2020/2121(INI) The gender perspective in the Covid-19 crisis and post-crisis period
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM |
FITZGERALD Frances ( EPP)
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FRITZON Heléne ( S&D),
RAFAELA Samira ( Renew),
ANDERSON Christine ( ID),
RIBA I GINER Diana ( Verts/ALE),
WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga ( ECR),
RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | LIBE |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2020/11/09
Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2020/09/17
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2020/09/16
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/09/16
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2020/08/31
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/05/20
EP - FITZGERALD Frances (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 415 |
2020/2121(INI)
2020/09/16
FEMM
415 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, 8 and
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parents, where the significance of marriage and shared parenting by father and mother becomes apparent;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parents, 85% of which are women of whom almost half are at risk of social exclusion or poverty;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a particularly disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parents
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parents; whereas 85% of single parents are women1a; _________________ 1a http://aei.pitt.edu/74547/1/42.pdf
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parents
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas according to a survey26b the COVID-19 had a heavier impact on women with young children than on men with the same household situation; whereas almost one third (29%) of women with young children found it hard to concentrate on their work against 16%, of men with young children. whereas twice as many women (29%) with children, are likely feeling too tired after work in doing household work compared to 16%, of men; whereas according to data, in April 2020 women with children aged 0-11 were more likely to feel tense than men with children in the same age range (23% vs 19%), to feel lonely (14% vs 6%) and depressed (14% vs 9%); _________________ 26b Eurofound COVID-19 survey 2020
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas there is a legitimate reason for concern for severe job losses in women-dominated professions due to the crisis; whereas recovery will not be instant, many jobs will be lost and working hours reduced, and as seen in previous crises typical male-dominated jobs tend to recover earlier than typical female-dominated jobs;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas the Commission’s proposal for a recovery plan highlights investments in the digital transitions to hold the key to Europe's future prosperity and resilience; 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; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can deepen existing economic gaps and labour market segregation;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 33 a (new) - having regard to the UN Women report entitled ‘From Insights to Action: Gender Equality in the Wake of COVID- 19’, published on 2 September 2020,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K d (new) Kd. whereas the Commission’s proposal for a recovery plan highlights investments in the green transition; 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;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain sectors of society such as single parents, the majority of whom are women, victims of violence, older women, women with disabilities, Roma women, LGBTQI+ women and refugees and migrants are particularly vulnerable to the virus or its consequences
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain sectors of society such as racialized women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, older women, women with disabilities, Roma women, L
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain sectors of society such as older and young women, women with disabilities, single mothers, sex workers, racial and ethnic minority women, including women of colour and Roma women, LGBTQI+
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain sectors of society such as older
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain sectors of society such as older women, women with disabilities, Roma women,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 40 a (new) - having regard to the survey by Eurofound entitled “Living, Working and COVID-19” dataset, June 2020;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas certain sectors of society such as older
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. whereas women experiencing homeless continue to encounter specific challenges in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic, with temporary and emergency accommodation being particularly vulnerable to disease transmission, gender based violence and a lack of access to hygiene and healthcare facilities;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas COVID-19 is a global pandemic affecting every country in the world; whereas the pandemic will have devastating consequences for populations, especially women and girls, in countries with underfunded health systems and populations of conflict-affected countries;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas according to recent data from UNFPA, the delay or interruption of community outreach programmes and education on harmful practices globally is estimated to lead to 2 million more cases of Female Genital Mutilation and 13 million more child marriages over the next decade compared to pre-pandemic estimates;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas immediate and long-term budgets and the allocation of resources must take into account the different needs and circumstances of men and women through gender budgeting; whereas Member States must ensure that their responses to the crisis incorporate a multidisciplinary and gender-sensitive approach in order to ensure that all women and girls live free of discrimination and violence and have access to the basic sexual and reproductive health services they need;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas budgets and the allocation of resources to respond to the crisis must take into account the different needs and circumstances of men and women and therefore be gender-mainstreamed; whereas specific funding has to be allocated to women and girls to counter the specific consequences for them, particularly in the field of employment, violence and SRHR;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas budgets and the allocation of resources
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas the provision of services should be based on data-driven identification of needs, with budgetary resources allocated based on this research; whereas budgets and the allocation of resources must take into account the different needs and circumstances of men and women;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas women
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 43 a (new) - – having regard to the ILGA Europe policy brief entitled ‘COVID-19: domestic violence against LGBTI people’,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas women
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas women should
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas women should
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas women and men equally should
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O a (new) Oa. Whereas issues concerning women's rights and the promotion of gender equality must be mainstreamed and discussed at the highest level, in particular with view to the implementation of the EU Gender Equality Strategy; whereas while the European Parliament has a committee dedicated to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and the Commission has a Commissioner exclusively responsible for 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 and decision making;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas the essential actions identified herein
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the need for a gender- sensitive approach, gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in relation to all
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the need for a gender- sensitive approach in relation to all relevant aspects of the response to the COVID-19 crisis to preserve and protect women’s rights throughout the pandemic and post crisis period and to enhance gender equality;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 45 a (new) - having regard to the IPPF European Network publication entitled ‘How to address the impact on women, girls and vulnerable groups and their sexual and reproductive safety’,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the need for a gender- sensitive approach in
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the need for a
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the need for a gender- sensitive approach in relation to all
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses the need for a gender- sensitive approach in relation to
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the need to learn from the lessons from the 2008 crisis where the EU based its response on austerity measures that had lasting negative consequences on women’s rights and women’s economic empowerment;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the need to apply the lessons from this crisis to future policy development and implementation and in preparing responses for all stages of future crises; calls on the Commission to facilitate the creation of a standing network for sharing best practices between Member States on how to tackle the gender-related aspects of COVID-19; calls on the Council to establish a dedicated Configuration on Gender Equality and a formal working party 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 146 #
2. Underlines the need to apply the lessons from this crisis to future policy development and implementation and in preparing responses for all stages of future crises by supporting a transition towards a resilient care economy which values care work and is based on high quality public services; calls on the Commission to facilitate the creation of a standing network for sharing best practices between Member States on how to tackle the gender-related aspects of COVID-19;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the need to apply the lessons from this crisis to future policy development and implementation and in preparing gender-sensitive responses for all stages of future crises; calls on the Commission to facilitate the creation of a standing network for sharing best practices between Member States on how to tackle the gender-related aspects of COVID-19;
Amendment 148 #
2. Underlines the need to apply the lessons learned from this crisis to future policy development and implementation and in preparing responses for all stages of future crises; calls on the Commission to facilitate the creation of a standing network for sharing best practices between Member States on how to tackle the gender-related aspects of COVID-19;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets the complete lack of a gender impact assessment and the lack of clear and binding objectives to strengthen gender equality in the Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Plan; commits to incorporate this dimension in Parliament’s position and to defend this perspective in the upcoming interinstitutional negotiations;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 45 a (new) - – having regard to the European Women’s Lobby policy brief entitled ‘Walk-the-talk: EU funds must mirror women’s equality’,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to examine the prevalence of the virus among
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to examine the prevalence of the virus among frontline workers, particularly the female and minority ethnic populations in view of their disproportionately high representation among frontline workers; urges the Commission and the Member States to respond with appropriate action to bolster their safety at work, including Framework Directive 89/391/EEC28 and Directive 92/85/EEC29 ; and the post 2020 EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work; _________________ 28 OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1. 29 OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1.
