member State;