34 Amendments of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2021/2020(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to Article 157 of the TFEU,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to Article 153(5) of the TFEU,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality in the EU has not yet been achieved and progress in this direction has recently been slowing down, stagnating or even regressing in certain regions and countries; whereas the struggle for gender equality and the promotion and protection of women’s rights is a truly collective responsibilitybefore the law between men and women has been achieved in the European Union;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, although female employment rates have risen, gender inequality on the labour market remains a fact of life; whereas the employment gap is particularly high in the case of single mothers, female caregivers, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minorities, migrant and refugee women, LBTIQ+ women and young and elderly women in the labour market;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing gender inequalities in almost every walk of lifeposed a challenge that has affected the everyday life of all people around the world;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women and men may be of differing appearance, intensity and form; whereas a society free of violence must be acknowledged as an absolute prerequisite fornecessary to achieve equality;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women in the EU are more severely affected by poverty or social exclusion than men, being systematically placed at a disadvantage by structural and cultural factorsthere are women and men in the EU who are affected by poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas it is important to guarantee the principle of equal payment for equal work, or equal payment for work of equal value, enshrined in the EU Treaties;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU gender pay gap is 16%, with variations between the Member States; whereas this gender pay gap hagender inequality would have s a number of implications, not least a 37% difference in corresponding pension entitlements, placing older women at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the right to equal pay for equal work is not always guaranteed and remains one of the biggest challenges to be met in efforts to combat pay discrimination;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas their rolework as primary caregivers within the family imposes a disproportionate burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women, who plays a vital role in this respect;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas women's care work within the family, with the inherent involvement of men, is of indispensable and incalculable value for a healthy consolidation of social structures and should be properly acknowledged and supported by the entire public and private sector;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas EU neoliberalauthoritarian progressive EU policies are, in the long term, contributing to gender inequality, with women being disproportionately affected by ri between men and women by increasing unemployment, deregulation of the labour market and of working hours, increased precariousness and low pay, not to mention multiple forms of inequality and discrimination resulting from cuts to public services, particularly ideological interference in and manipulation of health, education and welfare benefits;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the family is the fundamental unit of society and should constitute the focus of economic and social support policies in order to overcome any inequality and economic hardship that may be experienced by both men and women;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for the right to work is an essential precondition if women and men are effectively to enjoy equal rights, economic independence and career fulfilment and therefore insists that; precarious employment should be eradicated through mandatory compliance with the principle that every permanent job must entail an effective employment relationship with recognition and enhancement of rights at the workplace;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Access to decent work for men and women should allow basic economic needs to be met in order to achieve family self-sufficiency;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to take practical measures to ensure that women and men have equal access to work with rights and decent pay; stresses the need to promote collective bargaining as a determining factor in reversing andthe overcoming of inequality and tackling discrimination against women and men and calls for de jure and de facto compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States to impose firm measures, including sanctions, where businesses fail to comply with labour legislation and where they actually encourage gender discrimination both against women and against men;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU andto propose to its Member States to further underpinhat maternity and paternity entitlements be guaranteed, for example by increasing periods of full leave with no loss of pay in those countries which have limited maternity leave, taking into account the World Health Organization recommendation that children be exclusivepreferably breastfed for the first six months of their lives; calls for the promotion of the right to a reduction in working hours following maternity leave to be guaranteed in practice, enabling mothers to breastfeed their children until they are at least two years old, accompanied by investment in a public network of free childcare and education servicesnd to be present during their children's early childhood, as well as to encourage a network of high-quality childcare and education services accessible to those in need of childcare support;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for measures to achieve work, employee and pay enhancement, effectively combat joblessness and promote full employment; calls for the creation and promotion of employment with rights, the defence of collective bargaining, the revitalisation of public sector employment and an end to job insecurity; calls in addition for a reduction in working hours without loss of pay;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for measures to be adopted to ensure men's and women's entrepreneurship in the EU by promoting fiscal, economic and financial measures, allowing this important initiative to create new jobs and alleviate the financial burden on entrepreneurs;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote a thriving economic environment that creates a labour market that can offer sufficient and varied jobs adapted to the circumstances and needs of each person;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to counter the exploitation of womenpeople at work and combat the inequalities, discrimination and violence affecting them;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for womenthose who suffer domestic violence to be afforded proper protection, ensuring the deployment of increased resources and more effective responses by the State;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that prostitution constitutes a serious form of violence and exploitation affecting mostly women and children; notes that the root causes of prostitution are inextricably intertwined with social and economic realities, particularly unemployment, financial need and poverty; stresses the need for Member States to increase funding for social support and access to public services for victimsthe prevention of trafficking or sexual exploitation and for caring for its victims and to strengthen the fight against organised mafias;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Applauds the unambiguous defence of all freedoms anywhere in the world, while condemning measures that undermine rights, freedoms and guarantees and deprecating all forms of prejudice, including discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that any strategy designed to achieve equality must get to grips with all forms of violence against women, including the erosion of healthcare entitlements and sexual and reproductive rights acquired by women and infringements thereof;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that access to sexual, reproductive and other forms of healthcare for womengynaecological and obstetric healthcare for women, in full respect for the life of the unborn, is a fundamental right that must be underpinned and may not be in any way watered down or withdrawn;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create a public crèche and pre-school education network; points out that the provision of a universal public or private service that is genuinely accessible to all children and families wishing to avail themselves of it is an overarching social responsibility;