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to examine the prevalence of the virus among
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission, Eurostat, the Member States and EIGE to regularly gather sex- and age- disaggregated data on COVID-19 and the socio-economic impact of the virus; stresses that recovery measures must be
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States, Eurostat and EIGE to regularly gather
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and EIGE to regularly gather
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and EIGE to regularly gather sex- and age- disaggregated data on COVID-19 and the socio-economic impact of the virus;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and EIGE to regularly gather sex-, disability and age-
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and EIGE to regularly gather sex- and age- disaggregated data on COVID-19 and the socio-economic impact of the virus; stresses that recovery measures must be informed
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 45 b (new) Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that women and their representative organisations must be part of the leadership and decision-making process in enacting and lifting measures in crises, as well as in all stages of the design, adoption and implementation of recovery plans, so that their specific needs and circumstances are fully and appropriately taken into account; further stresses that more women must be involved in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and other crisis response mechanisms both at EU and national level; calls on the Member States to establish dedicated taskforces with the involvement of relevant stakeholders and representatives from women’s organisations during such crises to ensure gender mainstreaming; Calls on the national parliaments of the Member States to create committees on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women and girls to ensure a dedicated space for the discussion and monitoring of the crisis and its gender impacts;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that women must be part of the decision-making process as decision-makers and experts to be consulted in
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that women and feminist civil society organisations must be part of the decision-making process in enacting and lifting measures in crises, as well as in the design, adoption and implementation of recovery plans and should be provided with the necessary and adequate financial resources, so that their specific needs and circumstances are fully and appropriately taken into account;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that women, including from the most discriminated groups, must be part of the decision-making process in enacting and lifting measures in crises, as well as in the design, adoption and
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that women must be part of the decision-making process in enacting and lifting measures in crises, as well as in the design, adoption and implementation of recovery plans, so that their specific needs and circumstances are fully and appropriately taken into account, and effective and targeted measures planned;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises th
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises that
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor and strongly respond to disinformation or regressive initiatives
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to monitor and respond to disinformation or regressive initiatives in the Member States related to women’s rights and gender equality during the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period as matters of democracy and fundamental rights; emphasises that the significance of disinformation should be highlighted more clearly, as there is the impression that this concept is concerned with information and/or opinions that are repugnant to the political decision-makers;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to monitor and respond to disinformation, negative public discourses, insufficient prioritization, restricted or denied access to relevant services, or regressive initiatives in the Member States
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 45 c (new) - having regard to the UN Women publication entitled ‘Online and ICT* facilitated violence against women and girls during COVID-19’,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to monitor and respond to disinformation or regressive initiatives in the Member States related to
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that restrictive emergency measures serve the purpose of combating the pandemic only, are time-limited, and are compatible with fundamental rights;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Expresses its concern at the high mortality rate of men from COVID-19; urges the World Health Organization (WHO)
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Expresses its concern at the high mortality rate
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Urges Member States to invest in robust and resilient public health system; to ensure that the staff of healthcare services, particularly those in highly gendered and underfunded roles, are fairly compensated and have decent working conditions;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to ensure access to essential aspects of women’s and men’s healthcare unrelated to COVID-19: cancer screening, maternal and neo-natal healthcare and urgent care for those with heart attacks and strokes; urges Member States to operate according to WHO guidelines in these areas;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to ensure access to essential aspects of women’s and men’s quality medical, psychological and social healthcare unrelated to COVID-19; urges Member States to operate according to WHO guidelines in these areas;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of providing services for migrant and homeless women, and increased funds to alleviate the health risks to women and girls in overcrowded refugee camps;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 46 Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Underlines the need for targeted actions for women with disabilities, and elderly women who have limited or no access to ongoing and quality services;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to protect access to
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Regrets that access to SRHR services was neglected, restricted or even attacked in some Member States during the crisis; Underlines the need for the Member States to
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to protect access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) including contraception and other crucial services; highlights the need for Member States to exchange best practices as regards new methods in delivering SRHR related care and ways of addressing gaps in the provision of services; emphasises the importance of safeguarding the supply chain of products essential to SRHR such as pregnancy tests, condoms, oral contraceptives, and HIV tests;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to protect a
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that the idea in this draft amendment, which refers to ‘the need for the Member States to protect access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to protect access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); emphasises the importance of safeguarding the supply chain of products essential to SRHR - including safe abortion, maternal health services and safe childbirth, as well as telemedicine - must be prioritized;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 46 a (new) - having regard to the joint report by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF EN) entitled "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic", published on 22 April 2020,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the need for the Member States to protect access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), respecting member states legislations ; emphasises the importance of safeguarding the supply chain of products essential to SRHR;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Strongly rejects any attempts to backtrack on SRHR and LGBTI rights, and in this context condemns the attempts to further criminalise abortion care, stigmatise HIV positive people, and undermine young people’s access to sexuality education as well as the attack on transgender and intersex people’s rights; regrets that access to SRHR services was neglected, restricted or even attacked in some Member States during the crisis; commends the Member States that adopted positive measures to guarantee access to SRHR services, including recognising them as essential services, using telemedicine for all SRHR consultations, extending delays for and access to medical abortion at home, allowing access to contraception with out- of-date prescriptions; calls on the Commission to organise exchanges of best practices on SRHR between Member States, involving civil society organisations;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Urges the Member States to guarantee protection, support and fair compensation for the frontline responders such as health workers and social service, including safe working conditions, appropriate equipment, equal and emergency/hazard pay, safe housing and access to services that reflect their needs as individuals, such as mental health services and childcare;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Highlights that all efforts must be directed to not allowing opponents of SRHR to abuse this crisis as a channel of limiting women’s rights, such as the right to safe abortion;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission to factor in emergency circumstances such as COVID- 19 in its health-related policy responses, including the EU4Health Programme and the EU Beating Cancer Plan; Calls on the Commission and the Council to address the gender aspects of health, including SRHR, as a stated objective of the Gender Equality Strategy, in their COVID-19 response including in the EU4Health Programme; calls on the EU to integrate SRHR in this Programme, as an integral part of health, a fundamental human right, and essential to peoples’ well-being and the advancement of gender equality;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission to factor in emergency circumstances such as COVID- 19 and gender specific healthcare considerations, including SRHR, in its health-related policy responses, including the EU4Health Programme and the EU Beating Cancer Plan;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission to factor in emergency circumstances such as COVID- 19 in its health-related policy responses, including the EU4Health Programme and the EU Beating Cancer Plan, and the EU Health Strategy;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to address health related priorities as defined in the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 in the EU4Health Programme, in particular SRHR as an integral part of health, a fundamental human right and an essential aspect to peoples’ well-being and the advancement of gender equality;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines the necessity for decision-makers to examine gender-based differences in health expenditures, disease detection and response, emergency preparedness, research and development and the health workforce;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Reminds Member States to take account of women’s and men’s unique needs while bolstering healthcare system capacities and critical infrastructure as a consequence of COVID-19;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3,5, 9, 10,16 and
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 49 a (new) - having regard to motion for a resolution B9-0236/2020,
