17 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2013/2009(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women belonging to different age groups in EU policies, especially in education, integration, migration, employment and social policie, poverty, health care and social protection policies, and to concentrate more on the situation of women in the decision- making process;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Strongly urges the Commission and Member States to develop national policies in cooperation with social partners which would eradicate the gender pay gap, and that focus on the integration of women in the labour market and promote equal opportunities for mobility1; __________________ 1 FEMM opinion to European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2011 on promoting workers' mobility within the European Union.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Encourages Member States to combat poverty and social exclusion of women belonging to the various age groups; calls on the Commission and Member States to take measures to prevent the feminisation of poverty by promoting employment and the spirit of enterprise among women, combating wage disparities and facilitating the reconciliation of professional and family duties by developing child care facilities;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay special attention to the poverty problem among older women due to the fact that they receive smaller pensions, which is also a consequence of unemployment periods that they have to face in life in order to take care of their children and other dependant family members;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to protect the rights of women, promote equality and equal opportunities for women and men, guarantee secure working conditions and to combat all forms of exploitation and discrimination in the labour market;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that fostering educational and occupational mobility of women can contribute to the achievements of the "Europe 2020" Headline Target to raise to 75% the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64, including through the greater participation of young people, older workers and low-skilled workers and the better integration of migrants'2; __________________ 2 European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2012 on the Youth Opportunities Initiative.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that early career mobility patterns play a crucial role in shaping subsequent employment changes; recalls its two resolutions of 24 May 2012 on the Youth Opportunities Initiatives and of 16 January 2013 on a Youth Guarantee; call therefore on the European Commission and the Member States to implement swiftly the "Youth Employment package" in particular regarding "My EURES first Job" and the Youth Guarantee with a view of fostering early educational and occupational mobility of young women;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to include provisions to protect women's rights in terms of occupational mobility when designing their national policies linked to mobility and/or migration and their National Reform Programmes (NRPs), with specific attention to the programming and implementation of national or regional level operational programmes funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) for the 2014-2020 programming period and beyond; recalls its resolution of 25 October 2012 endorsing the Commission's proposal to earmark 25 % of the total cohesion policy allocation to the ESF3; __________________ 3 European Parliament resolution of 23 October 2012 in the interests of achieving a positive outcome of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 approval procedure.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to encourage national, regional and local projects for the inclusion of woboth women and men in volunteering and charity activities for the community;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women of all age groups in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, migration and, employment, poverty and health care and in its social protection policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities for men and women, to ensure safe working conditions and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – indent 1
Paragraph 8 – indent 1
– to design and to put into practice specific community-building programmes with women's participationprogrammes to integrate women into the local communities and to foster intercultural exchanges between communities,
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
– to pay increased attenoffer women who follow their spouses or partners to another Member State appropriate services such as courses to facilitate their integration into the special needs of women in expatriate communities,ir new social and cultural environment, for example language courses and vocational courses4, __________________ 4 EP resolution of 25 October 2011 on promoting workers' mobility within the European Union.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 2 a (new)
- to devote greater attention to integrating women into the labour market, particularly to their acquisition of qualifications and the updating thereof, the acquisition of skills and the implementation of the lifelong education and training programme;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends the establishment of a European Counselling Service Network to help local host communities deal with this problem by providing information, know- how and guidance regarding the integration of women; recommends the use of and continued funding for existing European networks to provide migrant women with information about their rights and the opportunities as EU residents in particular - the EURES network; - the Europe Direct network;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that a key element of social integration is the understanding of local habits and the social environment; underlines that the value of intercultural skills acquired by migrant women should be better recognised by employers;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Expresses its concern at the high female level of 'brain-waste', i.e. under- use of the qualifications that migrant women possess, particularly apparent in the highly feminised sector of nursing and domestic work5; __________________ 5 FEMM opinion to European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2011 on promoting workers' mobility within the European Union.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Considers that enabling migrant women to enjoy portable social security rights is essential in ensuring that they effectively benefit from the prerogatives they have acquired6; __________________ 6 European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2011 on promoting workers' mobility within the European Union.