Activities of Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ related to 2016/2061(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the Gender Pension Gap
Amendments (10)
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that all people have the right to a decent public pension, and recalls that the Union recognises the entitlement to social security benefits and social services which provide protection in the event of old age or dependency, disability or dependency on long-term care; reminds in this context that the right of older persons to live in dignity and independently is enshrined in art. 25 of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores that in many Member States, there is no entitlement to available, affordable and quality child care and long-term care and many women are forced to reduce their working time to care for children, persons with disabilities and other dependent relatives; therefore calls on the Member States to increase their support for childcare and to introduce targets similar to the Barcelona targets on the availability of quality long- term care services;
Amendment 91 #
2a. Stresses that the inadequate implementation of the Barcelona objectives on childcare facilities by the Member States seriously reduces opportunities for women to fully realise their employment potential and thus leads to pension inequalities;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that the European Union has a primarily supporting competence in the field of pension schemes, particularly under Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU);
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the gender pension gap is a consequence of various factors and calls on the Member States and the Commission to continue investigating this gap and obtaining comparable data with a view to design better-informed policies;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to create appropriate compensation mechanisms for people who devote a significant portion of their working lives to caring for dependents, the elderly and the chronically ill;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Commission and Member States to study the effects of different systems providing survivor's pensions in the light of high rates of divorce and non- married couples on poverty and social exclusion of older women;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 196 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow up on the Council conclusions of 18 June 2015 on equal income opportunities for women and men: closing the gender gap in pensions, including the call for the inclusion of care periods in the calculation of social protection rights, investment in accessible and affordable care systems, the developments of indicators on the gender pension gap and to promote further research on its causes;
Amendment 216 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to reverse any reforms of pension systems that aggravate imbalances in pensions (especially gender imbalances)eliminate potential gender bias in pension systems.