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Requests to include gender health experts and gender balance in the composition of networks receiving grants from the EU4Health Programme;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to boost mental health support initiatives during and after this crisis, in view of the stress, anxiety and loneliness brought on by lockdown, as well as of economic concerns and gender-based and domestic violence, taking into account the differential impact on women and men and to invest financial resources to ensure adequate services are equally available to all residents in a timely manner;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to boost mental health support initiatives during and after this crisis, in view of the stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness brought on by lockdown, as well as of economic concerns and domestic violence or other factors connected to the crisis, taking into account the differential impact on women and men;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to boost mental health support initiatives during and after this crisis, including an EU wide mental health campaign, in view of the stress, anxiety and loneliness brought on by lockdown, as well as of economic concerns and domestic violence, taking into account the differential impact on women and men;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to boost mental health support initiatives during and after this crisis, in view of the stress, anxiety and loneliness brought on by lockdown, as well as of economic concerns and
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to boost mental health support initiatives during and after this crisis, in view of the stress, anxiety and loneliness brought on by lockdown, as well as of economic concerns and domestic violence,
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Commends the bravery and dedication of workers in the healthcare sector who have been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, the majority of whom are women; Calls on Member States to acknowledge their contribution and to support and invest in their professional development, including through participation in higher education; Calls on the Commission and Member States to address gender labour market segregation in the healthcare and other highly feminised sectors;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to analyse the
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to analyse the increase in
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to analyse the increase in domestic violence as a result of COVID-19 and to take account of it and lessons learned in response plans, as well as for future emergencies, with particular attention to exemptions to confinement rules, the preservation of safe access to shelters or alternative accommodation with sufficient capacity, police and justice services, emergency courts for the issuing of appropriate restraining and/or protection orders, online services, such as helplines, concealed apps and other information tools, as well as emergency funding to support services, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs); in
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to continue analys
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to analyse the increase in domestic violence as a result of COVID-19 and to take account of it in response plans, as well as for future emergencies, with particular attention to exemptions to confinement rules, the preservation of safe access to shelters or alternative accommodation with sufficient capacity and accessible to women and girls with disabilities, police and justice services, emergency courts for the issuing of appropriate restraining and/or protection orders, online
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to analyse the increase in interpersonal and domestic violence as a result of COVID-19 and to take account of it in response plans, as well as for future emergencies, with particular attention to exemptions to confinement rules, the preservation of safe access to shelters or alternative accommodation with sufficient capacity, police and justice services, emergency courts for the issuing of appropriate restraining and/or protection orders, online services, as well as emergency funding to support services, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs); invites the Member States to share national innovations in addressing domestic violence;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Urges the Member States to analyse the increase in domestic violence as a result of
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls to Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency to prevent violence against women and to support victims of gender- based violence in events such as COVID- 19 pandemic; highlights that this protocol should include key protection services for women victims that must be considered as “essential services” in the Member States, such as helplines and information sharing tools (including safe numbers to call anonymously), emergency texting services, ‘code word’ signals to pharmacies and grocery stores, additional and permanent shelters and safe accommodation options for victims, continued and guaranteed access to health care services - particularly SRHR - and psychosocial support networks and counselling to victims;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include online and ICT facilitated violence in COVID-19 response and all action aimed at addressing violence against women and girls; stresses the urgent need for stronger efforts to prevent and combat child sexual abuse and exploitation;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives and has highlighted existing inequalities and shortcomings with regard to gender equality and women’s human rights;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all these measures are available and accessible to all women and girls within a State's jurisdiction, regardless of their migration status or lack thereof, so that migrant women in an irregular administrative situation can access these services without fear of deportation or other negative consequences for them;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence in all its forms such as physical violence, sexual harassment and cyberviolence, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting; for the European Commission to work with technology platforms in the scope of the Digital Services Act to address illegal online activities including online violence against women in all its forms, as the internet is and will continue to be widely used since the beginning of the pandemic, for work, education and entertainment;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting; welcomes the Germany Presidency’s proposal to establish an EU wide helpline in all Union languages for victims of domestic and gender based violence and urges the Council to support;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting; recalls the need to instil and enforce European values of respect for women in populations of non-European culture residing in Europe;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting, in coordination and cooperation with women’s specialized organizations recognizing their expertise in the field;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence, which affects men, women and children, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence, particularly in relation to
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. In light of the pandemic, calls on the Member States to update protocols for victims of gender based violence to seek help, report crimes, and access health services, as well as encouraging witnesses to report such crimes;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives; whereas it is not a gender- specific issue because it is a virus that affects men and women equally;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls on the Member States to ensure a coordinated approach between governments, support services and the private sector to create digital tools to facilitate the reporting of such crimes, as well as other services such as shelters;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations, and to
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Urges Member states that have ratified the Istanbul Convention to ensure adequate realization of all its provisions, including a gender perspective and a structural approach to violence; urges the Member States that haven’t yet ratified the Istanbul Convention to do so without delay;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to add violence against women to the list of criminal offences in the EU, and to propose a directive to tackle gender-based violence so as to put in place a strong legal framework, to coordinate the sharing of
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to add violence against women as well as domestic violence against men to the list of criminal offences in the EU, and to propose a directive to tackle gender-based violence so as to put in place a strong legal framework, to coordinate the sharing of best practices between the Member States, to promote accurate data collection, to assess the impact of the policy of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the provision of key services to victims, and for sufficient funds to meet the DAPHNE specific objective and other related programmes taking into account current needs;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to add violence against women to the list of criminal offences in the EU, and to propose a directive to tackle all forms of gender- based violence so as to put in place a strong legal framework, to coordinate the sharing of best practices between the Member States, to promote accurate data collection, to assess the impact of COVID- 19 on the provision of key services to victims, and for
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Co
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to add violence against women to the list of criminal offences in the EU, and to propose a directive to tackle gender-based violence so as to put in place a strong legal framework, to coordinate the sharing of best practices between the Member States, to promote accurate comparative data collection, to assess the impact of COVID- 19 on the provision of key services to victims, and for sufficient funds to meet the DAPHNE specific objective and other related programmes taking into account current needs;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Denounces the significant cut of about 20% of the Justice, Rights and Values Fund and subsequently of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme proposed by the Commission in the revised MFF proposal, from an already low initial budget proposed in 2018; deplores that this decision goes against the European Parliament’s 2019 position as well as calls from CSOs to increase the budget to €1.83 billion; recalls that Parliament’s position is justified given the addition of a Union Values strand which requires additional budget, and given the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on women and the increase of gender-based violence during the crisis, this Programme being the only one dedicated to supporting CSOs promoting gender equality and combating gender-based violence in the EU; calls on the Council to increase this budget, in line with the European Parliament’s 2019 position, and adding 10 extra million to combat the effects of the Covid-19 crises on gender-based violence during 2021;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Notes with serious concern the impact of the crisis on LGBTI + persons, in particular young persons, many of whom have had to social distance or quarantine in hostile family environments increasing their risk for domestic and LGBTI-phobic violence; notes that a greater than average rate of LGBTI+ people are unemployed or work in precarious jobs with limited and unstable financial resources resulting in remaining in a hostile or abusive environment; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that all COVID-19 specific initiatives regarding domestic, gender based and sexual violence, should also take the increased risk and specific challenges of LGBTI+ people into account and that victim support services and special COVID-19 initiatives responding to domestic violence, must explicitly reach out to LGBTI+ victims of domestic violence;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Welcomes Commission’s commitment to carry a new EU survey on gender-based violence with results presented in 2023; stresses the need to collect harmonised data on gender-based violence on a regular basis; calls on the Member States to collect and provide the relevant data to Eurostat;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of effective, affordable and quality medical and psychological support for victims of gender-based violence, especially in times of crisis where such support should be deemed essential
