Activities of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2009/2204(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis - Assessment of the results of the 2006-2010 Roadmap for Equality between women and men and forward looking recommendations - Charter for Women’s Rights - follow up (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas much attention has been focused on the male-dominated construction and car industries, in contrast to the equally negatively affected retailing, services and tourism sectors; whereas it is urgent to address the gender dimension for men and women alike of the impact of and solution to the economic and social crisis in national and European recovery plans,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas studies have shown that violence against womensocial problems in the family intensifiesy when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis; whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recognises that many women have been empowered by recent job losses to establish their own businesses; calls on the Commission to bring forward legislation specifically aimed at SMEs to fulfil its objective of reducing administrative burdens on business by 25% by 2012 to help foster this entrepreneurial spirit;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines and welcomes the fact that interventions and solutions require a contextual understanding of the crisis and recognition that there is not a ‘one-size- fits-all’ response; stresses that, at the same time, the recession can be used as a unique opportunity to make economic and social policies more gender-aware and to move towards creating a more gender-equal society;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women and men increases in times of economic upheaval; therefore encourages the Member States to improvuse national laws and policies against all forms of gender-based violence and welcomes the Spanish Presidency’s initiative to set up an Observatory on Violence against Women; likewise welcomes the initiative by the Council regarding the overarching instrument on the protection of victims (European Protection Order)egislation to address all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the need for increasing the number of women on boards of public limited companies, but stresses that national governments should take action which is appropriate to their own needs,
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to set up a financial reserve within each Fund for equal opportunity activities, with additional support for across-the-board programmes and other special initiatives being funded separately under technical assistance; cCalls on the Member States to develop mechanisms for equality governance to include gender expertise within governmental departments and other agencies that implement measures under the Cohesion and Structural Funds and promote women’s organisations and networks;