Activities of Kostadinka KUNEVA related to 2014/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) EL
Amendments (17)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on Board Directive),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular Article 6, Women with disabilities,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality (2013/2103(INI)),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable, and inclusive economy entails ambitious targets, for example the 75% employment rate and reducing the number of persons suffering, or threatened with, poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million by 2020, which will be impossible to meet unless Member States implement innovative policies to promote gender equality in the true senseausterity policies and cuts to public services, among other things, are abandoned and encouragement is given to the creation of decent jobs, instead of destroying or downgrading them;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas poverty has a structural and deeper impact on women the effects of which are worsening due to austerity measures which are set up in an attempt to solve the current economic, financial and social crisis;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is crucial to take into account the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination experienced by many women and girls in Europe (disability, migrant background, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, housing status, etc.);
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas rates of unemployment among young women are overtaking those of the population as a whole, and young women continue to be discriminated against by employers following maternity leave, a factor which affects their work and life prospects;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas women are still a minority at every level of decision making and only 37% of Members of the new European Parliament and 9 out of 28 new Commissioners are women;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Proposes that austerity measures be withdrawn immediately as these do not just affect the public services women are more likely to use on account of their current economic vulnerability, but also cuts in the budgets for policies to prevent violence against women;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to implement a multi-layered approach that focuses on equality in paid and unpaid work to enable both women and men to become equal earners and equal carers throughout their lives and policies that address women's economic independence on an equal footing with men.
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EU to put an end to policies establishing dependency between family members in the framework of family reunion, and calls on the EU and its member states to grant migrant women an autonomous residence status, especially in cases of domestic violence.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. calls on the EC to request a report of each MS about the implementation of the EU directive on sexual harassment at work;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Renews its call on the Commission to submit a proposal under Article 84 TFEU for an act establishing measures to promote and support the action of Member States in the field of preventing violence against women and girls, by supporting a directive on the prevention of violence and teaching on equality, and by introducing penalties for discriminatory or violent behaviour towards women, the products of a patriarchal system;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Observes that increasing poverty and marginalisation, owing to so-called austerity policies, have led to an increase in female trafficking, sexual exploitation and prostitution and that there are signs that male domestic violence is on the rise, as social tensions within families also increase, and that women now find themselves more economically dependent on their aggressors;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to sign as soon as possible the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), this being the best way of combating and eradicating all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health services in order to support all women subjected to violence, including refugees, among other measures by increasing their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities and to women with disabilities;