9 Amendments of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2011/2320(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) adopted by the Council on 7 March 2011,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the gender dimension is crucial to achieving the EU 2020 headline targets, as women form the greatest reserve of as yet unused labour and form the majority of those living in poverty in the EU; whereas specific attention therefore needs to be paid to both gender mainstreaming and policies targeted at women throughout the European Semester process;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the austerity measures and measures aimed at fiscal consolidation might have a disproportionately negative effect on the position of women in the labour market and on poverty among women, for instance due to cuts in the public sector that affect women or by limiting fiscal benefits for childcare;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to request separate national targets for male and female employment rates from the Member States in their national reform programmes and to demand that they use gender disaggregated data in their progress reports;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Regrets the insufficient efforts to implement gender mainstreaming in the priorities of the Annual Growth Survey, despite the fact that the European Pact for Gender Equality 2011-2020 invites the Commission to integrate a gender equality perspective to the Annual Growth Survey; calls on the European Council to ensure that the policy guidance will address gender inequalities; calls on Member States to implement gender mainstreaming in the design of National Reform Programmes; calls on the Commission to address country specific recommendations in the case of Member States failing to take the gender dimension into account;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Encourages the Commission, Member States and employers to create more opportunities for female workers in the sectors of new technologies in order to strengthen the high-tech sector in accordance with the EU 2020 objectives;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to improve the adequacy and effectiveness of social protection systems and to make sure that social automatic stabilisers, including access to gender equal pension systems, and to make sure that they continue acting as buffers against poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Is concerned about the social impact of the crisis on poverty among women; calls on Member States and the Commission to ensure that fiscal consolidation is compatible with the social dimension of the EU 2020 strategy and the employment guidelines; calls on the Commission to also assess the effects of austerity measures on gender equality and female employment;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Calls on the Commission to develop gender analysis and mainstreaming on the impact of pension reforms on women's lives in the EU with the objective of individualising pensions rights and social security and tax systems as well;