Activities of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2012/2301(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women’s rights PDF (263 KB) DOC (171 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is addressfacing the greatest economic and financial crisis since the 1930s depression and whereas unemployment rates in theall Member States have risen significantly as a result of this crisis; whereas the effects of this crisis are particularly serious for women who are affected directly – through loss of their jobs or job security -–- and indirectly via budget cuts in public services and welfare assistance; whereas, that being the case, it is essential that the dimension of gender equality in the handling of this crisis and the development of solutions be examined;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas when the economic crisis first began, it had a greater impact on men than on women, whereas unemployment has risen since then at different rates for men and women: women were not hit initially by the crisis but they are now feeling its effects and more enduringly; whereas this phase is far less well documented and, consequently, the impact of the crisis on women tends to beis underestimated;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas budget cuts by governments implementing austerity plans are mostly affecting the public sector, staffed in the main by women – approximately 70 % of the sector's employees are women – and women are now becoming the main victims of austerity measures;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas approximately 23 % of European Union citizens were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 201015 , and this impoverishment of the population affects women most of all who are very often facing a combination of difficulties: single-parent families, for the most part headed by women, difficulties in keeping a job or finding a new one in this context, difficulties in finding appropriate housing and taking on responsibility for dependants (children, parents, sick or disabled people);
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender equality is one of the core objectives of the European Union and that it has to be included as a fundamental principle in responses to the current economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cuts in public budgets will have the effect of increasing gender inequalities and female unemployment, women being in the majority in the public sector and the principal beneficiaries of social policies and, consequently, increasing the feminisation of poverty; and therefore asks for relevant budgetary increases;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women as well as the urgent need for life- long learning programmes, in order to increase their participation in the various business sectors, envisaging specific support measures so women are able to combine their workload, training and family life; recalls the important role played by the European Social Fund in assisting entry into employment through training policies and suggests the Member States and local authorities promote recourse to this fund;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricular activities, and carers have direct implications for women who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed; this, meaning women often have to change to part-time positions (facing the implication of social disadvantages as lower income and pension);