2012/2301(INI) Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights
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MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth ( PPE)
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GURMAI Zita ( S&D),
WERTHMANN Angelika ( ALDE),
ROMEVA I RUEDA Raül ( Verts/ALE),
YANNAKOUDAKIS Marina ( ECR),
CYMAŃSKI Tadeusz ( EFD)
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| Committee Opinion | REGI | ||
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Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ ( PPE)
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2013/07/29
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2013/03/12
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2013/03/12
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The European Parliament adopted by 495 votes to 96, with 69 abstentions, a resolution on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women’s rights.
Parliament recalls that the effects of the current economic crisis are particularly serious for vulnerable people, and in particular for women, who are affected directly – through loss of their jobs or pay cuts or loss of job security – and indirectly through budget cuts in public services and welfare. It notes that approximately 23% of EU citizens were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010, and this impoverishment of the population affects women most of all.
Parliament considers that budget cuts by governments implementing austerity plans are mostly affecting the public sector and its welfare services, which are staffed and benefited mainly by women – who make up some 70% of public-sector employees – but also the private sector, with women now becoming the main victims of austerity measures. The Commission is invited to integrate the gender dimension into all policies , in particular those concerning: impact of austerity measures and recovery from the crisis; gender-based violence; and long-term poverty.
Rising unemployment rate : Parliament recalls that, having seen the employment rate for women climb steadily for over ten years to reach a level of 62.8% in 2008, that rate fall slightly since the beginning of the economic crisis, to 62.3 % in 2011. It considers a further adaptation of the Structural Funds, in order to ensure additional support for areas of women's employment likely to be affected by the crisis. The resolution states that the crisis affects women differently. Working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, especially with the increasing prevalence of atypical forms of contract , and that women’s incomes have fallen significantly thanks to a number of factors, including the persistent wage gap (nearly 17%) between men and women. The Commission is called upon to submit, as soon as possible, a proposal for a directive setting out measures for overcoming the gender pay gap for equal or equivalent work .
Parliament recalls that very wide disparities still exist between Member States as regards the employment rate for women (notably amongst young women and disadvantaged groups), involving a different response and taking into account the respect for the right to work which it considers to be an essential precondition if women are to enjoy effective equal rights, economic independence and professional fulfilment.
Combat against undeclared work : Parliament deplores that women account for a larger proportion of the informal economy than men, partly because there is greater deregulation in the sectors in which women traditionally work, for example domestic service or care work. The informal economy has grown as a result of the crisis, although it is very difficult to obtain a clear picture of it in the absence of reliable data on incidence and impact. Women’s rights should be defended and the sharing of family and household responsibilities promoted.
Reforming macroeconomic, social and labour market policies : in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, Parliament calls for a series of measures aiming to:
develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, reduce the gender pay gap, create more high-quality jobs for women coupled with rights to enable them to benefit from public services of a high standard (creches, etc).
Recalling that cuts in public budgets are not gender-neutral but are, rather, the result of the Union's macrostructural economic policies, Members believe that a change in policy is therefore required, since women are in the majority in public-sector employment and are the principal beneficiaries of social policies. They call, therefore, for the relevant budget headings to be increased.
Parliament calls on the Member States to integrate proper gender budgeting, especially in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020 .
Further measures called for include :
‘return-to-work’ policies and business sector insertion schemes; promoting an active labour market policy, a strong social dialogue; encouraging mothers to enter the labour market, for instance through teleworking, vocational training, or reskilling policies, with a view to promoting an ‘assisted’ return to work after maternity leave; encouraging a better gender balance among non executive directors of companies listed on stock exchange; reviewing social protection systems with a view to individualising pension rights and rights under social security schemes thus guaranteeing equal pension rights; promoting vocational training policies and programmes for women of all age groups; promoting female entrepreneurship in the green economy; ensuring the participation of women in the decision- making process; investing in affordable quality services, such as full-time childcare, all-day school places and care for the elderly; ensuring a proper balance between security and flexibility in the labour market by providing adequate social protection for those in periods of transition or on temporary or part-time employment contracts.
Better evaluation of the implications of cutbacks on women : Parliament stresses the fact that the decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricular activities, school meals, transport subsidies and assistance for those caring for dependents have direct implications for women, who have to take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed. Cutbacks in public services providing childcare have a direct impact on the economic independence of women . In 2010, 28.3% of women's inactivity and part-time work was explained by the lack of care services, as against 27.9% in 2009. The resolution notes that pending EU-wide harmonisation of maternity, paternity and parental leave, Parliament calls on the Member States to maintain the relevant allowances and other family allowances and calls for improved public services, including creches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres, and intergenerational centres.
Parliament focuses on the issue of the gender pay gap , as called for by Parliament in its resolution of 24 May 2012 , and invites the Member States and the Commission to propose solutions to help women continue their careers. Members underline that the expenditure cuts in the care sector de facto redistribute work on to the shoulders of women and undermine gender equality and call on all Member States to develop plans for the provision of care services that can generate social justice and gender equality.
Fight against violence towards women : Members observe that the economic crisis contributes to harassment, abuse and violence of all kinds directed against women. There is a need to increase the public, financial and human resources available to combat this rising social phenomenon and to contribute to financing refuges and women’s rights organisations.
