2019/2169(INI) The EU Strategy for Gender Equality
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM |
NOICHL Maria ( S&D)
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FRANSSEN Cindy ( EPP),
TOLLERET Irène ( Renew),
ANDERSON Christine ( ID),
KUHNKE Alice ( Verts/ALE),
WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga ( ECR),
PEREIRA Sandra ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | EMPL |
RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia ( GUE/NGL)
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Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT ( PPE),
Samira RAFAELA ( RE),
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN ( Verts/ALE),
Elżbieta RAFALSKA ( ECR),
Elisabetta GUALMINI ( S&D),
Elena LIZZI ( ID)
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| Committee Opinion | CULT |
ANDERSON Christine ( ID)
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| Committee Opinion | LIBE |
INCIR Evin ( S&D)
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Malin BJÖRK ( GUE/NGL),
Hilde VAUTMANS ( RE),
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA ( ECR),
Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ ( PPE),
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE ( ID)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2020/07/22
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/07/22
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/06/05
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/06/05
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/04/08
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/01/20
EP - INCIR Evin (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2019/12/19
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2019/12/19
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2019/12/10
EP - RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2019/11/18
EP - ANDERSON Christine (ID) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
2019/10/14
EP - NOICHL Maria (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
- Committee opinion: PE646.871
- Committee opinion: PE648.624
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.642
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.643
- Committee draft report: PE650.408
- Committee draft report: PE650.408
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.642
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.643
- Committee opinion: PE646.871
- Committee opinion: PE648.624
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 760 |
2019/2169(INI)
2020/04/14
CULT
12 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to ensure the creation of mechanisms throughout the education system to facilitate the promotion, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of gender equality in educational institutions;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need for a regulation laying down measures to combat online sexual harassment;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Highlights the fact that although women in the field of media at graduate level constitute a substantial workforce, they are underrepresented in management and top-level positions; considers that both public and private media services have a responsibility to ensure equality between women and men and prevent any discrimination; calls on the Member States to develop policy incentives to reduce barriers to women’s access to management posts and leadership in media organisations; Notes that female participation on an equal level with men in reporting content and serving information sources is crucial not only for reasons of representation, but also for reasons of equal opportunities and the full recognition of their expertise and knowledge;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. C
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 8 #
7.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new) 8. Takes the view that women play a major part in rural life; points out that rural communities in Europe are being eroded by an ageing population and by departures; calls for additional measures to be taken to develop living and working conditions in such areas that offer women and their families reasons to remain;
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2020/05/26
EMPL
221 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 a - having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular principles 2, 3, 6, 9 and 15 thereof,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 j (new) - having regard to the Council conclusions of 13 June 2019 on Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Key Policies and Measures,
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; underlines the fundamental role of women as care givers in the family, towards children but especially towards elderly, and urges Member States to legally recognise it, also through pension entitlements; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; highlights the need to assess and correct gender inequality specifically in the decision-making positions; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the growing gig economy has implications for workers, who are less unionised and risk job precariousness due to factors such as unstable working hours and income, lack of coverage of employment rights, uncertainty around social security and pensions, or lack of access to career development and retraining; is concerned that the insecurity and precariousness associated to it, aggravated by the confinement imposed by the current crisis, has a particularly negative impact on women who still carry the burden of care in a highly gendered labour market, especially those who are experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination; calls on the Member States to implement targeted social protection measures for women freelancers and women employed in the gig economy, calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls the European Parliament resolution of 10 October 2019 on employment and social policies of the euro area and the commitment taken on by the Commission in the communication “A Union that strives for more” (Commission Work Programme 2020) to improve the labour conditions for platform workers, and urges for a coordinated EU initiative to ensure that platform workers have access to social protection and are guaranteed all their social and labour rights, calling on the Commission to prepare, following the Platform Work Summit announced for the third semester of this year, a legislative proposal regarding platform workers, ensuring that gender equality is incorporated in any legal framework regarding them; urges the Commission to introduce an exemption for these workers from the EU’s competition rules in order to allow them to engage in collective bargaining without being considered as a cartel;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Expresses its concern at the imbalance in the labour market, in which women in general, and young women in particular, suffer a double discrimination, for being young and for being women; points out that the levels of unemployment and job insecurity among the youth population are exponentially higher than in any other age group; recalls that the lowest paid and precarious jobs are mostly carried out by women; recalls that young people are one of the most vulnerable groups to the profound economic consequences of COVID-19; underlines the need for the Commission to take into account the needs of young people, and young women in particular, when addressing the gender gap;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member State to pay particular attention to the gender dimension when designing and implementing measures to cope with the Covid-19 crisis in order to protect women during and after crisis, in particular to avoid women being forced to leave their job at the advantage of domestic and family care and to help them balance family and (tele-)work obligations, to support them at their workplace, to protect them against domestic violence, to ensure that that they are not left behind in the recovery and in getting back into work, and to avoid the surge in gender inequalities;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement policies that promote the employment of women and their financial independence, including policies that promote the integration of women from marginalised groups into the labour market; calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation by investing in education and training to ensure women's access to high-quality employment in future oriented sectors, in particular in the areas of entrepreneurship, STEM and digital education;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 k (new) - having regard to the Council conclusions of 10 December 2019 on Gender-Equal Economies in the EU: The Way Forward,
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines that equal opportunities and higher labour market participation among women can increase jobs, economic prosperity and competitiveness in Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States to set goals to reduce precarious jobs and involuntary part-time work in order to improve the situation of women in the labour market; stresses that full-time work should be the norm;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the importance of addressing the under-representation of women in managerial positions and on boards, and the need to raise the profile of highly skilled and competent women, ensuring a level playing field and equal opportunities in access to jobs that require skills and competence;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls the Commission, the Members States and regional and local authorities to support projects and offer advice, especially addressed to women, on creating innovative agricultural activities in rural and depopulated areas in order to enhance their competitiveness in agriculture that are able to provide new jobs;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reminds that funding has a strong gender component; regrets the lack of gender budgeting in the new MFF and Structural Funds; calls on the Commission to further promote and improve the use of Gender Budgeting;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Members States to reduce regulatory burden for companies and high levels of labour taxes in order to stimulate job creation and participation of women in the labour market;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Highlights the tireless and admirable work of frontline workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as of essential workers working to maintain public life and services and to guarantee access to essential goods; stresses that 70 % of the global health and social workforce are women, often only paid the minimum wage and in precarious working conditions; calls therefore on the Commission to present an assessment of the working and employment conditions and quality employment of frontline and essential workers before the end of the year, identifying the sources of their precariousness and to propose European legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers including in particular essential workers, strengthening their collective agreement coverage and giving them the just recognition they deserve;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Member States to demonstrate their real commitment to gender equality and to ensure a balanced representation of women and men in all institutions;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Is concerned that changes in labour conditions such as physical and psychological impacts of teleworking, the right to disconnect, the surveillance of work, and the intensification of work are accelerating due to the COVID-19 crisis, with women being affected far more than men due to their predominant or still traditional role of home and family caretakers; calls therefore on the Commission to come forward with a gender-sensitive legislative proposal on the Right to Disconnect, as well as the Directive on Mental Well-being at the Workplace aiming at recognizing anxiety, depression and burn-out as occupational diseases, establish mechanisms for prevention and reintegration of affected employees into the workforce, and to facilitate the adoption of an EU legal instrument that will protect workers from mental diseases at the workplace;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 l (new) - having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on poverty: a gender perspective,
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to cover all care needs throughout the lifecycle, with particular regard for the situation of women caring for their own children with disabilities; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality universal public care services; urges Member States to fully implement the
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to cover all care needs throughout the lifecycle; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No. 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality universal public care services; urges Member States to swiftly and fully implement the Work-Life Balance Directive1, and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards; and introduce measures, such as paid leaves, flexible working arrangements and care and support services which are adapted to the specific challenges and needs of parents and/or family members taking care of persons with disabilities, long- term illnesses or their elderly or; as well as the introduction of more ambitious measures to promote men’s equal role as carers; __________________ 1 OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to cover all care needs throughout the lifecycle; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality universal public care services; urges Member States to fully implement the Work-Life Balance Directive1 and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards, particularly with regards to pay; __________________ 1 OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to cover all care needs throughout the lifecycle; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets on childcare, ensuring the
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to cover all care needs throughout the lifecycle; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality universal public care services; urges Member States to fully implement the Work-Life Balance Directive1 and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards; urges the Commission to monitor closely and systemically the performance of the Member States on the Work-Life balance Directive through the European Semester; __________________ 1 OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the Commission to monitor and report annually on the implementation of the Work Life Balance Directive, and calls on the Member States to raise the standards with such measures as full-paid leaves, coverage for all workers regardless of their employment status or type of employment or tackling gender stereotypes in take-up of paternity/maternity leaves amongst others, paying special attention to lone-parent households; calls also on the European Union, the Member States and the social partners to promote the collective reduction of working time for all to contribute to the achievement of work life balance and the reduction of unemployment;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 m (new) - having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2017 on a European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to invest in and promote a strong and widespread system of quality public and private services to improve work-life balance; to extend and modernise the existing care and educational services for children so that women do not have to choose between family and participation in the labour market, to financially invest in a women- friendly welfare state according to the Barcelona Targets;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that, at times of such events as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the role of and opportunities for teleworking and distance working are increasing; calls on the Commission to include in the strategy the role of teleworking and distance working as an important factor in achieving a work-life balance;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Youth Employment Initiative programme has an explicit focus on persons with disabilities, especially women with disabilities, accompanied by effective active outreach measures through NGOs representing persons with disabilities;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on Member States to promote and facilitate the participation of women in the ICT-sector as well as empower women to become investors and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States regarding European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2016 on women domestic workers and carers in the EU; urges the Commission to introduce a framework for the professionalisation of domestic work and care, leading to the recognition and standardisation of the relevant professions and skills and career building, and to encourage the Member States to establish systems for professionalisation, training, continuous skills development and recognition of women domestic and care workers’ qualifications and to create public employment agencies to strengthen the professionalisation;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls on the Commission to revise Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, to ensure that women throughout Europe can benefit on an equal footing with men from the free movement of workers1c; __________________ 1c Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers.
