Activities of Michiel HOOGEVEEN related to 2021/2020(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equality between women and men in the European Union in 2018-2020 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2018-2020
Amendments (18)
Amendment 33 #
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 responsibility;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing gender inequalities in almost every walk of life;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women may be of differing appearance, intensity and form; whereas a society free of violence must be acknowledged afighting the violence and its causes and supporting its victims is an absolute prerequisite for equality;
Amendment 78 #
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 factors;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas their role as primary caregivers within the family imposes a disproportionate burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women, who play a vital role in this respect;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for the right to work is an essential precondition if women 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 workplareduced where possible; notes, however, that it is not possible to provide for permanent work contracts in every circumstance;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to take practical measures to ensure that women have equal access to work with rights and decent pay; stresses the need to promote collective bargaining as a determining factor in reversing and overcoming inequality and tackling discrimination against women and calls for de jure and de facto compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU and its Member States to further underpin maternity and paternity entitlements, for example by increasing periods of full leave with no loss of pay, taking into account the World Health Organization recommendation that children be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives; calls for the right to a reduction in working hours following maternity leave to be guaranteed in practice, enaba review of existing polices to better enable willing 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 services;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to counter the exploitation of women at work and combat the inequalities, discrimination, harassment and violence affecting them;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that prostitutiontrafficking 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 victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 249 #
12. Stresses the need for Member States to adopt a policy placing special emphasis on improved public health and the prevention of disease by guaranteeing free, universalaccessible and high-quality healthcare and ensuring the availability of the necessary resources to combat the main public health problems;
Amendment 257 #
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 service that is genuinely accessible to all children and families wishing to avail themselves ofuse it is an overarching social responsibility;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that it is essential to ensure a broad set of effective economic and social measures to combat discriminatory attitudes and practices and enabling women to exercise their civic and political rights on an equal basiscounteract discriminatory attitudes and practices towards women, especially those in exposed positions such as politicians or journalists who often face discriminatory attitudes towards them;