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2013/03/12
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2013/03/11
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2013/02/28
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2013/02/27
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2013/02/19
EP - Vote in committee
2013/01/30
EP - Committee opinion
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2013/01/09
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2012/12/03
EP - Committee draft report
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2012/11/22
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2012/10/10
EP - MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2013)442
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T7-0073/2013
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0048/2013
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A7-0048/2013
- Committee opinion: PE501.997
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE502.223
- Committee draft report: PE500.651
- Committee draft report: PE500.651
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE502.223
- Committee opinion: PE501.997
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0048/2013
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2013)442
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2012/2301(INI)
2013/01/09
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251 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of the flagship initiative Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; invites the Member States to make full use of the EU
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 7 September 2010 on the role of women in an ageing society;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, exploitation of domestic workers who are for the most part migrant women, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the increasing risk of poverty is closely and directly linked to the destruction of significant social functions performed by the state, as seen, for example, with the recent destruction of public social security systems in a number of Member States, along with cuts to key social benefits (family allowance, unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, social integration minimum income);
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Regrets that increasing labour market participation of women is absent in the Annual Growth Survey 2013 despite the fact that it is one of the EU2020 headline targets; calls on the Council to add promoting female labour market participation as a priority when adopting this year's economic policy guidance in the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to include and systematically address the issue of gender equality in all future National Reform Programmes;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to promote an active labour market policy, a strong social dialogue, job standards and social protection to safeguard the women's rights, including migrant women, to fight against forced labour and to combat undeclared work
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to take measures to encourage mothers to enter the labour market, for instance through telework or vocational training or reskilling policies to promote an ‘assisted’ return to work after maternity leave;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the proposal for a directive on a better gender balance in management posts in businesses enabling women to enter higher skilled and better paid jobs;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the proposal for a directive on a better gender balance in management posts in businesses and calls on Member States to support and prepare for the implementation thereof;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the proposal for a directive on a better gender balance in management posts in businesses; calls for similar binding legislation to be adopted in other fields, such as European, national, regional and local public institutions, administrations and bodies, which should set the example as regards gender equality in decision-making;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new) Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a strategy for promoting a gender balance for small and medium- sized enterprises not covered by the directive in question;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Condemns the fact that women are under-represented on the governing boards of financial institutions and are hence virtually excluded from the decision-making process in financial fields; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to improve women’s participation at all levels of decision-making, especially in the areas of budgeting and of governance arrangements for European financial systems, including the European Central Bank; in this context, stresses the need to promote financial literacy for girls and women;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration; addressing the root causes for the feminisation of poverty and identifying best practices and recommendations for Member States, as support for their national measures to integrate or re-integrate women in the labour force and, more generally, to eradicate poverty and social exclusion of women and children;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Ab (new) Ab. whereas recent studies have shown that only 5% of those with decision- making responsibilities in the EU financial institutions are women and all 27 central bank governors in the Member States are men, and whereas gender studies have pointed out that women manage in a different way by avoiding risk and focusing more on a long-term perspective,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Asks Member States to introduce policies on extensive training for employees to prepare them for job changes and new jobs bearing the specific place of women in mind; calls for training plans to be implemented systematically in businesses to prepare employee retraining, to propose individual job transfers, and to offer training suitable for job seekers and low-skilled workers; calls also for a complete register of labour shortages per sector in order to allow women to prepare and search for jobs in a targeted manner;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Asks Member States to introduce policies on
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Asks Member States to introduce policies on extensive training for employees to prepare them for job changes and new jobs bearing in mind the specific place of women
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Underlines that the expenditure cuts in the care sector de facto redistribute work onto the shoulders of women and undermine gender equality, and calls on all Member States to develop plans for the provision of care services as a central component of the welfare state, generating social justice and gender equality;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women paying particular attention in obtaining new skills in new technologies and IT sector, in order to increase their access and 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 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational-
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution 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 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women, in order to increase their participation in the various business sectors, and especially in those economic and financial sectors where women employees are scarce, 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 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women of all age-groups, 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 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women in the labour market and for specific opportunities for life-long learning with a view to providing the skills and qualifications, such as empowerment, confidence building and capacity building, needed in the light of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities or belonging to ethnic minorities, gender pay-gap, part- time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, the radical reshaping of welfare provisions negatively affecting poor families and single parents, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution 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; lacks reliable comparable statistical data, and
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Points to the importance of high- level training to encourage women to enter sectors in which they are underrepresented, for example scientific research and technological development, especially now that Europe needs more researchers to foster innovation and strengthen its economy;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to promote and encourage women’s employment in strategic development sectors by adopting specific measures relating to lifelong learning, targeted integration into the labour market, flexible working hours, equal pay, and reform of taxation and pension schemes;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Recalls that in a great many Member States, it has become more difficult since the start of the crisis for young women (aged between 15 and 24) to find their first full-time job and that many of these young women are now prolonging their studies as a solution to this problem; observes that, despite this trend and the fact that better training gives women better protection on the whole, their status is not enhanced by their qualifications as much as would be the case for a man; calls on the Member States to focus on strategies that combine education and training policies with targeted employment policies for young women;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to include into the secondary schools curriculum the basic studies on finances and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to gauge the impact of the new pension systems on the different categories of women, focusing in particular on part-time and atypical contracts, and to adjust social welfare systems, especially where the younger generations are concerned;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship, by encouraging and supporting women who set up companies, by facilitating women's access to finance, in particular via microcredits, and by promoting the development of female entrepreneurship and sponsorship networks; investment in women and gender equality, is of great importance in order to ensure economic stability and prevent economic shocks;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship, by encouraging and supporting women who set up companies, by facilitating women’s access to finance, in particular via microcredits,