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines that a healthy and safe work environment is important in order for women and men to be able to work longer and without the risk of ill-health; stresses that gender equality should be considered and mainstreamed in the development of occupational safety and health (OSH) policies and prevention strategies, including in the upcoming Commission review of the occupational safety and health strategy;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Draws attention to the lack of gender perspective in the field of health and safety at work, and urges the Commission, the Member States and the Social Partners to cover as occupational diseases and work-related illnesses those maladies/pathologies that are not yet recognised as such, particularly in feminised jobs; to mainstream gender equality in health and safety in masculinized jobs, where there are still many gaps, including in relation to sanitary installations, work equipment, personal clothing protective equipment and any other regarding the working environment; to ensure maternity protection and safety at the workplace and return to work measures after maternity leave; to evaluate labour risks in feminized sectors, including homes when dealing with domestic work and care;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Noting the impact of the COVID- 19 crisis, calls on the Commission, the Member States and the Social Partners to urgently develop those gender sensitive health and safety measures, specifically targeted to frontline professions that are overrepresented by women such as health professionals, pharmacy workers, supermarket cashiers, teachers, childcare workers, elderly care workers and cleaners;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 n (new) - having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work and the impact of all forms of violence against women and girls in it; calls on the Commission to propose a directive
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification and implementation by all Member States; calls on Member States to ratify and implement
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combat
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 o (new) - having regard to its resolution of 3 October 2017 on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU,
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to establish an EU network on fighting sexual violence; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women, including a Metoo-directive addressing sexual harassment at the workplace; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work and about the unlawful trade in the exploitation of women as a particular form of gender-based violence; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combat
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment without delay;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment; further calls on the European institutions to lead by example and introduce preventive and reactive measures to better combat harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that the social distance and the confinement caused by COVID- 19 have significantly increased cases of gender violence in Europe; consequently, considers that all Member States must reinforce measures to protect women both during the crisis and afterwards; remembers that one of the keys when dealing with gender violence is economic independence and proposes, in this sense, the development of a specific social and labour integration program for victims of gender violence in Europe aimed at actively promoting their employability;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to introduce effective and binding measures to define and prohibit violence and harassment in the world of work, including having effective access to gender-responsive, safe and effective complaint and dispute resolution mechanisms, support, services and remedies and requiring employers to take steps to prevent violence and harassment including gender-based violence and harassment;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that women workers suffering gender violence should be entitled to specific employment rights and social security benefits such as the reduction or reorganisation of their working hours, change of workplace and temporary protection against dismissal; considers that gender-based violence should be included in the workplace risk assessments;
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need for Member States to present evidence-based, well- designed labour market policies and reforms that de-facto improves women’s’ working conditions and increases quality employment;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard inclusive equality for women and girls with disabilities in all areas of life, to ensure their sexual and reproductive rights, to provide protection to them from domestic violence and violence by care and support service providers, and to launch sensitisation and capacity-building programmes to this end for professionals in the field of healthcare, social and care services, education, training and employment services, law enforcement and the judiciary;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 p (new) - having regard to its resolution of 16 November 2017 on combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth,
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Reminds that, in line with the intersectional approach, particular attention concerning access to work has to be granted to those categories encountering multiple discriminations; calls therefore on the Member States and the Commission to collect disaggregated data to better measure and monitor progress in closing the gender pay gap, paying particular attention to groups experiencing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination and to remove all barriers to access to work for migrant women (also through a revision of the system of recognition of professional qualifications) and disabled women (in particular by removing all physical and technical barriers), ethnic-minority and Roma women, older women, single mothers and LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Regrets the lack of reference s to the gender dimension of trafficking for purposes of labour exploitation, especially in the case of domestic workers due to the limitation that the family home presents as a workplace with respect to the possibilities of inspection and control of work activity; recalls European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2016 on women domestic workers and carers in the EU and asks the Commission and the Member States to promote the investigation of these cases, to improve the mechanism of identification and protection of the victims and to involve NGOs, trade unions, public authorities and all citizens in the detection process;
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls for the immediate revision and an ambitious new Gender Pay Gap Action Plan by the end of 2020, which should set clear targets for the Member States to reduce the gender pay gap over the next five years and ensure that such targets are taken account of in the country specific recommendations; calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to the factors leading to the pension gap under the Action Plan, and to assess the need for specific measures to reduce this gap at EU and national level; highlights, in particular, the need to include an intersectional perspective in the new Action Plan;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Recalls the European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework; urges the European Union to accede to the European Social Charter (Revised) and calls on the Commission to propose a timeframe for its implementation taking into account the gender dimension of economic and social rights; calls on all Member States to ratify the revised Charter;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls on the Commission to present a European Strategy on Social Protection to address the free movement of workers and in particular the feminisation of poverty, with a special focus on lone-parent households headed by women;
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Child Guarantee but, acknowledging the gendered dimension of child poverty, asks for additional measures and funds to suitably address the obstacles leading to women’s poverty, including a guarantee of a decent income for all by presenting a European framework directive on minimum income, and access to housing through a European Housing Strategy that recognizes women’s greater difficulties;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Regrets the lack of reference in the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 to the protection of women and girls at risk of social exclusion, poverty and homelessness, calling on the Commission to address those issues in the forthcoming Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion to prevent these women from being excluded from social and economic policies and further deepening the poverty cycle;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights; underlines the need to ensure gender sensitive rights using an intersectional approach in line with Principles 2 and 3 of the Pillar;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 r (new) - having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the Commission
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights; underlines the need to
Amendment 174 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasizes that more than 70% of workers in the health and social work sectors worldwide are women, as well as shop and retail employees and cleaning workers who are mostly women, often earning only the minimum wage; remembers that, as in previous crises, women will be severely affected economically, also in the post-crisis period; for that reason, insists on the need of a progressive and gender-sensitive approach, both for immediate and long- term action, at national and EU level, based on quality data segregated by gender; in this regard, suggests that the Recovery Plan should take into account the occupational segregation of markets to avoid repeating what happened in previous crises, in which employment promotion has focused on male sectors, leaving feminized sectors in second place, or the need to break the dynamics of occupational segregation;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Acknowledging the need for a transition to a fair, climate-neutral, digital Europe, calls on the Commission to adopt measures to increase the participation of women in the digital and in the green sector, to include women in decision- making positions at all levels, and to adopt policies that ensure equal pay, a living wage, personal development and adequate social protection; urges the Commission to ensure that any measure regarding the improvement of women’s participation in these sectors is in line with the Work Life Balance Directive, and that it addresses sexual harassment in the workplace in light of the provisions of the ILO Convention and the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 177 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the importance of addressing gender equality aspects related to the future world of work, including greening and digitalising the economy; regrets the weak link between the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality and the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission to strengthening the connection between climate change policies and gender equality in its upcoming proposals;
Amendment 178 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that gender equality must be put at the centre of the European Green Deal in order to truly achieve a just transition that leaves no one behind; calls on the Commission to ensure gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive energy and climate action by implementing systematic gender impact assessment and by allocating specific funds for gender equality in relevant climate actions and policies of the Green New Deal;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that it was mentioned at the World Economic Forum in 2018 that 58 million jobs related to artificial intelligence (AI) would be created worldwide 2022, but only 24.9% of women who pursue higher education obtain a diploma in fields related to new technologies; stresses that it is essential to ensure that women are fairly represented in science and technology; recalls that an increase in the number of women working in the fields of new technologies could generate up to EUR 16 billion in Europe;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 s (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 5 March 2020 on A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025,
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that studies show that the pay gap between men and women is to a large extent driven by the fact that women and men work in different occupations with different level of pay; a gender- divided labour market begins with the choice in education, thus changes in educational choices are necessary in order to combat gender differences on the labour market; urges Member States to better ensure study and vocational guidance in order to ensure all students are aware of the opportunities the labour market provides and the consequences of different educational choices;
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the European Commission to involve social partners in developing the new policies to close gender pay gap; calls in this context on social partners to engage in discussions and work together to address the pay gap also through positive action measures, as well as collaborate with civil society organisations in order to strongly engage public opinion since closing gender pay gap is a mainstreaming and universal priority, which will increase workers’ motivation productivity and well-being at the work-place;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive and the horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive which are key to achieving the aims of the Strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU institutions lead by example and ensure a minimum of 50% of women in senior management positions; calls further on the Member States to establish transparency reporting by companies as to the percentage of women in their senior management positions and information on pay levels;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to gender mainstreaming throughout the Multiannual Financial Framework and in particular the European Social Fund Plus, in order to finance, inter alia, actions to promote women's participation in the labour market, work-life balance and female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for the introduction of a gender pillar and an overarching gender equality objective in the successor of the Europe 2020 strategy and to incorporate gender specific targets and indicators in the country-specific challenges identified in the Social scoreboard;
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to promote female entrepreneurship through targeted programmes; points out that changes can happen at local level and urges the Member States to invest in activities fighting and addressing gender gaps;
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collective bargaining coverage at sectorial level and the involvement of social partners in policy-making, including for the European Semester;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Asks for the Commission and the Member States to approach the COVID crisis impact on equal access to labour market for women;
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Requests the measures regarding gender pay gap, pension gap and care gap to explicitly address the needs of parents, and especially mothers of children with disabilities; requests the consideration of the development of measures for the full and effective participation in the labour market of women with disabilities, who face greater difficulty in finding work with appropriate conditions; in order to eliminate the discrimination and prejudices they face, it calls for initiatives that provide women with disabilities with flexibility and support in both job search and employment performance, as well as the promotion of opportunities in occupational centres to make the transition towards employment regimes such as supported employment, special employment centres and the open labour market, as well as to evaluate the informal work of carers of persons with disabilities, as many of these women carers are also women with disabilities and their informal work should be taken into account in order to reduce the pension gap;
Amendment 189 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the need for gender mainstreaming in employment policies related to sustainability and just transition, ensuring gender impact assessment of funding mechanisms to tackle the climate crisis so that they play a strong role in transforming gender norms and furthering gender equality; calls on the Commission and the Council to implement gender budgeting to climate- related funds such as the Just Transition Fund, ensuring that financial choices to support workers and companies don’t exacerbate inequalities and that they integrate a gender perspective;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 t (new) - having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences,
Amendment 190 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recommends that political support for gender equality be complementary to financial support and that gender equality be recognised in different policy areas, making provision for it to be mainstreamed as a cross-cutting priority, which should be reflected in the projects included in individual European programmes; calls on the Commission to involve media trade associations to raise awareness of gender equality;
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls for specific guidelines and recommendations to Member States to integrate the gender perspective in taxation polices - including that they carry out gender audits of fiscal policies in order to eliminate tax-related gender biases - and to ensure that no new tax, spending laws, programmes or practices that increase market or after-tax income gender gaps or that reinforce the male breadwinner model are established;
Amendment 192 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Notes that female labour market participation is lower than that of men; underlines the importance of lowering income taxation in encouraging labour market participation;
Amendment 193 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recalls that the under- representation of women in public and political life undermines the proper functioning of democratic institutions and processes; calls therefore on the Member States to encourage and support measures to facilitate the balanced participation of men and women in decision-making at national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 194 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Regrets the fact that women do not start and run businesses to the same extent as men do; urges Member States to introduce business-friendly reforms to promote equality and increase female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to implement the social aspects of the Country Specific Recommendations, having in mind both the respect for subsidiarity and national competences;
Amendment 196 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recalls the importance of improving the collection of gender- disaggregated data, in particular on the participation of women in the labour market and the underlying causes of gender inequality;
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to promote the participation of women as voters and candidates in the 2024 European Parliament elections; in this regard, stresses the need for a revision of the European Electoral Act in order to provide for the possibility of temporary replacement of a Member of the European Parliament that is availing of their right to maternity, paternity or parental leave; calls upon the European Commission to revise the Electoral Act accordingly and on the Council to endorse this revision;
Amendment 198 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU Framework for National Homelessness Strategies and the Member States to prepare their National Homelessness Strategies featuring both preventive and reactive measures with a gendered approach in order to support women experiencing homelessness, who often suffered from complex trauma and face re-traumatisation, such as domestic violence and abuse, separation from their children, stigmatisation, lack of safe and secure spaces, etc.;
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to lay down explicit guidelines on the implementation of the intersectional framework, which should prioritize the participation of the groups affected by the intersecting forms of discrimination to assess the differential impact of policies and actions in order to tailor responses in each subject that are grounded on the principles of non-discrimination;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thereof, in particular goals 1, 5, 8 and 10 and their respective targets and indicators,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas current gender equality policies have not been able to tackle discrimination against women, not only because of the maintenance of deeply rooted gender stereotypes within our societies, but also because of the undermining of social and economic rights that disproportionately affects women, particularly those subjected to multiple forms of discrimination, who are more likely at risk of poverty and social exclusion than men;
Amendment 200 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Recalls European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the need for a strengthenedpost-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, which states that in most Member States no improvement was observed in access to employment, that there are serious concerns relating to housing and little progress regarding poverty, and a need for a strong gender dimension in the EU framework; is concerned about hate speech against Roma in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the additional restrictions introduced by some Member States to put Roma communities under quarantine and fears the negative consequences on the most vulnerable groups among Roma, such as girls, young women, older women, people with disabilities or LGBTIQ+; urges the Commission to adopt as soon as possible the EU strategic framework on Roma equality and inclusion, to analyse the impact that coronavirus is having on Roma and to adopt measures to avoid backlashes;
Amendment 201 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Is concerned about the lack of an explicit prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of a person’s gender identity and gender expression in EU law; notes the persistence of discrimination, harassment and exclusion from the labour market of LGBTIQ+ people; recalls European Parliament resolution of 14 February 2019 on the future of the LGBTI List of Actions and the European Parliament resolution of 18 December 2019 on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people; calls on the Commission to adopt as soon as possible the strategic framework on LGBTIQ+ equality to follow up on the EU Commission’s LGBTI List of Actions2016-2019, and to include specific measures to tackle discrimination at work on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics;
Amendment 202 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6f. Recalls the European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities; urges the Commission to put forward a consolidated proposal within the post- 2020 Strategy that includes the development of positive actions targeting women with disabilities in order to promote employment, training, job placements, equal career paths, equal pay, adaptation in the workplace and further education, paying attention to their digital inclusion and the need to safeguard work- life balance; also stresses the need for a Disability Rights Guarantee with specific measures that address the needs of women with disabilities;
Amendment 203 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6g. Recognises the key role of NGOs and women’s rights organisations fighting against gender inequality, discrimination and violence against women; calls on the Commission to ensure and strengthen protection the participation and active involvement of civil society organizations by pushing for funding instruments to provide funding for human rights defenders and civil society organizations working to counter backlash and regression on gender equality and to advance women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, both within the EU and across the world;
Amendment 204 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 h (new) 6h. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including employment and social policy;
Amendment 205 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 i (new) 6i. Welcomes the Commissions ambitions to obtain gender balance, and hopes to see a clear commitment to effectively implement Gender Impact assessments of all policies and programmes in all policy and programmes of the European Commission and other EU agencies and institutions, and to regularly report on functioning of the Gender Mainstreaming Task;
Amendment 206 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 i (new) 6i. Stresses the need to include gender equality in the policy positions of the European Union, in its dialogues with partner countries, in neighbourhood policies and in enlargement negotiations; calls on the Commission to promote gender equality in trade relations and to include a commitment to comply with ILO conventions, including provisions on equal pay and non-discrimination in the workplace, in trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 207 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 j (new) 6j. Calls on the European Commission to further strengthen the role of the EU as a catalyst for gender equality worldwide;
Amendment 208 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 k (new) 6k. Welcomes the Commission proposal to use the Asylum and Migration Fund to encourage Member States’ actions to support the integration of women, but regrets that no other concrete measures are considered to tackle the lower rates of employment in the EU for third country national women and the specific vulnerability of refugee, asylum seeking and undocumented women and girls; calls on the Commission to address the situation of all migrant women and girls, prioritising the integration objective of the Fund in the next Multiannual Financial Framework through gender budgeting, the allocation of increased resources for upskilling, retraining for transition to good quality employment and working conditions, and increasing their participation in the labour market and adopting more concrete measures to overcome the obstacles faced by migrant women;
Amendment 209 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 l (new) 6l. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to increase the employment rate of women in Europe and facilitate their access to the labour market, for example by providing more incentives to promote female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas gender equality is one of the common and fundamental principles of the European Union, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the TEU, Article 8 of the TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas Article 157 of the TFEU expressly states that the Member States must ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied;
Amendment 210 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 m (new) 6m. Emphasises the active and crucial role of women in the economy of rural areas; recalls the position of the European Parliament of 4 April 2017 in particular on the fact that so few women working in the agricultural sector are registered; notes that this lack of data suggest a lack of precise statistics on this matter; stresses that recognition of the work of women in the agricultural sector is essential if it is to be visible and contribute to the development of rural areas and to gender equality; stresses the need to exchange good practices within the Member States, in particular on the professional status provided for spouses in the agricultural sector in order to allow them access to social security, training, maternity leave and retirement pensions;
Amendment 211 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 n (new) 6n. Notes that significant gender differences within agricultural employment persist since female rates of unemployment and informality are higher, rural women are more affected by the care gap and they experience more difficulties to have ownership and control of land and other productive resources; welcomes the Commission’s call to invest in basic services’ development in rural areas and urges a gender budgeting approach to the CAP and to also identify funding opportunities under the second pillar of the CAP to increase women’s access to land and to address their working conditions in rural areas, especially those of seasonal workers;
Amendment 212 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 o (new) 6o. Reiterates its calls to further improve the collection of gender- disaggregated data1d in areas such as informal employment, entrepreneurship, access to financing and to healthcare services, unpaid work, poverty and impact of social protection systems; also urges the EU to work on and incorporate new indicators, such as in-work poverty, time- poverty, gaps in time use, the value of care work (paid/unpaid), and the take-up rates of women and men in relation to the work-life balance directive; __________________ 1d European Parliament resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap.
