43 Amendments of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2020/2121(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives; whereas it is not a gender- specific issue because it is a virus that affects men and women equally;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas COVID-19 can affects different groups in society in different ways and to varying degrees;
Amendment 37 #
C. whereas official mortality figures show that men have a higher death rate from the virus, while women are more at risk of contracting the virus due to their disproportionately high representation among frontline workers;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas reports from Member States during the confinement period revealed a worrying increase in domestic violenceshow that it is essential to carry out rigorous analyses that provide reliable data on the rates of domestic violence against both men and women;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the family has represented the safest environment for mitigating the effects of the crisis caused by COVID-19;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a majority of frontline workers in the current crisis are women, including 76% of healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, midwives, staff in residential care homes), 82% of cashiers, 93% of childcare workers and teachers, 95% of domestic cleaners and helpers, and 86% of personal care workers25 in the EU; _________________ 25https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/frontline-workers.exposed to the virus;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in many essential sectors the work that both women do is poorly paid; whereas horizontal and vertical labour market segregation in the EU is still significant, with women overrepresented in less profitable sectorsand men do should be properly paid, based on their merits and equal access to the labour market;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in care provision in the EUthe fact that care provision across the EU Member States was not prepared in the same way to tackle a pandemic of this magnitude;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the closure of schools and workplaces has increased non-paid work within the home for women; whereas women usually spend 13 hours more each week than men on unpaid care and housework27; whereas the COVID-19 crisis has been an opportunity for men to become more involved in care responsibilities; _________________ 27https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and-meant that both men and women have had to spend more time at home, looking after each and every one of their children’s needs in terms of their education, sustenance and upbringing, and this cannot, and should not, ever be quantified as it is part of the freely given gift of gender-equality/unpaid-care-and- housework.osity and love within the family;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas a disproportionate and extreme burden has been placed on single parparents because of a lack of competence and foresight in many cases on the part of governments;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas women should alsoall of society must be taken into account and play an active role in the recovery phase;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for a gender- sensitivebroad approach in relation to all relevant aspects of the response to the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to examine the prevalence of the virus among frontline workers, particularly the female and minority ethnic populations in view of their disproportionately high representation among frontline workers; urges the Commission and the Member States to respond with appropriate action to bolster their safety at work, including Framework Directive 89/391/EEC28 and Directive 92/85/EEC29; _________________ 28 29more vulnerable workers and sectors; OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1. OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1.
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that woboth women and men must be part of the decision-making process in enacting and lifting measures in crises, as well as in the design, adoption and implementation of recovery plans, so that their specific needs and circumstances are fully and appropriately taken into account;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to monitor and respond to disinformation or regressive initiatives in the Member States related to women’s rights and gender equality during the COVID-19 crisis and post- crisis period as matters of democracy and fundamental rights;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to boost mental health support initiatives during and after this crisis, in view of the stress, anxiety and loneliness brought on by lockdown, as well as of economic concerns and domestic violence, taking into account the differential impact on women and and the tensions caused by living with other people in a confined environment;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Member States to analyse the increase in interpersonal and domestic violence as a result of COVID-19 and to take account of it in response plans, as well as for future emergencies, with particular attention to exemptions to confinement rules, the preservation of safe access to shelters or alternative accommodation with sufficient capacity, police and justice services, emergency courts for the issuing of appropriate restraining and/or protection orders, online services, as well as emergency funding to support services, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs); invites the Member States to share national innovations in addressing domestic violence;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-basedinterpersonal violence, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to add violence against women to the list of criminal offences in the EU, and to propose a directive to tackle gender-based violence so as to put in place a strong legal framework, to coordinate the sharing of best practices between the Member States, to promote accurate data collection, to assess the impact of COVID- 19 on the provision of key services to victims, and for sufficient funds to meet the DAPHNE specific objective and other related programmes taking into account current needsrespect the legal frameworks of each nation in the defence of rights and freedoms, particularly with regard to interpersonal violence;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of effective, affordable and quality medical and psychological support for victims of gender-based violence, especially in times of crisis where such support should be deemed essential;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the Commission, Parliament and Council to closely examine men’s and women’s needs and participation in the labour market, as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation, while designing programmes within the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) as well as in the Next Generation EU recovery plan;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the Member States to encourage men and women to take up flexible working arrangements, as a disproportionate number of women usually avail themselves of such arrangements; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises the uniquely challenging circumstances that single parents have been faced with during the pandemic and post-crisis period as a result of multiple burdens, including the continuous provision of care, concerns as to custody arrangements, and potential economic concerns and loneliness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine their specific situation, including the additional burdens in terms of working, schooling and caring, access to lawyers and the implementation of custody agreements;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that equal pay for equal work between women and men must be a guiding principle for the Commission, Parliament and all Member States when designing response measures to the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to present binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020 in order to effectively address gender pay and pension gaps;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package to support the most exposed sectors; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), ensuring income support for unemployed or furloughed workers; stresses the need to assess the impact of these instruments on the situation of women and men in the EU labour market; emphasises the need for retraining and upskilling programmes for women to take account of shifts in the labour marketprogrammes;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and CRII Plus package to support the most exposed sectors; stresses the importance of the Commission’s instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), ensuring income support for unemployed or furloughed workers; stresses the need to assess the impact of these instruments on the situation of women and men in the EU labour market; emphasises the need for retraining and upskilling programmes for women to take account of shifts in the labour marketprogrammes;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to support womenfemale and male entrepreneurs as they seek to develop and build on skills or interests gained during the COVID-19 period, and to improve access to and awareness of loans, equity finance and microfinancing through EU programmes and funds so that the crisis becomes an opportunity to progress through adaptation and transformation;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take advantage of the recovery to boost the presence and contribution of women and women, in equal conditions, in the artificial intelligence (AI), digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sectors, as well as in the green economy;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the challenges for the agricultural sector and food supply in Europe, as well as the specific situation of men and, in particular, women in rural areas; calls for the creation of a thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas through the common agricultural policy strategic plans;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that intersecting disadvantages create additional barriers for specific groups of women, therefore the safety and protection of all persons must be secured by taking due account ofthe concept of intersectionality is a ideological theory with no scientific basis whatsoever, and it should not confuse genuine needs that have arisen because of the coronavirus pandemic in order to alleviate both its economic and social effects and intersectional approacts effects on the public's health;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Invites the Member States to continue supporting migrant women and men through access to critical healthcare during the crisis; highlights the need for refugee and reception centres to take due account of women’s and girls’ needs in view of the known challenges of social distancing and maintaining hygiene, as well as their vulnerability to gender-based violence;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 375 #
Amendment 387 #
35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to violence, including FGM and child marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36