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship, by encouraging and supporting women who set up companies, by facilitating women's access to finance,
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote women's economic empowerment focusing on female entrepreneurship, by encouraging and supporting women who set up companies, by facilitating women's access to finance, in particular via microcredits, and by promoting the development of female entrepreneurship and sponsorship networks;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship, by encouraging
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas when the economic crisis first began, it had a greater impact on men than
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States to improve women's participation at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) (14b) Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote women's entrepreneurship, including financial support for female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on Member States to promote female entrepreneurship in the green economy, which is a source of new jobs; notes that renewable energy can create new job opportunities for female entrepreneurs in
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines the importance of active labour market policies, labour inspections and social dialogue as well as skills upgrading in order to promote the greening of the economy;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on Member States to support
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on Member States to support job creation in the social economy which is dominated by unpaid work by women, and especially to seek out and implement new solutions that raise the profile of non-clandestine informal work;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States to monitor the impact of cutbacks in public care and health services that lead to the reprivatisation of care; underlines that savings on maternity, paternity, parental leave and children benefits and other care and family related benefits have significantly reduced the income of all women with care responsibilities;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Recalls that stereotypes persist with regard to perceptions of women’s and men’s places in the labour market, that women seek to reconcile their work obligations with their family life, and that they are thus more vulnerable to employment changes than men;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women in many Member States has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution 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 increasingly feeling its effects
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the introduction of a public transport policy, and in particular the development and improvement of the public transport service, which takes gender equality into account, enabling women to be more active in the labour market and in searching for work by making them truly mobile
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses the importance of effective action making it possible to combine work, private and family life, which will have the positive effect of increasing the participation of women from all sections of society in social and political life;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 α (new) 17 a. Emphasizes that the European programme ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ should particularly support the participation of women so that they acquire the same confidence and knowledge of businesses in the single market and the necessary skills for running and developing a business;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt an action plan to achieve the targets that were set in Barcelona for better childcare provision with the development of company and inter- company crèches; stresses the importance of collective bargaining between management and labour in order to improve the work-life balance at sectoral, national and regional level, and of relaxing the access and attendance conditions for childcare systems associated with categories of jobs performed by women and of setting a minimum period of three month’s notice for childcare placements, so as to enable women to reconcile their family and working lives;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Stresses that cutbacks in public services providing childcare have a direct impact on the economic independence of women and on the reconciliation of working and private life; Calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt an action plan to achieve the targets that were set in Barcelona for better childcare provision with the development of company and inter-
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Insists on mandatory respect for collective bargaining in the private sector, state-owned enterprises and public administration, this being the form of worker protection that best guarantees equal rights for men and women in the workplace; rejects, therefore, measures aimed at making labour relations more flexible and weakening the role played by trade unions in guaranteeing labour rights;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Underlines the necessity to invest in affordable quality services – such as fulltime childcare, all-day school places and care for the elderly – that help promote gender equality, foster a better work–life balance and create a framework which allows to enter or re-enter the labour market;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Article 18a (new) 18a. Stresses the need for an even spread in austerity programmes, particularly as regards maintaining healthcare and caring services, in order not to aggravate the care burden on women, which would drag them back into a traditional family role;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Maintains that it is essential to set up new childcare facilities as well as giving a professional character to informal care systems by laying down quality standards, improving pay terms, and providing training for operators; also considers it necessary to allow for the specific needs of parents working atypical hours and single parents;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Stresses the need to enhance the responsibility of states and employers in relation to generational renewal and maternity and paternity rights, which means that women must have the right to be both mothers and workers without forfeiting labour rights;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Underlines the importance of ensuring a good balance between security and flexibility in the labour market through a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women play a critical role in driving economic development, whereas further empowering women can economically lift communities and families out of poverty;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) (18b) Underlines the necessity to reduce the effects of the economic and financial crisis for families (having in mind those in divorce or the situation when children are left in the care of relatives or authorities), including single parents, taking into account that women are assigned household tasks;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricula activities,
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States, largely as a result of the so-called austerity measures that have been imposed on Member States by the European Union, to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricula activities, and carers have direct implications for women who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed, which means that the public network of day nurseries, crèches and public recreational activity services for children needs to be expanded, along with the public support network for the elderly and a public network of community hospitals;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution 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);