Amendment 213 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 p (new) 6p. Recalls that according to data published by Eurostat in 2019, only 28% of the board members of listed companies in the EU and 18% of senior managers, were women; stresses that although some Member States have legislative measures aimed at breaking the glass ceiling, the data on their implementation turn out to be insufficient; calls on the Member States to set up monitoring and evaluation mechanisms so that they can redirect or adjust, if necessary, the current measures taken, with the aim of ensuring that gender equality policies are more effective;
Amendment 214 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 r (new) 6r. Regrets the considerable imbalance between women and men in economic decision-making at the highest level; welcomes the Commission's proposal to push for the adoption of the 2012 proposal for a Directive on gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (the so-called Women on Boards Directive) that is blocked in the Council; calls on the Commission and the Council to consider going beyond, including additional measures such as applying the 40% quota to both non-executive and executive boards and to include medium-sized companies in the scope of the directive;
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 s (new) 6s. Calls on the Commission – given that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge and devastating impact on the health and economic systems of the Member States, causing hardship and employment crises for societies that will require the cooperation of all EU bodies – to monitor the work and employment situation of women, to ensure that they are not among the most vulnerable in the COVID-19 crisis; calls on the Commission also to develop measures to ensure that women enter and/or remain in the job market;
Amendment 216 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 t (new) 6t. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently adopt a gender-sensitive response to the social and economic crisis of COVID-19, including the adoption of specific recovery measures for women, in order to mitigate its disproportionate and long- lasting impact on women's rights, incomes and social protection as well as to prevent further inequalities and discriminations in the world of work; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use this Gender Equality Strategy as an engine to drive the post COVID period;
Amendment 217 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 u (new) 6u. Welcomes the instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE); calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that SURE addresses the loss in income, social protection and pension entitlements for women as a result of the care burden and unequal employment and working conditions; calls for reduced weekly working hours without any loss of pay for women who are caregivers or working parents with child responsibilities at home;
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 v (new) 6v. Calls on the Member States to extend the duration periods for receiving unemployment benefits until full economic recovery has been achieved;
Amendment 219 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 w (new) 6w. Welcomes the Council decision to activate the 'general escape clause' and calls on Member States to invest in public services, including free child and health care, in order to create new quality jobs and to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the crisis; considers that austerity measures have long-term detrimental consequences, particularly on women, and must not be enforced in the post COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas gender equality is one of the common and fundamental principles of the European Union, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union expressly states that the Member States must ensure the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied;
Amendment 220 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 x (new) 6x. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote social dialogue and collective bargaining in the response to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to ensure that the social partners are fully involved in the design and the implementation of the measures taken; considers that social dialogue, including collective bargaining, will help ensure a gender equal and democratic recovery where ‘no one is left behind’; calls on developing civil dialogue with civil society organisations, in conformity with participatory democracy and the citizens' initiative (Article 11 TEU);
Amendment 221 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 y (new) 6y. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease; calls on the Commission to revise its Commission Recommendation (2003/670/EC) concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases to specifically include COVID-19 as applying to all workers who are currently disproportionately exposed to infection;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the principle of gender equality is a core value of the EU and is enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union; whereas Articles 8 and 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights clearly state the EU’s commitment to gender mainstreaming in all of its policies and activities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas economic independence is an essential requisite for the self- fulfilment of women and men and guaranteeing equal access to financial resources is critical to the process of achieving gender equality;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital A f (new) Af. whereas across the EU, women receive disproportionately lower earnings than men; whereas according to the latest European Commission figures the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 15,7 % although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas the pay gender gap rises to 30,1% when employment rates and overall labour-market participation are considered; whereas while only 8% of men in the EU work part-time, almost a third of women across the EU (31%) does so because of various reasons, including stereotypes, structural reasons and societal expectations;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital A g (new) Ag. whereas according to the latest figures from the Commission, the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16%, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas only 67% of women in the EU are employed, compared to 78% of men; whereas the gender pension gap stands at 37% and on average women’s pensions are 30.1% lower than men’s;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital A h (new) Ah. whereas women are under- represented in well-paid sectors and decision-making positions and there are persistent gender gaps in the EU labour market, such as the gender employment gap (11.5 %), the gender pay gap (16 %) and the gender pension gap (35.7 %), which can put women in vulnerable or precarious situations; whereas ambitious efforts are needed to close these gender employment, pay and pension gaps;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital A i (new) Ai. whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37% gender gap in pension income, a situation that will persist for decades to come and an unequal level of economic independence between women and men with 1out of 5 women workers in the EU belong to the lowest wage group, compared to 1out of 10 men;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital A j (new) Aj. whereas failure to pay women equally limits their ability to attain economic independence and thus their ability to decide over their lives more independently; whereas the poverty rate among working women could decrease from 8,0% to 3,8% if women were paid the same as men according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research; whereas of the 5,6 million children in poverty today, 2,5 million would come out of poverty if the gender pay gap closed;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 c (new) - having regard to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Equal Remuneration Convention of 1951, and to the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention of 2019,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital A k (new) Ak. whereas pay transparency can play a crucial role in ensuring substantial progress in addressing the gender pay gap and fight inequalities and could help disclosing the systematic undervaluation and insufficient appreciation and remuneration of women’s work in the centre of the persistent gender pay inequalities; whereas pay transparency can furthermore support collective bargaining strategies to reduce unfair pay differentials, as well as tackle low pay in general;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital A l (new) Al. whereas the gender gap in gross monthly earnings among employees aged 15-24 years(7 %) was more than five times lower than among employees aged65 years or above (gender gap of 38 %) and shows today a clear earnings penalty when it comes to motherhood; whereas poverty is mostly concentrated in families where women are the sole earners with 35 % of lone mothers in the EU at risk of poverty, compared to 28 % of lone fathers in 20171a; __________________ 1a EIGE’s calculation, EU-SILC.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital A m (new) Am. whereas women’s economic empowerment is key to achieving gender equality, combatting poverty and social exclusion and improving the European economy; whereas the economic loss resulting from the gender employment gap amounts to around EUR 370 billion per year1a;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital A n (new) An. whereas an intersectional approach is crucial to understanding the multiple discriminations which compound the gender pay gap for women with a combination of identities and the intersection of gender with other social factors; whereas more than half of women of working age with disabilities are economically inactive; whereas in all Member States the severe material deprivation rate of women with disabilities is higher than that of women without disabilities;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital A o (new) Ao. whereas there is a visible backlash in some Member States, including within the areas of economic empowerment of women, and there is a risk that gender equality could further slip down the agenda of Member States;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Recital A p (new) Ap. whereas the Covid-19 crisis disproportionately affects women in the socioeconomic sphere, considering that they have lower salaries, savings and pensions, suffer higher rates of unconventional and precarious forms of work and poverty, lack equal access to social protection, are more at risk of being laid off or given shorter hours as a result of the crisis, and face increased and specific burdens in situations of lock down as a result of the discriminatory allocation of unpaid domestic and care work;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Recital A q (new) Aq. whereas women are leading the provision of care and support to protect society in the current Covid-19 crisis, and are at the same time more exposed to the risk of contamination due to their overrepresentation in essential and more exposed professions[1], such as nurses and other health professionals, pharmacy workers, super market cashiers, elderly care workers and cleaners1a; __________________ 1a According to Eurostat, 78% of all healthcare workers, including 4.1million low-paid and highly exposed personal carers, are women: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20200409-2
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Recital A r (new) Ar. whereas the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and the strengthening of gender-sensitive policies at the EU level are essential to ensure that the impact of the Covid-19 crisis does not widen gender inequality and that the responses contribute to reduce discrimination against women;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Recital A s (new) As. whereas, especially because of traditional stereotypes, women’s working life risks to be particularly affected by the sanitary measures adopted by Member States in response to the Covid-19 crisis;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Recital A t (new) At. whereas, the COVID-19 crisis will result in even more profound inequalities and discrimination between men and women in the labour market; whereas frontline workers such as nurses and essential workers working in the fields of food retail and delivery, education, agriculture, transport, members of emergency services, civil society, volunteers, cleaning and waste collection, sectors where women predominantly work, are unfairly underpaid and undervalued; whereas there is no justification for calling the urgency of enforcing the EU Treaty principle of equal pay for equal work into question in the time of the crisis;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 d (new) - having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 7 March 2014 on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency2a, __________________ 2a OJ L 69, 8.3.2014, p. 112.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Recital A u (new) Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Recital A v (new) Av. whereas the risk of poverty rises sharply along the life-course, pointing to the accumulating impact of pay inequalities; whereas poverty among those aged 75 years and above is consistently concentrated among women, due mainly to the impact of gendered unpaid care duties and women’s reduced time in work and/or lower earnings throughout their careers and resulting lower pensions received;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Recital A w (new) Aw. whereas psychological or sexual harassment at the workplace or harassment with important consequences on personal and professional aspirations is according to UN experienced by almost 35% of women worldwide and harm women’s self-esteem and their negotiation position for fairer remuneration; whereas fair remuneration and economic independence is an essential requisite for women’s ability to leave an abusive, violent relationship;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Recital A x (new) Ax. whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Recital A y (new) Ay. whereas the participation of women in the labour market continues to grow; whereas women work more frequently in jobs that they are over- qualified for;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Recalls that discrimination on grounds of gender remains widespread and common, and not only damages the individual but also society as a whole; calls therefore on the Commission to step up its actions, beyond the Strategy, to set itself hard targets and present up-to-date or updated legislation and provide sufficient funding to combat discrimination on grounds of gender;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Takes note of the basis for EU intervention as described in the EC road map on the Gender Equality Strategy; underlines the importance of a Gender Equality Strategy that supports, coordinates and complements equality actions by the Member States;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Recalls that the world of work remains unequal as regards income, career perspectives, feminized sectors, access to social protection, education and training; recalls that all these dimensions have to be addressed to achieve gender equality;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Recalls the need to combat multi- layered discrimination, especially of vulnerable groups such as women with disabilities, black women and women of colour, migrant and ethnic-minority women, older women and LGBTIQ+ people;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 e (new) -1e. Welcomes the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality 2020-2025, in particular the inclusion of the horizontal principles of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality; stresses the importance of ensuring that all women, including those from minority groups such as women with disabilities, migrant, women of colour and ethnic minority women, older women, single mothers and LGBTIQ people, benefit from its objectives and actions;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 e (new) - having regard to the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019,
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 e (new) -1e. Welcomes the Commission’s evaluation of the existing framework on equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, the launching of a consultation process on how to improve gender equality in the world of work, the forthcoming Pension Adequacy Report, and the consideration of the provision of pension credits for care-related career breaks in occupational pension schemes;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 f (new) -1f. Is concerned about the limited social mobility that hinders labour mobility amongst women; stresses the need to improve opportunities for labour mobility within the EU;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 f (new) - having regard to the Commission’s EU Action Plan on tackling the gender pay gap for 2017-2019 (COM(2017)0678),
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which incorporates the gender perspective; calls on the Commission to present within the next year a revision of Directive 2006/54/EC; such revision should include a binding definition of "work of equal value" across all occupational sectors which incorporates the gender perspective, a reference to multiple forms of discrimination, additional measures to ensure the enforceability of the directive by imposing more effective sanctions as well as the prohibition of any discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or gender reassignment; remove the outdated restrictions in material scope regarding Occupational Social Security schemes; include reference for Member States to comply with obligations of international and human rights law instruments that they have ratified such as UN Treaties and ILO Conventions; strengthen and update the procedural rights;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which incorporates the gender perspective; with the obligation for companies to draw up initiatives or plans on gender equality, including measures to eliminate segregation, the development of pay systems and career support actions for women;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Urges the Commission to consider a definition of work of ‘equal value’ based on the case-law of the Court of Justice and that includes references to part-time work and the balance between formal professional qualifications and the tasks actually performed, and that places the burden of the proof in the employer or the party claiming that professional experience is a relevant factor to perform the job;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines the principle of non-discrimination, including on the grounds of sex;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls European Parliament resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap and urges the Commission to propose a new EU Action Plan to tackle the gender pay gap, with clear targets for the Member States and an intersectional perspective, to pay attention to the factors leading to the pension gap, and to assess the need for specific measures to reduce this gap going beyond the possible provision of pension credits for both women and men;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Takes the view that mainstreaming a gender perspective in all the EU’s policies is more harmful than beneficial, as its distinctly sexist language runs counter to the spirit of social peace on which the Treaties are founded, disregarding fundamental principles, such as equality between both genders, by putting women before men;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Acknowledges the influence of socially responsible public procurement to support gender equality at work, the increased participation of women in the labour market and the reconciliation of work and private life; calls on the Commission to monitor the compliance of equal pay between women and men as part of all public procurement contracts in the EU, and to use gender-sensitive public procurement as a new strategic procurement approach, adopting guidelines and offering technical support for Member States and public authorities;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 g (new) - having regard to the Commission’s 2019 report on equality between women and men in the EU,
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument on gender pay transparency
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument with sufficient control mechanisms on gender pay transparency as soon as possible;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 h (new) - having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation3a and Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU 3b, __________________ 3a OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23. 3b OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument on gender pay transparency as soon as possible
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses further that the responsibility lies in large extend with employers themselves and calls on the European Commission and the Member States to introduce measures obliging all employers, in both public and private sectors, to adopt full pay transparency policies and practices, such as pay audits, annual gender equality action plans and their monitoring, and gender-neutral criteria for job evaluation, as well providing effective access to justice and setting penalties and sanctions for employers that violate the right to pay equality;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasises and strongly supports the aim to strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women; underlines that pay transparency is crucial in counteracting unfair wage differentials and discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure a binding EU legislation in relation to gender pay transparency, fully respecting the autonomy of national social partners and contractual freedom of social partners in particular in those member states where pay is also a responsibility of the social partners;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Believes that for the future Pay Transparency Directive to bring about real change it must also empower workers and their unions to collectively bargain for positive action and progress and that it is essential that collective bargaining is supported so that it can play its essential role to effectively implement the principle of equal pay; calls on the Commission to promote the role of collective bargaining and to strengthen the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements at all levels (national, sectoral, local and company) in the future pay transparency legislation;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their efforts to eliminate the gender pay gap by rigorously enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, not only through legislation and measures to combat salary discrimination but also by restoring, promoting and defending collective bargaining, and exchanging best practices; calls, furthermore, for measures that tackle vertical and horizontal segregation in employment and discriminatory practices in decisions concerning recruitment and promotion; calls for measures that increase social protection in the fields of maternity, unemployment, sickness (including diseases affecting exclusively women), workplace accidents and occupational diseases;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Takes note of the Commission consultation on a European framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to respect the principle of subsidiarity as enshrined in the treaties when proposing labour market and social policies;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to the principle of subsidiarity when addressing employment policies;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses that comparable gender disaggregated statistics is a valuable tool in addressing the gender pay gap since it raises visibility and helps to monitor progress, or regression, with regard to gender equality; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve and further develop statistics, research and analysis;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to fight against the phenomenon of glass ceiling, such as extensive parental leave, access to high quality, affordable childcare, and the elimination of every form of direct and indirect discrimination linked to promotions in the labour market;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 i (new) - having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality’s Gender Equality Index, in particular the Index’s 2019 report,