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of effective
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of effective, accessible, affordable and quality medical and psychological support for victims of gender-based violence, especially in times of crisis where such support should be deemed essential;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives and therefore need a gender- sensitive response;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of effective, affordable and quality medical and psychological support for victims of
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States to work more intensively on preventive efforts to minimise the risks of gender- based violence, domestic violence and honour violence; given that the vulnerability of women and girls increases during crises such as COVID-19, stresses that conditions must be improved to minimise the risks; notes that this requires a clearer focus throughout the judicial system as well as in schools and healthcare settings to prevent and minimise the risks of violence;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission and Members States to specifically address the barriers faced by women and girls with disabilities victims of gender-based and domestic violence in reporting and accessing services for victims, including shelters and helplines, in line with their obligations under the CRPD;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of and access to effective, affordable and quality medical and psychological support for victims of sexual and gender-based violence, especially in times of crisis where such support must be deemed essential;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the EU Institutions and the Member States to allocate sufficient resources from Next Generation EU to prevent and tackle violence against women and girls in national COVID-19 response plans, complementary to existing measures and funding;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the Commission, Parliament and Council to take into account that COVID-19 crisis disproportionately affects women in the socio-economic sphere and will result in even more profound inequalities and discrimination between men and women in the labour market and to closely examine women’s needs and participation in the labour market, as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation, while designing and implementing programmes within the EU budget 2021, next multiannual financial framework (MFF) as well as in the Next Generation EU recovery plan, ensuring all programs incorporate the gender perspective and the gender budgeting as well as ex-ante and ex-post gender impact assessments as indicated in the European's Commission Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the Commission, Parliament and Council to implement gender budgeting and closely examine women’s needs and participation in the labour market, as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation, while designing and implementing programmes within the EU budget, the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) as well as in the Next Generation EU recovery plan;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the Commission, Parliament and Council to closely examine men’s and 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 (MFF) as well as in the Next Generation EU recovery plan;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the Commission, Parliament and Council to
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for the Commission, Parliament and Council to closely examine women’s needs and participation in the labour market, as well as
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Points at the negative effects of the Covid-19 crises on women’s income and employment rate due to a higher share of women employed in sectors affected by the lockdown, in informal economy and in sectors with higher precarious conditions; stresses that the closer of schools and care services increased home care responsibilities that relied to a bigger extend on women and represented the first main buffer of the Covid-19 economic lockdown;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis; emphasises that working from home is not a substitute for childcare; points out that flexible work as agreed with employers and employees allows women and men to work from home or from local working co-
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis; emphasises that working from home is not a substitute for childcare; points out that flexible work as agreed with employers allows women and men to work
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis; emphasises that working from home is not a substitute for childcare; points out that flexible work as agreed with employers allows women and men to work from home or from local working co- working spaces, making it easier to balance care responsibilities and to spend more quality time with their families; stresses that social interaction with work colleagues should not suffer;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis; emphasises that working from home is not a substitute for childcare; points out that flexible work as agreed with
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis; emphasises that working from home is not a substitute for childcare and providing accommodation at the workplace; points out that flexible work as agreed with employers allows women and men to work from home or from local working co-
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that there is a need to re-examine the nature and location of work after the crisis; emphasises that working
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission to refrain from promoting any policy recommendation that would lead to an increase in precarious working relations, the deregulation of work and working hours, a reduction in salaries, an attack on collective bargaining, or the privatisation of public services and social security systems;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas COVID-19 is a global pandemic affecting every country in the world;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Points at the risk of increasing the pay gap if teleworking is not properly regulated and is mainly taken up by women; requests the Commission to examine this situation and propose EU responses in that regard;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care to feed into a study examining the care gap, with a view to
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care to feed into a study examining the care gap, with a view to
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to collect disaggregated and comparable data on the provision of different types of care to feed into a study examining the care gap, with a view to a European Care
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Highlights the need for changing models in the provision of care as seen as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent measures; against this background, calls on the Commission to serve as a platform to facilitate the exchange of best practices on the quality, accessibility and affordability of care services, as well as the different models of care services; urges the Commission to examine the situation of informal carers and to share best practices on how the Member States regularise their work;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Underlines the need to improve the working conditions of care worker sand urges also the Member States to recognize the role of informal carers by ensuring their access to social security and their right to pension entitlements; calls for a proposal for a Council recommendation on social protection and services for them;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Emphasises that investment in care is important to ensure gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, build resilient societies, combat precarious conditions in a female dominated sector and has a positive effect on GDP as it allows more women to take part in paid work;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to make every effort to encourage men to take up flexible working arrangements, as a disproportionate number of women usually avail themselves of such arrangements; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively; encourages Member States to address work-life balance deficiencies by going beyond the standards laid down in the Directive, particularly given the necessity to address circumstances exposed by COVID-19 measures and their consequences as regards medical protocols in facilities, including childcare facilities;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 affects different groups in society in different ways and to varying degrees; whereas women and girls are affected disproportionately; whereas older women, women and girls with disabilities, single mothers, Roma women and girls, LGBTQI+ women, and refugee and migrant women are particularly vulnerable to the virus and/or its consequences;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to encourage
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to encourage men and women to take up flexible working arrangements, as a disproportionate number of women usually avail themselves of such arrangements; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to encourage men to take up flexible working arrangements, as a disproportionate number of women usually avail themselves of such arrangements; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive without delay and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to en
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to reverse the cutbacks to gender equality programming, public services and, in particular, the provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare; Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen the protection of maternity, paternity and parenthood in labour legislation, namely by increasing the amount of leave and guaranteeing that it is fully paid, reducing the number of working hours during breastfeeding, and by taking suitable measures to enforce such protection, but also by investing in the provision of a free public network of early childhood education and care services and long-term care services;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Member States to establish, while measures to face the Covid-19 crises are still in place, a special leave for caregivers and working parents that is non-transferrable and is fully remunerated;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Member States to extend rights to paid leave, teleworking, short time work and improved social protection for women in precarious working conditions or who have already lost their jobs;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recognises the uniquely challenging circumstances that single parents have been faced with during the pandemic and post-crisis period as a result of multiple burdens, including the continuous provision of care, concerns as to custody arrangements, and potential economic concerns and loneliness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine their specific situation, including the additional burdens in terms of working, schooling and caring, access to lawyers and the implementation of custody agreements, and stresses the significance of marriage and shared parenting by fathers and mothers;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recognises the uniquely challenging circumstances that single parents, who to a large majority (85% ) are women, have been faced with during the pandemic and post-crisis period as a result of multiple burdens, including the continuous provision of care, concerns as to custody arrangements, and potential economic concerns and loneliness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account and further examine their specific situation, including the additional burdens in terms of working, schooling and caring, access to lawyers and the implementation of custody agreements;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recognises the uniquely challenging circumstances that single parents, a large majority of which are single mothers, have been faced with during the pandemic and post-crisis period as a result of multiple burdens, including the continuous provision of care, concerns as to custody arrangements, and potential