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution 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, and single mothers in particular, who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed, and that women will as a result be placed at greater risk of poverty;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to address the particular needs of Roma women and girls by applying a gender perspective in all policies for Roma inclusion, and to provide protection for especially vulnerable subgroups;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Stresses that cutbacks in public services providing childcare have a direct impact on the economic independence of women – in 2010, 28.3% of women's inactivity and part time work was explained by the lack of care services against 27.9% in 2009. In 2010, the employment rate of women with small children in the EU was 12.7% lower than that of women without children, up from 11.5% in 2008;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Member States to invest in the care sector as a potential growth sector for both women and men to break the traditional assignment of the role of carer to women which creates a gender segregation of the labour market; insists that cuts in the care sector lead to a shift from public care to unpaid care within households; stresses the need for proper contracts and social protection for home- based personal care workers;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Article 19a (new) 19a. Pending EU-wide harmonisation of maternity, paternity and parental leave, calls on the Member States to maintain these and family allowances at the same levels in order not to reduce women’s income, and also to ensure that women’s maternity leave rights are not infringed;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Observes that austerity measures such as cuts in spending on social and health services at a national level tend to impact first on women and girls. Global gender inequalities contribute to women often taking on exclusive responsibilities for children and sick family members, meaning that cuts in government support increase the unpaid workload of women;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas in a crisis situation, labour market policy focuses on influencing the general level of employment, and not on economically inactive women;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) (19b) Calls the Commission and the Member States to carefully monitor the increasing number of discriminations against pregnant women on the labour market as it has been reported in several countries;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. States that female poverty has not just been caused by the recent economic crisis, but by a variety of factors: stereotypes, pay gaps between men and women, lack of a work-life balance, women’s longer life expectancy and, in general, all kinds of gender-based discrimination which affect mainly women; stresses that the crisis is exacerbating this situation of perpetual inequality; highlights the need to combat stereotypes in all walks and at all stages of life, since these are one of the most persistent causes of inequality between men and women in affecting their choices in the field of education, employment and the distribution of domestic and family responsibilities, in the wage gap, in participation in public life and in representation in decision-making positions, etc.;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. States that female poverty has not just been caused by the recent economic crisis, but by a variety of factors: stereotypes, pay gaps between men and women, insufficient redistribution mechanisms in the welfare state systems, lack of a work- life balance, women's longer life expectancy and, in general, all kinds of gender-based discrimination which affect mainly women;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission to review the 2006/54 Directive, especially the gender pay gap as demanded by the European Parliament in its resolution of 24 May 2012 with recommendations to the Commission on the application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Article 20a (new) 20a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to propose solutions that help women continue in their careers and that combat in particular the wage inequalities arising from maternity periods;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Observes that the economic crisis contributes to harassment, violence of all kinds, and prostitution, with women as the victims, in breach of human rights; stresses the need to increase the public financial and human resources available for intervention among groups at risk of poverty, and in situations where children and young people, elderly or disabled people and homeless people are at risk;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Observes that the economic crisis contributes to harassment, violence of all kinds,
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Article 21a (new) 21a. Calls for assistance to women’s organisations and to gender equality organisations to be maintained in order not to compromise the active participation of women in social and political life; so that those organisations and bodies can play a key role in offering support to women and their projects and actively participate in preparing future recovery measures,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Invites Commission to present as soon as possible a draft for a directive with measurements to dissolve gender pay gap for equal or equivalent work;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the austerity measures imposed by the Troika (ECB, EC, IMF), as well as the economic policy and public finance supervision measures decided upon by the Commission and the Council are undermining the welfare state, deepening the gaps in society, and generating even greater social and economic injustices, including gender inequalities;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality, in the absence of reliable data,
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls, in the absence of reliable data, for the consequences of the economic crisis on women's working conditions to be appraised: discrimination during recruitment, increased workload, pressure and stress at work, bullying and psychological harassment; underlines that existing data do not reflect the extent of the crisis' harsh consequences on women;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that women organisations, women's shelters, and equality bodies are also hit by cuts in funding. Cuts in funding for women's organisations undermine women's civic and political participation and make women's voices even less heard in society. Calls on the Member States to exempt these actors and bodies from cuts in expenditure.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls once more on the European Institute for Gender Equality to embark upon constant monitoring of the impact the economic and financial crisis is having on gender equality, that this may become a genuine policy scoreboard, with an annual report to Parliament and to the Commission, using precise and reliable indicators; However notes in some instances that the European Institute of Gender Equality duplicates the work of EU Member States, the work of the European Commission's DG Employment, and the work of another EU agency: the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and its statistics-gathering functions could easily be taken over by the commission's Eurostat directorate- general. Therefore, requires that the EIGE area of competency be clearly defined and that its work guidelines be clearly agreed;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Underlines that the institutional framework for gender equality policies, such as the equality bodies as well as women organisations are also hit by cuts in funding; calls on the Member States to reconsider cuts in government funding for gender equality bodies, projects and women's organisations as these provide effective means to finding sustainable solutions out of the crisis;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Member States to strongly support the gender budgeting in order to increase gender equality by correcting negative consequences of revenues and expenditures and improve governance and accountability, in particular in respect to national budgets;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Article 24a (new) 24a. Invites the Member States to adopt budgetary instruments that reflect the need for gender equality;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) (24b) Underlines the importance of ensuring a good balance between security and flexibility in the labour market through a comprehensive implementation of flexicurity principles, and to address labour market segmentation, by providing both adequate social protection in periods of transition, or on temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work possibilities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses the need for a gender impact assessment and gender budgeting in all measures taken and all funds used to deal with the economic crisis, in particular the ESF, in order to limit the negative effects on gender equality;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official statistical figures because they tend to withdraw from the labour market for various reasons (pregnancy, family responsibilities, time constraints) and to perform unpaid or informal work, or serve the shadow economy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes that there is a gap of nearly 17 % between salaries for men and women. Calls on Member States to effort on balancing both salaries and eradicating gender discrimination;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it should be noted that
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of the flagship initiative Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; invites the Member States to make full use of the EU PROGRESS programme and the upcoming Programme for Social Change and Innovation, especially with regard to the effective implementation of gender equality objectives; stresses the importance of the Daphne III programme, especially with regard to the protection of women against all forms of violence and to attain a high level of health protection, well-being and social cohesion; calls on the Member States to take the necessary actions to access the European Social Fund and to utilise the funds for targeted programmes