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, especially the singularisation and feminisation of old age, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension and life expectancy gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities in the labour market for men and women and to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; recalls the immediate need for the Commission to take adequate measures to close gender gaps and gender discrimination in the labour market; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors such as the education, services, cleaning and care sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into availability of and access to pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the need to combat such stereotypes and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; stresses that the potential of women with disabilities to contribute to economic growth and social development must be more effectively exploited and points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
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2020/05/27
LIBE
94 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital -A (new) -A. whereas in accordance with Article 2 of the TEU, the European Union is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas many Member States have still neither ratified nor transposed the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas there is a Commissioner responsible solely for equality and the European Parliament has a Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, but the Council has no specific body on gender equality and the ministers and secretaries of state responsible for gender equality have no dedicated discussion forum;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas racial, ethnic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate-crime and hate-speech, lack of access to justice, and sustained socio-economic inequalities, which needs to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barrier to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas gender-based violence remains one of the greatest challenges facing our societies, and whereas it is deeply-rooted in gender inequality, still does not receive sufficient media attention and is overlooked both inside and outside the EU;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas the Anti-Discrimination Directive which would provide a greater scope of protection through a horizontal approach remains blocked in the Council for more than a decade;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that male and female workers shall receive equal pay for equal work;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas gender-based violence in all its forms is a violation of fundamental rights which affects all levels of society regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence; whereas gender-based violence is both a cause and a consequence of the structural inequalities; whereas combating gender-based violence requires an understanding of its causes and contributing factors;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas after nine years have elapsed since its approval, the Istanbul Convention has not yet been ratified by all Member States, or by the EU;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas the present decade is witnessing a serious backlash against gender equality and women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas gender stereotyping result from and are the cause of deeply engrained attitudes, values, norms and prejudices, and presents a serious obstacle to the achievement of real gender equality which feeds into gender discrimination;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas European citizens are protected from discrimination under Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights as women with intersecting identities and vulnerabilities face an increased risk of violence and harassment;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that inequality and different forms of GBV towards women and girls has increased during the Covid-19 crisis; calls for this to be duly considered in the Gender Equality Strategy; further calling for specific measures to be implemented as a response to these developments;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that no real progress can be made for gender equality without an intersectional approach, which takes into account the discrimination of undocumented women, women with disabilities, LBT women, Roma women, older women, migrant women and minority women, and which includes specific actions to tackle the inequalities faced by women who are made invisible or overlooked in current gender equality policies. Such actions should include positive equality measures in EU structural fund policies, as well as more specific actions, such as support for strategic litigation in cases of discrimination, diversity policies for women in leadership, developing trainings on the practical implementations of intersectionality in legal expert networks and for the judiciary, and setting up strong and permanent consultative mechanisms that engage with the most marginalised women at the intersections of different grounds of discrimination.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reminds that gender mainstreaming is an indispensable tool to eliminate inequalities, promote gender equality and combat discrimination; calls on the Commission to ensure that gender mainstreaming is introduced in all Union policies and activities and to present concrete follow-up measures; welcomes the commitment to create a Task Force on Equality with the aim of building an intersectional approach on gender mainstreaming in all EU policies; believes that stronger inter-institutional relations in the field of gender mainstreaming can help develop gender-sensitive EU policies and therefore calls for structured cooperation on gender mainstreaming with all institutional partners, such as the Parliament, the Commission, the Council and the EIGE;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that, working together, the EU institutions and Member States need to deepen their engagement with civil society, including women’s movements and organisations, and with international organisations, in order to make progress on gender equality and continue being global leaders.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Welcomes that intersectionality will also be a cross-cutting principle for the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion and the EU strategic frameworks on disability, LGBTI+, Roma inclusion and children’s rights; reiterates the need to step up specific measures to guarantee the non-discrimination and protection of structurally underrepresented groups and groups in vulnerable situations, such as women, people with disabilities, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, LGBTI+ people and minorities such as Roma and people with a socioeconomically and disadvantage background or at risk of poverty and social exclusion; reminds the Commission that further efforts in this direction are needed;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Urges the Commission to use clear indicators, objectives, resources and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that gender mainstreaming is systematically included in all stages of policy design in all EU policies and with an intersectional approach; calls in this sense on the Commission to come up with a roadmap on how to implement gender mainstreaming, including gender budgeting, and an intersectional perspective in all EU polices;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to swiftly adopt the Horizontal Anti-discrimination Directive in order to close the current protection gap in the EU legal framework concerning non-discrimination on grounds of age, disability, religion or belief, or sexual orientation in key areas of life, such as social protection, education and access to goods and services, and to ensure that the EU does not operate an artificial hierarchy of grounds;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Articles 16(1) and 16(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reaffirm on the one hand that men and women are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution, and on the other, that 'the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State';
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to swiftly adopt the Horizontal Anti-discrimination Directive; welcomes the Commission's intention to propose additional anti-discrimination legislation as set out in the political guidelines for the 2019-2024 European Commission and calls on the Commission to swiftly come up with it;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to swiftly adopt
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practices on a regular basis and to harmonise the rights of women in Europe by enacting in their legislation the measures and practices providing the highest levels of protection currently in force in European countries;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Council to establish a gender-equality body bringing together the ministers and secretaries of state responsible for gender equality, in order to put in place joint and tangible measures to respond to the challenges in the area of women's rights and gender equality, and to ensure that gender- equality issues are debated at the highest political level;
Amendment 35 #
2c. Calls on the European institutions to implement a policy of parity, in particular in leadership positions;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the lack of full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); regrets the lack of specific measures in the European Gender Equality strategy to support SRHR in the EU and calls to include SRHR in the next EU Health Strategy and ensure specific funding for their protection; recalls the need for appropriate tools to measure progress with regard to ensuring universal access to SRHR and urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the protection and fulfilment of SRHR for all; calls on the Commission to closely monitor SRHR in Member States;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the lack of full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); condemns serious violations of women's and children's rights within and beyond the EU, including female genital mutilation (FGM), forced abortion and sterilisation, early and forced marriage and other harmful practices against women and girls; calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of GBV; to this end calls for the appointment of a coordinator to implement this action plan; harmful practices against women and girls;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) refers to fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter; while also recognising the importance of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for effective prevention of gender inequality and GBV, including educational measures directed to and implemented with young people, as well as ensuring all young people benefit from comprehensive sexuality education;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the importance of health and sexuality education, in particular for girls and young LGBTI people, who are particularly impacted by inequitable gender norms; calls in this regard for the adoption of an European approach to Comprehensive Sexuality Education in line with the WHO standards and UNESCO guidelines and to support Member States to ensure universal access to this education without discrimination on any ground; highlights the important role of civil society organisations in providing sexuality education; urges the Commission to provide adequate funding for the organisations concerned;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reaffirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities and that LGBTI persons' rights is an integral part of working for the full respect for SRHR; reiterates its call on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the Commission initiative to launch an EU network on the prevention of gender-based violence and domestic violence, bringing together all Member States and stakeholders to exchange good practices and to fund training, capacity-building and support services.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Notes that violence against women on the grounds that they are women or violence deliberately affecting women is one of the greatest challenges facing our societies; urges the Commission therefore to take steps to prevent and combat gender violence and to support and protect the victims of such offences;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that women’s rights are human rights, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up further work with regard to addressing gender stereotypes through greater cooperation with civil society and grassroots organisations advocating women’s rights and empowerment;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas Directives 2011/36/EU, 2011/99/EU and 2012/29/EU establish a basis for combating
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Urges the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention without delay and to advocate and actively support its ratification by all the Member States as a fundamental international human rights obligation; commends the Commission on its commitment to propose measures to achieve the same objectives if accession to the Convention remains blocked;
Amendment 54 #
4. Urges the EU not to accede to the Istanbul Convention
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Is extremely concerned about the recent decision of Hungary to prohibit the right to legal gender recognition, which severely violates the rights of transgender and intersex people and puts transgender and intersex people at risk; recalls that the European Court of Human Rights has consistently and clearly asserted that legal gender recognition falls within the right to private and family life in the European legal framework, which is specifically protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Expresses its concerns seeing the backlash in terms of gender equality in a number of Member States, fuelled by political discourses often emanating from the highest levels of the state, certain church representatives and a plethora of ultra-conservative organisations promoting a patriarchal vision of society undermining women’s emancipation, autonomy and dignity;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Condemns the spread of political narratives deliberately misinterpreting the contents of the Istanbul Convention and the rise of homophobic and transphobic hate speech as well as measures such as the promotion of LGBTI-free zones in Poland or the abolition of the legal recognition of trans people in Hungary.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Welcomes the engagement of the Commission to present an initiative extending the areas of crime to specific forms of gender-based violence in accordance to Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the Istanbul Convention is the first legally binding international instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and girls, establishing a comprehensive framework of legal and policy measures for preventing violence against women, supporting victims and punishing perpetrators;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of GBV; to this end calls for the appointment of a coordinator to implement this action plan; stresses, however, that the best way forward is to regulate all dimensions on gender-based violence in the same piece of legislation by adopting a directive to combat all forms of gender-based violence; reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently submit a legal act on the prevention and suppression of all forms of gender-based violence by making use of the right to legislative initiative enshrined in Article 225 of the TFEU; urges the Commission to step up efforts to move forward in this direction;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that women engaged in the sex industry, including in prostitution, due to poverty discrimination or other types of distress, experience sexualised violence and abuse on a daily basis; calls for targeted measures to ensure sexual freedom and independence for all women;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the continuity of the work of the EU Anti- Trafficking Coordinator by providing a mandate that allows the development of new initiatives; welcomes the new anti- trafficking strategy to be proposed by the Commission; calls for a revision of Directive 2011/36/ EU
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the continuity of the work of the EU Anti- Trafficking Coordinator by providing a mandate that allows the development of new initiatives; welcomes the new anti- trafficking strategy to be proposed by the Commission; calls for a revision of Directive 2011/36/ EU so that the use of services provided by victims of trafficking can be criminalised; points out that the problem of human trafficking in most cases involves women, and therefore highlights the need for efforts to be focused on providing help to smuggled women;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the continuity of the work of the EU Anti- Trafficking Coordinator by providing a mandate that allows the development of new initiatives; welcomes the new anti- trafficking strategy to be proposed by the Commission; stresses the need to combat impunity for those who profit from trafficking; calls for a revision of Directive 2011/36/ EU so that the use of services provided by victims of trafficking can be criminalised;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that the Commission must address the particular situation of women's protection against GBV in reception facilities and calls for adapted infrastructure for women and girls and adequate training for staff at these facilities where needed;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of cyber violence, which are not gender-neutral but are disproportionately targeted towards women and therefore are expressions of GBV; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative instrument on combating cyber violence against women as threats of violence and abuse have a profound impact of women's mental health at all levels of their individual development;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and should be fully respected and protected;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of cyber violence, which are expressions of GBV; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative instrument on combating cyber violence and other forms of online aggression towards women;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of cyber violence
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Believes that, in view of the rapid transformation and digitalisation of the economy and of the labour market, where 90% of jobs require basic digital skills, it is crucial that women help to build the future and that many more girls than is currently the case acquire IT skills so they can play a role in shaping the digital world of tomorrow.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to support action to reduce the gender pay gap, which is a form of gender discrimination;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on GBV and hate crimes, including those committed online, and to guarantee that the rights of the victim are placed at the centre in order to avoid discrimination, traumatisation or re-victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings; calls on Member States to ensure safe conditions for reporting,
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on GBV and hate crimes, including those committed online; calls on Member States to ensure safe conditions for reporting, combat under-reporting, and provide legal aid as well as integrated support services and shelters and to implement preventive measures which take into account the specific needs of vulnerable groups of women, such as child victims, women with disabilities, refugee and LBTI women;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on GBV and hate crimes, including those committed online; calls on Member States to ensure safe conditions for reporting, combat under-reporting, and provide legal aid as well as integrated support services and shelters;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Abhors the continuous attacks on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the right to safe abortion; calls for resilient measures to ensure the enjoyment of these rights for all women;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Requests the Commission to put forward without delay a proposal for a review of the Victims' Rights Directive with a view to adding a specific chapter devoted to victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas a strong pact between Member States is essential to harmonising the rights of women in Europe, by sharing legislation and practices which provide the highest levels of protection and which have proven effective in European countries;
Amendment 80 #
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the i
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the issue of
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the issue of shrinking civic space
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for disaggregated data collection on gender equality and the submission of annual reports on the state of implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Is concerned that women are disproportionally affected by the COVID- 19 crisis; is alarmed by the substantial increase in violence against women and girls and particularly domestic violence since the outbreak of COVID-19; calls on the EU and Member States to target specific actions and support for women and girls, including by setting up adequate services to address violence against women and girls and specialist support services for victims such as shelters, helplines, chat services and other creative support solutions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the EU and Member States to advance gender equality through an ambitious education agenda, emphasizing that the EU needs to be a global leader in this area and set an example to the world, especially in Africa and Asia, whereby education and empowerment for girls and women is the most forceful driver for emancipation, societal development and economic growth.
