35 Amendments of Christa KLASS related to 2009/2204(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the world economy is facing the most severe recession since the Great Depression, with financial, economic and social consequences across the EU and beyond; whereas the economic and financial crisis in Europe is having a particularly harmful impact on women, which has so far not been given the attention it deserves by the Council, Commission and the Member States and the risk of a particularly harmful impact on women,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas much attention has been focused on the male-dominated construction and car industries, in contrast to the equally negatively affected retailing, services and tourism sectors; whereas it is urgent to address the gender dimension of the impact of and solution to the economic and social crisisit is urgent to address the gender dimension in national and European recovery plans,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the economic slowdown is likely to affect the employment of women more than that of men; whereas there is a risk that the current recession will delay advances, or even reverse progress, withhave longer-term consequences for the social protection systems, social inclusion and demography,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas gender equality measures havemust not been cancelled or delayed and possible future cuts in public budgets will have a negative effect on female employment and on the promotion of equality; whereas the proper implementation of Directive 2006/54/EC mentioned above becomes increasingly importaprofessional advancement,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the economic downturn should not be used to slow down progress on reconciliation policies and to cut budgets allocated to care services and leave arrangements, affecting in particular women’s access to the labour marketstand in the way of policies on reconciling private and working life,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Council conclusions of 30 November 200912 under the Swedish Presidency called on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen the gender dimension in the EU 2020 strategy; whereas the Commission’s EU 2020 consultation paper has failed to take this into account, as it lacks a single mention of gender mainstreaming; whereas it is, however, essential to integrate a gender perspective in a new financial and economic architecture and policy and to ensure that recovery plans and structural 1 Strengthening growth and employment - input to the post-2010 Lisbon Strategy, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 30 November 2009. 2 Strengthening growth and employment - input to the post-2010 Lisbon Shat recovery plans and structural adjustment programmes undergo an impact assessment on equality of treategy, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 30 November 2009. adjustment programmes undergo a gender- impact assessment and integrate a gender perspectivement and opportunities between women and men,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in times of economic recession particularly, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty become even more vulnerable; whereas efforts and complete solutions to eradicate poverty as agreed upon by the Lisbon European Council as long ago as 2000 have become a matter of urgency; whereas special attention should be paid to protecting those groups facing multiple disadvantages, and to ensure their inclusion into sociespecial attention should be paid to implementing solutions to combat poverty,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas quality full-time employment with quality jobs is the best safeguard against poverty and social exclusion; whereas it is crucial to design and implement policies, including access to affordable and accessible care services, that respond to the needs of women and men respectively,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that equality between treatment of women and men is one of the objectives of the EU and therefore aone of the key principles in any policy response to the economic and financial crisis and the transition towards a longer- term holistic version of the post-crisis era; stresses that gender equality is a goal in itself and not just a tool to achieve economic growth;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the Commission’s findings that the current crisis has raised concerns that the achievements in gender equality are at risk and that the effects of the recession will put greater pressure on women; underlines the fact that the economic and financial crisis is gendered in its causes and in its consequencesare liable to affect women in particular;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that many women have already lost or are expected to lose their jobs, particularly those working in retailing, services and tourism as well as women in part-time and precarious jobs; underlines the fact that, at the same time, a fall in the supply of micro-credit is expected to result in a decrease in earnings among self- employed women workers; stresses that female unemployment can be expected to rise disproportionately asin the event of public sector budget cuts are announced, since women are disproportionately employed in education, health and social services;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes Eurostat’s gender- disaggregated statistics; believes, however, that more attention should be paid to part- time unemployment (an area often excluded from unemployment statistics); points out that long-time unemployment, lower wages and lower average working hours are is likely to have profound consequences especially for women’s earnings, social security allowances and, in the longer run, their pensions;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that migrant workers are likewise affected by the crisis, as are their families back home; refers to the fact that the scale of female migration is often under-reported and with it the impact on families dependent on their wages for survival, as a result of which women may find themselves in an even more vulnerable position when they return home, rejected by their communities and families;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that interventions and solutions require a contextual understanding of the crisis and recognition that there is not a ‘one-size- fits-all’ response; stresses that, at the same time, the recession can be used as a unique opportunityHopes that the existing situation will be used to make economic and social policies more gender-aware and to move towards creating a more gender- equal society;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the fact that policy responses to the crisis, including recovery packages, have failomitted to acknowledge, analyse and rectifynalyse the gender impact of the crisis; criticises the fact that gender mainstreaming in the post-Lisbon strategy is basically non-existent; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to integratclude a gender chapter into the employment and macro-economic guidelines and the EU 2020 Strategy, and to introduce gender budgeting in all policies;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to continue to develop affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, in line with the European targets; underlines the fact that the potential of the Structural Funds and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for the financing of quality services should be fully utilised; urges the Commission to propose a directive on paternity, adoption and filial leave;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women increases in times of economic upheaval; therefore uUrges the Member States to improve national laws and policies against all forms of gender-based violence and welcomes the Spanish Presidency’s initiative to set up an Observatory on Violence against Women; likewise; welcomes the initiative by the Council regarding the overarching instrument on the protection of victims (European Protection Order);
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the European institutions and the Member States to take effective steps, notably through legislation,steps to encourage gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility; therefore calls for binding targets to ensure the equal representation of women and men;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that investment in social infrastructure is an opportunity to modernise Europe and promote equality and can be seen as a parallel strategy to investment in green technologies modernising the physical infrastructure; considers thatpromote gender equality, which should therefore be a policy priority and an essential tool;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that the ecological conversion of the economy and the transition to a low-carbon economy will create a huge demand for skilled workers; refers to the fact that female workers are strongly under-represented in the renewables sector and especiallyNotes that female workers are regrettably under-represented in science and technology-intensive jobs; asks the Council, the Commission and the Member States to make sure that female workers are not excluded from training projects and programmes on ecological transformation, i.e. in the renewables sector, sciencescientific and technology- intensive jobs;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to ensurpromote full implementation at national level of European Structural Funds to address the effects of recession through retraining and upskilling initiatives on the basis of Article 16 of the General Regulation14 and Article 6 of both Regulations on the European Social Fund2 and on the European Regional Development Fund3; 1 Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006), p. 25. 2 Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Social Fund (OJ L 210 , 31.07.2006, p. 12). 3 Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 1). 4 Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006), p. 25). 5 Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Social Fund (OJ L 210 , 31.07.2006, p. 12). 6 Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 1).5 and on the European Regional Development Fund6; Or. fr
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Encourages the European Institute for Gender Equality to undertake an analysis of the gender impact of the economic crisis and cCalls on the other European institutions, such as the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, to address gender issues in their ongoing work;