6 Amendments of Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ related to 2018/2095(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission report of 8 May 2018 on the development of childcare facilities for young children with a view to increase female labour participation, strike a work-life balance for working parents and bring about sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe (the ‘Barcelona objectives’) (COM(2018)0273),
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas evidence shows that 80% of care in the EU is provided by unpaid informal carers and 75% of them are women; whereas regressive tax policies, underfunded public services and cuts to social services, including childcare and long-term care services, disproportionately affect women, as they often fill the gaps in caregiving, education and other kinds of family support, typically without remuneration, perpetuating women’s disproportionate responsibility for care10 ; __________________ 10 Institute of Development Studies (2016) Redistributing Unpaid Care Work – Why Tax Matters for Women’s Rights. Policy Briefing. Issue 109. January 2016.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the impact of taxation on gender gaps concerning corporate wealth, personal wealth and property is an under- developed area of research and there is an urgent need to ensure that gender- disaggregated data in these areas is available;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourage the Member States to enhance tax policies to improve the use of childcare services, such as tax breaks for families, tax allowances in the form of tax reduction or exemption, in order to promote women’s participation in the labour market and to minimize gender pay and pension gaps; emphasizes that these policies should particularly focus on low-income families, single parent and other disadvantaged groups of people;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets that femmenstruale hygienic productse and care products and services for children or older people are stillre not considered as basic products in all Member States; calls on all Member States to eliminate the so-called ‘care and tampon tax’ by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0 % VAT rates to these essential basic goonsiders that period poverty is an ongoing issue in the EU where it is estimated by Plan International UK that 1/10 girls cannot afford sanitary products and that in2017 in the UK, 49% of girls missed at least one full day of school due to their periods;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes thCalls on all Member States to eliminate tax evasion and tax avoidance are major contributors to gender inequality in the Union and globally as they limit the resources available to governments to increase equality at national and international he so-called ‘care and tampon tax’ by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0 % VAT rates to these essential basic goods; recognises that a reduction in price due to exemption of VAT on these products would have immeasurable benefit for young women; recognises that this would be a further step towards making sanitary products free in schools, universities and homeless shelters, and for women from low-income backgrounds, with the aim of eradicating period poverty complevtel17 ; y across the EU; __________________ 17 UN ‘Final study on illicit financial flows, human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of states on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, 2016.