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has stepped up its efforts to ensure respect for EU standards on work- life balance so that both women and men can have a genuine opportunity to choose how they develop their personal and professional lives;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, a fundamental right and a key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights and at the same time a prerequisite for an innovative, competitive and prosperous European economy;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to put forward specific actions to ensure that grassroots organisations providing essential services have access to funding and are protected against any attack or discriminatory behaviour;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Underlines that gender stereotypes are a root cause of gender inequality and that traditional gender roles and stereotypes are formed in early childhood; believes therefore that preventive measures are key to realising gender equality and women and girls empowerment and that schools are a good environment to challenge gender roles and stereotypes; welcomes that the Commission will launch an EU-wide communication campaign combatting gender stereotypes, focussing on youth engagement; finds however that the EU and Member States should make better use of education systems to prevent the development of gender stereotypes in early childhood;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Urges the Commission to implement gender budgeting as an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages and budget lines; calls for spending on gender equality to be tracked and to assign an independent budget line for each targeted action and proper indicators, impact assessments and a dedicated methodology; calls for relevant accountability and transparency mechanisms, as well as regular and gender-sensitive reporting of the outcomes to be developed and applied;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the availability and comparability of quality disaggregated data on gender-based violence through cooperation with Eurostat, the FRA and the EIGE; calls once again on the Commission to set up a European Monitoring Observatory on gender-based violence;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls on the Commission to adopt concrete measures and monitoring mechanisms to ensure gender balance in all JHA Agencies, including in all levels of management and in leadership positions;
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433 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 — having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 6
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the right to equal pay for equal work of equal value is not guaranteed, in many circumstances even when it is enshrined in law, and whereas the root cause of that discrimination needs to be tackled, whether by protecting and enhancing labour rights or by stepping up action, including by national labour inspection authorities, to ensure that businesses enforce these rights; taking into account that collective bargaining is key to reversing and overcoming inequalities between men and women;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas women and girls face a number of obstacles in the field of sports and are not only subject to violence, but also face pay, prize money and work condition discrimination and are widely underrepresented in boards of sport organisations and media;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas women constitute only 34,4% of the EU self-employed and 30% of start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas poverty in Europe disproportionately affects women, in particular single mothers, women with disabilities, and elderly, migrant and ethnic minority women; whereas 15% of households with children at EU level are single-parent households; whereas on average, 85% of these households are run by single mothers, while 47% of single parent households were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2017; whereas women’s homelessness is a growing problem;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas poverty and social exclusion in Europe disproportionately affect
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas poverty in Europe disproportionately affects women, in particular single mothers, women with disabilities
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas poverty in Europe disproportionately affects women, in particular single mothers and mothers of large families, women with disabilities, and elderly, migrant and ethnic minority women;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas poverty in Europe
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas poverty and social exclusion have structural causes that need to be eradicated and reversed, in particular, through policies on employment, housing, mobility and access to public services; whereas prostitution, trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual exploitation is a form of slavery and incompatible with human dignity, particularly in countries where the sex industry has been legalised; whereas, as a result of the increase in organised crime and its profitability, human trafficking is on the rise around the world; whereas the prostitution market fuels the trafficking of women and children and exacerbates violence against them, particularly in countries where the sex industry has been legalised;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic underlined once more persistent inequalities showing women are the most vulnerable and at the same time the most vital to maintaining public life, essential services and recovery; whereas women are affected the most, immediately and for the long-term; whereas specific measures to counterbalance this are needed; whereas recovery programs or transition funds should not be only directed towards male dominated economic sectors; whereas austerity policies have proven harmful for women, women’s rights and gender equality in the past;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on the EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas women living in rural and peripheral areas face greater challenges than people living in cities: lower living standards, significantly more limited employment opportunities, relative isolation from markets, limited access to infrastructure, including rural infrastructure, public services and health care; whereas rural women have a less privileged position in terms of access to education (including sex education) and information on educational opportunities;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the Anti-Discrimination Directive which would provide a greater scope of protection through a horizontal approach remains blocked in the Council for more than a decade;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the impact of climate change is experienced differently by women, as they are more vulnerable and face higher risks and burdens for various reasons ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights to social and cultural norms and their diverse intersectional experiences; whereas gender equality and the inclusion of women in decision-making is a prerequisite for sustainable development and the efficient management of climate challenges in order to achieve a fair and just transition that leaves no one behind; whereas all climate action must include a gender- and an intersectional perspective; whereas opportunities must be created to facilitate women playing stronger roles in the climate change discussions and decisions as leaders, professionals and technical agents for change;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the impact of climate change is experienced differently by women, as they are more vulnerable and face higher risks and burdens for various reasons;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the impact of climate change is experienced differently by women, as they are more vulnerable and face higher risks and burdens for various reasons; whereas gender equality and the inclusion of women in decision-making is a prerequisite for sustainable development and the efficient management of climate challenges; whereas all climate action must include a gender- and an intersectional perspective; whereas we should strengthen the rights of women to dampen the effects of climate change on women;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas women feel the impact of climate change
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sex and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, are essential to achieving gender equality; whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are the exclusive competence of the Member States;
Amendment 125 #
I. whereas
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas access to
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sex and relationship education, as well as access to sexual
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas women in rural areas face numerous challenges, including limited employment opportunities, poorer access to services, less developed infrastructure and underrepresentation indecision- making fora; whereas they may perform invisible work in the farms due to a lack of a status for assisting spouses allowing their work to be recognised by national systems;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas health rights, particularly sexual and reproductive health rights, are women's fundamental rights, and should be enhanced and cannot be watered down in any way or removed;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to its Resolution of 10 December 2013 on sexual and reproductive health and rights1a, 1a P7_TA(2013)0548
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas 46 million women and girls with disabilities live in the European Union; whereas this figure represents nearly 60% of the overall population of persons with disabilities; whereas most of disabilities are acquired with age;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector; whereas closing the digital gender gap
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector and highlights the need for a gender perspective in and gender impact assessment of all policies addressing the digital transformation; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the occurrence of discrimination resulting from biased data sets, models and algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI); whereas programmers in AI need to be aware of unconscious biases and stereotypes in order to avoid reproducing and reinforcing them;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak has disproportionately affected women; whereas, on the front line against the epidemic, some 70% of workers in the social and health sector were women, whether nurses, doctors or cleaners; whereas women who were teleworking, unemployed or working part-time were subject to even greater pressure, continuing to carry out the majority of domestic and family tasks; whereas, on the basis of complaints submitted, during the COVID-19 period, the number of women who were victims of violence and harassment went up;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas women are disproportionately under-represented in the news and information media; whereas the unequal portrayal of women and men in the media perpetuate stereotypes affecting the image of women and men;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can both increase and decrease economic gaps and labour market segregation;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J b (new) Jb. whereas violence between men and women rises during emergencies of any kind – whether economic crises, conflicts or disease outbreaks; whereas inequalities, the economic and social stress caused by confinement during the epidemic and the social isolation and movement-restricting measures led to an increase in violence against women; whereas many women were confined at home with their aggressors; whereas in some Member States, such as Portugal and France, domestic violence rose by 30% during that period;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J c (new) Jc. whereas the adoption over the decades of 'structural adjustment' plans and neoliberal reforms at European and international level severely weakened public services and national industrial capacity, leading to shortages of masks, medication and hospital capacity, thus increasing reliance on third country states to supply this equipment; whereas there is a real need to put an end to these policies with a view to investing in and bolstering public infrastructure, particularly health infrastructure and to promote the re- industrialisation of states, countering foreign dependency and boosting their sovereignty; whereas, in this context, the provision of high-quality, free and universal public healthcare services;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 26 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy areas, including within the EU Recovery Plan to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas gender mainstreaming
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas women have been at the forefront of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and the present crisis is having a disproportionate impact on women, girls and gender equality; whereas these impacts range from a worrying increase on gender based violence, restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights to massive economic and work impacts for healthcare workers, caregivers and workers in other feminised and precarious sectors;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls, as evidenced by increasing cases of domestic violence against women and children, growing risks of loss of income and poverty, rising unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities and restricted, timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas gender-disaggregated data is essential to make inequalities visible and create targeted policies, but is still lacking in different areas of EU and Member States policies; whereas gender sensitive data is crucial in artificial intelligence and similar developments in order to create non-biased, non- discriminatory and ethically sound AI, algorithms etc.;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas collecting gender- disaggregated data is of utmost importance for a gender-focused approach in all issues at stake, such as amongst others gender-based violence, disabilities, cancer and rare or chronic diseases, the impact of climate change, digital skills and STEM;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has also impacted sex workers, their growing risks of loss of income and poverty, characterised by a further lack of a framework and enforcement of their human rights;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 26 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. Stresses that gender mainstreaming can be useful with regard to budget management and implementation if it helps to address the real problems that women face in Europe;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas the personal and professional objectives of women and men are often different, and whereas for the majority of posts efforts to achieve equal representation are counterproductive, as women and men do not have the same aspirations, with some occupations attracting a majority of women or a majority of men;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas united action is essential to upwardly converge and harmonise women’s rights in Europe through a strong pact between Member States by sharing and committing to the most ambitious legislation and best practices currently in force in the EU;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas gender equality is addressed in EU policies through various EU funds and instruments, and whereas enabling optimal synergies between those in the gender equality area is a very important tool;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas there is a Commissioner exclusively responsible for Equality and the European Parliament has a committee dedicated to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, there is no specific Council configuration on Gender Equality and Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality have no dedicated forum for discussion;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies and as a decisive, clear and ambitious policy framework to counter attacks on women’s rights and gender equality; supports the Commission’s goal of an European Union without discrimination and structural inequalities for all people in all their diversity; underlines the importance of the chosen dual approach, consisting of targeted measures and the consistent application of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as cross-cutting principles, and welcomes the strong link between the areas of work and the elimination of stereotypes, gender biases and discrimination and calls for strong monitoring mechanisms in order to regularly measure and evaluate the success of the strategy and its measures;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on external factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies and as a
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the priority given to gender equality by the new commission and its president as well as the nomination of a dedicated commissioner for equality, and awaits the annual report on equality as a useful evaluation tool to evaluate progress and spot the existing gaps and the needs for gender mainstreaming in policy framework;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘ A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152) must be interpreted with due regard for national competences and the specific circumstances of each Member State,
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the announcement of several complementary strategies on Disability, LGBTI+ and Roma and calls for a strategic framework to connect them, and for an intersectional approach to be adopted in all of them; Reiterates the need to step up specific measures to guarantee the non-discrimination, equality and protection of structurally underrepresented women and disadvantaged groups; Reminds the Commission that further efforts in this direction are needed;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the announcement of several complementary strategies and calls for a strategic framework to connect them,
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2017 on women and their roles in rural areas,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The main objectives of gender equality policies are: - to combat violence and inequality caused in particular by social standards dictated by religious and community groups hostile towards the respect to shown women that is inherent in European civilisation; - equal pay for men and women for equal work and equal skills; - economic support for mothers and pregnant women; - to increase pension rights for women who have raised their children; - to fight domestic violence;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures and that it does not set concrete gender equality targets to be achieved by 2025 nor clear monitoring tools; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes, responsibilities, a yearly review and monitoring mechanism and additional targeted actions
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectively; calls in particular for clear timeframes with regards to the development of a new framework for the cooperation of internet platforms, the new EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings, the gender equality strategy in the audio-visual industry (as part of the MEDIA sub- programme) and the EU-wide communication campaign combatting gender stereotypes;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Regrets that the strategy remains
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes, clear and measurable indicators of success, and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectively;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a concrete roadmap, with timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectively;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2018 on care services in the EU for improved gender equality,
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to respect the commitments of the 2020 Work Programme in any revision and deliver on time a proposal for binding pay transparency measures, an EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, a LGBTI Equality Strategy, a post 2020 EU Framework on Roma Equality and Inclusion Strategies, a New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and a EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for parity between men and women and gender equality to be essential, core aspects of the Union's policies, while fully respecting the differences between men and women and their mutual complementarity; calls, in this regard, for the use of EU funds to be targeted at concrete measures to support citizens rather than at promoting purely ideological campaigns, the sole aim of which is to create new gender models;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Demands that equality between men and women be an essential element of Union policies, while deeply respecting mutual differences and complementarities between men and women, and calls to this end for European funds to be used to target specific actions to support citizens and not just to promote ideological campaigns, whose sole objective is to develop new gender models;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission, in partnership with Member States, to monitor and work towards the full implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, the ICPD Programme for Action and the outcomes of their review conferences, and of all the SDG targets, including targets 3.7 and 5.6, both within and outside the EU, using indicators in line with the UN global indicator framework for the SDGs;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses however the need for a opportunities-based approach of the Gender Equality Strategy; asks the Commission to take ‘equal opportunities for women’ as the starting point to further roll out the strategy;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Member States to approve and implement the Anti- Discrimination Directive and guarantee that multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination are eradicated in all EU Member States;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that it would be a wrong signal to postpone some elements of the new strategy; therefore urges the Commission to stay on track with the Gender Equality Strategy and to stick to the proposed timeframe; welcomes the commitment to present a legislative proposal on pay transparency by the end of 2020, to strengthen the enforcement of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men and to address the gender pay and pension gaps in cooperation with the social partners;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in line with the aims of the Strategy to systematically incorporate a gender perspective in all stages of the response to the Covid-19 crisis and promote women’s involvement at all levels of the decision-making process;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Stresses the need to ensure reliable and adequate collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data for the basis of decision-making by securing and expanding the funding, and capacities of EIGE;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Stresses the need to allocate adequate funding with due attention to women's needs within in the next MFF, including the EU cohesion policy and CAP, the Citizens Equality Rights and Values programme, Horizon Europe, InvestEU; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in implementing gender budgeting as an integral part of the budgetary procedure across with improved monitoring of spending on gender equality, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to take due account of women's needs while designing and distributing funds agreed within the ‘Next generation EU’ recovery plan for Europe;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls on the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights in Europe by introducing in their respective legislation the most ambitious national measures and practices currently into force in the EU Member States;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. We may equally call to incorporate within the Commission's monitoring process Gender Equality Index by EIGE, develop gender pension gap indicator, following Parliament's recommendations in its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the genderpension gap, to be monitored within GES as the only one accumulating all inequalities women experience throughout their lives, consider also other indicators on gender pay and care gaps, gender digital divide etc.;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Calls on the Council to adopt Council Conclusions to approve the Gender Equality Strategy and identify concrete actions to implement it;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Eliminating violence against women and gender-based violence