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 – 13 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 11 September 2012 on women's role in the green economy,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls the European Commission and Member States to integrate a general approach of equality between women and men in all employment policies, to take the necessary measures to facilitate the employment of women and to include this approach in the employment guidelines of the European Union;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official figures because they tend to withdraw from the labour market and to perform unpaid or informal work, often in the home or caring for dependents;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Whereas the current effects of the crisis will have long-term impacts for women, due to the highly gender segregated labour-market, in which the concentration of women in sectors that are characterised by low pay, informal and part-time patterns of work, which have a direct impact on women's pension contributions;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official figures because they tend to withdraw from the labour market and to perform unpaid or informal work, and that there are currently few studies on the impact of cuts in public expenditure allocated to gender equality;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that women's rights should not be seen, understood and pursued as competing with men's rights as it is important for the whole society to improve the situation of both men and women. Therefore the improvement of caring services and public services for families is a pre-condition for both men and women's participation in the labour market;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas budget cuts by governments implementing austerity plans are affecting
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Stresses the importance of reforming macroeconomic, social and labour-market policies in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, to develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, to guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, to reduce the gender pay gap, to create more high-quality jobs for women, coupled with rights, to enable women to benefit from public services of a high standard, and to improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and intergenerational centres;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas budget cuts by governments implementing austerity plans are affecting the public sector, staffed in the main by women – approximately 70 % of the sector's employees – and women are now becoming the main victims of austerity measures; and whereas to date, no country has assessed the impacts of the proposed cuts in public spending from a gender perspective, neither of the individual measures nor of their cumulative impact.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Equality between men and women is a European fundamental target and shall constitute a main answer to exit from the current economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas budget cuts by governments implementing austerity plans are mostly affecting the public sector
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Whereas the disparities between men and women in employment, wages, career breaks and part-time work due to family responsibilities have serious consequences for the calculation of pensions and therefore, their pension is often lower and they are more likely at risk of poverty;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas budget cuts by governments implementing austerity plans are affecting the public sector
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Notes that wage bargaining is increasingly becoming decentralized as a result of the crisis and that gender segregation challenges collective bargaining negotiations and acknowledges the role that the Social Partners, particularly unions, can play in putting this issue on the negotiations agenda;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas women are more dependent on social benefits which also are cut as part of austerity measures;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on the Member States to promote an active labour market policies, a strong social dialogue, job standards and social protection to safeguard the women's rights, including migrant women, to fight against forced labour and to combat undeclared work;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. Whereas no Member State has yet assessed the impact of the cuts in public spending and of the consequences of fiscal consolidation from a gender perspective;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on all Member States to ratify ILO convention on Domestic Workers (Convention 189);
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Da (new) Da. whereas a crisis situation, such as the current one, calls for deep-seated structural reforms of the job market;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Underlines the importance of active labour market policies, labour inspections and social dialogue as well as skills upgrading in order to promote the greening of the economy;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) (Db) Whereas cuts in services and benefits have a very negative impact on women's economic independence, especially on single mothers and single female pensioners, as it constitutes an important source of income and as they use public service more than men;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the importance of the flagship initiative Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; invites the Member States to make full use of the EU PROGRESS programme and the upcoming Programme for Social Change and Innovation, especially with regard to the effective implementation of gender equality objectives; calls on the Member States to take the necessary actions to access the European Social Fund, which plays an important role in the professional integration through education and training policies and to utilise the funds for targeted programmes against poverty;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion (2010/2276(INI));
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2 e. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women in the labour market and for specific opportunities for life-long learning with a view to providing the skills and qualifications, such as empowerment, confidence building and capacity building, needed in the light of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas for women a fall in the number of jobs frequently goes hand in hand with a
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new) 2 f. Calls on the Member States to review social protection systems with regard to individualising rights in pensions and social security schemes in order to eliminate the 'breadwinner advantage', guaranteeing equal pension rights;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas for women a fall in the number of jobs frequently goes hand in hand with an adjustment in working hours, and whereas it is extremely likely that recovery will be felt more rapidly in the industrial sector thereby bringing about recovery in male employment, which will pick up faster than female employment; whereas economy measures in the public services will have a more lasting effect on female employment, and this could jeopardise, in the long-term, the progress achieved in the field of gender equality;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the effects of the crisis now will also have a significant impact on women in the longer term on account of their non- linear career path, made up of poorly paid temporary, or even informal, jobs, often with part-time working imposed, and which only entitle them in the end to a very small pension; a whole generation of both young men and women is in danger of being lost, because it is deprived of job, opportunities, safe employment and often educational opportunities because of economic hardship;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the effects of the crisis now will also have a significant impact on women in the longer term on account of their non- linear career path, made up of poorly paid temporary, part-time, intermittent, atypical, or even informal
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the effects of the crisis now will also have a significant impact on women in the longer term on account of their non- linear career path, made up of poorly paid temporary, or even informal, jobs, often with part-time working imposed, and which only entitle them in the end to a very small pension which may result in women finding themselves below the poverty line;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the crisis is adding to the difficulties in reconciling career and family roles; whereas the impact on employment of having children differs between women and men; whereas the labour-market participation rate for mothers is 12% lower than for women without children, while the employment rate for fathers is 8.7% higher than for men without children;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing free access to public childcare, children of all age groups and care services for dependent persons, increasing resources for education, and professional qualification programmes;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. Whereas the gender dimension hasn't been taken into consideration in the current and planned initiatives and policies aimed at exiting the crisis
