Activities of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2018/2077(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Care services in the EU for improved gender equality (debate) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on care services in the EU for improved gender equality PDF (361 KB) DOC (87 KB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the European Union and all Member States,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to the Report of the UN Secretary-General, “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals1a; _________________ 1a http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp ?symbol=E/2017/66⟪ =E
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)
Citation 3 c (new)
- having regard to SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, and especially SDG Target 5.2: Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Economic Policy Committee and European Commission Joint Report on Health Care and Long-Term Care Systems & Fiscal Sustainability of October 2016,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions on Enhancing Community- Based Support and Care for Independent Living,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee “EU Action Plan 2017-2019 Tackling the gender pay gap” 1a _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52017DC0 678
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the cumulative effect of the multiple career gaps affecting women (pay, career duration, childcare breaks, part timework, care for dependent adults)contributes substantially to the gender pay gap and gender pension gap, resulting in a higher risk of exposure to poverty and social exclusion for women, with negative impacts also extending to their children and families;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. Whereas the average amount of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work is more than threefold higher for women than men; whereas available data indicate that time spent on domestic chores accounts for a large proportion of the gender gap in unpaid work;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe is facing an ageing population, which leads to increasing care needs; whereas an estimate of 80% of long-term care is provided informally; whereas most informal carers are women, including many older women;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16 % meaning that women in the EU, across the economy, earn on average 16% less per hour than men do; whereas investing informal care facilities and in adequate family related leaves for both women and men contributes to reducing the gender pay gap, as it leads to fewer career interruptions and less discontinuous employment for women;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the number of care homes for the eolderly persons has increased over the last 10 years in nearly all Member States, the demand is still outstripping the availability of care; whereas a lack of disaggregated information at a national level, including on financial investments, and a lack of quality indicators makes this important part of care infrastructure difficult to monitor;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights, jointly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017, reflects the unanimous support by all EU institutions and the Member States on the principles and rights of the Pillar, including gender equality, equal opportunities, support to children or inclusion of people with disabilities.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a shift from institutional to community-based care for persons with disabilities has been taking place in recent timethe European Union and all Member States have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; whereas by becoming a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)in 2011, the EU committed to promoting and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities; whereas a shift from institutional to community-based care for persons with disabilities has been taking place in recent times in line with the legal provisions of the Convention; whereas the needs of older persons with disabilities should be met in community- based care settings;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on work-life balance for workers and carers and emphasises, in this context, the importance of the individual rights of leave and flexible working arrangements for helping working individuals to manage their private and professional lives; believes that for the purposes of future development, the aim should be to come up with a new maternity leave proposal, to progressively extend parental and care leave9 , and to ensure non-transferable parental leave, guarantees in relation to dismissal, return on the same or equivalent post and protection from discrimination carried out on the basis of leave-taking decisions, and the extension of rights to those who need to take leave in order to care for dependents other than children; _________________ 9 As called for in www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do? pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010- 0373+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Call to the European Commission to come up with an initiative on the social protection and services for informal carers, that could modify the unattractive perception of the carer’s sector for employment, attracting mainly women and migrant workers, such as access to health care, the recognition of time spent in informal care in pension credits, and access to services such as peer counselling, psychological support, day- care and respite care facilities.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises, however, that the availability of diverse, quality, accessible and affordable care infrastructure and services, and support for childcare and care for other dependants either at home, or in home-like situationthe community in home-type settings, has proved to be a crucial aspect of work-life balance policies that help women make a swift return to and remain in the labour market;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes a variety of care services, such as early childhood care and education, care services for the eolderly persons and care or support for persons with disabilities, and that differing policy approaches have therefore been developed;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility and that there should therefore be a range of care service provisions, both public and private, and for care at home and in home- like settings; considers, furthermore, that family members should either be able to voluntarily provide care or be subsidised to procure care servichave the right to receive adequate compensation and access to social rights on an equal basis with others when they choose to provide informal care to their relatives;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that care services should be developed so as to enhance the continuity of care, preventive health and social care, rehabilitation and, where relevant, independent living;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidance for Member States on developing comprehensive employment- friendly, person-centred, community- based and accessible care services which include childcare, care services for the elderly and careolder persons and care and support services for persons with disabilities, and which are based on the participation of and consultation with the intended users of the services to ensure their accessibility;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Further calls on the Commission to develop harmonised definitions and indicators to assess the accessibility, quality, availability and efficiency of care and support services for children, persons with disabilities and the elderlyolder persons at an EU level, while finding ways to avoid increasing the monitoring burden on care professionals; calls on the Commission to monitor their implementation and promote corrective action where and when may be needed;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to monitor rigorously the spending of EU Funding, especially under the European Structural and Investment Funds in the area of social care services and long-term care and ensure that investments are in line with the human rights obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to set up indicators and targets on long-term care services for the eolderly persons and for persons with disabilities, in consultation with the Member States;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to increase investment in care services to tackle existing investment deficits and improve the quality of care, and to increase investment in special measures that enable carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Supports the inclusion in the Commission’s Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) of measures focusing on investment in childcare facilities and fiscal disincentives preventing second earners - mainly women - to work or to work more, and on other measures to address the gender pay gap;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission to make sure the European Semester process and the application of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact contribute to the realisation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, leaving effective room for Member States to fund and sustain their funding for care services;