Activities of Monika VANA related to 2023/2066(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Amendments (23)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas women are disproportionally affected by the consequences of crisis as they tend to be amongst the poorest population, are highly represented in low-paying and precarious jobs, have lower levels of savings and wealth and still bear the brunt of unpaid care work, leaving them with less resources to protect themselves of the negative effects of crisis; whereas women are the “shock absorbers of poverty” carrying the main responsibility for the purchase and preparation of food for their children and families and for the management of budget of poor households;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. whereas the current cost-of-living crisis has acutely threatened women’s livelihoods, health and wellbeing putting them and their families at risk to access housing, limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food and aggravating situations of energy poverty, social exclusion and inequalities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Observes that disparsocial and gender inequalities across the EU have been exacerbated byas result of several ongoing crisis such as the COVID- 19 pandemic, the war of aggression against Ukraine, climate change related disasters and the current rise in living costs and have negatively affected children and their families in terms of income, access to employment, living conditions, education, and skills and access to housing, basic goods, public services and care;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that women and children facing intersectional discrimination experience additional barriers in accessing basic social services, such as healthcare, care, housing, social security, and the employment market, education, training and work promotion; Stresses that special attention must be put to address the effects of implicit biases in accessing these services and rights generated due to persisting stereotypes;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, in order to reduce these inequalities and promote social inclusion, it is crucial to support women’s access to childcare facilities, the equal sharing of childcare between parents and family- friendly working time arrangementensure universal and long term policies and services that promotes decent jobs, fair wages, eradicates the pay and pension gap, protects against the multiple causes of poverty and social exclusion and promotes work life balance with universal and equal access to childcare and long-term care facilities and the equal sharing of care, domestic and childcare responsibilities between families;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the importance to ensure the full implementation of COFE political recommendations, including the recommendations 13 and 14 on inclusive labour markets and of the accomplishment of the principles and targets set in the European Pillar of Social Rights for 2030, at EU, national, regional and local level;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on Member states to increase public investment in policies that directly or indirectly aim to counteract the negative effects of these crises on children, women in all their diversity and their families and to guaranteeing the access to high-quality public services on care, education, health, housing and services to protect victims of gender based violence among others; Regrets that crisis are often used as an excuse to continue or increase cuts in public spending;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EU care strategy and the revision of the Barcelona targets on early childhood education and care as key drivers of women’s labour-market participation1 ; Stresses however the insufficient infrastructure offering quality and universal long-term care and childcare, especially for early childhood; _________________ 1 Eurostat: In 2021 in the EU-27, 27.9 % of women aged 25–49 outside the labour force indicated that looking after children or adults in need of care was their main reason for not seeking employment.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that addressing the gender pay, pension and wage gaps has a positive impact on poverty reduction and social inclusion and that the availability of universal childcare, social care and household services is crucial; Calls for an ambitious implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive and for specific measures to fight against precarious jobs, in-work poverty, the horizontal and vertical segregation of the labour market and the undervaluation of work mostly done by women;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to propose a European framework Directive on minimum income schemes as the basis for high level social protection and full participation in society across the life span and ensuring minimum income schemes above the poverty threshold of 60 % of national median income in all Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for an ambitious and reinforced implementation of the Child Guarantee with increased funding to ensure that all children in the European Union has free access to healthy food, clean drinking water, adequate housing, healthcare, education, care and leisure activities; Reminds about the importance to mainstream children’s rights in all internal and external EU policies, actions and programmes, (legislative and non- legislative) that may affect children directly or indirectly, ensuring consistency and coherence;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Member States to foster programmes to monitor the prices of energy, transport and other essential goods in order to reduce the impact of the rise in the cost of living on women, children and their families;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to assess and propose, where appropriate, new legislation to counter the financialisation of housing markets and stop speculators from making housing unaffordable and to adapt European rules for digital platforms to give cities more control over rentals via platforms;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out the importance of education and empowerment for girls and women as a factor in reducing gender inequalities; Recommends that the Member States ensure that all children have access to formal and non-formal, public, free, inclusive and quality education at all ages;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to prioritise the rights of children in the national Roma strategies and ensure that Roma children have equal access to essential services, with particular focus on Early Childhood Education and Care and primary and secondary education, healthcare, nutrition, and decent housing;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to mainstream children’s rights in the 2020 - 2030 European Disability Strategy and to support families, so that they are not separated due to the child’s or parent’s disability, while investing in children’s and their families’ empowerment and right to independent living;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address inequalities concerning women’s access to the labour market; as well as to put forward specific measures to promote quality jobs and security for refugees and migrants;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the Member States toon the EU Commission to put forward a EU Care Deal with a set of measures and recommendations aiming at fostering a transition towards a feminist care economy that puts care at the centre of theirEU and national policies and guarantee universal, timely and equal access to quality care services, while making efficient use of the available EU tools and funds inincreasing the funds dedicated to this area.;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to adopt gender- responsive, child-sensitive, climate- resilient and sustainable food and energy systems that have women and girls at their centre; Calls for gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting principles reflected in all policy areas and especially when designing measures that aim to respond to specific crisis ensuring women’s and girls’ voice, agency, participation and leadership;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the implementation of systematic gender impact assessments ahead of any policy, which should be based on the collection of disaggregated data and the development of gender expertise to ensure the gender dimension is fully integrated and to better understand and address the specific effects these polices have on women and more specifically on those experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls for the urgent implementation of clear gender-targeted measures, through earmarking, to address the specific needs of women following the negative impacts of the multiple crisis, in particular in the fields of employment, gender-based violence and SRHR, including in programmes and instruments within Next Generation EU and the MFF for the 2021-2027 period, in line with the dual approach of the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls to ensure the implementation of social benchmarks in Structural Funds and to strengthen the ESF+ to prioritise the fight against poverty and social exclusion; Stresses the need for increased funding for actions aimed at preventing and combating gender-based violence under the DAPHNE specific objective within the CERV programme;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the introduction of a gender pillar and an overarching gender equality objective in the European Semester and to reform EU’s economic governance so that combatting social and gender inequalities with increased investments is put at its centre;