Activities of Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ related to 2014/2237(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty (A8-0310/2015 - Inês Cristina Zuber) SK
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty PDF (215 KB) DOC (134 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas a favourable entrepreneurial environment stimulates the growth of employment in Member States, and broadens the employment opportunities for parents, who can then serve as welcome role models, especially in communities adversely affected by multi-generational poverty and exclusion;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas single-parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion (49.8% compared to 25.2%), which is due to the feminisation of poverty and wage discriminationfference between men and women;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas early childhood education and care have decisive impact on the cognitive development of children and lay the foundations for later success in life in terms of education, well-being, employability, and social integration, especially for children from disadvantaged backgrounds;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas inclusive education addresses and responds to the diversity of needs of all learners through an increasing participation in learning, cultures and community values, and thus represents a powerful tool for combating child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. Whereas there remain financial, administrative and other practical barriers to education for marginalised groups of children; and spending on education expenses, especially as regards school materials and transportation, is essentially borne by households in most countries;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas the socioeconomic environment in which children live affects the quality of time spent at school and the quality of time during school holidays, and whereas a poor level of stimulation during free time has the unwelcome effect of increasing the differences between children, especially in their education
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, there are many children who do not have access to a family doctor or dentist, and some children that have limited access to services beyond emergency care;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. Whereas all children have the right to be protected from abuse, violence and neglect and that research has concluded that financial pressures within families and cuts in public services put children at greater risk and that so-called austerity measures are leading to greater violence against childrenput children at greater risk;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas families with children with health problems, and likewise parents who have health problems, more often face the risk of poverty, family breakdown and difficulty establishing themselves in the job market;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that Member States increase the quantity, amounts, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children, but also to parents (such as unemployment benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security to families and fight precarious employment; in poverty and at risk of poverty
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recommends that Member States, when using ESIF funds and developing social policies, should devote greater attention to protecting families (especially single-parent families) with children with health problems against poverty;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges Member States to adhere consistently to the principles of inclusive education in preschool, school and extracurricular education;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Urges Member States to devote greater attention to the creation and availability of a suitable out-of-school environment in which children can spend their time in a meaningful and stimulating way outside school hours and during school holidays; and to devote greater attention to the availability of basic health care for children in deprived areas and in remote and inaccessible regions
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Welcomes the recommendations from the Council and the Commission, which draw attention to the poor quality of the entrepreneurial environment in some Member States, and the inadequate effectiveness of public administration, and include recommendations for improving the state of public finances;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that Member States' national budgets contain visible and transparent provisions for costsallocations and spending to combat child poverty and to fulfil their duty to protect children;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that Member States develop proactive social policies that prevent poverty and the departureremoval of children from their family environment, ensuring that it is not through poverty that children are institutionalised; calls on the Member States to allocate resources from the European Structural and Investment Funds to support the transition from institutional to family and community- based care;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that Member States guarantee all children access to free, quality and inclusive public education at all ages, including early childhood, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that Member States in a timely manner explore options to provide free school materials and school transportation during school hours to children in poverty or at risk of poverty;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality health care with regard to prevention and primary care, access to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, guaranteeing women the right to sexual and reproductive health by ensuring health care for babies, maternity care in the pre- and post-natal care period, particularly in the case of premature birth, access to family doctors, dentists and mental health specialists for all children, and integrate these aspects into national and the EU public health strategies;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recommends that Member States provide the necessary support to ensure the right to culture, sport and leisure for all children, with a focus on children in poverty, children in remote areas, children with disabilities, and migrants;migrant children, children moving within the EU regardless their nationality and children left behind
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recommends Member States to put in place mechanisms that promote and ensure children's participation in decision making that affects their lives; and enable and encourage children to express informed views, ensuring that those views are given due weight and are reflected in the main decisions affecting them;