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to ensure the participation of women in the decision making process concerning the policy responses to the crisis and to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing free access to public childcare and care services for dependent persons, increasing resources for education, and professional qualification programmes;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas female employment is affected by gender stereotypes and whereas the idea that male unemployment is more serious than female unemployment is deep rooted;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Invites the European Commission to integrate the gender dimension into all policies, in particular: impact of austerity measures and recovery from the crisis, economic governance, sustainable development and green jobs, vocational education and training, migration, cooperation and development, health and safety and measures be planned or implemented in order to counteract or limit the effects of the crisis;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is addressing the greatest economic and financial crisis since the 1930s depression and whereas unemployment rates in the Member States, and especially in countries of the European South, have risen significantly as a result of this crisis; whereas the effects of this crisis are particularly serious for
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing free access to public childcare and care services for dependent persons, adequate support for family carers including the provision of respite care, increasing resources for education, and professional qualification programmes;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines the necessity to invest in affordable quality services – such as fulltime childcare, all-day school places and care for the elderly – that help promote gender equality, foster a better work–life balance and create a framework which allows to enter or re-enter the labour market;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines that women are often the first to lose their jobs or face decreased wages in times of crisis. Protecting the sectors where women tend to be employed is therefore a necessary measure in alleviating the initial impacts of an economic crisis and providing for longer- term stability;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas female employment is affected by stereotypes and whereas the idea that male unemployment is more serious than female unemployment is deeply rooted as men are still considered as the main breadwinners and women as the main caretakers of the family;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Regrets that increasing labour market participation of women is absent in the Annual Growth Survey 2013 despite the fact that it is one of the EU2020 headline targets. Calls on the Council to add promoting female labour market participation as a priority when adopting this year's economic policy guidance in the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas approximately 23 % of
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines the importance of conciliation for women to be fully incorporated into the labour market
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution 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 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls also on the Member States to develop vocational training policies;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution 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: older women living alone and 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 housing and taking on responsibility for dependants (children, parents, sick or disabled people);
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Underlines the necessity to reduce the effects of the economic and financial crisis for families (having in mind those in divorce or the situation when children are left in the care of relatives or authorities), including single parents, taking into account that women are assigned household tasks;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the crisis has further aggravated the social end economic condition of many disadvantaged communities and contributed to an increased school drop out rate among girls and an even greater vulnerability to trafficking;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Notes that there are disparities between unemployment rates varying between 48.6%and 77.2% which required specific measures in each case
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas cutbacks in services and benefits have compromised women's economic independence, as benefits often constitute an important source of their income and as they use public services more than men. Lone mothers and female single pensioners face the biggest cumulative losses;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses the need to encourage female entrepreneurship by encouraging women to set up their company and by facilitating women's access to finance;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Ha (new) Ha. Whereas the budget cuts in social services compromise women’s financial independence, as such services often provide a major supplement to their income and they utilise those services more frequently than men, with single mothers and women pensioners living alone being faced with the greatest aggregate losses;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Calls also on the Member States and the European Union to develop policies to promote the reconciliation of family, private and professional life;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the number of women taking informal and (whether voluntary or not) unpaid work with less social protection in order to escape the crisis is rising, and whereas according to an OECD study16 domestic work accounts for 33 % of the GNP of the OECD member countries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Member States to review and highlight the immediate and long- term impact of the economic crisis on women, in particular whether and how it worsens existing gender inequalities, and related consequences, such as increased risk of gender-based violence, declining maternal and child health and old age poverty of women;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Alert that the current situation of crisis may increase women's risk of domestic violence;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. Whereas the current crisis and austerity policies are being used to undermine workers' rights in many Member States, which to a large extent affects women workers and have serious negative impacts on women's possibilities for economic autonomy,
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures due to the current economic situation, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Ja (new) Ja. Notes that the decrease in the employment gap between men and women is more a reflection of a general degeneration in living and working conditions than of progress towards increased gender equality,
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas women entering working life are playing a leading role in the return to growth, whereas they enable the family income to rise which brings about a rise in consumption and helps boost the economy; whereas gender equality therefore has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned about the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services which are
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. Whereas the recent secondary analysis of the 5th EWCS ("Women, men and working conditions in Europe: Secondary analysis of the 5th European Working conditions survey", Eurofound 2012, to be published in 2013) it appears that gender segregation is detrimental for both male and female workers. Both men and women report better wellbeing at work and job satisfaction when they work with colleagues of both sexes. Still, there is room to break the labour markets gender segregation, the occupational gender polarisation and the 'mono- gendered' workplaces, as 3/5th of the workers in Europe work at a workplace with workers of the same sex.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services which are forcing many women to shift from paid work to unemployment or to unpaid work, exposing them to an even higher risk of poverty;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital La (new) La. whereas gender equality measures have been cancelled or delayed and possible future cuts in public budgets will have a negative effect on female employment and on the promotion of equality;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned at t
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Lb (new) Lb. whereas the economic downturn should not be used to slow down progress on reconciliation policies and to cut budgets allocated to care services for dependents and leave arrangements, affecting in particular women’s access to the labour market;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services - which are highly feminised in nature and therefore their disappearance affects women disproportionately -, and forcing many women to shift from paid to unpaid work, exposing them to a high risk of poverty;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Lc (new) Lc. whereas violence against women is a widespread occurrence in every country and every social class, whereas economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse, and whereas studies have also shown that violence against women intensifies when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Maintains that measures need to be taken to reduce gender segregation in the labour market both horizontally, i.e. the over-representation of women in occupations with less income, and vertically, i.e. the under-representation of women in power and decision making positions; stresses that precarious working conditions remain a gender issue not only in low skilled and low qualified sectors but also occupations requiring higher education such as the so-called academic precarity with women being over-represented.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that gender equality is one of the core objectives of the European Union and that it has to be
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Asks Member States to ensure that policies and programmes which enhance work life balance are implemented.