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 affects different groups in society in different ways and to varying degrees, including women and men, young people, older people, persons with disabilities, victims of gender based violence and domestic violence, people from different socio- economic backgrounds, children, single parents, and minority groups including Roma;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recognises the uniquely challenging circumstances that single parents, a large majority of which are women, have been faced with during the pandemic and post-crisis period as a result of multiple burdens, including the continuous provision of care, concerns as to custody arrangements, and potential economic concerns and loneliness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine their specific situation, including the additional burdens in terms of working, schooling and caring, access to lawyers and the implementation of custody agreements;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Recognises the uniquely
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Member States to ensure adequate social and financial support is extended to those in precarious situations, including women at risk of poverty or those living in poverty, homeless or vulnerable to social exclusion;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a guiding principle for the Commission, Parliament and all Member States when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work or work for equal value between women and men must be a guiding principle for the Commission, Parliament and all Member States when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; Calls on the Commission to present within the next year a revision of Directive 2006/54/EC in line with the recent evaluation of the functioning and implementation of the EU’s equal pay laws and in accordance with the ECJ case law; considers that such a revision should include a definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors, which incorporates the gender perspective; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020 in order to effectively address gender pay and pension gaps; reiterates its call on the Commission to present it as soon as possible and by the end of 2020 at the latest;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that the renewed attempt to include in these draft amendments a paragraph with the wording ‘equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a guiding principle for the Commission, Parliament and all Member States when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020 in order to effectively address gender pay and pension gaps’ has nothing to do with COVID-19 and was included here as a ‘piggyback’ paragraph, and rejects such methods;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a guiding principle for the Commission, Parliament and all Member States when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020 in order to effectively address gender pay and pension gaps, as economic indicators suggest that these gaps are further widening as a consequence of the pandemic;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for work of equal
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 — having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 affects different groups in society in different ways and to varying degrees; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has a differentiated impact on women and girls, not only in the short-term but also in the medium and long-term, and may also exacerbate existing structural gender discrimination and other inequalities;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a guiding principle for the Commission, Parliament and all Member States when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses the challenges for the domestic and home care sector and its workers; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention 189 on domestic workers and to ensure that the sector is eligible for measures aimed at mitigating the financial impact of the crisis so that they may resume their activity inadequate conditions; calls on the Member States to ensure the regularisation of the domestic work sector;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Underlines the need to significantly levelling up wages and working conditions in essential and strongly female-dominated and underpaid sectors like care, health and retail so that women get what they deserve, and not only in times of the crises; highlights that sectorial segregation and the pay and pension gap have to be closed by structural binding measures that are not crises related one time primes;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. 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 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points to the
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points to the continuous underrepresentation of women in decision making throughout the crisis;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points to the
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points to the continuous underrepresentation of women in decision making throughout the crisis;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 affects different groups in society in different ways and to varying degrees, having a disproportionate impact on women and girls, in particular women and girls from marginalised groups ;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points to the continuous underrepresentation of women in decision making throughout the crisis; calls for
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package to support the most exposed sectors; regrets however the discrepancy between the sectors targeted and those predominantly employing women and calls for this to be addressed; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), ensuring income support for unemployed or furloughed workers; stresses the need to assess the impact of these instruments on the situation of women and men in the EU labour market; emphasises the need for retraining and upskilling programmes for women to take account of shifts in the labour market;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package to support the most exposed sectors; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), ensuring income support for unemployed or furloughed workers; stresses the need to assess the impact of these instruments on the situation of women and men in the EU labour market and readjust future policies in accordance; emphasises the need for retraining and upskilling programmes for women to take account of shifts in the labour market
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package to support the most exposed sectors; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), ensuring income support for unemployed or furloughed workers; stresses the need to assess the impact of these instruments on the situation of women and men in the EU labour market; emphasises the need for retraining
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package to support the most exposed sectors; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package which mobilises cohesion policy to support the most exposed sectors; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), ensuring income support for unemployed or furloughed workers; stresses the need to assess the impact of these instruments on the situation of women and men in the EU labour market; emphasises the need for retraining and upskilling programmes for women to take account of shifts in the labour market as a consequence of COVID-19;
Amendment 316 #
24a. Welcomes the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) to provide additional resources to tackle material deprivation and social assistance; stresses the need for initiatives to ensure adequate social and financial support is extended to those in precarious situations, including women at risk of/are living in poverty, homelessness or social exclusion, regardless of their legal status;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Regrets the lack of gender perspective in the Next Generation EU as proposed by the Commission; requests to include gender equality as one of its goals, gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting as a cross-cutting principle and to support measures to ensure a transition to a care-based economy;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Regrets the link between the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) with the European Semester which might lead to austerity measures under the umbrella of ‘fiscal sustainability’; reminds that cuts on benefits and public services tend to hit women harder because women are in average more dependent on them;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) 24c. Stresses that the European Semester is dominated by decision- making bodies that take gender blind macroeconomic and fiscal decisions, such as omitting the unpaid reproductive part of economic activity, which is partly due to male dominated bodies and lack of expertise on gender equality; requests for this situation to be reversed in the RRF;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 affects different groups in society in different ways and to varying degrees and its impacts will require both a gender and intersectional perspective in any recovery measures;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 d (new) 24d. Asks for the inclusion of national gender impact assessments as an ex-ante conditionality in the RRF, national gender equality plans as part of the national recovery and resilience plans, the involvement of gender equality bodies in the design and implementation of the national equality plans, and ex-post gender impact assessments carried by the Commission on the national recovery and resilience plans;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 e (new) 24e. Urges to add the transition towards a care-based economy as a priority in the RRF and link the priorities on a transition towards a green and digital economy to measures to foster women’s employment rate in these sectors;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to support women entrepreneurs as they seek to develop and build on skills or interests gained during the COVID-19 period, including entrepreneurship opportunities for mothers to advance their economic independence, and
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to support small and medium-sized women-led businesses during and after the crisis as well as women entrepreneurs as they seek to develop and build on skills or interests gained during the COVID-19 period, and to improve access to and awareness of loans, equity finance and microfinancing through EU programmes and funds so that the crisis becomes an opportunity to progress through adaptation and transformation;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to support
