13 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2016/2012(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas inequalities between men and women have widened in the most elementary aspects of life and society, in an unprecedented regressive civilisational development, and this fact cannot be uncoupled from the EU’s guiding policies, in particular policies of austerity, impoverishment, low wages and precarious employment and labour deregulation;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas discrimination affecting women’s access to goods and services is increasing rapidly at the basic level of their ability to acquire and choose them, owing to disparities in access to quality employment and access to decent wages and pensions;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas media, and advertising and, sectors where women are most frequently treated in a stereotyped and discriminatory way, along with education- related services as well as the services that are provided for within the private sphere fall outside the scope of the Directive;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas discriminatory practices against women persist in terms of access to services provided by the insurance and banking sector, with different rates and fees being applied depending on gender, resulting in particular from the inclusion of weighting factors linked to maternity and reproductive life;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
The insurance and banking sector
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the implementation of the Test-Achats ruling in national legislation by the Member States and the fact that the national legislation has been amended in a legally binding manner; points out that there are still challenges related to the conformity of the national legislation with the ruling, for example in sickness insurance schemes and to the guarantee that there will be no discrimination in the various areas of the insurance sector, eliminating disparities depending on gender or linked to maternity and reproductive life;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns the discriminatory practices in the banking sector linked to pregnancy, maternity plans and maternity and leading to disparities in access to rented property and home ownership or in obtaining loans, and considers that these practices should be eliminated;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that parents and carers of small children still face physical access barriers and other obstacles, such as an insufficiency of baby changing facilities on the premises of service providers, notably in toilets; emphasises the need to safeguard the rights of both mothers and fathers to enjoy equal opportunities in the company of their children on the premises of service providers;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that unequal treatment of women on the grounds of breastfeeding on the premises of service providers still persists across the Member States; considers that the protection of women on the grounds of maternity and pregnancy as guaranteed by the Directive needs to be strengthened at Member State level by the means of their choice; considers that there is a need service providers must comply with the Directive’s guiding particular for awareness- raising, specifically amrinciples and national legislationg the service providersransposing it;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that discrimination and disparities are still being recorded in access to medical goods and services, which highlights the need to boost access to high-quality free public health services;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Takes the view that offering a network of maternity-support services, notably crèches and pre-school and after- school services, is essential to help ensure that the principle of equality between men and women in access to goods and services is actually implemented; takes the view that this network should include a level of public services that meets the population’s needs;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Invites the Commission to review the Directive, expanding its scope to include sectors such as the media, advertising, education and decision- making processes;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that directives regulating vocational training, social security and other areas characterised by discrimination against women should be revised to improve their content and eliminate gender discrimination, following the principle of equal treatment for men and women;