4 Amendments of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2009/2222(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. Whereas gender segregation in social services, both sectoral and occupational, has a detrimental impact on working conditions and pay levels and the unpaid domestic work, child care and elderly care work are predominantly performed by women,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that it is essential to promote stronger user-orientation and user- empowerment as well as to enhance access to social rights, particularly for disadvantaged groups, including single mothers and elderly women, in a context where the need for services is becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex; calls on the Commission to ensure and safeguard the universal access to health care and social services and propose effective strategies to combat multiple discrimination;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Requests that the Commission use the promotion of equal opportunities as an indicator in assessing the performance of social services of general interest;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to ensure availability of accessible, affordable, high- quality, diversified forms of childcare provision as an essential step towards equal opportunities in employment for women and men, since childcare services not only facilitate participation by women in the labour market but also offer job opportunities mainly for women; requests the Commission and Member States to take actions for the recognition of unpaid household, child and elderly care providers, mostly women, who have a very important role for the sustainability of the social systems;