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Highlights the necessity of increasing women's participation in economic activity as a part of the solution to the post pandemic recover; stresses that maintaining open markets during the recovery period is key to building faster and more inclusive growth and a need to be accompanied by appropriate labour and education policies as well as legal and social reforms to support women workers, consumers and traders;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Stresses the need to increase social investments and ensure access of all actors to it, including non-profit and public institutions, under Invest EU;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take advantage of the recovery to boost the presence and contribution of women in the artificial intelligence (AI), digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sectors, as well as in the green economy;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take advantage of the recovery to boost the presence and contribution of women in the artificial intelligence (AI), digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sectors, as well as in the green economy, in particular by closing the gender digital gap through targeted measures; stresses that closing the digital gap will increase gender equality not only in terms of the labour market but also through access to technologies in the personal sphere which can facilitate, among others, teleworking, access to emergency warning systems for victims of gender-based violence, access to information related to SRHR, etc.;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take advantage of the recovery to boost the presence
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 affects different groups in society, including both men and women, in different ways and to varying degrees;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take advantage of the recovery to
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take advantage of the recovery to boost the presence and contribution of
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Welcomes that the Commission’s proposal for a recovery plan highlights investments in the green and digital transition; regrets the weak link to the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality in the proposals; calls on the Commission to strengthening the connection between climate change policies, digital policies and gender equality in its upcoming proposals;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Emphasises the need for digital literacy supports through education and provision of resources to bridge the digital divide that has been highlighted as work and schooling, as well as many services and facilities, have suddenly moved online;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Encourage the Member States to follow the Commission's Guidelines for Employment Policies in the EU, including combating precarious work that often involves more women than men, having due regard to their national labour market models; invites the Commission to examine the working conditions of platform workers with a view to suggesting improvements in their particular situation, given the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic may only reinforce negative trends in their employment;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 c (new) 26c. Notes the importance of considering the special situation of women who are returning from maternity leave so that they can access government supports without discrimination;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Stresses the challenges for the agricultural sector and food supply in Europe, as well as the specific situation of women in rural areas; calls for the creation of a thematic sub-programme for women in
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Stresses the challenges for the agricultural sector and food supply in Europe, as well as the specific situation of women in rural areas; calls for the creation of a thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas through the common agricultural policy strategic plans and through the Green Deal acknowledging rural women’s roles in safeguarding the environment and the biodiversity;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Stresses the challenges for the agricultural sector and food supply in Europe, as well as the specific situation of men and, in particular, women in rural areas; calls for the creation of a thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas through the common agricultural policy strategic plans;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas COVID-19 can affect
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Stresses the challenges for the agricultural sector and food supply in Europe, as well as the specific situation of women in rural areas;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Stresses the challenges for the agricultural sector and food supply in Europe, as well as the specific situation of
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Stresses the need for Member States to secure children’s, and especially girls, continued access to education, which can be affected by school closures as seen during previous pandemics; underlines the need to ensure that distance learning is fully accessible to all;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses that
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses that intersecting
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses that intersecting disadvantages create additional barriers and challenges for specific groups of women, therefore the safety and protection of all persons must be secured and their specific needs addressed by taking due account of an intersectional approach;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses that intersecting
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28 a. Highlights the importance of including women and girls in the design of accessible and targeted information; for this information to be disseminated in all settings particularly in times of crisis;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries; calls on the
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas gender perspectives and women’s rights risk being less prioritized when the society is putting all its efforts into dealing with a crisis;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries due to a lack of sufficient resources to guarantee their safety and protection; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings, and to ensure older women’s wellbeing, including access to care and healthcare services and economic independence; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines that due to a higher life
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings and include it as an integral part of a Care Deal for Europe; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Regrets that many of the women with disabilities who depend on others for everyday care or support were unable to access their usual support networks or maintain physical distancing; calls on the Member States to ensure that these support networks are still accessible and adequately adapted to the circumstances; Underlines that women with disabilities, especially those living in institutions and other closed settings, and those with high support needs were significantly impacted by the pandemic as well as its socio- economic impact; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure the rights of all women and girls with disabilities as enshrined in the CRPD, including their right to independent living, and access to education, work and employment;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Regrets that many of the women with disabilities who depend on others for everyday care or support were unable to access their usual support networks or maintain physical distancing and had difficulties to access health and SRHR services and information, essential goods and shelters for victims of gender-based violence; calls on the Member States to ensure that these support networks as well as those services and goods are still accessible and adequately adapted to the circumstances
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Regrets that many of the women with disabilities who depend on others for everyday care or support were unable to access their usual support networks or maintain physical distancing; calls on the Member States to ensure that these support networks are
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Regrets that many of the
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Invites the Member States to continue
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Invites the Member States to continue supporting migrant women and men through access to critical healthcare during the crisis;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the health and economic crisis provoked by COVID-19 reveals the limits and contradictions of our societies and our socio-economic systems and deepens existing inequalities;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31.
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31 a. Highlights the need for homeless and undocumented women to access health care services and the need for out- reach services; calls on the Commission to address the risk of social exclusion, poverty and homelessness in the forthcoming Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion, in order to prevent these women from being excluded from social and economic policies, thus further deepening the poverty cycle;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31 a. Calls on the Member States to regularise the situation of migrants by linking citizenship rights to residency;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women,
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women,
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the additional needs of
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women, who face challenges
Amendment 37 #
C. whereas official mortality figures show that men have a higher death rate from the virus
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Underlines that the following paragraph in the draft text: 'Emphasises the essential nature of support services for LGBTQI+ persons, including mental health support, peer support groups and support services for gender-based violence' has nothing to do with COVID-19 and was intended to introduce left-wing gender ideology into the report as a 'rucksack' paragraph, and rejects such political strategies;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Emphasises the essential nature of support services for
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Emphasises the essential nature of support services for
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33 a. Highlights the unique circumstances of women experiencing homelessness and their increased vulnerability to gender-based violence, as well as a lack of access to hygiene and healthcare facilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent emergency measures; calls on Member States to appropriately consider women experiencing homelessness in their pandemic response plans;
Amendment 375 #
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Deplores instances of xenophobic and racial discrimination which increased in light of the crisis, and urges the Commission and the Member States to take a zero-tolerance approach to the racist attacks and to adopt an intersectional approach in their responses;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Deplores instances of xenophobic and racial discrimination and urges the Commission and the Member States to adopt an intersectional approach in their responses that addresses the needs of marginalised population groups, including racial and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Deplores instances of xenophobic and racial discrimination and urges the Commission and the Member States to adopt an intersectional approach in their responses; notes that the Covid-19 crisis has no direct consequences on these problems.
