13 Amendments of Norica NICOLAI related to 2013/2156(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the standard of living of most Europeans continues to decline, particularly for women, for whom the unemployment rate in the EU27 stood at 10.8 % in the last quarter of 201213 .; whereas it is necessary to improve female labour participation in order to ensure sustained, long-term growth;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is currently facing the most significant economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s; whereas this crisis has been exacerbated by so-called austerity measures imposed on the Member States by the EU institutions within the framework of economic governance policies (Stability and Growth Pact, European Semester, Euro-Plus Pact, Budgetary Treaty) and ‘financial aid’ programmese fiscal consolidation policies undertaken by Member States which frequently involve personnel cuts and the freezing of wages, mainly affect the public sector which is female- dominated;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. Wwhereas women are particularly affected by precarious employment, suffer wage discrimination and armore likely to be employed in part-time mwore likely to be in part-time work, meaning that they alsok (32.1 % in 2012, up from 30.8 % in 200714) and consequently earn lower wages, enjoy lessrisk lower social protection and find it harder to become economically independent and pursue a career than men domore difficult to achieve financial independence;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas theausterity policies applied in the name of the crisis have a particularly harsh impact on vulnerable people andhave taken a disproportionally hard toll on women in particularly women, who feel the impact both directly – through loss of employment, wage, pension and benefit cuts, and loss of job security – and indirectly through budget cuts in public services and social care;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas several factors have led to a reduction in women’s incomes, with wage inequality standing at 16.2 % in the EU in 2011, and over 20 % in Estonia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany and Greece;; whereas in 2011 78 % of women said that they carried out 'domestic work' every day (as did 37 % of men16 )
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas there has been little progress over the past decade regarding correcting the gender balance in political decision- making, with the EU average improving by just 4 percentage points, 22% in 2003 to 26% in 20121; __________________ 1 European Commission Report on Progress on equality between men and women 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/swd_2013_171_en.pdf
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to increase their child support budgets in order to expand the public netwStresses the importance for women to be awarded the possibility of balancing work and family life in order to participate morke of day care, nurseries and public servn the labour market; therefore calls on the Member States to elaborate policies providing extracurricular activities for childrenmixing flexible work arrangements, encouraging parental leave for fathers as a viable option, and increasing the availability of affordable and qualitative childcare facilities;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that in order to promote the participation of women in decision- making, measures need to be set in motion to combat stereotypes and prejudices about the rolStresses the fact a gender-balanced representation at the political decision- making level is crucial in order to achieve a democratic representation of EU citizens; emphasizes the need to encourage more women to run in regional and local elections as well as in national ones; points out the importance of wcomen,batting gender stereotypes along with specific policies to support equal rights and opportunities in economic, social, political and cultural life (to combat irregular and unforeseeable working hours, applying fair remuneration and equal pay and expand public childcare, nursery and school networks,) with the positive effect ofgender mainstreaming in all decision-making processes, but especially in the ‘male- dominated’ ones such as energy and research and development in order to strengthening women’s participation in all levels of social and political life;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalisation, owing to so-called austerity policies, have led to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution and that there are signs thaNotes with worry the increase in all forms of violence against dwomestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressorsn, including domestic, sexual violence and human trafficking;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that – according to data from the Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women, Victim support (2012), from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) – professional training and the sustainability of funding for public services, associations and NGOs providing services to women in situations of domestic violence is clearly being affected by the so-called austerity measures, threatening the continued existence of such services, and that this is a shameful step backwards in civilizational terms; recalls that tremendous inequality exists among the Member States in terms of access to support services, with secure and sufficient state funding existing in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austriahas been negatively affected by budgetary constraints under austerity measures;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the Commission must continue its efforts to include gender equality in all negotiations with third countries and in its country progress reports; emphasizes the European Parliament’s important role in providing criticism and keeping tabs on the implementation of gender equality measures in country strategies and reports;