Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2015/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Poverty: a gender perspective (A8-0153/2016 - Maria Arena) SK
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to Articles 8, 9, 151, 153 and 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union and its resolution of 3 February 2009 on non-discrimination based on sex and intergenerational solidarity,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas poverty rates among women vary greatly between the Member States; whereas regardless of how specific the groups at risk are such as older women, lone parents, women with disabilities, the poverty rates among migrant women and women from ethnic minorities are the sameis a growing reality throughout the European Union;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas large families and single- parent families, especially families headed by single mothers, are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas according to Eurostat, women accounted for 56.6% of single-parent households in the Union in 2014; whereas poverty has a strong impact on children in large families and single-parent families and there is a risk of transmission of poverty over several generations;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas poverty is not necessarily a discriminatory factor if poor families maintain contacts and continue activities that are an expression of intergenerational solidarity;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas living at risk of poverty should translates into social exclusion in terms of access to public transport, primary healthcare services, decent hoaccess to decent housing, primary healthcare services, education, justice, cultural inclusiong and culturepublic transport;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.3 % and whereas the atypical and flexible forms of working contracts (zero hour contracts, temporary work, interim jobs etc.) also affect women more than men; whereas these insecure contracts put women at greater risk of poverty and result in a category of the less-well protected ‘working poor’ being created;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women often take the responsibility for the care of elderly or ill family members as well as for children, resulting in their lower participation in the labour market, which consequently diminishes their overall incomeand whereas these activities are not taken into account in terms of remuneration or taxation, or in terms of social protection; whereas the establishment of high-quality social childcare services and facilities at affordable prices reduces the risk of impoverishment; whereas few Member States have achieved or surpassed the Barcelona objectives;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the CommissionMember States to undertake a comprehensive and global legislative action to modernise in a coherent way the types of leave, namely maternity, paternity, parental and carers’ leave, so as to boost women’s participation in the labour market;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reminds the Commission and Member States of the need to adopt positive measures on favour of women and of men, not least to help them return to work after devoting time to their family, by promoting policies that facilitate reintegration into the job market;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all persons who have temporarily interrupted their careers to bring up children or care for elderly persons can be reintegrated into the labour market and return to their former position and level of career advancement;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on minimum income schemes in the EU and to consider further steps that would take into account the economic and social circumstances of each Member State as well as an assessment of whether the schemes enable households to meet basic personal needs; invites the Commission to evaluate on this basis the manner of, and the means for providing an adequate minimum income above the poverty threshold of 60 % of national median income in all Member States in line with national practices and traditions while respecting their individual characteristics in order to support social convergence across the EU;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to take measures to recognise invisible and informal work in the field of intergenerational solidarity carried out by women/mothers, men/fathers and carers at a legal, social and economic level;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that in all Member States the risk of poverty and social exclusion among children is strongly linked to their parents’ level of education, and in particular to that of their mothers, and their parents’ situation in the labour market and their social conditions; stresses the need to establish a framework ofprovide structured support for teenage mothers, for whom leaving school early is a first step towards poverty;