Activities of Barbara MATERA related to 2010/2162(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the face of female poverty in the European Union PDF (291 KB) DOC (184 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) Calls on the Member States to ensure that gender policies and Community principles are applied at all levels, locally and nationally;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
(9a) Calls on the Member States to set up counselling centres to identify and combat the exploitation of women workers, which is one of the main causes of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to consider granting individualised rights in pensions and social security schemes as a tool to combat the risk of poverty, whilst respecting the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the importance of the structural funds, in particular the European Social Fund, as a key tool for assisting Member States to combat poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Member States for more co-funded actions to give greater support to services such as care facilities for children and for elderly and dependent persons; calls on the Member States to ensure that the resources allocated are used fairly and properly;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
(19a) Urges the Member States to ensure that all individuals, especially the young and the elderly, have access to basic care;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
(20a) Urges the Member States to ensure that elderly women with diseases typical of their age have access to preventive and diagnostic medicine, as a tool for combating social exclusion and poverty;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
(21a) Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to medical care for immigrant women for diseases resulting from different eating habits and ritual practices. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, accordingly, to frame health policies with a view to combating and preventing practices that are hazardous to women's health and are also a cause of social exclusion and poverty;