20 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas according to Decision 1098/2008/EC mentioned above, the activities in the framework of the European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion should take account of the different risks and dimensions of poverty and social exclusion experienced by women and men; whereas 79 million Europeans live below the poverty line and 17% of all women in the EU’s 27 countries are classed as living in poverty; whereas, moreover, in the past 10 years the number of women living in poverty has risen disproportionately in relation to the number of men,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union is confronted with a major economic, financial and social crisis that affectparticularly handicaps women in the labour market and in their personal lives, sin particular women at risk of poverty,ce they are more likely to be in insecure jobs, more liable to be made redundant and less likely to have social security cover; whereas, moreover, in times of economic recession, people who are already at risk of falling into poverty, the majority of whom are women, become even more vulnerable, especially groups that already face numerous disadvantages;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty and limited pensions, especially women aged over 65, who are often in receipt of pensions barely above the minimum subsistence level,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender equality is a weapon for fighting poverty amongst women, as it has a positive impact on productivity and economic growth and leads to greater participation of women in the labour market, which in turn has many social and economic benefits,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas high-quality full-time employment with rights is a safeguard against poverty and social exclusion as well as a springboard to financial and psychological independence;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas access to affordable, high- quality support services such as children’s care facilities, facilities for the elderly and other dependants is important for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and as a means to prevent and reduce poverty,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the conditions of some groups of women who often face double discrimination, such as disabled women, women with dependants, elderly women, unskilled or low-skilled women, long-term unemployed women, immigrant women, and ethnic minority women, especially Romagypsy women, contribute to raising the risk of finding themselves in situation of poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that those living in poverty – more than 85 million in all – are for the most part women, a situation brought about by unemployment, casual labour, low wages, pensions below the minimum subsistence level, and the widespread difficulty of obtaining access to good public services;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that it is essential to guarantee equal access to resources, rights and power, implying a need to bring about social and cultural change, eliminate stereotypes and promote equality;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to take into account the gender dimension in their plans for recovery from the recession and to adjust budgets to ensure equality of access to public-sector expenditure, with a view to both enhancing productive capacity and meeting women’s social needs;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 Strategy; strongly encourages establishing as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year in order to achieve a target of 10% reduction by 2020; stresses, moreover, the need for positive action to increase female representation in political, economic and corporate decision-making bodies;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to continue with initiatives aimed at recognising the informal economy and quantifying the ‘economics of life’, using gender-specific approaches in accordance with the ‘Beyond GDP’ project launched by the Commission; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate social benefits for women and men who take care of elderly, sick or disabled relatives, and for elderly women, who receive particularly small pensions;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the crucial importance of reforming macroeconomic, social and labour-market policies, in order to guarantee economic and social justice for women, to reconsider the methods used to determine the poverty rate and to develop strategies to promote the fair distribution of wealth, to guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, to create more high-quality jobs for women, coupled with rights, to enable women and girls to benefit from public services of a high standard, and to improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, kindergartens and other forms of pre-school education, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and intergenerational centres, which should be made affordable and accessible to women and men and younger and older people alike and should be compatible with full-time working hours;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to consider grantingreviewing taxation and social protection systems with a view to individualiseding rights in pensions and social security, guaranteeing equal pension rights and removing incentives that adversely affect women’s labour-market and social participation, suchemes as joint taxation and grants for caring for dependants that are linked to women being inactive on the job market, as a tool to combat the risk of poverty;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphases the importance of developing the legal construct of shared ownership with the aim of ensuring that women’s rights in the agricultural sector are fully recognised, that they receive appropriate social security protection and that their work is recognised; stresses, what is more, the need for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Regulation to be amended to enable, as happens with the European Social Fund (ESF), proactive measures to be taken in support of women in the 2014- 2020 programming period, which was feasible in previous periods but not in the current one, and which will have very beneficial effects on female employment in rural areas;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the risk of falling into poverty is greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, where social security systems are based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; points out that, in some cases, women do not fulfil this requirement because of interruptions to their work and that they are penalised because of discrimination on the labour market, in particular because of the wage gap, maternity leave and part-time work;part-time work, or as a result of taking a break from or stopping work to take on family responsibilities, or of having worked in their husband’s business, particularly in the commercial and agriculture sectors, without remuneration and without social security affiliation; all such cases reduce the pension payments many women receive which often barely offer them an acceptable standard of living; adds that, in times of economic recession, the risk of falling into poverty is even greater for these women,
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that violence against women, which affects victims and perpetrators irrespective of age, education, income or social position, is still a major problem at European Union level and has an increasing impact on the risk of povertymarginalisation, poverty and social exclusion, as it has a direct influence on women’s health and their capacity to access the labour market; once again calls on the Commission to establish a European Year for combating violence against women;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises the importance of the Member States and regional and local authorities taking action to aid reintegration into the labour market for women who have suffered gender violence, using instruments such as the ESF or the PROGRESS programme;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of the structured social dialogue in fighting women’s poverty; points, in this regard, to the need to improve systems for taking part in, and collaborating with, women’s organisations and civil society in general;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasises the positive effect which equality between men and women has on economic growth; points out that various studies estimate that if employment, part- time employment and productivity rates for women were similar to those for men, GDP would increase by 30%, which would not only benefit the economy as a whole but also reduce the risk run by many women of falling into poverty;