11 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2015/2228(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the EU’s growth strategy, Europe 2020, and in particular its objective to reduce the number of Europeans living below national poverty lines by 25 % by 2020, thereby lifting over 20 million people out of poverty, and the need to fully deploy Member States' social security and pensions systems to ensure adequate income support,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas time use surveys find that women work more hours per week, paid and unpaid, than men; whereas women often take the responsibility for the care of elderly or ill family members as well as for children, resulting in their lower participation in the labour market, which consequently diminishes their overall income; whereas the establishment of high- quality childcare services and facilities at affordable prices reduces the risk of impoverishment; whereas few Member States have achieved or surpassed the Barcelona objectives;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the pension gap decreased from 2006 to 2012 in those countries where Directive 2006/54/EC was implemented;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the stereotypes widely conveyed by society contribute to the feminisation of poverty; whereas these stereotypes are developed during childhood and are reflected in the choice of training and education and on into the labour market; whereas women are still too often confined to ‘women-friendly’ tasks and remain under-represented in certain areas such as mathematics, science, business, ICT, engineering, and so on; whereas these stereotypes lead to discrimination in terms of recrimination;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas girls outperform boys in school but often they are prevented from translating this educational success into professional accomplishment by familial and other pressures;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there are shortcomings in the characterisation of the concept of ‘household’ in terms both of data collection and of taxation; whereas this concept of ‘household’ does not allow the policy-making process to take into account the situation of women in terms of income or fiscal obligations; whereas the taxation system in force influences women's access to the labour market and their economic independence;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to continue to work toward gender equality on corporate boards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase access to funding for women who want to start their own business or investment projects;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that women are disproportionately and often involuntarily concentrated in precarious work, including being used as fronts for businesses; urges the Member States to consider implementing the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendations intended to reduce the scale of precarious work, such as restricting the circumstances in which precarious contracts can be used and limiting the length of time workers can be employed on such a contract;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that education is key to ending the cycle of poverty; calls on Member States to increase funding for girls to study STEM and business fields before they are streamed; encourages Member States to work to aid young women in the transition from formal education to the labour market;