Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2009/2204(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis - Assessment of the results of the 2006-2010 Roadmap for Equality between women and men and forward looking recommendations - Charter for Women’s Rights - follow up (debate)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas mainstream economists have pointed out that the credit crunch, which started the recession, was quite literally a man-made disaster; whereas responses at state and international level – none of which are gender-sensitive – have also been decided upon mainly by men; whereas it is important that women be fully included in the decision making process in the political, economic and financial spheres,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the Commission’s findings that the current crisis has raised concerns that the achievements in gender equality are at risk and that the effects of the recession will put greater pressure on women; underlines the fact that the economic and financial crisis is gendered in its causes and in its consequences;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women increases in times of economic upheaval; therefore urges the Member States to improve national laws and policies against all forms of gender-based violence and welcomes the Spanish Presidency’s initiative to set up an Observatory on Violence against Women; likewise welcomes the initiative by the Council regarding the overarching instrument on the protection of victims (European Protection Order);