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Deplores instances of
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas official mortality figures show that men have a higher death rate from the virus, while women are more at risk of contracting the virus due to their disproportionately high representation among
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34 a. 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 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world and conflict areas in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to gender based violence, including FGM and child and forced marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; notes that in many partner countries women are the breadwinners for their family and that feminised sector such as the garment industry and food production have been hardest hit, with knock-on impacts for their families’ and communities’ poverty levels and the economic independence and health and safety of women and girls; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to sexual and gender-based violence, including FGM and
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises that, similarly, the following paragraph in the draft report: 'Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to violence, including FGM and child marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world - especially in fragile and conflict affected states - in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to violence, including FGM and child marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations and their participation at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to gender-based violence, including FGM and
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare,
Amendment 387 #
35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare,
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35 a. Emphasises the equal access to education for children - school closures can exacerbate gender inequalities, especially for the poorest girls and adolescents who face a greater risk of early and forced marriage, unintended pregnancy during emergencies or are taking on additional responsibilities at home like looking after siblings or caring for sick relatives, which can lead to them falling behind in school work or dropping out; highlights the needs of all young people to have access to the necessary resources, tools and social support, to remain engaged in learning during school closures and re-enter the education system once the crisis is over;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that all financial support given to partner countries to cope with the crisis are properly allocated to support women and girls, such as to secure access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), avoid child labour, and avoid the lockdowns to lead to a loose of autonomy for women and girls worldwide;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas official mortality figures show that men have a higher death rate from the virus than women, while women are more at
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Welcomes the Team Europe package put forward by the Commission and stresses the need for a gender-sensitive approach in the allocation of these funds; emphasises the need for a gender sensitive response to COVID-19 in the implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)and the Instrument for Pre-Accession III to take account of the unique circumstances of women and girls and to stimulate post- crisis opportunities; encourages the continuation and prioritisation of education in emergencies during this time;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Welcomes the Team Europe package put forward by the Commission to support partner countries in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences and stresses the need for a gender-sensitive approach and earmarked gender equality spending in the allocation of these funds;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36.
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritize global solidarity by maintaining sufficient level of ODA funding, and by supporting partner countries’ response to the crisis in a comprehensive manner, including to ensure access to SRHR; calls on the EU to focus on health systems strengthening and universal access to SRHR as part of Universal Health Coverage in its humanitarian and development response to the COVID-19 pandemic; demands that the new MFF and in particular the NDICI prioritise gender equality and women’s rights across geographic and thematic programmes;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritize global solidarity by maintaining sufficient level of ODA funding, and by supporting partner countries’ response to the crisis in a comprehensive manner, including to ensure access to SRHR; calls on the EU to focus on health systems strengthening and universal access to SRHR as part of Universal Health Coverage in its humanitarian and development response to theCOVID-19 pandemic; demands that the new MFF and in particular the NDICI prioritise gender equality and women’s rights across geographic and thematic programmes;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36 a. Stresses the need for gender and trade chapters and gender provisions in trade agreements. Calls on the European Commission to use free trade agreements to work towards the equal pay and reward of women in the world;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 b (new) 36 b. Calls on the European Commission to include women and youth at the heart of its global response and to fully involve them, listen to their voices and empower them to be an active part of the response to the pandemic;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 b (new) 36 b. Calls on the European Commission to include women and girls at the heart of its global response and to fully involve them, listen to their voices and empower them to be an active part of the response to the pandemic;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 c (new) 36 c. Calls on the European Commission to include health, and in particular sexual and reproductive health, as a priority in the new Gender Action Plan III;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - – having regard to article 6 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) of 3 May 2008,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas official mortality figures show that men have a higher death rate from the virus, while women are more at risk of contracting the virus due to their
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 c (new) 36 c. Calls on the European Commission to include health, and in particular sexual and reproductive health, as a priority in the new Gender Action Plan III;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 d (new) 36 d. Urges the EU to include in trade agreements a requirement for economic partners to ratify and implement ILO Convention 156 on workers with family responsibilities, Convention 189 on domestic workers and Convention 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 d (new) 36 d. Urges countries to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage as an essential priority for international development;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 e (new) 36 e. Urges the Council and the Commission to ensure that gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting are at the centre of all measures linked to the recovery, incorporating lessons learned about the diversity of needs of women;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 f (new) 36 f. Calls on the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy as a matter of utmost urgency, with a clear timeline, robust engagement across all parts of the Commission, strongly coordinated and monitored through the Task Force for Equality in collaboration with the DG JUST Gender Equality Unit;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the gender specific impacts and needs arising from the crisis and its socio-
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences and to ensure that the crisis does not exacerbate existing inequalities, and to allocate adequate budgetary resources and targeted measures to tackling these needs, as well as to the monitoring of this spending, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; emphasises that preparatory action is the best way to build resilience in all areas for future crises;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, as stated in the Commission’s initial announcement, that equality, including gender equality, is at the heart of the economic recovery through the measures outlined in the Recovery Package, addressing the commitments made in the Gender Equality Strategy together with the objectives of the dedicated instruments, funds and programmes of ‘NextGeneration EU’, therefore providing the necessary resources to address the issues arising from the crisis and to support women in the recovery;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the COVID-19crisis has had a disproportionate on women, exacerbating existing structural gender inequalities and shown how crucial women are to the resilience of our societies; whereas women, and the specific impacts of the crisis on them, must be considered in the design and allocation of economic and social recovery measures given women have been the majority of frontline workers providing essential care and services due to gender segregation in the labour market and given they are more likely to be in temporary, part-time and precarious employment than men;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37 a. Calls for the inclusion of gender equality as one of the policy priorities to be tackled in the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe, to ensure gender balance in its bodies and the involvement of women’s rights organisations and women organisations to ensure that the EU post-Covid takes women’s needs into account;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37 a. Calls on the Commission to include national gender equality plans for recovery and strategies to address gender issues emerging in the crisis, including gender-based and domestic violence in the assessment criteria for national recovery and resilience plans;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37 a. Calls on the Comission to establish a dedicated and exceptional fund for vulnerable women and children to help them recover from the crisis;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 b (new) 37 b. Calls on the EU to include equality between women and men as a prerequisite enabling condition for EU members States to uphold when receiving EU funds;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 c (new) 37 c. Calls on the Commission to ensure, in the instances of decision- making on the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, equal representation of women in their diversity, and that women’s perspectives are duly taken into account;
Amendment 415 #
37 d. Calls on the EU and Member States to maintain an enabling environment for civil society organisations notably through political support and sufficient level of funding; calls on the European Commission to ensure flexibility in existing EU-funded projects and programmes, remove co- funding requirements and allow beneficiaries to reallocate the funding received to respond to the crisis;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas a majority of frontline workers in the current crisis are women, including 76 % of healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, midwives, staff in residential care homes), 82 % of cashiers, 93 % of child care workers and teachers, 95 % of domestic cleaners and helpers, and 86 % of personal care workers24b in the EU; _________________ 24bhttps://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/frontline-workers
