6 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 14 #
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 of women, particularly child povertyof single mothers, older, disabled and immigrant women, as extreme poverty and social exclusion constitute a violation of human rights;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. Indicates that female poverty is not only the result of the recent economic crisis, but the consequence of various factors, including stereotypes, existing "gender pay gaps", barriers because of the lack of reconciliation between family and work life, the longer life expectancy of women and, in general, the various types of gender discrimination, victimising mostly women;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increased in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the "Europe 2020" flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion, in addition to the implementation of the Barcelona targets for childcare provision and full employment of women;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Member states to undertake gender impact assessments of the economic recession and to explore the changing nature of employment conditions and their effect on women's vulnerability to poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission and Member states to identify, adopt and monitor specific gender indicators in the field of poverty eradication and promotion of social inclusion;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
3 c. Asks the relevant national authorities to review their immigration policies in order to combat structural obstacles to migrant women's full labour market participation; to compile data on the progress made in relation to sex discrimination and violence against women and to evaluate the impact of expenditure cuts related to access to health, education and social protection on gender;