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27 Amendments of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2010/2272(INI)

Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
– finally integrate gender issues as recommended by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified recently by the EU,
2011/05/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for early diagnosis and solutions allowing as many disabled people as possible to live independently, with access to inclusive education and work and able to exercise their social rights, so that they are not placed in vulnerable situations in society and exposed to serious risks of discrimination, poverty and social exclusion;
2011/05/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas over 80 million people or around 16 % of the European Union's total working population are disabled – including people with autism – and whereas the rate of unemployment remains unacceptably high, since, being twice as high as among people without disabilities, it can causes social exclusion,
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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.; calls also for the urgent implementation of legislation to foster, promote and finance programmes to help women with disabilities integrate into working life which would encourage cooperation between associations, foundations, NGOs and companies, and for the introduction of aid and subsidies for companies and individuals hiring women with disabilities;
2011/05/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to draw up annual reports with data showing the situation of disabled women in the different Member States;
2011/05/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the activation of European funds earmarked for communication campaigns and awareness-raising activities for the benefit of disabled women;
2011/05/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the EU in December 2010, prohibits exclusion from the education system on the basis of disability, and whereas inclusive education represents the most effective means of combating discriminatory attitudes, building an integrationist society and achieving education for all,
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability starting from the creation of a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS and of Member States’ programmes and strategies;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that a sustainable society where people live longer in better health should also mean that the needs of disabled people can be adapted to the environment in advance by having greater accessibility to goods and servicesalso implies improvements in accessibility to goods and services so as to improve the quality of life of disabled people;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls attention to the fact that many disabled people continue to suffer discrimination with regard to the lack of equal recognition before the law and justice and calls on the Member States to correct and remedy these shortcomings, including electoral rights and public management of natural and man-made disasters;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions, with special regard to disabled women and to the most vulnerable groups of people, such as disabled children and the elderly;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Commission to gear up the cooperation between Member States, especially with respect to the gathering of comparable data; stresses that measuring disability should not be based only on medical aspects but should also include social and, environmental and economic aspects;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to draw up annual reports with data showing the disability situation in the different Member States;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Points out that one consequence of population ageing is an increased number of disabled people;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that demographic changes can also contribute to the situation of people with disabilities, as services and solutions for the elderly are to a great extent indispensable for the people with disabilities;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that, in a Europe that promotes equality and freedom of movement within its territory for its citizens, the rights of disabled people vary from one Member State to another;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that a mutually-recognised parking card for people with disabilities and a unified EU charter for travellers’ rights are relevantnecessary for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to promote access without physical barriers to workplaces and homes for people with disabilities as a means of helping them integrate into working life;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the Commission to take the necessary measures to help the visually impaired to carry out business transactions, such as by issuing euro notes with inscriptions in Braille;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Reaffirms the importance of promoting the exchange of cultural material accessible to the visually impaired between the Member States;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out the important role of special training centres in facilitating integration into the labour market; adds that insufficient access to the labour market means that people with disabilities are placed in vulnerable situations in society and are exposed to serious risks of discrimination, poverty and social exclusion;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24a. Calls for the activation of European funds earmarked for communication campaigns and awareness-raising activities in the world of work, such as the ‘Voluntariado Corporativo’(Corporate Volunteering) and the ‘Plan Familia’ (Family Plan) schemes under way in different companies;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls for the urgent implementation of legislation to foster, promote and finance programmes to help people with disabilities integrate into working life which would encourage cooperation between associations, foundations, NGOs and companies;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that inclusive education is needed to cut the school drop-out rate in the EU, the objective being to reduce this rate to less than 10%;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that social corporate responsibility could also be an important impetus to the situation of people with disabilities; calls for the introduction of aid and subsidies, which would vary according to the type of contract, for companies and individuals hiring workers with disabilities; calls upon actors and stakeholders to support and apply good practices in this field;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Deplores the fact that people with disabilities must assume an additional financial burden – the extra expenditure incurred because of their disability – in their daily lives, which has a considerable impact on their quality of life;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Points out that eliminating or seriously alleviating this poverty would entail having more people with disabilities in work, which would increase net tax revenue for the state and would reduce the number of people needing benefits for reasons of extreme poverty;
2011/04/28
Committee: EMPL