16 Amendments of Franziska Katharina BRANTNER related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the female employment rate is 59.1% on average; whereas since 2000, the average gender pay gap has remained significant (between 14% and 17.4%18% in the EU as a whole and up to more than 30% in some Member States in 2010) and the gender-segregated labour market has direct consequences on women,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the effect of the gender pay gap on lifetime earnings indicates that women will have lower pensions and whereas as a result, women are more affected than men by persistent and extreme poverty: 22% of women aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty compared to 16% of men,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that preventing and reducing women's poverty is an important component of the fundamental principle of social solidarity to which the European Union is committed as foreseen in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, implying equality between women and men, social justice and protection and combating social exclusion and discrimination;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onriticises that economic recovery projects mainly focus on male dominated employment, underlines that a support for the future of men's rather than women's employment increases rather than decreases gender inequality, therefore calls on the EU and the Member States to take into account the gender dimension in their plans for recovery from the recession;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Points out that women's integration into the labour market in recent decades indicates not only a greater direct impact of the recession on women themselves but also on households, where incomes will be significantly affected by female job losses; stresses that female unemployment can be expected to rise disproportionately as public sector budget cuts are announced, since women are disproportionately employed in education, health and social services;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide systematic gender disaggregated data and information in national reporting and in the annual Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce new individual indicators in respect of women and poverty as a tool to monitor the impact of broader social, economic and employment policies on women and poverty;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training with a view to providing the skills and qualifications needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on projects and programmes on ecological transformation, i.e. renewable sector, science and technology-intensive green jobs for a new sustainable economy;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 Strategy; strongly encourages establishing as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year in ordto 0-5% by 2020 by adopting a zero to achieve a target of 10% reduction by 2020;lerance approach through application of sanctions for non- compliant Member States,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a Calls on the Commission to revise the existing legislation relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women as requested by Parliament in its resolution of 18 November 2008 (legislative initiative requesting the Commission to submit an appropriate proposal by the end of 2010);
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to reconsider the above-mentioned objectives concerning childcare facilities;fulfil and renew their commitments and to do their utmost to achieve the Barcelona European Council targets on pre-school childcare provision for at least 90% of children between 3 years old and the mandatory school age and at least 33% of children under 3 years as agreed by the EU Council in 2002,
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a Stresses that many pension schemes in EU Member States still leave women with only derived rights based on their husband's employment record, with the consequence that the majority of elder people living in poverty are women, calls in this context on the EU Member States to address the structural factors contributing to inequality in pension schemes;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Impact of gender based violencediscrimination on the risk of poverty
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to establish national plans to combat all forms of violence against women if one is not already in existence, ensure ongoing and systematic monitoring to measures progress, to ensure the highest standards of legislation with regard to combating male violence against women and provide adequate funding for the support and protection of victims of violence, as a way to prevent and reduce poverty;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a Calls on Member States to give greater visibility to the impact of poverty and social exclusion on women and in particular in relation to the multiple identities of women and to indicate as priorities women with disabilities, ethnic minorities, especially Roma community and children and immigrants;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b Calls on Member States to take gender-specific measures to address issues which are not only linked to income poverty, but which relate to culture, social and political participation and social networks;