6 Amendments of Kinga GÖNCZ related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1
Paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Points out that, as a consequence of the economic crisis, unemployment and social hardship are still increasing in a number of Member States, and therefore calls on the European Union to reinforce its commitment to eradicating poverty and social exclusion, particularly child poverty, as extreme poverty and social exclusion constitute a violation of human rightand to put special emphasis on the protection of the most vulnerable groups (single-parent households, families with three or more children, disabled people, ethnic minorities, especially the Roma, people living in the most disadvantaged microregions, people with decreased work capacity and young people without work experience); within these groups it is the women who are most affected by poverty as they often suffer from multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. As unemployment is the most basic cause of poverty, inequality and social exclusion in case of women as well, we call on maintaining and creating employment with targeted means (e.g. providing part time jobs or jobs with flexible working hours for women raising children), and apart from labour related measures, we also suggest that targeted policies should be put in action in order to strengthen the social protection system (e.g. creating childcare facilities in order to help women return to the labour market);
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increasone of the priority areas of the European Social Fund (ESF), i.e. improving the social inclusion of disadvantaged people, should be emphasized more intensively, the regulation concerning the ESF should be revised and changed, and new conditionality should be introduced in order to provide adequachieve thate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the "Europe 2020" flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusionreach those who need them the most, and the gap between socially excluded groups and the rest of society is indeed decreased. In the meantime, visibility and transparency should be enhanced, the monitoring of the social effects of the fund usage should be carried out thoroughly, and further emphasis should be placed on the long- term sustainability of the projects;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3
Paragraph 1 – point 3
3. CallsAs there is a high risk that persistent poverty is transmitted from the parents to their children, which might result in a considerable disadvantage regarding children's chances for a better life, we call on the Commission and Council to implement as a matter of urgency a strategy to halvecombating child poverty by 2012, and; we emphasises in consequence the need to mainstream individual children's rights in all EU policies and measures to monitor and evaluate measuresteps undertaken to end child poverty, to identify and develop priority actions, to enhance data collection and to further develop common indicators at EU level;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
3 a. International studies show that women are overrepresented among the working poor based on gender inequalities (occupation segregation, wage discrimination etc.). This pay gap is further aggravated by women's traditional caring responsibilities. These two factors cause a major financial disadvantage for women in old age as well (difference in pensions and savings);
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers active employment policy (e.g. in-work training, vocational education and training) very important in preventing poverty, in the process of which social partners play an essential role; deems moreover that pro-active employment policy (e.g. professional practice for the young, sheltered workshops and workplaces) is also a crucial set of measures, which aims at ensuring the balance and increasing the accessibility of the labour market, and maintaining employment for disadvantaged groups;