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7 Amendments of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2010/2162(INI)

Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the austerity measures being implemented across the EU will have a particularly damaging impact on women, who dominate the public sector both as employees and as beneficiaries of services,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas universal access to support services such as children's care facilities, facilities for the elderly and other dependants is important for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and as a means to prevent and reduce poverty,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas pregnancy affects the work and educational opportunities of women to a greater extent than men, for instance where unplanned pregnancies force women to terminate their education early,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas poverty is a factor associated with an increased risk of gender -based violence is also, which is a major barrier to gender equality and is closely linked to the risk; whereas since domestic violence frequently leads to job loss, poor health and homelessness, it can also push women into a cycle of poverty; whereas, in addition, trafficking in human beings is a modern form of slavery that affects women and girls on a large scale and constitutes a significant factor that is both driven by and contributes to poverty,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the life expectancy for women is about six years longer than for men, with statistics for the EU-27 in 2007 showing men living to 76 years old and women to 82 years old; whereas this has important implications for female poverty, particularly as women have greater difficulty than men in accessing social security and pension systems,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a Recognises, in addition, that finding meaningful solutions to tackling female poverty may be one way of reducing gender-based violence, since women in poverty are at greater risk of abuse;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of the structured social dialogue and the involvement of civil society in fighting women's poverty;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM