Procedure completed
2014/2217(INI) Progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013
Lead committee dossier: FEMM/8/01107
Legal Basis RoP 052
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM | TARABELLA Marc (S&D) | GABRIEL Mariya (EPP), VON STORCH Beatrix (ECR), BILBAO BARANDICA Izaskun (ALDE), VALLINA Ángela (GUE/NGL), LUNACEK Ulrike (Verts/ALE), URTASUN Ernest (Verts/ALE) |
Legal Basis RoP 052
Subjects
Activites
- 2015/03/10 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- 2015/03/09 Debate in Parliament
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2015/01/28
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0015/2015
summary
The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality adopted the own-initiative report by Marc TARABELLA (S&D, BE) on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013. The report called upon EU institutions and Member States to: · mainstream the issues of gender, women’s rights and equal opportunities in their policy making, and budget procedures especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses on a case-by-case basis; · integrate a gender pillar into the Europe 2020 strategy to measure progress on reducing the gender gap in employment · develop a general plan for investment into social infrastructure, as it has been estimated that with a gendered investment plan, European gross domestic product (GDP) would increase more than without such an investment plan. The report made certain recommendations, inter alia : · fight against poverty among women, and older women and single mothers in particular, but also women who are victims of gender-based violence, women with disabilities, migrant women and women from minorities, mainly through the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds; · allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance; · reduce gender gaps in pay and pension also by addressing the persistent concentration of women in part-time, low-pay and precarious work and by securing care facilities of a sufficient quality for children. Give full effect to the rights provided for under Directive 2006/54/EC, including the principle of equal pay and pay transparency; · implement proactive policies to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes and vertical and horizontal occupational segregation; · set specific employment targets in the framework of their national reform programmes to ensure that women have the same opportunities as men to access and stay in the labour market; · establish affordable, flexible, high-quality and easily accessible services for the care of people who are unable to cope with everyday tasks by themselves due to fact that they do not possess the functional autonomy they need to strike a balance between their personal, family and working lives. Deploring the deadlock in the Council regarding the maternity leave directive, the report urged Member States to resume the negotiations thereon and Members reiterated their willingness to cooperate. They also called on the Commission to take decisive policy action to fight gender stereotypes and suggested to the Member States that they raise awareness of equal rights and equal opportunities for men and women in their educational systems. On the issue of violence against women, Members renewed their call on the Commission to submit a proposal for a legislative act establishing measures to promote and support the action of Member States in the field of preventing violence against women and girls, by supporting a comprehensive and effective policy framework on gender-based violence. Member States must work systematically on empowering women in reporting violence to authorities. The Commission and the Member States were asked to make 2016 the European year against violence against women. The committee maintained that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive health and rights, not least by having ready access to contraception and abortion. Lastly, it considered it unfortunate that the annual report now ranked only as a working document annexed to the report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and urged the Commission to restore the full political legitimacy of the annual report by having it officially adopted in its own right.
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A8-0015/2015
summary
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2015/01/20
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/12/17
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0015/2015
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0050/2015
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2014/2217(INI)
2014/12/12
FEMM
249 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular Article 6, Women with disabilities,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2009 on non-discrimination based on sex and intergenerational solidarity (2008/2118 (INI)),
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas there has been a worsening in conditions for some groups of women who often face several combined difficulties and risks as well as multiple discrimination, in particular women with disabilities, women with dependants, elderly women, minority and immigrant women, women with little or no training, women who have been victims of gender- based violence, etc.;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas the falling birth rate in the EU has been exacerbated by the crisis, given that unemployment, precarious circumstances, and uncertainty about the future and the economy are making couples, and younger women in particular, put off having children, thereby further reinforcing the EU-wide trend towards population ageing;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas girls and women, especially between the ages of 15 and 24, are less involved than boys and men in physical activity, and whereas sport is a means of self-expression and fulfilment, as well as a force for citizenship and solidarity, and the regular practice of sport improves physical and mental health; whereas violence against women, stereotyping, pay differences and barriers to women’s involvement in management can all be found in sport;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas women have specific health issues, and are less often the subject in clinical trials than men and those differences have important implications for women's health;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) Mb. whereas approximately 42% of those regularly involved in agriculture in the European Union are women, and three in 10 farms in Europe are run by women; whereas promoting equal opportunities for men and women and, at the same time, involving women to a greater extent in business and society, especially in agriculture, must be matters of ongoing concern in Europe;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas chosen and quality part-time work is a tool to promote women employments for those with care responsibilities;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) Nb. whereas the validation of skills gained in a non-formal or informal context to facilitate the re-entry into the labour market of women remains a challenge;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 10 December 2013 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights1 a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0548
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender and women’s rights into their policy-making and budget procedures, with positive action measures, especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses in every case;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integrate a gender pillar in the EU2020 framework to measure progress on reducing the gender employment gap and in order to result in policy measures in the Annual Growth Survey to be transformed into the country specific recommendations
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Proposes that austerity measures be withdrawn immediately as these do not just affect the public services women are more likely to use on account of their current economic vulnerability, but also cuts in the budgets for policies to prevent violence against women;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to vigorously promote gender equality in the context of the EU's external relations with third countries, thereby strengthening its comprehensive strategic approach as regards equality; stresses the importance, in this context, of stepping up cooperation with international and regional organisations with a view to promoting gender equality and improving awareness of women’s rights;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a general plan of investment in social infrastructure, as it has been estimated that with a gendered investment plan, European GDP will increase gradually, reaching a level 2.4 p.p. higher by 2018 than without the investment plan
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 35 a (new) - having regard to the Council Conclusions of 20 May 2014 on Gender Equality in Sport,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Maintains that poverty among women,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Maintains that poverty among women, and older women
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Maintains that poverty among women,
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Maintains that poverty among women, and older women and single mothers in particular, needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency; calls on the Member States, therefore, to implement more effective inclusion strategies and make more efficient use of social policy resources, not least the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social protection for the unemployed in order to tackle rising poverty, especially among women;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Condemns the fact that social policies were far less effective at reducing poverty in 2012 than they were in 2005, with the fall in effectiveness being particularly high (almost 50%) in homes with just one adult, which includes most widows and single mothers; is concerned that the effectiveness of the social policies implemented in some Member States amounts to only one third of the European average;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Council and the commission to address the gender dimension of poverty and social exclusion, regrets that the Country- Specific Recommendations (CSRs) adopted so far as part of the annual European Semester cycles have not been sufficiently aligned with the EU 2020 employment and social targets, calls for CSR to systemically address the structural causes of female poverty;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the call of the United Nations General Assembly to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes and to integrate a consequent family perspective by ensuring an intergenerational family assessment into regional, national and European policy making;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that financial independence is a key way to equality. Calls on the Member States to encourage women entrepreneurship, facilitate access to credit, cut red tape and other obstacles to women's start-ups.
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Member States to increase their child support budgets, specifically by expanding the public network of day-care centres, nurseries, and public services offering extracurricular activities for children;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 37 a (new) - having regard to the Declaration by the trio presidency (Spain, Belgium and Hungary) and Poland on the impacts of reconciliation of work and family life on demographic dynamics (adopted at the Godollo Ministerial Conference, 1st April 2011),
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Member States to have in place specific social inclusion measures with a view to reducing poverty, targeting especially women as group with greatest risk of poverty and social exclusion, calls on the Member States to implement a comprehensive active inclusion strategy by providing a minimum income and a social security system, in accordance with their own national practices; urges the European Commission and Member States to avoid further cutbacks which would have a long-term negative impact on women's rights and gender equality;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the European Commission to promote prevention strategies for social groups at risk of social exclusion, such as single mothers and large families as part of a non-legislative European Family Strategy;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on Member States and Commission to ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of gender perspective is taken into account in EU Cohesion Policy funds and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation and its programmes, including in relation to monitoring, reporting and evaluation, refers in this context to Article 7 on the promotion of equality between men and women and non-discrimination, Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the EU Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points to the imperative need to reduce gender pay and pension gaps; urges the Member States to
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points to the imperative need to reduce gender pay and pension gaps; urges the Member States to give full effect to the
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points to the imperative need to reduce gender pay and pension gaps; these targets must address the persistent concentration of women in part-time, low pay and precarious work and ensure sufficient quality care facilities for children and other dependents; urges the Member States to give full effect to the rights related to Directive 2006/54/EC, including the principle of equal pay and pay transparency, and to revise their national laws on equal treatment with a view to their simplification and modernisation; calls on the Commission to keep the transposition of gender equality directives under regular review;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Condemns the fact that more than a third of older women in the European Union receive no form of pension;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reiterates that Directive 2006/54/EC, in its current form, is not sufficiently effective to tackle the gender pay gap and achieve the objective of gender equality in employment and occupation; urges the Commission to revise Directive 2006/54/EC without delay and to propose amendments to it in accordance with Article 32 of the Directive and on the basis of Article 157 TFEU, following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex to the Parliament's resolution of 24 May 2012;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Member States to implement a multi-layered approach that focuses on equality in paid and unpaid work to enable both women and men to become equal earners and equal carers throughout their lives and policies that address women's economic independence on an equal footing with men.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points out that according to the European Added Value Assessment conclusions, a one percentage point decrease in the gender pay gap will increase economic growth by 0.1%, which means that it is crucially important to close the gap in the current economic downturn;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 39 a (new) - having regard to the 2014 Commission report entitled 'Statistical Data on Women Entrepreneurs in Europe',
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Condemns the fact that women do not receive the same salary in cases where they hold the same jobs as men or jobs of equal value; points out that in other cases differences in pay stem from the fact that women do not hold the same jobs, and points out furthermore that this is the result of, firstly, the continued horizontal segregation or gender-specific division of labour according to which jobs that are considered to be ‘women’s jobs’ are valued less highly, secondly, the continued vertical segregation related to the so-called glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching the top, highest- paid jobs, and thirdly, the continued use of different categories for the same work (e.g. in cleaning services, where men are hired in a higher category as maintenance technicians, whereas women are in a lower category such as cleaners); emphasises, furthermore, that the vast majority of low salaries and almost all very low salaries are paid for part-time work and points out that about 80% of the working poor are women;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Calls on Member States, employers and trade union movements to draft and implement serviceable, specific job evaluation tools to help determine work of equal value and thus to ensure equal pay between men and women; encourages firms to carry out annual equal pay audits, to publish the data with the highest possible level of transparency and to narrow the gender pay gap;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement proactive policies to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement proactive policies to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes and vertical and horizontal occupational segregation, encouraging the transition from part- to full-time working, and focusing on the NEET27 category in particular; urges the Member States and the Commission to promote, through information and awareness-raising campaigns in particular, entry by women into sectors traditionally viewed as ʽmaleʼ, notably the sciences and new technologies, with a view to benefiting fully from the human capital represented by European women; stresses particularly that ICT offers new opportunities for greater flexibility in the organisation of work and calls upon the Commission to ensure gender is fully mainstreamed in the priority accorded to the digital agenda in the forthcoming five years; __________________ 27 Not in education, employment or training.
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement p
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement proactive policies to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes and vertical and horizontal occupational segregation, encouraging the transition from part- to full-time working, and focusing on the NEET1 category in particular and in the interest of promoting the employment of single mothers raising children alone to increase the obvious benefits of marriage in the social system, so as to reduce the link between de facto life partnerships and the claim on greater social benefits; __________________ 1 Not in Education, Employment or Training.
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Maintains that collective bargaining is a right which has to be protected, such protection being central to social harmonisation building upon improvements inasmuch as it helps to combat discrimination and to safeguard and enhance rights;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reiterates that the economic potential of female entrepreneurship for European growth and competitiveness is underestimated and under-exploited; asks the European Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to collect as quickly as possible more and better information on female entrepreneurship, and in particular access to financing and economic networks; notes that institutions such as chambers of commerce and industry could play a far more significant role in promoting female entrepreneurship through information campaigns, training courses and business support activities, and in combating gender stereotypes in economic circles, including within banks; calls on the Member States to include, as part of secondary education, projects which can encourage entrepreneurship by young people irrespective of gender; notes that female entrepreneurship also constitutes an opportunity to restructure the labour market in a way that benefits the family and gender equality;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that equal participation by women and men in the labour market could significantly increase the economic potential of the EU, while confirming its fair and inclusive nature; points out that, according to OECD projections, total convergence in participation rates would result in a 12.4% increase in per capita GDP by 2030;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mainstream a gender perspective into their policies supporting SMEs, and implement innovative policies to promote and support women in entrepreneurship, such as creating of a single multilingual electronic data and exchange platform for female social entrepreneurs, supporting regional and Europe-wide mentoring and peer-to-peer networks, improving gender disaggregation of data on entrepreneurship, and appointing a Women's Enterprise Director within the Commission and Member States' enterprise ministries.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 39 a (new) - having regard to the 2011 Eurobarometer on family sizes and that actual family sizes are always below the family sizes actually desired by women,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the EU to put an end to policies establishing dependency between family members in the framework of family reunion, and calls on the EU and its member states to grant migrant women an autonomous residence status, especially in cases of domestic violence.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges Eurostat to assess the possibility of developing measures to highlight the value of invisible work in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO)
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Considers that helping women to return to the labour market requires multidimensional policy solutions incorporating lifelong learning, action to combat precarious work and promote work with rights, and working patterns tailored to women’s individual requests, thus ensuring that women will not have to give up their careers or take career breaks;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Points to the decisive role education plays in combating gender stereotypes and ending gender-based discrimination; stresses that young boys and men need to be included in promoting womenʼs rights and gender equality;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes and gender-based discrimination by adopting active policies geared towards reducing the real disadvantages faced by women in the workplace, where there is a false assumption that there are male and female jobs, and that the latter are associated with the work women do at home and are considered to be an extension of these (clothing and textiles, teaching, nursing, cleaning, etc.); calls for gender equality to be promoted from the initial stages of education, for more importance to be attached to school and professional career guidance, and for gender equality to be promoted among young people with a view to combating stereotypes and guiding young women towards qualifications and professions in which they are under-represented; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take decisive policy action to fight gender stereotypes and encourage men to share equally in domestic responsibilities and in caring for children and other dependants, in particular through incentives for men to take parental and paternity leave, which will strengthen their rights as parents, ensure a greater degree of equality between women and men and more appropriate sharing of family and housekeeping responsibilities, and enhance women’s opportunities to participate fully in the labour market;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. calls on the EC to request a report of each MS about the implementation of the EU directive on sexual harassment at work;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Member States to devise specific measures for the long-term unemployed centring on vocational training and their swift reintegration into the job market;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Draws attention to the increasing prevalence of flexible working hours: weekend work, more irregular, unpredictable and extended working hours and shifts, etc.; points out that the demand for flexibility is greatest amongst part-time workers, who are mostly women, and that this means that more women than men have their working hours changed from week to week, making it even harder for women, especially single mothers and those caring for dependent family members, to strike a balance between work and family life;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Emphasises that, on the one hand, increased flexibility in working arrangements – provided that it is voluntary and geared to the real needs of workers, and that workers have control over it and clarity as to their working hours and part-time arrangements – increases women’s opportunities to participate actively in the labour market and supports the reconciliation of work, family and personal life, but that, on the other hand, flexibility can have a negative impact on women’s wages and pensions and negative consequences for women in employment, such as a lack of formal contracts, a reduction in social security benefits, and job insecurity;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls on the Member States to combat every aspect of job insecurity, proceeding from the principle that permanent jobs should involve proper employment contracts;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 39 b (new) Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Calls for genuine work-life balance to be achieved, implying a need, at company level, to promote parenting-friendly working-time arrangements enabling working mothers and fathers to perform their irreplaceable role of helping their children into adulthood, and allowing for the particular needs of given age groups;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance and to guarantee the individualisation of social security and taxation rights;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families, large families, families with dependants, disabled people and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that men and women caring for children or the elderly should receive recognition by giving individual rights particularly regarding social security and pensions
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to large families, one- parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Maintains that states and employers have to assume greater responsibility for generational replacement and maternity and paternity rights, implying that women must have the right to be both mothers and workers without forfeiting labour rights;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of demographic developments and changes in the size and composition of households when designing their fiscal policies, social security and public services; notes that the number of single person households is on the rise in most EU Member States, but most policies directly or indirectly discriminate against them and put them at an undue disadvantage; believes that people should not be rewarded or punished for the particular size and composition of the household they are part of, calls therefore for policies to be neutral with regard to household size or composition;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. C
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable, and inclusive economy entails ambitious targets, for example the 75% employment rate and reducing the number of persons suffering, or threatened with, poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million by 2020, which will be impossible to meet unless
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3; calls on the Commission to provide continuing financial support to Member States so that they can offer childcare systems that parents can afford; also calls on the Commission to address the lack of affordable childcare facilities in its country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3; calls on the Commission to provide continuing financial support to Member States so that they can offer childcare systems
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points to the need for specific proposals making for better balance in terms of working, family, and personal life by encouraging men and women to share occupational, family, and social responsibilities more evenly, especially where assistance to dependants and childcare is concerned; notes that more comprehensive day care and nursery facilities depend not only on the necessary public policies, but also on incentives to businesses to offer such solutions; urges (regional) chambers of commerce and industry, in addition, to facilitate networking of entrepreneurs, especially female entrepreneurs, with a view to working out solidarity-based joint approaches to work-life balance; notes that flexibility in working hours and the way work is organised, as well as part- time work, may constitute one solution to a better work-life balance;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Condemns the fact that, despite the EU funding available (EUR 3 200 million from the structural funds for 2007-13 were earmarked to help Member States develop childcare facilities and promote employment for women), some Member States have made budget cuts that are affecting the availability (nurseries are closing) and quality (staffing shortfalls) of childcare services and making them more expensive;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on Member States to invest in affordable, high-quality facilities for the care of children, the sick, the disabled, the elderly, and other dependent persons, making sure that they have flexible opening times compatible with full-time working days and are accessible so that as many people as possible can combine work with family and private life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that men and women caring for children or other dependants receive recognition in the form of dependency allowances and are accorded individual social security and pension entitlements; calls on the social partners to put forward specific initiatives serving to validate skills acquired during care-related leave periods;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to establish affordable, flexible, high-quality and easily accessible services for the care of people who are unable to cope with everyday tasks by themselves as they do not have the functional autonomy they need to strike a balance between their personal, family and working lives;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for careful analysis to be brought to bear on the studies which suggest that an employment contract should be replaced by an activity contract so as to allow for mobility, alternation, life cycles, and career breaks, as regards both employment and work in a self-employed capacity, accounted for by training or caring
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the labour market situation and social conditions remain critical, and whereas inclusive growth will require greater strategic public investment;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Emphasises the need for the Member States to increase their budgets for child support and support for dependent people in order to expand the public network of day nurseries, crèches, public recreational activities for children and daycare and residential centres for the elderly and other dependants, who are cared for almost entirely by women in the private sphere, something that represents a major obstacle when it comes to women entering or returning to the labour market;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Points to the need to review school calendars and timetables with a view to tailoring them to the current situation with regard to the working lives of fathers and mothers and making it easier to strike a balance between work and family life;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish paid paternity leave of at least ten working days and to encourage measures, legislative and otherwise, enabling men, and fathers in particular, to exercise their right to achieve work-life balance, one example being to promote parental leave
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish compulsory paid paternity leave of at least ten working days and to encourage measures, legislative and otherwise, enabling men,
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish paid paternity leave of at least ten working days and to encourage measures, legislative and otherwise, enabling men, and fathers in particular, to exercise their right to achieve work-
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the adoption of policies to safeguard and guarantee a suitable period of maternity leave, including for mothers who work as freelancers or are self- employed and who are not classified as waged workers;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. notes that such policy decisions are based on individual freedom of choice, especially for women and mothers, who must be entitled to have as many children as they want while pursuing such activities as they might wish to engage in at different stages in their lives, and also allowed to change their minds without being subjected to discrimination, since all these things form part and parcel of the rights attaching to citizenship
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the deadlock in the Council regarding the Maternity Leave Directive; urges
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the deadlock in the Council regarding the Maternity Leave Directive; urges the Member States to resume the
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls in this respect that longer maternity leave is seen as a way to encourage women to breastfeed their babies, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)2 a; __________________ 2aWHO Statement, Exclusive breastfeeding for six months best for babies everywhere, 15 January 2011
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas equality between women and men is a fundamental right recognised in the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas, likewise, the European Union’s objective in this field is to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for men and women and to combat all discrimination based on sex; whereas although the Union has set itself the specific task of mainstreaming gender equality in all its activities, many inequalities between men and women still remain;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers that women's underrepresentation in political decision- making is a question of fundamental rights and democracy, welcomes the legislated parity systems and gender quotas introduced in some member states and calls on the Council to state its position on the directive on gender balance among non-executive director of listed companies so as to enable the legislative process as soon as possible.
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Council to state its position on the directive on
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Council to state its position on the directive on gender balance among
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States, and their media regulators, to consider the place accorded – in both quantitative and qualitative terms – to women in the media and television in particular, not least in order to avert insults to the dignity of women, avoid conveying gender stereotypes, and curb any tendency to hypersexualise little girls;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasises that the clear under- representation of women in elected and nominated political positions at EU and Member State level is a democratic deficit that undermines the legitimacy of decision-making at both EU and national level;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to take the necessary steps to encourage the Member States to make it possible for women and men to participate on an equal footing in the various spheres of decision-making;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine whether gender clauses might be included in public procurement tender notices in order to encourage businesses to strive towards gender equality in their ranks; acknowledges that EU legislation on competition has to be complied with in developing this idea;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Member States to do all they can to guarantee gender parity in high-level positions in their governments, public institutions and bodies, and on electoral lists, in order to ensure that there is equal representation in local councils and in regional and national parliaments, as well as in the European Parliament;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the EU institutions to do all they can to guarantee gender equality in the college of Commissioners and in high- level positions in all EU institutions, agencies, institutes and bodies;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to encourage national ratifications and to start the procedure for EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as quickly as possible; notes that the immediate accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would lead to the development of an integrated policy and to the promotion of international cooperation in the fight against all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on Board Directive,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the principle of equal treatment of women and men implies that there must be no discrimination whatsoever, be it direct or indirect, also on account of motherhood, fatherhood and the fact of shouldering family responsibilities;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Points out that the EU ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22 January 2012 and that, under that Convention, States Parties must undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability and to refrain from engaging in any act or practice that is inconsistent with the Convention;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Renews its call on the Commission to submit a proposal under Article 84 TFEU for a
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Renews its call on the Commission to submit a proposal under Article 84 TFEU for an act establishing measures to promote and support the action of Member States in the field of preventing violence against women and girls
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Renews its call on the Commission to
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – point a (new) (a) Calls on the Commission to ensure an effective and adequately resourced implementation of its Communication on the elimination of female genital mutilation
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new) Calls on Member States to work systematically on empowering women in reporting violence to authorities, and on education and training of experts dealing with the victims.
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Asks the Council to activate the ‘passerelle clause’ and to adopt a unanimous decision identifying gender violence as an area of crime listed in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which already covers trafficking in human beings and the sexual exploitation of women and children.
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Notes that the economic crisis is contributing to harassment and violence of all kinds, as well as to prostitution, with women as the victims, and that this is a violation of human rights; points to the need to increase public, financial, and human resources in order to support groups at risk of poverty and tackle situations posing a risk to children and young people, the elderly, people with disabilities, and the homeless;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalisation, owing to so-called austerity policies, have led to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution and that there are signs that male domestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressors;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to sign as soon as possible the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), this being the best way of combating and eradicating all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, even though the European directives on equal treatment for men and women adopted since 1975 and the steps, sometimes in the form of legislation, that some Member States have taken to promote changes as regards gender equality have made a considerable contribution towards effectively promoting equality between women and men, this trend is still excessively slow and the progress made is insufficient, given that many inequalities remain with regard to women’s rights, human rights, career, employment and pay prospects, access to education and health services, levels of political representation, participation in the economy and in decision-making processes, etc.;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on European Commission to better regulate digital market with aim to protect women and girls against violence on Internet.
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Recommends that, in their national action plans to eliminate domestic violence, Member States lay down the obligation of supporting undocumented migrant women in exactly the same way as women staying legally, without any requirement for institutions to report such cases to the authorities;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health services in order to support all women subjected to violence, including refugees, among other measures by increasing their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities and to women with disabilities;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Renews its call on the Commission and the Member States to make 2016 a European year against violence against women by granting sufficient resources for awareness raising; stresses, to this end, that it is necessary to provide adequate training for the authorities and services involved, as well as for professionals such as police officers, doctors, magistrates, lawyers, teachers and anyone who could, by virtue of their occupation, provide assistance to women who have been victims of violence;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Asks the Council and the Commission to take steps to make sure that social media use language in a non- sexist way, ensure that women participate actively and are represented in a balanced way, and ensure that there are diverse images of both sexes, going beyond general concepts of beauty and sexist stereotypes of roles carried out in different areas of life, in particular where content aimed at children and young people is concerned;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Given that the Member States’ deadline for transposing Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order expires on 11 January 2015, asks the Commission to put together a European protection order register;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recognises that, in regions affected by war, violence against women represents a clear violation of women’s fundamental rights and constitutes humiliating and degrading treatment of women; stresses that gender equality is essential for building peace as it expresses the need to prevent and to fight against phenomena such as these which affect women;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Asks the Council and the Commission to foster action among the Member States to harmonise legislation on gender violence and promote the setting-up of a public equality institute in each Member State as a key instrument for the collection of data;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls for more European and international organisations to be established for the purpose of raising awareness of and combating discrimination against women, as well as training existing actors who provide care to women and children who have been victims of domestic violence;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality and Eurostat to keep collecting comparable data, in particular harmonised data on violence, in order to provide Member States and the Commission with the tools needed for effective policy-making; also calls on the Commission and the Member States to direct their attention to the position in Member States regarding institutional machinery to promote gender equality, the object being to prevent this from being damaged in the future by the effects of the economic crisis and the reforms that it is entailing, bearing in mind that, without such institutional machinery, the cross- cutting priority assigned to gender equality in every policy sphere, and the specific means of addressing it, will not translate into results;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes continue to have a strong influence on the division of roles between women and men in the home, in the workplace and in society at large, thereby limiting women’s range of employment choices and their personal and professional development, impeding them from realising their full potential as individuals and as economic players;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality and Eurostat to keep collecting comparable data
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the Daphne Programme – both its funding and its visibility – in the Rights and Citizenship programme in order that associations working to stop violence against women may continue their work;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls once again on the Commission to set up a European Monitoring Centre on Gender Violence (along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality), to be led by a European coordinator for the prevention of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points out that economic stress often leads to more frequent, more violent and more dangerous abuse, refers in this context to studies which have shown that violence against women intensifies when men experience displacement and dispossession as a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Urges the Commission to strongly condemn media campaigns or other communications depicting victims of sexual violence as responsible for these acts, as such assumptions go against all basic principles of gender-equality.
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the fiscal consolidation policies being pursued by Member States
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Maintains that women must have
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Maintains that women must have control over their sexual
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Maintains that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Maintains that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, not least by having ready access to contraception and, through the availability of full recourse to relevant legal procedures, to abortion; accordingly supports measures and actions to improve women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and inform them more fully about their rights and the services available; calls on the Member States and the Commission to implement measures and actions to make men aware of their responsibilities for sexual and reproductive matters;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Maintains that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive health and rights, not least by having ready access to contraception and abortion; accordingly supports measures and actions to improve women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and inform them more fully about their rights and the services available; calls on the Member States and the Commission to implement measures and actions to make men aware of their responsibilities for sexual and reproductive matters;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Asks the Member States, following the adoption of the Council Conclusions on Gender Equality in Sport, to make full use of the opportunities offered by sport to promote gender equality, notably by defining specific action plans to combat stereotypes and violence, favour equality among professional sportsmen and sportswomen, and promote sport for women;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Emphasises the importance of active prevention, education and information policies aimed at teenagers, young people and adults to ensure that sexual and reproductive health among the population is good, thereby preventing sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Invites the Commission to maintain in its policy priorities the access to quality, affordable, acceptable and accessible prenatal and maternal health care services, relational, affective and sexual education for boys and girls under the prior responsibility of their parents, voluntary family planning including natural family planning methods, while combating sex based discrimination leading to sex-selective and involuntary abortions, forced sterilization and sexual violence, as well as ensuring the provision of prenatal and maternal health care supplies, including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support without discrimination
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States to promote the adoption by school systems of educational programmes geared towards combating gender stereotyping and raising awareness of equal rights and equal opportunities for men and women;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the fiscal consolidation policies being pursued by Member States, a
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States when applying the Regulation 536/2014 in clinical trials of medicinal products for human use, to ensure equality of men and women representation in clinical trials in particular with special attention to the transparency of the population of participants; calls on the Commission, when considering on the proper implementation of this regulation, specifically to monitor aspects of equality between women and men.
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Points out that various studies show that abortion rates in countries in which abortion is legal are similar to those in countries in which it is banned, and are often even higher in the latter (WHO, 2014);
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Asks the Member States to include strategies in rural development programmes to boost the number of jobs for women in rural areas, thereby assuring them of decent pensions, and policies encouraging the presence of women on political, economic and social forums in said sector and furthering the promotion of equal opportunities in rural areas in line with the multifunctionality of agriculture;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Insists that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights that must be defended, upheld and fostered, and therefore calls for them to be included in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 35 of which already recognises the right to health;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that gender equality and womenʼs rights are included in all partnership agreements and in all negotiations with non-EU countries;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to review the current legal framework for part-time work (where women are overrepresented) in order to promote equality and improve the quality of part-time jobs enabling workers to have adequate, safe and sustainable pensions; calls for a revision of the working time directive and the part- time directive on European level;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the validation of skills acquired when performing care work or family work at home to promote the re-entry into the labour market of women who took responsibility as carers;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to value socially and financially the full-time or part-time job of mothers or fathers working at home;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15d. Condemn any pressure on women's decisions concerning their reproductive and family life especially when these discriminations have an impact on their work life. Condemn in particular the counter-productive solutions to solving the work-family balance problem that is proposed by some multi-nationals: implementing an egg-freezing plan to push women to delay childbearing decisions.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the fiscal consolidation policies being pursued by Member States are primarily affecting the public sector, in which women are represented more strongly and of which they are the main beneficiaries, and are thus hurting in two ways, and whereas these policies are making employment more insecure, not least because of the increase in part-time working (32% of women compared with 8.2% of men) and temporary contracts;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the fiscal consolidation policies being pursued by Member States are primarily affecting the public sector, in which women are represented more strongly and of which they are the main beneficiaries, and are thus hurting in two ways, and whereas these policies are making employment more insecure, not least because of the increase in part-time working and temporary contracts, not to mention wage reductions;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the net destruction of jobs has coincided with an increase in precarious employment in the form of low-paid part-time jobs and short-term contracts;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the EU is currently facing the most significant economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s; whereas this crisis has been exacerbated by so-called austerity measures imposed on the Member States by the EU institutions within the framework of economic governance policies (Stability and Growth Pact, European Semester, Euro-Plus Pact, Budgetary Treaty) and 'financial aid' programmes, whereas none of these policies takes gender aspects adequately into account;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas poverty has a structural and deeper impact on women the effects of which are worsening due to austerity measures which are set up in an attempt to solve the current economic, financial and social crisis;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 25 November 2013 entitled "Towards the elimination of female genital mutilation" (COM(2013) 833),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas there are more women than men living in poverty and exclusion, especially older women and single mothers; whereas, for family reasons, it is more common for women than for men to work part time or under fixed-term or temporary contracts, and whereas women’s poverty is due largely to the precariousness of their jobs;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas there are more women than men living in poverty and exclusion, especially older women, whose average level of pension is 39% below that of men, and single mothers;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. 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, in the recent destruction of public social security systems in a number of Member States, along with cuts in key social benefits (family allowances, unemployment and sickness benefits, and income support), which affect many women, particularly those who have dependent families and have to cope with all their household problems;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas it is crucial to take into account the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination experienced by many women and girls in Europe (disability, migrant background, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, housing status, etc.);
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas poverty has a structural and deeper impact on women, the effects of which are worsening due to austerity measures which are set up in an attempt to solve the current economic, financial and social crisis;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas economists and demographers (World bank, OCDE, IMF) use economic and mathematical models to highlight the economic value of household production- carried out mainly by women- and that women's contribution to GDP would be even higher if their unpaid work were factored in, which proves discrimination of women's work;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. Highlights the significant levels of undeclared work also among women - most significantly in domestic and care work - and especially those at the intersection of different forms of inequality, such as women from ethnic minorities and migrant groups, which negatively impacts both women's social security and Europe's GDP levels;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas austerity measures in some countries have made women more vulnerable, both collectively and individually, leading to greater exploitation and to poverty and marginalisation, a situation which is also fuelling the trafficking of women and prostitution;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas home caregivers remain (both men and women) discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas combating poverty is one of the Commission's five measurable targets proposed for EU 2020; whereas Integrated Guideline 10 of the Europe 2020 Strategy (Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty) would encourage the adoption of national policies to protect women, in particular, from the risk of poverty, ensuring income security for one- parent families or elderly women;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) - having regard to the Council Conclusions of 5-6 June 2014 entitled "Preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation",
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the existing taxation systems in some Member States
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the existing taxation systems in
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the existing taxation systems in some Member States are predicated on a narrow view of the family to the extent that they are biased towards
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas women make up around 60% of university graduates, yet their representation in senior official and decision-making positions is disproportionately low;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas family units in EU countries take a variety of forms based on civil partnership or marriage, between persons of the same sex or different sexes, and including families in which the parents are married or unmarried, be they of the same sex or of different sexes, single parents, foster parents, and families with children from previous relationships, all of which deserve equal protection under EU laws;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas, despite the inclusion of gender equality in employment as a goal in the Treaties, ever since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, inequalities in this regard are still too great;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas there is a strong horizontal segregation or gender-specific division of labour: almost half the women in employment are concentrated in 10 of the 130 occupations listed in the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) drawn up by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and only 16% of workers hold jobs in sectors with an equal proportion of men and women;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4%, whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and whereas women make up 17.8% of the membership of large company boards
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) - having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on Board Directive),
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4%,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4% and the pension gap at 39%, whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and whereas women make up 17.8% of the membership of large company boards and every week spend three times as long as men on household chores;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4%, whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments and 63% of Members of the European Parliament are men, and whereas women make up 17.8% of the membership of large company boards and every week spend three times as long as men on household chores;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the female unemployment rate is underestimated given the fact that many women are not registered as unemployed, particularly those who live in rural or remote areas along with many of those who devote themselves exclusively to household tasks and childcare; whereas this situation also creates a disparity in terms of access to public services (benefits, pensions, maternity leave, sick leave, access to social security etc.);
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas many women work in companies free of charge, or as figureheads, which seriously harms their career opportunities and has an adverse effect on their pension entitlements;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas rates of unemployment among young women are overtaking those of the population as a whole, and young women continue to be discriminated against by employers following maternity leave, a factor which affects their work and life prospects;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas women are often forced to work in administrative positions in which they have no career development prospects and there is frequently a glass ceiling;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas if the present trends continue, the target of 75% of women in employment will not be reached until 2038 and equal pay will not become a reality before 2084; whereas equal representation in national parliaments and on European company boards could be achieved by 2034
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas if the present trends continue, the target of 75% of women in employment will not be reached until 2038 and equal pay will not become a reality before 2084; whereas equal representation in national parliaments, in the EU institutions and on European company boards could be achieved by 2034, but whereas it would take until 2054 before housework was shared equally;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas, although women account for almost 60% of graduates in the EU, the proportion of EU scientists and engineers who are female is less than 33% while women make up almost 80% of the workforce in the health, education and welfare sectors;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular Article 6, Women with disabilities,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas unpaid work (caring for children, elderly people and people with disabilities and household tasks) is still predominantly carried out by women, who on average spend 26 hours per week on such tasks, the corresponding figure for men being 9.1 hours;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas only seven judges out of 28 in the Court of Justice of the European Union are women;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of c
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities and facilities for the elderly and people requiring special care in particular pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities and in particular the lack of freedom of choice for mothers and fathers pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the failure to promote policies ma
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas flexible working patterns are becoming more common, as can be seen from weekend work and more irregular, unpredictable, and longer working hours; whereas flexible working patterns apply mainly to part-time workers and hence mostly to women, who are thus more likely than men to work different hours from one week to the next, making it difficult to balance work and family life; whereas this adds to the importance of promoting measures making for work-life balance;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which include 99% of European firms, and provide two out of three private sector jobs, is crucial to the attainment of the Europe 2020 Strategy of smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth; Whereas only 31% of entrepreneurs in the EU are women; Whereas the rate of entrepreneurship among women in the EU is 10% as compared with 19% among men; Whereas there is a need to encourage and support the increase of women's entrepreneurship;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 32 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 25 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality (2013/2103(INI)),
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas due to austerity measures and cutbacks in health and care services, women are increasingly bearing the burden of care for children and/or elderly, sick or disabled relatives; whereas universal access and affordable, high quality support services such as childcare facilities, facilities for the elderly and other dependants is important for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and as a means to prevent and reduce poverty;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas work-family balance policies should be adapted to the free decisions of every woman and should not impose a particular catch-all model that is not tailored to the different circumstances that women face;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas women should be able to decide freely of the number of children they wish to have without negative consequence in their professional careers;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas the employment market should be adapted to fit women's lives, providing the work-family measures necessary and not vice versa;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the sharing of family and domestic responsibilities between men and women, to be brought about not least through a greater uptake of parental leave and paternity leave, is essential in order to achieve
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the sharing of family and domestic responsibilities between men and women, to be brought about not least through a greater uptake of parental leave and paternity leave, is essential in order to achieve
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the sharing of family and domestic responsibilities between men and women, to be brought about not least through a greater uptake of
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas violence against women is the world’s most widespread human rights violation, it affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and it represents a major hindrance to equality between women and men;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas women are still a minority at every level of decision making and only 37% of Members of the new European Parliament and 9 out of 28 new Commissioners are women;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 33 – having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union21 ,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas one woman in three in the EU has been physically and/or sexually assaulted26
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas one woman in three in the EU has been physically and/or sexually assaulted and half of all women in the EU (53%) avoid certain situations or places, at least occasionally, for fear of being physically or sexually assaulted; whereas, on the contrary, surveys into victimisation and fear of crime show that far fewer men restrict their movements for that reason26
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas one woman in three in the EU has been physically and/or sexually
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings will end in 2016, and the vast majority 1 a of victims of trafficking in the Union are women and girls; __________________ 1a 80% of registered victims, according to the 2014 Eurostat report on trafficking in human beings
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas violence against women is the main impediment to equality between men and women;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas six European Union countries have still not signed the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) and only eight have ratified it;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas violence against women is one of the least reported crimes. Only 14% of women reported their most serious incident of partner violence to the police, while 13% reported their most serious incident of non-partner violence;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas violence against women is an abuse which has an adverse psychological impact and is a violation of a fundamental right in terms of dignity, equality and access to justice;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas violence against women and girls on Internet is on rise, while exceptionally worrying is the behaviour of minors on social networks in this regards;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 6 February 2014 on the elimination of female genital mutilation,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas the effective exercise of legally recognised sexual and reproductive rights
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas access to sexual and reproductive
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights and should be
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas the media can play a role, on the one hand, in spreading stereotypes, degrading the image of women and over- sexualising young girls and, on the other, in overcoming gender stereotypes, encouraging women’s participation in decision making and promoting gender equality;
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