Activities of Silvia COSTA related to 2010/2157(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on demographic change and its consequences for the future cohesion policy of the EU
Amendments (11)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put more effort into analysing the effectiveness of the introduction of equal opportunities policies for women and men, in particular within the context of demographic change, paying attention to women suffering from social exclusion;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the regional authorities to consider that in the new cohesion policy programming period they will have to deal with a greater incidence of elderly people, predominantly women, with an increase in family and women's poverty and with the need to broaden the employment base, targeting women and young people, above all;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the competent regional authorities to put in place measures to enable people to reconcile work and family life, by giving them the opportunity to choose freely between genuine, equivalent alternatives, with a view to increasing the birth rate; calls on the regional authorities, to that end, to make provision for financial support measures for maternity and childcare by issuing vouchers, bonuses and cheques and to promote the supply of childcare and family services and benefits in order to develop or supplement, at the local level, concrete and effective work-life balance policies;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Eurostat to include in the regional human development index (HDI) factors relating to unpaid invisible work performed by women in the absence of established regional social infrastructure, taking into account the triple role often played by women as mothers, daughters and grandmothers;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks Eurostat to develop indicators to measure and value women’s involvement in voluntary activities in order to show what women contribute to social cohesion, by region, and to improving the quality of life, especially of those living in poverty;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, during this phase of economic recession and employment crisis, to give priority in its own initiatives to the more serious situations of poverty and social exclusion involving women, in particular single women with children;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States and the regional authorities to encourage forms of support for families which take charge of dependent elderly people;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to provide for specific forms of physical activity for elderly people and improved access to such activity, in particular for women;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 quinquies (new)
Paragraph 7 quinquies (new)
7d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote forms of inter- generational training and education, by involving, for instance, young people, schools and associations in ICT training projects for elderly people, or by developing the skills of elderly people in extracurricular projects;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 sexies (new)
Paragraph 7 sexies (new)
7e. Calls on the Member States and the regional authorities to develop and support forms of involvement of elderly people in formal and informal training activities, voluntary work and active participation in the life of the community;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)