Activities of Beatrix von STORCH related to 2014/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (4)
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the EU policy on the matter (A8-0023/2015 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) DE
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (A8-0015/2015 - Marc Tarabella) DE
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) DE
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013 PDF (175 KB) DOC (130 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33
Citation 33
– having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union21 , __________________ 21and its resolution on women and poverty in the European Union (2004/2217 (INI)) P6_TA (2005)0388, __________________ 21 OJ C 233 E, 28.9.2006, p. 130. OJ C 233 E, 28.9.2006, p. 130.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2009 on non-discrimination based on sex and intergenerational solidarity (2008/2118 (INI)),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to the Declaration by the trio presidency (Spain, Belgium and Hungary) and Poland on the impacts of reconciliation of work and family life on demographic dynamics (adopted at the Godollo Ministerial Conference, 1st April 2011),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the principle of equal treatment of women and men implies that there must be no discrimination whatsoever, be it direct or indirect, also on account of motherhood, fatherhood and the fact of shouldering family responsibilities;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas economists and demographers (World bank, OCDE, IMF) use economic and mathematical models to highlight the economic value of household production- carried out mainly by women- and that women's contribution to GDP would be even higher if their unpaid work were factored in, which proves discrimination of women's work;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas home caregivers remain (both men and women) discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities and in particular the lack of freedom of choice for mothers and fathers pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the sharing of family and domestic responsibilities between men and women, to be brought about not least through a greater uptake of parental leave and paternity leave, is essential in order to achieve gender equality between men and women; whereas a quarter of Member States do not offer paternity leave and they are free to do so because that issue is a matter of national competency;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender and women’s rights into their policy-making and budget procedures, especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses in every caseuphold the principle of equal opportunities for all men and women in public policies where the EU has a clear competency;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges Eurostat to assess the possibility of developing measures to highlight the value of invisible work in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO)
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that men and women caring for children or the elderly should receive recognition by giving individual rights particularly regarding social security and pensions
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3; calls on the Commission to provide continuing financial support to Member States so that they can offer childcare systems that parents can afford; whereas, the right balance can only be struck between family plans, private life and professional ambitions if the people concerned have genuine freedom of choice, in economic and social terms, and are supported by political and economic decisions at the European and national level without being penalised, and if the requisite infrastructure is in place
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for careful analysis to be brought to bear on the studies which suggest that an employment contract should be replaced by an activity contract so as to allow for mobility, alternation, life cycles, and career breaks, as regards both employment and work in a self-employed capacity, accounted for by training or caring
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. notes that such policy decisions are based on individual freedom of choice, especially for women and mothers, who must be entitled to have as many children as they want while pursuing such activities as they might wish to engage in at different stages in their lives, and also allowed to change their minds without being subjected to discrimination, since all these things form part and parcel of the rights attaching to citizenship
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Invites the Commission to maintain in its policy priorities the access to quality, affordable, acceptable and accessible prenatal and maternal health care services, relational, affective and sexual education for boys and girls under the prior responsibility of their parents, voluntary family planning including natural family planning methods, while combating sex based discrimination leading to sex-selective and involuntary abortions, forced sterilization and sexual violence, as well as ensuring the provision of prenatal and maternal health care supplies, including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support without discrimination