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Commission’s commitment to combating gender-based violence, supporting and protecting the victims of these crimes and ensuring that those responsible are held accountable for their crimes; supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issue; considers it particularly important in this regard to provide for - and punish as crimes - specific forms of gender-based violence, such as female genital mutilation (FGM), forced abortion, forced sterilisation, forced marriages and the publication of revenge porn, as well as gender-based violence perpetrated online;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States particularly during the current COVID-19 public health crisis to address the increased cases of male violence against women and girls; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of a
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 — having regard to Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12 and
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Condemns the campaign against the Istanbul Convention that targets violence against women and its misinterpretation; is worried about the rejection of the zero-tolerance norm for violence against women and gender-based violence, for which there is a strong international consensus; indicates that the very essence of the principles of human rights, equality, autonomy and dignity is being questioned; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s ratification and full implementation of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification by all the Member States;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that the main purposes of gender equality policies are: - to combat violence and inequality; - equal pay for men and women and equal work and skills; - financial support for single mothers and pregnant women; - payment of specific parental allowances and registration of credits for pension rights; - to curb domestic violence;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that any equality strategy should tackle all forms of violence against women, including backsliding over and violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights; reiterates that access to healthcare and public services, particularly access to induced abortion services and psychological support for women victims of violence should be considered a priority;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes the commitment to ensure that the new Victims’ Rights Strategy will address the specific needs of victims of violence against women and girls; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, specially the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for violence against women to be punished with the most severe criminal penalties; insists that a ban be imposed under press laws on the use of the term 'honour crime' employed in some European societies to describe the murder of young girls who refuse to bow to the demands of Islamic law;
Amendment 209 #
5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 9 and
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis; highlights the importance of the engagement of local and regional governments in this process; underlines the role of education, including boys’ and men’s, and calls for countering toxic masculinity in this regard;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation, as well as possible legislation, on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender- based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis; urges that appropriate follow-up measures are put forward, all respecting the principle of non-discrimination;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence; requests that
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to protect women who are minors, who belong to minorities or have a health problem or disability as potential victims and targets of different forms of violence; supports the Commission's plan to present and finance measures to combat possible abuse, exploitation and violence against these particularly vulnerable groups;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for proper protection of women victims of domestic violence to be ensured, increasing states' means and effective responses;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out that informal carers, domestic
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy and to ensure that complaints and grievance mechanisms are independent, confidential, accessible and effective for all women without discrimination of any kind and that specific measures are put in place to protect complainants from employer retaliation and repeat victimisation;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out that
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace and the need for concrete measures at the EU level to fight against psychological and sexual harassment to address these issues; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the key role played by civil society associations in combating gender- based violence and supporting victims; notes that the lack of funding makes the mission of these associations even more complex; urges the Commission, therefore, to provide adequate funding in the budget for associations pursuing these aims;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. emphasises the need to recognise and combat all types of violence and harassment in the educational system, schools, universities, traineeships, programmes for professional development and all others, across the whole sector;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence which disproportionally affects women and girls (including online harassment, cyberbullying and sexist hate speech); welcomes in this regard the announcement to work with the tech platforms and the ICT sectors, in order for the latter to address the issue through adequate technical measures such as prevention techniques and response mechanisms to harmful content; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the services involved at all stages from prevention and protection to prosecution, such as police force, the justice system
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence often directed at women daring to speak out, like activists, women politicians and other public figures being used in order to silence women and shut them out of male dominated public life; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the proposed 2020 EU Strategy for Victims; asks in particular a specific approach for psychological violence on women and the impact on their mental health on the long run; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, such as the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims; stresses the need for all victims to have access to justice through the implementation of the Victims Rights Directive, which is still incomplete in some Member States;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Draws the attention of the Commission and Member States to the extremely dramatic situation of children orphaned by gender-based violence or forced to live in an environment of domestic violence and urges them to take these situations into account when tackling the problem of domestic violence;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Asks for continuing the promotion of the victims’ rights also through the existing instruments such as the European Protection Order;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focus, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; thus requests that the strategy looks closely at the situation of women in prostitution and the impact of cross-border prostitution; highlights the important role and work of the EU-Anti- Trafficking Coordinator and underlines the importance to continue this work in the future; insists on the importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demand like for example the so-called Nordic Model;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focus, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; insists on the importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demand; demands that surveys be carried out among the chancelleries and diplomatic representations to the European Union of countries known to be practising slavery in order to verify whether such practices are not covered by the immunity conferred on them;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focus, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for diverse purposes
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focus, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; insists on the importance of including measures and
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focus, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to present the
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Asks the Commission to put forward without delay a proposal for a review of the Victims' Rights Directive with a view to strengthening the rights of victims of gender-based violence, and anticipates the new Victims' Rights Strategy to include the importance of combating gender-based violence;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for stronger measures concerning sexual offence legislation and underlines that sex must always be voluntary; calls on the Commission to include recommendations to all Member States to amend the definition of rape in their national legislation so that it is based on the absence of consent;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Asks in this regard the European Commission to produce a Directive on Combatting Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in the EU as trafficking for sexual exploitation represents the most widespread form of trafficking;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Takes the view that prostitution is a serious form of violence and exploitation;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Acknowledges that prostitution and sexual exploitation are unacceptable forms of exploitation and violation of human dignity and run counter to human rights principles, including equality between men and women; stresses that the normalisation of prostitution has an impact on young people’s perception of sexuality and of the relationship between women and men; urges the Member States to provide financial support for the adoption of specific programmes for prostituted women seeking to gain their freedom from that form of exploitation and violence; takes the view that practical measures should be taken to protect women's rights, preventing social exclusion, which in many cases lead to prostitution networks;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women; stresses the need for comprehensive and comparable gender- disaggregated data at EU level and for harmonisation of data collection systems among Member States;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Welcomes the EU-wide communication campaign combatting gender stereotypes as well as violence prevention measures focusing on men, boys and masculinities; calls for clearer measures to target destructive masculinity norms as gender stereotypes are a root cause of gender inequality and affect all areas of society;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for more attention and support on orphanages and foster homes for victims of violence, which have been closed or whose shelter capacity has been heavily limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, obliging women or young girls and children to face the quarantine in their abuser’s home;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that the promotion of uncontrolled migration flows leads to serious violations of the rights of women who are often exploited and discriminated against by transnational and transcontinental criminal organisations operating in the area of human trafficking;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines the fact that violence against women is often the main reason why women experience homelessness; therefore urges the Commission to take the necessary measures to prevent violence against women leading to or prolonging homelessness;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) — having regard to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), its Programme of Action, and the outcomes of its review conferences,
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Welcomes the announcement of a Victims´ Rights Strategy in 2020, which will address the specific needs of victims of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, building on the Victims´ Rights Directive;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Urges the Council to adopt a decision according to Article 83(1) TFEU identifying violence against women as a an area of crime covered by EU law as there is special need to combat such crimes on a common basis;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Welcomes the announcement of a Recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, besides possible legislation, to combat Female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, early and forced marriage and so-called ‘honour- related violence’, which specifically injures children and young girls;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets to ensure free, accessible and high- quality childcare; calls for financial support for and the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet achieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies; underlines the goal of equal carers and equal earners which needs to be at the heart of these efforts and welcomes, in this context, as a first step the work-life-balance directive;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets and the call on Member States to ensure adequate investments in early childhood education, care services and long-term care services including from available EU funding; calls for financial support for and the sharing of best
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets, paying particular attention to the 'demographic challenge'; calls for financial support
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets; calls for
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the need to create a public crèche and pre-school education network: this is a broad social responsibility and should be a universal public service that is actually accessible to all children and families who wish to use this network;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 b (new) — having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its related Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to closely examine women's needs and participation in the labour market as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation while designing programmes within the next Multiannual financial framework as well as the recovery plan Next Generation EU;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the importance of accessible, affordable, quality and inclusive early childhood education and care in particular for young mothers in giving them the opportunity to work and/or to study; recalls in this respect the principle eleven of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Points out that the promotion of uncontrolled migration flows leads to serious infringements of the rights of women, who are often exploited and discriminated against by transnational and transcontinental criminal organisations operating in the human trafficking sector;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting are essential tools to assess and target the effects of different policy actions and budgetary use on men and women and should be used throughout the policy making process and budgetary actions;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Considers it a priority to take action to support the family, including in terms of providing adequate and affordable childcare facilities, which will make a positive contribution to women's participation in the labour market and their retirement prospects;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Stresses the need to boost investment in public services significantly, particularly healthcare, education and transport services, with a view to addressing populations' needs and contributing to the independence, equality and emancipation of women;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the EU Member States to timely and effectively transpose the work- life balance Directive as well as on the Council to effectively monitor its implementation;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care (childcare, care for older people and persons with disabilities or persons requiring long term care), feeding into a study examining the care gap to inform an initiative for a European Care Strategy; notes that the strategy in question has to respect the competences of the Members States as laid in the Treaties but would aim to improve the cooperation and coordinator of all measures which could be beneficial for the EU informal carers and the people they are taking care of; stresses that cooperation at European level together with the efficient use of EU funds can contribute to the development of quality, accessible and affordable care services;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Maintains that public, universal and compassionate social security, free and high-quality public and healthcare services should be provided, access to justice should be ensured and the right to housing should be enshrined;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 c (new) — having regards to the UNFCC Paris Agreement of 2016 and the Enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its Gender Action Plan of December 2019,
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020; stresses in this regard on the importance of a full cooperation and involvement of the social partners and all the stakeholders; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women across different occupational sectors still needs to be addressed; strongly recommends the inclusion of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men, which
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020; considers it necessary, however, to introduce EU-wide binding measures to bridge the gender pay gap; points out,
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020, with the proviso that for all measures taken, the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises must be assessed and appropriate exemptions provided for; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value across different occupational sectors still needs to be addressed; strongly recommends the inclusion of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men, which could be defined as follows: ‘Work shall be deemed of equal value if, based on a comparison of two groups of workers which have not been formed in an arbitrary manner, the work performed is comparable, taking into account factors such as the working conditions, the degree of responsibility conferred on the workers, and the physical or mental requirements of the work’; points out that gender-neutral job evaluation tools
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 — having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘ A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152), which must be interpreted with due regard for national competences and the specific circumstances of each Member State,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the importance of improving the work-life balance in order to address the gender gap in the labour market; welcomes the Commission's commitment to monitoring correct transposition into national legislation and ensuring the full implementation of the Work-Life Balance Directive by 2022; calls on the Commission to monitor constantly and have no hesitation in imposing sanctions on Member States which do not implement EU legislation properly with regard to gender equality and equal working conditions;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Takes the view that there is a central element to tackling inequalities; encourages the Member States to promote policies that enhance the status of work, increase real wages and safeguard rights, outlawing job insecurity, tackling the deregulation of labour relations and working hours, and imposing severe restrictions on the use of solutions such as part-time and temporary work; supports collective bargaining as a means not only to place value on working conditions but also to tackle inequalities between men and women;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Reminds ones again to put a stronger focus on gender equality within the different phases of the European Semester process and calls for the introduction of a gender equality pillar and an overarching gender equality objective in the successor of the Europe 2020 strategy; Urges to incorporate clear gender equality indicators and developing statistical methods and analysis for monitoring progress on gender equality with an intersectional perspective in the country-specific challenges identified in the Social scoreboard;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Highlights that 70 % of the global health and social workforce are women, often only paid the minimum wage and in precarious working conditions, and calls for the levelling up of wages and working conditions in strongly female-dominated sectors like care, health and retail sales, as well as the eradication of the gender pay and pension gap and labour market segregation;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Underlines that equal opportunities and higher labour market participation among women can increase jobs, economic prosperity and competitiveness in Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States to set goals to reduce precarious jobs and involuntary part-time work in order to improve the situation for women in the labour market. Full-time work should be the norm.
