3 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2015/2223(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women and their dependent children are disproportionately at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and the economic crisis and austerity policies havehas exacerbated these inequalities, leading to a ‘feminisation of poverty’; whereas income distribution within households is unequal and gendered, requiring individualised measurements of income and costs;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the anti-poverty targets cannot be met unless female poverty is tackled, as gender equality and the economic empowerment and emancipation of women are necessary for upward convergence in poverty reduction;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses deep concern at the Commission’s assessment that the 2020 anti-poverty target ‘seems out of reach’ and iInsists on fresh political impetus for drastic action to tackle poverty in the EU; calls on the Member States to ensure that national poverty strategies are gender mainstreamed and address gender inequality;