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution 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 response
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Whereas in the current situation of economic crisis and budgetary austerity, women have fewer resources to protect themselves and their children from violence and whereas it is even more important to avert the direct financial impact that violence against women and children has on the judiciary and on health and social services;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution 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; deplores the fact that policy responses to the crisis, including recovery packages, have failed to acknowledge, analyse and rectify the gender impact of the crisis; condemns the fact that there has been virtually no mainstreaming of the gender perspective into the post-Lisbon strategy, and hence calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender equality, via specific targets in the macroeconomic and employment guidelines;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Invites the European Commission to consider a further adaptation of the European Structural Funds, to ensure additional support for areas of women's employment likely to be affected by the crisis, and support for childcare, training and access to employment;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is addressing the greatest economic and financial crisis since the 1930s depression, a crisis aggravated by the so-called austerity measures that have been imposed on Member States by the European Union institutions in the context of economic governance policies (SGP, European Semester, Pact for the Euro plus, fiscal compact) and 'financial assistance' programmes, and whereas unemployment rates in the 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
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Invites the European Commission to integrate the gender dimension into all policies, in particular: impact of austerity measures and recovery from the crisis, economic governance, sustainable development and green jobs, vocational education and training, migration, cooperation and development, health and safety and measures to be planned or implemented in order to counteract or limit the effects of the crisis;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) (1b) Calls on the Member States to review and highlight the immediate and long- term impact of the economic crisis on women, in particular whether and how it worsens existing gender inequalities, and related consequences, such as increased risk of gender-based violence, declining maternal and child health and old age poverty of women;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of minimum income schemes exceeding the at-risk-of poverty threshold of 60% of national median equalised income and social assistance programmes for persons having difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in particular persons with children, and especially single parents.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that, having seen the employment rate for women climb steadily for over ten years to reach a level of 62.8 % in 2008, the European Union has now seen this rate fall slightly since the beginning of the economic crisis to 62.3 % in 2011; stresses therefore the need for lasting responses that take the gender equality dimension into consideration in both EU and Member State policies to safeguard employment and renew growth;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of minimum income schemes and social assistance programmes for persons having difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in particular persons with children or care responsibilities, and especially single parents.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Invites the European Commission to consider a further adaptation of the European Structural Funds, to ensure additional support for areas of women's employment likely to be affected by the crisis, and support for childcare, training and access to employment;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Member States to strongly support the gender budgeting in order to increase gender equality by correcting negative consequences of revenues and expenditures and improve governance and accountability, in particular in respect to national budgets;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, their income has dropped significantly because of factors such as the persistent gap of nearly 17 % between salaries for men and women and the resultant inequality in their unemployment benefits, the rise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employment; points out that the experience of previous crises shows that the male employment rate generally recovers more quickly than that for women;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Invites Member States to act for reducing in-work poverty, of which women are especially affected, by a set of measures, such as minimum wages of at least 60% of the relevant average wage and continuing education at the work- place;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, their income has dropped significantly because of several factors such as the
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Underlines the importance of investing in women and gender equality as a long-term strategy for protection from financial shocks and overall economic stability;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, especially with the increasing prevalence of atypical forms of contracts, their income has dropped significantly because of factors such as the persistent gap of nearly 17% between salaries for men and women and the resultant inequality in their unemployment benefits, the rise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Concerned about the situation of women who live in rural areas, where the access to different services has deteriorated, asking the Member States to provide in rural areas a functioning public transport, medical aid and another essential services, to halter migration to large cities and to stop peripherilisation.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for tailor-made responses; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Member States to improve women's participation at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for tailor-made responses; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators so
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the right to work is an essential precondition if women are to enjoy effective equal rights, economic independence and professional fulfilment;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Points out that there is a need to promote the sharing of family and household responsibilities; invites Member States to set up or advance existing measures to overcome discriminatory gender stereotypes and the unequal assignment of roles such as encouraging men in their right to take care for children, sick or disabled relatives.