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Member States to swiftly transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive to ensure a fair division of work and family life and invites them to go beyond the minimum standards set out in the directive; calls on the Commission to monitor its full implementation;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls for affordable and good quality childcare and long-term care services that enable a return to employment, particularly for women, and facilitate a good work-life balance;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to support, encourage, facilitate and promote access to the labour market for women in rural and peripheral areas and to ensure equal opportunities for women;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Urges the Member States to take further action in the fight against discrimination of women in the labour market;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to further protect mothers and fathers, including by increasing periods of leave, taking into account the World Health Organisation recommendation that children be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives, and ensuring that these parents are paid at 100%, without loss of pay; calls for the right, after the end of maternity leave, to a reduction in working hours to be ensured so that mothers can breastfeed their children until they are at least two years old, and for practical measures to be taken to ensure that protection, alongside investment in the establishment of a free public network of childcare and education services;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) — having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thereof, in particular goal 5 and its targets and indicators,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new) — having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee of 7 May 2020 titled 'Demographic challenges in the EU in light of economic and development inequalities',
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Stresses that gender pay gap in the media sector is high and female journalists are more likely than men to face harassment, violence, sexism, discrimination; recalls the second chapter of the European Pillar of Social Rights on fair working conditions; therefore calls on Member States to safeguard the right to fair and safe working conditions of all workers in media sector;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Takes the view that the participation of women in all activity sectors must be increased; takes the view that investment in states' public services and social functions is a means to ensure access, on an equal basis, to healthcare, education, culture, social security and justice; urges the Member States to take specific social measures to tackle the risk of social exclusion and poverty, particularly with regard to access to housing, transport and energy at accessible prices;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new) 11d. Calls on the Member States to take measures to ensure access for migrant and refugee women to healthcare, employment, food and information services and to mitigate protection risks, particularly violence between men and women and trafficking of women;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Encourages the Member States to take firm measures to sanction businesses that fail to comply with labour legislation and discriminate between men and women; takes the view, furthermore, that conditionality should be applied in the allocation of EU funds to companies that have high working standards and do not discriminate against women;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new) 11f. Urges the Member States to take specific measures to combat the risk of poverty in old age and retirement, increasing pensions and boosting social benefits; takes the view that income inequalities between men and women in retirement must be overcome and this calls for pensions to be increased, and for public, universal and solidarity-based social security systems to be maintained and enhanced, ensuring that they are redistributive and provide a fair and decent income after a lifetime of work, safeguarding the sustainability of public social security systems by creating jobs with rights and improving wages;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new) 11g. Calls on the Member States to take practical measures to ensure women's equal access to work with rights and decent wages; takes the view that collective bargaining is a determining factor in reversing and overcoming inequality and tackling discrimination against women, and that the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value must be enshrined in law and life;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive; urges the Commission to continue working with the Member States as well as current and incoming EU presidencies to urgently unblock the deadlock in Council and adopt the proposed Directive on “Women on Boards”;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive and to develop a strategy with Member States for meaningful representation of women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles, including in all EU Institutions;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new) — having regard to the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to
Amendment 311 #
12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices such as public indexes on companies’ equality performance, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to c
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions, while adhering to the principles of merit and worth associated with the post concerned, by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls upon the Commission to advance female entrepreneurship and access to loans and equity finance through EU programme sand funds; stresses on the need of awareness raising regarding the existing and future EU funding possibilities for women and girls entrepreneurs;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the right to equal treatment is a defining fundamental right recognised in the European Union Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and essential for its further development;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and calls for the introduction of a binding quota and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; welcomes furthermore the European Commission’s announcement to lead by example with regards to management positions and calls for strategies to guarantee a meaningful representation of women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles in the European Commission;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; calls on the Member States to introduce binding quotas in their electoral systems to ensure equal representation of women and men in both the European and the national parliaments;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; notes the efforts made in that sense in the composition of the current European Commission;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Notes that the film industry is one of the highest segments of cultural and creative sectors with considerable cultural, social and economic weight and that film is a powerful medium that both reflects and shapes society and culture; regrets that women are severely under- represented in key creative positions in the film industry across Europe, including directing, even though an almost equal number of women and men graduate from film schools; therefore recommends that Member States keep close attention to the processes producing inequalities within the whole sector and thus further contributing to the unequal position of women, girls and LGBTIQ persons and calls on Member States to develop and implement policies to eradicate persisting inequalities within the whole audio-visual sector in order to prevent a further decline of the opportunities for women and girls;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for women also to be able to fulfil their life plans in rural areas; points out that the requisite infrastructure for this must be available, new areas of business developed, the return to work facilitated and the participation of a whole range of cooperation partners encouraged in order to create sources of income and employment close to their homes for women in rural areas and improve social cohesion in villages;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Affirms that equal pay must be based on merit-based criteria, without discrimination on grounds of sex, and must be promoted through incentive and reward mechanisms that facilitate the integration of women into the labour market, without imposing sanctions and binding measures on companies and employers, which lead to additional burdens and costs in the private sector;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Recognises the efforts and contribution of women to families and households, which are an important element of social stability and the transmission of culture; calls for action to overcome negative stereotypes about women who work in the home and increase their social and economic recognition;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to step up their efforts in putting forward concrete measures and specific funds to combat the feminisation of poverty and of precarious work, with a particular focus on those women facing multiple forms of discrimination;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls upon the Member States to promote and develop policies within the performing arts sector which will respect the value of equal opportunities as well as gender equality in all activities with an emphasis of derogating the negative effects of the long lasting disparities and inequalities such as the gender divide across the music sector where it is roughly 70% male to 30% female across all regions and in Europe, women representing 20% or less of registered composers and songwriters, on average earn 30% less than men working within the sector, compose only 2.3% of classical works performed at concerts and own only 15% of record labels;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Calls upon the Member States to promote and develop policies within the sports sector to fight the especially high pay and prizemoney discrimination, violence against women and girls in sports and to also ensure that more women in sports (players, managers, etc.) are included in media representation and in deciding positions of sport organisations; calls on the European Commission to include the aspect of sports into the planned campaign against gender stereotypes;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. taking into account that the pay gap is a reflection of the greater exploitation of and discrimination against women in the labour market and that this discrimination between women and men is deliberately promoted in an effort to facilitate and intensify policies designed to impose low wages and deregulate labour; in the light of the fact that the root causes of wage discrimination between men and women lie in the deregulation and devaluation of labour, but also the absence of measures enabling a proper balance between women’s professional, family and personal lives, as a result of increasingly precarious working conditions that lead to shorter working periods within a lifetime and impose on women more precarious labour situations, such as part-time or temporary work and lower wages;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, and points out the risk of this reinforcing and reproducing stereotypes and gender bias through the programming of AI and other programs; highlights the possible negative impacts of digitalisation on women and girls and calls for gender mainstreaming in all of Europe’s digital policies; calls for technologies and AI to be transformed into tools in the fight to eradicate gender stereotypes and to empower girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study and to stay on these career paths;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Welcomes the recognition of the impact of the digital transition on women and girls and urges the Commission to ensure the adoption of concrete gender mainstreaming measures in the implementation of the Single Market Strategy and Digital Agenda, ensuring a clear link between commitments on ending stereotypes with comprehensive actions to ensure women’s economic independence in the formation of the digital labour market;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls for the structure of traditional gender norms and gender- specific attribution of jobs and activities to be further broken down with the aim of overcoming persisting prejudices and gender stereotypes; stresses the importance of sensitising all those involved in the process of selecting study courses and careers in this regard;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines the importance of access and development of digital skills for older women, women in rural areas and women and girls in disadvantaged positions with limited access to new technologies in order to remain connected to the active life and to facilitate the keeping of contact with friends and relatives;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Urges the Commission to ensure the adoption of concrete gender mainstreaming measures in the implementation of the Single Market Strategy and the Digital Agenda;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to use Horizon Europe to provide insights and solutions on addressing potential gender biases in AI; asks, however, to use all possible funding to support projects which encourages girls and women to improve their digital skills, and which makes them familiar with STEM;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Recognises women's contribution and their vital role in raising children, particularly minors, by recognising the role of mothers who decide to devote themselves to the well-being and protection of the family unit;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reiterates the importance of gender mainstreaming as a systematic approach to achieving gender equality; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s newly established task force on equality and calls for this task force to periodically report to the FEMM committee about its work; underlines the importance of transparency and the involvement of women’s rights and civil society organisations; Calls for members of the task force to be adequately trained and resourced; urges the Commission to incorporate provisions
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reiterates the importance of gender mainstreaming as a systematic approach to achieving gender equality underlines therefore its importance to be part of any solution to any challenge the EU and its Member States are confronted with like the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s newly established task force on equality; underlines the importance of transparency and the involvement of women’s rights and civil society organisations from diverse backgrounds; urges the Commission to incorporate provisions making the consideration of inputs from the task force compulsory for Directorates-
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to create a thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas through the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD); stresses that this sub-programme would seek to encourage women’s employment and female entrepreneurship using opportunities linked to agro-tourism and the development of digital villages, improving female farmers’ access to land, credit and financial instruments, skills and performance through education, training and advisory services, increased participation in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme; calls in this regard for earmarking EU funds for better living and working conditions in rural areas, including better access to services and development of infrastructure, with a particular focus on access to broadband internet as well as supporting entrepreneurial initiatives and access to credit, thereby empowering women in rural areas; calls on the Member States to exchange best practices on professional status for assisting spouses in the agricultural sector, thereby addressing women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension entitlements, as well as requests that the Commission prepares guidance in this regard;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Takes the view that, for the EU's budgetary resources to be reflected in the Member States' implementation of equality strategies, the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 must be stepped up significantly, particularly its wealth redistribution role through support intended to further real economic and social convergence between Member States – structural and investment and cohesion funds – and support for productive sectors and employment with rights, by giving Member States grants (rather than loans);
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the development of equality policies should be based on access to equal opportunities for women and men while supporting women in reconciling their work and family lives;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Welcomes the Commission’s intent to introduce new measures to promote women-led start-ups and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in 2020 and to strengthen gender equality under the Horizon Europe; stresses that the requirement of a gender equality plans from applicants is a crucial tool for advancement in this area;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Highlights the important work of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the aim of achieving gender equality and underlines the need for its continuous and adequate funding;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission to have a specific approach for single mothers, as single mothers are particularly economically vulnerable as they often earn less than men and are more likely to leave the labour market when they become a parent; calls on the Commission to enhance in this regard the enforcement of existing legal tools on cross-border collection of alimony, with public awareness raising of their availability; urges the Commission to work closely with the Member States to identify practical problems linked with alimony collection in cross-border situations and to develop tools to effectively enforce payment obligations;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Recalls that sex and gender have important implications for public health, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, because both biological and social influences are critical to health, and stresses that investment in research of the differences between women and men in relation to their health should be supported through Horizon Europe in order to encourage healthcare systems that are responsive to the needs of both women and men;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Reiterates the need to apply conditionality in the allocation of EU funds to companies that fail to meet high labour standards and discriminate against women;
Amendment 356 #
15c. Stresses that the response to the COVID-19 epidemic could be used to establish additional budget resources that the Member States could mobilise to support victims of violence; urges the Member States to provide greater labour and social protection for women, including through a firm commitment to tackling precariousness, low salaries and unregulated working hours, and through support for unemployed or economically and socially vulnerable women; takes the view that all EU-funded investments in measures intended to address the COVID- 19 outbreak and its consequences, which have exacerbated existing economic and social problems, may be financed at a rate of 100%;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 d (new) 15d. Acknowledges that new and improved educational and social infrastructure for children, the young and the elderly are necessary, including more (and better) opportunities to access education and eliminate discrimination, through specific measures; urges the Member States to create the conditions to eradicate and reverse the structural causes of poverty and social exclusion; to promote access to a variety of types of social provisions for children, young people, adults, the elderly, and persons with disabilities, among other social groups, seeking to provide public responses where they are lacking; to provide better housing conditions and mobility options and to take action in the areas that determine social inclusion, such as family settings, urban spaces, education and health promotion, leisure time and spaces and access to culture, sport and information and knowledge;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Member States on average scored 67.4 out of 100 in the EU Gender Equality Index 2019, a score which has improved by just 5.4 points since 2005;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges that gender mainstreaming be incorporated into EU environmental and climate policies, such as the Green Deal, that financial and institutional support, gender expertise and strong policy measures to encourage the equal participation of women in decision-making bodies and national- and local-level climate policy be guaranteed, and that recognition and support be given to women and girls as agents for change; calls on the European authorities to treat the climate issue with all the seriousness it deserves and to avoid recourse to media figures, in particular minors, whose independence and credibility are open to question on this account;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges that gender mainstreaming be incorporated into EU environmental and climate policies, such as the Green Deal, that financial and institutional support, gender expertise and strong policy measures to encourage the equal participation of women in decision-making bodies and national- and local-level climate policy
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges that
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses the importance of addressing gender equality aspects related to the future world of work, including greening and digitalising the economy; regrets the weak link between the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality and the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission to strengthening the connection between climate change policies and gender equality in its upcoming proposals;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the European Commission to design a roadmap to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at COP25 and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budget resources, to implement and monitor gender- responsible climate action in the EU and globally;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses the need to increase resources for the EU programmes dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and in particular the recovery fund, in order to respond to the aggravation of existing inequalities during the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Underlines that every new measure, mechanism or strategy should go through a gender impact assessment, an implementation of gender budgeting to climate related funds, which ensures that funding choices don’t aggravate inequalities and that they integrate a women’s perspective;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to take gender equality and a life-cycle perspective into account in shaping the latest European policies and strategies, which will contribute to increasing women's economic independence and reducing inequalities in this area in the long term;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take actions in order to ensure that women can gain from the opportunities created by the green transition; underlines that gender should be mainstreamed in employment policies related to sustainability and just transition in order to deliver policies that allow for proper work-life balance, and ensure equal pay, a decent income, personal development and adequate social protection; urges that projects financed under environmental programs and access to investments for climate action should incorporate a gender perspective;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas actions to promote equality between women and men must take account of the differences between women and men, and equality itself consists in access to equal opportunities;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Stresses the importance of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary procedure and in all budget lines as an effective tool for promoting gender equality and the need for spending on gender equality to be promoted with independent budget lines for targeted actions;
Amendment 371 #
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households; stresses that individual taxation is instrumental in terms of achieving tax fairness for women; underlines the negative consequences of failing to incentivise women’s employment and their economic independence and draws attention to the high gender pension gap resulting from joint taxation; stresses that tax systems should no longer be based on the assumption that households pool and share their funds equally; underlines the impact of period poverty on many European women due to expensive menstrual hygiene products and high levels of taxation of these in many Member States and thus urges the European Commission and the Member States to take action against this indirective tax discrimination and period poverty;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that tax policies have
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households; stresses that individual taxation
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Notes that tax policies
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to leverage sport to the realisation of gender equality and women’s empowerment at large, given the powerful and undeniable role sport can play in; helping women and girls break-down gender stereotypes, building confidence and strengthening their leadership skills; providing safe spaces where women and girls can engage with each other and build awareness and understanding of various issues, including sexual health and gender-based violence; providing effective platforms to promote female role models and leaders with international, national and local reach; providing an appropriate environment through which boys and men can be sensitised to issues of gender equality;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for the EU’s recovery fund to be dedicated to women and their economic recovery, too; therefore calls the funding to be based on a measurable gender mainstreaming principle through which a fair, adequate and coherent distribution of funding can be guaranteed, in order to meet the actual needs of women and to contribute to gender equality; furthermore asks for a special women corona fund supporting the fight in main areas against persisting inequalities like violence against women, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and women in the labour market; stresses the need to advance on a gender sensitive budget in order to make sure women do not loose investment opportunities or funds;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcoming these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas women face intersecting inequalities and discrimination, including those linked to their race, ethnic or social origin, sexual orientation, gender identities and expression, religion or belief and residence status; whereas advancing gender equality and investing in women and girls not only benefits the whole society but is a goal in itself; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Asks the Commission to address health inequalities; while women have a higher life expectancy than men, their healthy life expectancy is about the same, meaning that women spend a larger share of their lives in bad health; therefore asks the Commission to address health inequalities within the forthcoming EU Health Strategy and calls for an increased health aspect in the Gender Equality Strategy which should focus on access to preventive health at all stages of life, health and safety of women in the workplace, and a specific gender focus in the Europe’s beating cancer plan;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to prioritise closing the gaps in inequalities between women and men by applying gender mainstreaming to the EU budget (MFF) and recovery plan “Next Generation EU”; calls on the Commission and Council within this context to invest in the care economy and to adopt a Care Deal for Europe, to complement the New Green Deal; calls on the Commission and the Council to be guided by the timely European Gender Equality Strategy 2020- 2025, adopted in March 2020;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the EU to adopt an intersectional and gender equality perspective to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and to allocate substantial funding of the Recovery and Resilience Instrument on women’s jobs and the advancement of women’s rights as well as gender equality;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Urges the need to further incorporate the gender perspective in the upcoming Disability Equality Strategy 2021, with due attention to improved access to the labour market through targeted measures and actions;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17c. Asks the Commission to reach in particular the most vulnerable women; calls, therefore, to make sure that all relevant actions of the strategy leave no woman behind;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 d (new) 17d. Asks the Commission, in light of the proven benefits of human milk for new-borns, to promote breastfeeding, especially for preterm infants; calls on the Commission to support policies which enhance uptake of human milk both breastfeeding and donated milk for preterm infants and to promote the cross- border use of milk banks to ensure that women in border regions can avail of this support when necessary;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange of best practices between Member States
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas structures and stereotypes
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for comprehensive sex and relationship education, gender- sensitive responses to epidemics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission to include SRHR
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange of best practices between Member States
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for comprehensive sex and relationship education, gender- sensitive responses to epidemics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Highlights that the current Covid- 19 pandemic showed clear differences between women and men with regards to the mortality rate which underlines once more the importance of gender-specific medicine and research; calls on the Commission to support such research and share and promote its results;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Deplores the fact that such a remarkable and courageous personality as Taslima Nasrin had to flee Germany and then Sweden to take refuge in the United States and India; calls on the aforementioned Member States of the European Union to make amends for the harm she has suffered and to provide her with diplomatic protection;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Deplores likewise the fact that Ayaan Hirsi Ali, even though of Dutch nationality, was forced to emigrate to the United States, where she received American nationality, after the refusal of her own government to ensure her protection; calls on the Member States of the European Union to make amends for the harm she has suffered and to provide her with diplomatic protection;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls on the Commission to support research on non-hormonal contraception for women, providing them with more alternatives as well as to support research on contraceptives for men, aiming to provide for equality in access to and use of contraceptives as well as shared responsibility;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B.
