4 Amendments of Joëlle MÉLIN related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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1. Draws attention to the fact that the EU is facing a demographic crisis which by 2040 will result in a shortfall of 24 million in the labour force, creating an economic necessity to further include women in the labour market; emphasises that increasing women’s employment rate to the level of men’s employment would reduce the labour force shortfall to 3 million;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Draws attention to the fact that the EU is facing a demographic crisis which by 2040 will result in a shortfall of 24 million in the labour force, creating an economic necessity to further include women in the labour market; emphasises that increasing women’s employment rate to the level of men’s employment would reduce the labour force shortfall to 3 millionproposes to include the demographic crisis as a priority on the European agenda, as a basis for effective policies to sustain birth rates, recognising that the choice between a career and the fulfilment of a desire for a child is more difficult at a time of economic crisis;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that gender equality is a necessary condition for meeting the Europe 2020 strategy’s 75 % employment rate target and is crucial for maintaining sustainable pension systems; draws attention to the need to promote measures to improve the balance between work and family life and social provisions to support children;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of factors including women’s career breaks, the gender pay gap, the pension gap and poverty in households headed by single mothers, and that the reduction of poverty levels by 20 million by 2020 can be achieved by anti-poverty policies that are grounded in support intergender mainstreamingational solidarity;