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the gendered impact of the crisis is well evidenced by the work of EIGE and UN Women among others; whereas however the full impact of the crisis is difficult to measure given the lack of comparable gender disaggregated data across the Member States;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas women are not equally involved in decision-making as men, due to the existing glass ceiling, when it comes to dealing with the crisis;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas it is thanks to the frontline workers for whom physical distancing is often not an option and who thus bear the increased burden of possibly spreading the virus to their relatives, that our economic, social and healthcare systems, our public life and essential activities are maintained;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas due to the extraordinary situation in the health systems, and as essential public services and goods become more limited during crisis, women and girls risk losing their fundamental right to health services; whereas evidence from past epidemics, including Ebola and Zika, indicate that efforts to contain outbreaks often divert resources from routine health services including pre- and post-natal health care and contraceptives, and often exacerbate already limited access to sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C e (new) Ce. whereas critical needs for women include access to safe delivery, particularly in the case of complications, avoiding any obstetric violence that would risk traumatic consequences for mother or child, availability of contraception, and provisions for clinical management in the case of rape;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C f (new) Cf. whereas we currently witness even legal attempts to appeal the right to safe and legal abortion in some Member States;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas as a result of the cancellation or postponement of services designated as ‘non-
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to article 6 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) of 3 May 2008;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas as a result of the cancellation or postponement of ‘non- essential’ health services, a delay arose in accessing critical care for urgent complaints; whereas in this regard access to sexual and reproductive health care and services such as contraception, IVF and safe abortion were hampered with serious consequences for women;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas as a result of the cancellation or postponement of
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas as a result of the cancellation or postponement of ‘non- essential’ health services, a delay, and sometimes barriers, arose in accessing critical care for urgent complaints, including sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas as a result of the cancellation or postponement of ‘non- essential’ health services, a delay arose in accessing critical care for urgent complaints; including for women;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports from Member States
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports from Member States during the confinement period revealed a worrying increase in
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports from Member States during the confinement period revealed a worrying increase in
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports from Member States during the confinement period
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports from Member States during the confinement period revealed a worrying increase in domestic violence; with lockdown measures exacerbating an already existing ‘shadow’ pandemic with insufficient supports and resources that must be addressed
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas reports from Member States during the confinement period revealed a worrying increase in domestic violence; particularly affecting specific groups of women including women with disabilities;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the greater use of internet during the pandemic increases online and ICT-facilitated gender based-violence and online sexual abuse of children and especially girls; whereas human rights defenders, women in politics, female journalists, women belonging to ethnic minorities, indigenous women, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women, and women with disabilities are particularly targeted by ICT-facilitated violence; whereas in Europe, the risk of online violence is highest among young women between 18 and 29 years of age 24b; _________________ 24b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2018/604979/IPOL_STU(20 18)604979_EN.pdf
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the family has represented the safest environment for mitigating the effects of the crisis caused by COVID-19;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas many women in prostitution face a lack of access to housing, health and financial supports and their lives and wellbeing are increasingly at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas femicides do not count into the official death statistic of COVID- 19, but risk to be related to the outbreak and the lockdown measures taken during this period;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas limited access to support services, like women shelters and hotlines which were closed down due to the crisis, left women with no place to go and seek help;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas a majority of
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas a majority of
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in many essential sectors the work that both women
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in many essential sectors the work that women do is poorly paid;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in many essential sectors the work that women do is poorly paid; whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segregation in the EU is still significant, with women overrepresented in less profitable sectors; whereas ILO warns that certain groups such as people in less protected and low-paid jobs, particularly youth, older workers, women and migrants, will be disproportionately affected by the jobs crisis, which could increase inequality; whereas ILO also highlight that women also have less access to social protection and will bear a disproportionate burden in the care economy;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in many essential sectors the work that women do is poorly paid; whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segregation in the EU is still significant, with women overrepresented in less profitable sectors;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in many essential sectors the work that women do is poorly paid; whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segregation in the EU is still significant, with women overrepresented in less profitable sectors; whereas the Recovery Plan Next Generation for the EU does not address the sectors where women are overrepresented.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in many essential
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas women are more likely to be in temporary, part-time and precarious employment than men (26.5 % compared to 15.1 % of men26 ), and have therefore been significantly impacted by job losses and furloughing;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas women are more likely to be in temporary, part-time and precarious employment than men (26.5 % compared to 15.1 % of men26 ), considering that part-time jobs are regularly a choice, and have therefore been significantly impacted by job losses and furloughing; _________________ 26https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/economic-hardship-and- gender
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas women are more likely to
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas research from Eurofound shows that the COVID-19 crisis poses a serious risk of rolling back decades of gains achieved in gender equality in labour market participation, particularly if activity is further hampered in sectors overrepresented by women1a; _________________ 1a Eurofound COVID-19 Survey, 2020
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas research shows that reduction in the gender employment gap has stagnated in the past few years and the persisting disparities in employment participation COSTs Europe more than €335 billion per year, corresponding to 2.41% of EU GDP in 201926b. _________________ 26b Research by Eurofound (2020)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the European labour market; whereas the situation must be carefully examined by sector with sex-and age disaggregated data, through both the crisis and recovery periods; whereas the full economic, employment and social consequences of the pandemic are still unknown, preliminary studies suggest significant job losses in service sectors such as leisure and hospitality sectors, travel and tourism, retail, cleaning, personal care work, and secretarial work that are largely made up of women as well as building, finance and construction sectors that largely employ men; whereas conversely other sectors have preserved employment security despite the crisis, including the public and medical sectors employing more women, and ICT employing more men;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) Hc. whereas start-up entrepreneurs have been significantly impacted by the crisis;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in care provision in the EU; whereas in recent years, public services such as access to universal and free health have been suppressed or reduced; whereas universal and free health is a fundamental right that allows access to health without discrimination based on race, age, ethnicity, economic level or other condition;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in care provision in the EU; whereas care needs to be viewed holistically along a continuum, from childcare to after school care, to care for those with disabilities to care for older persons;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas COVID-19 has exposed
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) - – having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in care provision in many Member States of the EU;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has increased non-paid work within the home for women; whereas women usually spend 13 hours more each week than men on unpaid care and housework27
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has increased non-paid work within the home for women; whereas
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has increased
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools, care centres and workplaces has increased non-paid work within the home for women; whereas women usually spend 13 hours more each week than men on unpaid care and housework27 ; whereas the COVID-19 crisis
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has increased un
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has increased non-paid work within the home
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parents
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