9 Amendments of Pascale GRUNY related to 2010/2162(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Underlines that financing for the European Social Fund should be significantly increased in order to provide adequate resources for measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion, through integration into the employment market via training, and social exclusion; considers that women must receive particular support, as they are most faced with insecure contracts; stresses that they are often alone in educating their children in the majority of cases of single-parent families;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to reduce the pay gap between men and women which cause those with equal skills and equal jobs to fall behind in terms of income and which result in a high rate of women experiencing poverty when they retire or are widowed;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that older women may be the victims of direct or indirect discrimination on the labour market, or even of multiple discrimination, and that this problem should be tackled; stresses that employment must be seen as the best means of fighting female poverty; calls for the participation of women of all ages in lifelong training programmes to be facilitated; emphasises that reconciling family and working life and continuing training requires special attention and support;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion; stresses that school and university education for women must be a priority target in connection with which each Member State must set targets;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set, in cooperation with the regions, their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or several of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point 5
5. Points out that social protection and social policy make important contributions to lessening the depth and duration of the recession by stabilising labour markets and consumption, and that the social protection system is a stabiliser on both the revenue and the expenditure side.; calls, in the interests of not adding to the insecurity experienced by women on the employment market, for family responsibilities to be taken into account when selecting employees for dismissal, bearing in mind that in many situations women have charge of children; calls for accessibility to be improved, in particular through financial support for childcare, thus making it easier for the most disadvantaged women to pursue their occupation;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States, where necessary, to re-examine welfare systems in order to avoid the considerable inequalities between women’s and men’s pension levels, and consider the options of introducing corrective factors taking account of the gaps in contributions arising from insecure employment or maternal responsibilities;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States for specific programmes to promote the active inclusion or reintegration of women on the labour market and for specific training with a view to providing the skills and qualifications needed in the light of the EU 2020 Strategy which puts an emphasis on green jobs for a new sustainable economy; calls, in the interests of not adding to the insecurity experienced by women on the employment market, for family responsibilities to be taken into account when selecting employees for dismissal, bearing in mind that in many situations women have custody of children;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the commitments assumed in Barcelona in 2002, targeting childcare, and fixing objectives until 2010, are far from being met; calls on the Council and the Member States to reconsider the above- mentioned objectives concerning childcare facilities; calls for accessibility to be improved, in particular through financial support for childcare, thus making it easier for the most disadvantaged women to pursue their occupation;