10 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2011/2244(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas on average 3 in 10 households in the European Union are single person households1, the majority of them comprising women living alone, particularly elderly women, and the percentage is rising; whereas these households are more vulnerable and more at risk of poverty, in particular at times of economic adversity; whereas single person or single-income households in most Member States are treated unfavourably, both in absolute and relative terms, with regard to taxation, social security, housing, health care, insurance and pensions; whereas public policies should not penalise people for – 1 Eurostat Population Census, and Schulz E. (2007) ‘Household patterns’, Research Note prepared for the demography network of the Social Situation Observatory of the European Commission, DIW Berlin Germany. voluntarily or involuntarily – living alone;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their marriage and divorce laws do not directly or indirectly constitute a financial ‘trap’ for the spouses, in particular women, and to ensure that young couples are fully aware and informed of the legal and financial implications of marriage and divorce;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to include homophobic and transphobic violence andsexual harassment in its action programmes against gender-based violence;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for human rights for women to be given the highest priority in the EU’s external policies and encourages EU delegations therefore to promote information and awareness campaigns aimed at countering discrimination against women’s human rights;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges political and religious leaderthe competent institutions to publicly throw their weight behind all the MDG5s and support modern sexual and reproductive health servicesbehind MDG5 on maternal health in particular;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive Communication on the situation of single person households in the EU, with policy proposals to achieve fair treatment in areas like taxation, social security, housing, health care, insurance and pensions, based on the principle of policy neutrality with regard to household compositiontate of play of policies adopted by Member States regarding households experiencing particular difficulties, such as large and single-parent families;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25