9 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2009/2205(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2006-2010 Roadmap for gender equality has served to highlight key aspects of gender equality and whereas actual progress has been modest,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current economic and social crisis is having particularly serious consequences for women and especially for aged women and the services provided to them, exacerbating inequalities and discrimination based not only on gender but also on age and state of health,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks for more research and the development of monitoring mechanisms as age discrimination is seldom recognised and tackled; recognises that greater awareness in the Member States is needed and would welcome input fromhopes that the new European Institute for Gender Equality on how progress could be madewill assist organisations which are working to promote gender equality to respond appropriately to problems relating to education, employment and health;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need to recognise the doubmultiple discrimination that older women often face in societies where they are subject to discrimination both on the basis of their age and their gender, gender, state of health and disability;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that public and private services shall be easily accessible, of high quality and affordable for older people and that the structure of public and private services shall support the longest possible period of care at home;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the quality of care shall be ensured in order to improve the quality of old age and also in order to avoid the physical, psychological and economic abuse that elderly often suffer from; considers that Members States should ensure that those employed as carers of older people in the public and private sectors receive training and that their work is recognised and valued;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Asks that a gender perspective be used in the medical field in order to make precise diagnoses and to give the needed care; asks that tools for diagnosis, health services and care not be restricted solely because of a patient’s gender and age, so that screening for breast-cancer and colorectal-cancer as well as cardiovascular screening, for example, should be available to elderly women;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that both technology and technical improvements can be important in adapting society to the needs of an ageing population; calls for innovations developed in close cooperation with older people to become more widely used, some examples of which are simplified mobile phones and Internet connections, smart sensors in specific products in order to reduce the number of accidents, the training of dogs to assist people such as those suffering from diseases affecting the memory, etc., and calls for trials of medicines which are under development to study their effects on the bodies not only of men but also of women;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Affirms that every EU citizen must have a right to adequate, accessible, high- quality social and health services at a reasonable price; calls on the Commission to put forward a directive on basic services, which would take national conditions into consideration; emphasises that older women are especially vulnerable and invites the Commission to consider a system where all European citizens are granted the right to a basic income that is dependent on the Member State’s standard of living;