Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2009/2222(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the future for social services of general interest
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. As social services of general interest are generally driven by the principle of solidarity and are highly dependent on public financing, urgescalls on the Member States, so as to ensure equality of access independent of wealth, income or gender, to continue with the same level of financial contributions as during the fast- economic-growth period to maintain the availability of accessible, affordable, high quality standard and to guarantee non- discriminatory access for all citizens to social services of general interest regardless of gender, income or financial contributions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the expansion of social SGI has been a driving force in drawing more women into the labour force, refers to the 2008 Labour Force survey showing that 79% of the workforce in the human health services, 81% in residential care services and 83% of social work activities without accommodation were women;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Requests that the CommissionCalls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct a gender- impact assessment of the various social services of general interest and to ensure that the assessment of proposed EU actions from a gender-equality perspective becomes a regular and transparent process with discernible results, and that specific gender budgeting is built into all EU and national programmes and policies;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to ensure availability ofinvest in accessible, affordable, high-good 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 woare services for children and to improve the provision of care services for other dependents as an essential step towards equality between women and men;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that due to demographic change, care, health and social services in general are a growth sector that has potential to create jobs for both women and men; calls on the Member States to tap this potential by strengthening these underpaid and undervalued sectors where women are over-represented, by improving wages, infrastructures and professional training;