9 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2018/2120(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas persistent gender gaps in the EU, such as the 11.6 % gender employment gap1 , the 16.2 % gender pay gap2 and the 37.2 % gender pension gap3 , among others, are not only unfair, but also put women in vulnerable or precarious situations, such as poverty or social exclusion; whereas urgent efforts are needed to eliminate these gaps as they remain one of the main barriers for achieving gender equality and an unacceptable form of gender discrimination; _________________ 1 European Institute for Gender Equality, Gender Statistics Database. 2 Boll, C. and Lagemann, A., ‘Gender pay gap in EU countries based on SES (2014)’, Luxembourg: European Commission, 2018. 3 European Commission, Pension Adequacy Report 2018.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women are more affected by cuts to public services, including healthcare, education and housing, housing and childcare and long-term care services, both directly as service users and employees, and indirectly through their support for family members who rely on core public services;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Calls on the Member States to set specific quantitative targets in their NRPs regarding women’s employment in general, together with specific measures targeting groups of women with very low employment rates, such as young women, older women, migrant women, disabled women, single mothers, and Roma women;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to introduce a gender equality pillar in the 2020 Strategy and an overarching gender equality objective;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the full commitment of the European Semester to the European Pillar of Social Rights, underlin and considers the European Semester should contribute to the realisation of the social rights outlined in the Pillar and monitor the delivery of all 20 key principles, with special attention to ensuring equal treatment and opportunities between women and men, the right to equal pay for work of equal value, and the right to high- quality, affordable care services; Considers that the European economic governance should refocus from the narrow objective of GDP growth towards well-being and convergence with high minimum standards for gender equality;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the need to prioritise action to tackle the problems of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, which affect women above all, to give priority to sustainable employment/quality jobs with rights and quality public services which ensure social inclusion, especially in the areas of education, health, childcare, care for persons with support needs, public transport and social services;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor women’s labour participation on the basis of the number of hours worked per week, contract types, and women’s financial independence and thus to fight female poverty; calls for an increase of minimum wages, offering at least a living wage, binding measures to reach wage transparency and conducting pay audits on the company level in order to achieve equal pay for equal work and for work of equal value in all sectors and professions; calls furthermore on the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards directive;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to remove all the constraints on women participating in the labour market and to eliminate all tax- related gender biases and other incentives that perpetuate unequal gender roles;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls for guidelines to ensure genuine accountability and meaningful dialogue with civil society organisations and trade unions, making national and European Parliament equal partners.