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for specific tailor-made responses as part of an overarching European approach; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators so needs can be assessed and suitable responses found;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote women's entrepreneurship, including financial support for female entrepreneurs.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that even before the economic crisis, women were in the majority in temporary or part-time posts and that the crisis has reinforced this trend; this was particularly the case in countries of the European South;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Points out that in a time of crises many goods or services previously paid for are produced or carried out in the household by women without any remuneration; therefore, stresses the need for more comprehensive official statistics which also include unpaid work in order to be able to fully evaluate the impact of the crisis and austerity measures on the labour market situation of women and men;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that even before the economic crisis, women were in the majority in temporary or part-time posts and that the crisis has reinforced this trend, hence placing many already vulnerable women at a heightened risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that the right to work is an essential precondition if women are to enjoy effective equal rights, economic independence and professional fulfilment, and therefore insists that precarious employment should be eradicated through the mandatory application of the principle that for every actual job there should be a permanent post, and by recognising and enhancing the right to work with rights;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to reformulate the current responses to the economic crisis in order to ensure that measures undertaken are long term in scope and don't undermine the welfare policies and public sector structures that are a precondition for greater gender equality, such as social services and care facilities, health care, education, and workers rights;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that it is becoming increasingly difficult for women to make the transition from education to employment, and that this will ultimately lead to divergences in men’s and women’s assessment of their own skills;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes with concern that female youth unemployment increased from 18.8% in 2009 to 20.8% in 2011; welcomes the Commission package of measures aimed at tackling the unacceptable levels of youth unemployment and social exclusion and offering young people jobs, education, and training;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises that the crisis will have the worst effect on vulnerable groups of women: disabled women, immigrant women, women from ethnic minorities, women with few qualifications, women who are long-term unemployed, single women without means and women caring for dependents, etc.;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Article 5a (new) Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Emphasises that women account for a greater proportion than men of the informal economy, partly because there is greater deregulation in the sectors in which women traditionally work, for example domestic service or care work; notes, on the other hand, that the informal economy has grown as a result of the crisis, although it is very difficult to determine its particular contours in the absence of reliable data on incidence and impact;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) (Aa). whereas the current crisis is not only a financial and economic crisis, but also a crisis for democracy, for equality, for social welfare, and for gender equality, and is also being used as an excuse to slow down or even halt crucial efforts to tackle climate change and the environmental challenges ahead,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that women have played a vital role in resisting the crisis and that, according to recent publications, they are playing a vital role in the improved competitiveness and performance of business where they are in management, and that involving them in the drawing up and management of recovery plans in order to encourage social cohesion is therefore a matter of
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that women have played a vital role in resisting the crisis
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect; emphasises that gender equality policies must be viewed as part of the solution to ending the crisis, harnessing and fully exploiting the skills and abilities of all Europeans and, in the future, forging a more competitive economy;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect and calls on the Member States to ensure that a gender mainstreaming aspect is included in all planned fiscal policy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect, but rather must encourage Member States to incorporate that aspect into their employment policies;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the falling birth rate in the European Union has been exacerbated by the crisis, given that unemployment, precarious situations and uncertainty regarding the future and the economy have led couples, and younger women in particular, to delay having children, thereby adding further to demographic ageing in the European Union;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of reforming macroeconomic, social and labour-market policies in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, to develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, to guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, to reduce the gender pay gap, to create more high-quality jobs for women, coupled with rights, to enable women to benefit from public services of a high standard, and to improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and intergenerational centres;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that cuts in public budgets will have the effect of increasing gender inequalities
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution 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 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, the existence of the glass ceiling, gender pay-gap,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Aa (new) Aa. whereas the credit crisis, from which the current recession stems, was a disaster created by men, while most of the national and international responses to it, which have failed to take the gender perspective into sufficient account, have also been decided upon by men; whereas it is important that women, who are generally better qualified than men, be fully included in the decision-making process in the political, economic and financial spheres as well as social partners agreements,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that cuts in public budgets will have the effect of increasing gender inequalities and female unemployment
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that cuts in public budgets
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that cuts in public budgets
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for the Member States and the European Institutions to use gender impact assessment when planning austerity measures so that they would have as gender neutral effects as possible;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to introduce gender budgeting in order to analyse government programmes and policies, their effects on resource allocation and their contribution to equality between women and men;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that women face a greater risk than men of slower career development as a result of accepting starting positions at lower levels or working part-time, and that this group, as a consequence, is more vulnerable, has unsatisfactory income levels and suffers more from poverty;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to ensure proper provision of affordable, accessible, quality care services for children and other dependents, and that these are compatible with the full-time working schedules of men and women;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Article 8a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of implementing immediately return to work policies and business sector insertion schemes for these public sector employees, the majority of whom are women whose jobs are under threat from cuts in the public sector budget;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream the global approach to gender equality in all employment policies, to take the measures needed to assist women in their return to work, not only in low-level, but also in management posts, and to incorporate this approach in the European Union’s employment guidelines;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream the global approach to gender equality in all employment policies, to take the measures needed to assist women in their return to work and to incorporate this approach in the European Union's employment guidelines; insists on the need for proper gender budgeting, especially in view of the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 in order to reach the objectives set in the Gender Equality Pact as well as in the 2020 Strategy;
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| procedure |
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