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in the establishment of university chairs in gender studies and feminist research and to develop education tools for gender sensitive education in order to tackle stereotypes from an early age on; calls on the Commission to help sharing best practices in the field of sexist advertisement;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; underlines as well their financial difficulties resulting from the current crisis and calls for increased funding in order to sufficiently fund their continuous work; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression informing the Commissioner for Equality, the Commissioner for Demography and Democracy and the President of the Commission; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Demands strengthened support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide, including organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and rights and LGBTI+, through increased and earmarked financial support in the next MFF; Calls on the European Commission to carry out a global campaign against the increasing attacks they suffer and to secure the release of human rights defenders, putting a special attention on women’s rights defenders; calls for the immediate introduction in the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders of an annex aiming to recognise and develop additional strategies and tools to better and more effectively respond and prevent the specific situation, threads and risk factors faced by women’s human rights defenders;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Urges the Commission and Member States to protect women who are particularly vulnerable to multiple discriminations recognising the intersectional forms of discrimination that women experience based on gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, disability, social status, sexual orientation and gender identity, migration status and ensure that actions implemented take account of and respond to the specific needs of these groups;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Urges the Commission to establish a concrete framework for the rights and protection of sex workers during and after a crisis; further insists on the importance of including measures and strategies that tackle discrimination faced by sex workers in access to funding, housing, healthcare, education and other services;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Calls on the Commission to address gender stereotypes in the media and promote gender-equal content; stresses the importance of fostering media literacy and providing all relevant stakeholders with gender-sensitive media education initiatives; calls on the Member States to adopt legislation prohibiting sexist advertising in the media and promoting training and formation on gender stereotypes in schools of journalism, communication, media and advertisement;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of gender mainstreaming and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, through external relations; highlights in this regard in particular the EU’s trade policies, development cooperation and human rights policies;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of intersectionality, gender mainstreaming and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, and promoting women’s equal enjoyment of the full range of human rights, through external relations;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, which states that 'In all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women', for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for coherence between
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls for the swift and timely adoption of the new Gender Action Plan III by the European Commission to be ready to start its implementation in 2021; Stresses that this document needs to take the form of a Communication and to be accompanied by clear, measurable, time- bound indicators of success, including an allocation of responsibility for different actors; Calls for the new Action Plan to maintain the 85% target for all new programmes to contribute to gender equality and to stablish a new 20% target for the programmes to have gender equality as a principal objective; Demands in this sense that the new NDICI prioritises gender equality and women’s rights across geographic and thematic programmes;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas structures and stereotypes
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses the primary role of women empowerment in order to effectively implement development policies; stress the need to adopt an horizontal gender perspective in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and recall its strong call to involve girls and women in the design and implementation of development policies;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the European Commission for a deeper understanding of the particular needs of migrant and asylum seeking women and girls in accessing health and education supports and financial security to prevent the risk of their exploitation and ensure their rights are respected;
Amendment 422 #
20a. Acknowledges the unambiguous defence, anywhere in the world, of all freedoms, condemning measures that undermine rights, freedoms and guarantees and all forms of discrimination, including on the grounds of sexual orientation;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Welcomes the renewed commitment to women’s and girls’ rights and the reference to the Sustainable Development Goals and in particular to SDG 5 as a key framework for the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes a values-based EU trade policy with a high level of protection of labour and environmental rights as well as the respect of fundamental freedoms and human rights, including gender equality; recalls that all EU trade and investment agreements must be gender mainstreamed and include an ambitious and enforceable chapter on trade and sustainable development (TSD); welcomes the Commission’s commitment to ensuring for the first time the inclusion of a specific chapter on trade and gender equality in the modernised Association Agreement with Chile
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to ensuring the inclusion of a specific chapter on trade and gender equality in the modernised Association Agreement with Chile, and to promoting and supporting the inclusion of such chapters in all further EU trade and investment agreements; whereas such clauses will explicitly recall the wording of Article 8 TFEU and will speak of equal treatment between men and women in the usual sense of the word, without omitting either of the above-mentioned genders;
Amendment 428 #
21. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to ensuring the inclusion of a specific chapter on trade and gender equality in the modernised Association Agreement with Chile, and to promoting and supporting the inclusion of such chapters in all further EU trade and investment agreements building on existing international examples;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Welcomes the upcoming Gender Action Plan III building on the current GAP II, as a key instrument for promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment in external relations in, tackling women's and girls' rights through four pivotal areas: girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity, including fight against female genital mutilation; promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women; strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; and a horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcoming these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas it is important to examine the persistence and root causes of the leaky pipeline phenomenon; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Recalls the importance of education for women and girls' empowerment in both the EU and partner countries; underlines that education is not only a right but a crucial tool to fight against early and forced marriages and pregnancies of adolescents and girls; further stresses that lockdown measures and the resulting interruption in the provision of education particularly affects girls as they are more at risk of not being sent back to schools; insists on the need for EU external policy to help keep girls in schools and continue their education in partner countries as a matter of priority;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Council to adopt Council Conclusions to approve the Gender Equality Strategy and identify concrete actions to implement it;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Reiterates its continuous support for the work of the Commission in this field;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Urges that disability be included as an aspect in all general gender equality initiatives promoted in the European Union; urges that disabled victims of gender violence who are wards of court or in any other limited legal capacity scheme are guaranteed protection, urging for this purpose effective access to justice for this group of persons and training and capacity-building for professionals in the special services that act in these proceedings (such as criminal justice or health professionals); urges the establishment of an accessible education system free of stereotypes that allows girls and women with disabilities to choose the fields they study and work in in light of their own wishes and talents, without being restricted by inaccessibility, prejudice and stereotypes; supports the involvement of women with disabilities as models for change in gender equality and women's rights movements; urges the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities, including those in institutions, in all breast and cervix cancer prevention plans in the EU Member States, as well as the inclusion of this group in all anti- HIV/Aids programmes and other programmes to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases; urges that all indicators and data collected on gender equality issues be broken down by age, disability and gender.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas harmful gender structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas women face intersecting inequalities and discrimination, including linked to their race, ethnic or social origin, sexual orientation, gender identities and expression, religion or belief, residence status, disability and efforts must address all forms of discrimination to achieve gender equality for all women; whereas EU policies have not deployed until now an intersectional approach and have focused only on the individual dimension of discrimination, which downplays its institutional, structural and historical dimensions; Whereas applying an intersectional analysis not only allows us to understand structural barriers, but also offers evidence to create benchmarks and set a path towards strategic and effective policies against systemic discrimination, exclusion and social inequalities;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, in the long term, the EU's neoliberal policies contribute to inequality between men and women, with rising unemployment, deregulation of the labour market, increased precariousness and low pay affecting women in particular, while cuts in public services, particularly in health and education, further exacerbate the multiple forms of discrimination and inequality that women face;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas discrimination on the basis of gender is often combined with discrimination based on identities such as race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, class and/or migration status triggering double and multiple discriminations; whereas a horizontal intersectional perspective is essential in any gender equality policy in order to recognise and address these multiple threats of discrimination;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulses to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts have slowed down in recent years, while movements opposing gender equality policies and women’s rights have flourished
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on The EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided
Amendment 52 #
C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulses to achieving
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulses to achieving gender equality; whereas
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulses to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts have slowed down in recent years, while movements
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas European countries, in view of their spiritual and civilisational heritage, have a duty to defend equality between men and women, while preserving their respective differences and original features, which constitutes an essential foundation for the development of individuals; whereas in this connection all so-called gender theories, as well as any desire to make the gender identity of individuals indeterminate should be rejected and resisted;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas 1 in 3 women in the EU aged 15 or over has experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence1a, 1 in 2 has experienced sexual harassment and 1 in 10 has faced online harassment; _________________ 1aFRA survey 2014, the most comprehensive at EU level in the field, based on 28MS
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas gender-based violence in health like e.g. obstetric and gynaecological violence are forms of violence that only came to light in recent years and whereas violence against older women still remains largely under- recognized; whereas disinformation campaigns on gender equality also focus on the issue of violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention leading to public opposition and harmful political decisions in some Member States;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violence against women and, hence, against any person and in all its forms is a violation of human rights and
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violence against women in all its forms (physical, sexual, psychological or cyber violence) is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns on gender equality also focus
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns on gender equality also focus
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas trafficking in human beings represents one of the most flagrant violations of fundamental rights and human dignity, since women and girls are 80 % of the registered victims of trafficking and 95% of the registered victims of trafficking for purpose of sexual exploitation, which is directly connected to the demand of women and girls in the prostitutions industry;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas poverty and social exclusion have structural causes that need to be eradicated and reversed, in particular, through policies on employment, housing, mobility and access to public services;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas trafficking in human beings is a growing part of organised crime and a human rights violation and concerns mostly women and children, especially for the purpose of sexual exploitation;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas equality between men and women can only be achieved by ensuring their equality before the law, as well as equal opportunities in access to education, training and employment;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas each Member State has the right to take a sovereign decision on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, including denying them access to safe and legal induced abortions, are a form of violence against women;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual exploitation is a form of slavery and incompatible with human dignity; whereas, as a result of an increase in organised crime and profitability, human trafficking is on the rise around the world; whereas the prostitution market fuels the trafficking of women and children and exacerbates violence against them;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. whereas violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, including denying them induced abortion services, are a form of violence against women;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model; whereas traditional structures, unpaid care work and disincentives in national taxation systems contribute to push or keep women in second earner status which has negative consequences for women and their economic independence as well as for the society as a whole;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care and domestic work, is mostly carried out by women,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be first and foremost properly transposed into national systems of the EU Member States, fully implemented on time and also complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work, care duties and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care and domestic work, is mostly carried out by women, resulting in gaps in employment and career progression and contribut
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 — having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2019 on experiencing
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas estimates show that 80% of all care across the EU is provided by informal carers that are mostly women (75%), indicating the existence of a gender care gap strongly influencing gender pension gap; whereas more than 50% of carers under 65 combine care with employment this way performing a difficult balancing act; whereas carers may prefer low-skilled and low-paid jobs, which can be adapted to their caregiving schedule, as well as be obliged to reduce their working hours or leave paid work; whereas between 7% and 21% of informal carers reduce their working hours and between 3% and 18% withdraw from the labour market;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas shortcomings exist in matching childcare systems in the various Member States to the needs of parents, including single parents (mainly single mothers) and difficulties persist in reconciling family, private and professional life, especially as regards women; whereas women over the age of 45 are often perceived as under-employed and employed under far worse conditions than men, especially when they return to work after maternity or parental leave or when they are forced to reconcile work and caring for dependants;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas men and women, who play complementary roles in maintaining families, should be able to benefit from measures designed to ensure that the task of educating children takes place under the best possible conditions; whereas also the educational role played by mothers in particular during childhood should be recognised, valued and benefit as far as possible from appropriate financial and fiscal provisions;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 shows a persisting gender gap in labour-market participation; whereas the gender gap in full-time employment reveals persistent inequalities between men and women as 8 % of men in the EU are working part-time compared to 31 % of women;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas maternity protection is a right that must be upheld in full and whereas an increase in maternity leave periods with full rights and pay at 100% should be a reality;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas note should be taken of the scale and social importance of unpaid work in the home and care for children, the elderly and sick family members, which is mainly carried out by women;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the provision of quality care in the EU varies greatly both within and between the Member States, between private and public settings, urban and rural areas, and different age groups; whereas the data on provision of care in the EU are rather fragmented, also a holistic approach is missing to address the demographic challenges the EU is facing with the resultant pressure on public expenditure;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas unpaid work is an important element of economic efficiency, and the traditional approach does not take unpaid work, such as childcare and elderly care, into account when paying social benefits;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16 %, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas the gender pay gap rises to 40 % when employment rates and overall labour market participation are considered; whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37 % gender gap in pension income;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the participation of women in the labour market does not secure their equal participation in decision-making or wages and therefore limits women’s potential to change economic, political, social and cultural structures; whereas inequality between men and women also exists in access to employment opportunities, positions and career progression;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the participation of women in the labour market does not secure their equal participation in decision-making and therefore limits women’s potential to change economic, political, social and cultural structures; whereas gender quotas, zipper list systems and sanctions have proven to be efficient measures to secure parity and to work against unequal power relations;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the participation of women in the labour market
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas almost 30% of women in the EU work part-time and are much more likely to have to give up work to take care of children and/or relatives; whereas, on average, women in the EU earn 15% less per hour than men; taking into account that the unavailability, prohibitive costs and lack of high-quality childcare infrastructure and services, particularly in the public sphere, continue to be a significant barrier to the equal participation of women in all aspects of life, including work;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas, in order to promote work-life balance, a well-thought-out system of care-related leave with high- quality, easily accessible and affordable care facilities should be provided and expenditure on these facilities should be considered part of infrastructure investments; whereas these services are a precondition for women's participation in the labour market, in leading positions in science and research, and can contribute to ending the demographic crisis in Europe;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights, including gender equality, is a pre- requisite for the creation and distribution of diverse cultural and educational expressions as all cultural and creative sectors have a considerable influence on our beliefs, values and perception of gender issues;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas there is an economic argument in women’s full participation in the economy, as gender employment gap costs Europe €370 billion per year1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/news/ne ws-articles/gender-employment-gap-costs- europe-eu370-billion-per-year
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