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Draft report (2025/2039(INI)) 2025-09-30

Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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Amendment 1

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and in particular its principles on gender equality, work-life balance, childcare and support to children, inclusion of persons with disabilities and right to long-term care,

Or. en

Amendment 2

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and in particular its principles on gender equality, work-life balance, childcare and support to children, inclusion of persons with disabilities and right to long-term care,

Or. en

Amendment 3

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan of 4 March 2021 and of the Commission Action Plan to boost the social economy and create jobs,

Or. en

Amendment 4

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),	– having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of 4 April 1997, hereinafter ‘the Oviedo Convention’, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989,

Or. fr

Amendment 5

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),	– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152), and the roadmap for Women’s rights from 7 March 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 6

Lina Gálvez

Motion for a resolution

Citation 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society included in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Roadmap for Women’s Rights’,

Or. en

Amendment 7

Emma Rafowicz, Gabriela Firea, Lina Gálvez, Alessandra Moretti, Maria Noichl, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Marko Vešligaj, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Elisabeth Grossmann, Maria Guzenina, Carla Tavares

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the European Commission communication of 7 March 2025 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘A Roadmap for Women’s Rights’,

Or. en

Amendment 8

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 q (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regards to the European Commission’s Communication to the European Parliament, the Council; The European and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a ‘A Roadmap for Women’s Rights’ from 7 March 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 9

Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Commission Communication of 3 March 2021 on the Union of Equality: Strategy for Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (COM/2021/101),

Or. en

Amendment 10

Katrin Langensiepen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Commission Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (COM/2021/101),

Or. en

Amendment 11

Eleonora Meleti, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Romana Tomc, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Loucas Fourlas, Giusi Princi, Pascal Arimont, András Tivadar Kulja, Miriam Lexmann, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak, Liesbet Sommen, Gabriella Gerzsenyi

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030,

Or. en

Amendment 12

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 p (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030,

Or. en

Amendment 13

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Ninth Report on economic, social and territorial Cohesion 2024,

Or. en

Amendment 14

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan,

Or. en

Amendment 15

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Special Committee on Beating Cancer’s final report (COM 2021/44);

Or. en

Amendment 16

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Action Plan, 2030 headline targets and the EU Social Scoreboard,	– having regard to the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights,

Or. fr

Amendment 17

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,

Or. en

Amendment 18

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU’s ratification of the Convention,

Or. en

Amendment 19

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the EU’s ratification of the Convention,

Or. en

Amendment 20

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2022 entitled ‘Towards a common European action on care’6,	deleted
__________________
6 OJ C 47, 7.2.2023, p. 30.

Or. fr

Amendment 21

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union7 ,	deleted
__________________
7 OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2041/oj.

Or. en

Amendment 22

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Citation 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the report by Mario Draghi of 9 September 2024 on the future of European competitiveness,	deleted

Or. el

Amendment 23

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset

Motion for a resolution

Citation 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the report by Mario Draghi of 9 September 2024 on the future of European competitiveness,	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 24

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Citation 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the Commission proposal of 15 November 2023 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing an EU Talent Pool (COM(2023)0716),	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 25

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Citation 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on improving working conditions in platform work9 ,	deleted
__________________
9 OJ L, 2024/2831, 11.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2831/oj.

Or. en

Amendment 26

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Citation 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 4 December 2024 on labour and skills shortages in the EU: Mobilising untapped labour potential in the European Union, approved by EPSCO at its meeting held on 2 December 2024,	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 27

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Citation 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 March 2024 entitled ‘Labour and skills shortages in the EU: an action plan’ (COM(2024)0131),	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 28

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Citation 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2025 entitled ‘The Union of Skills’ (COM(2025)0090),	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 29

Katrin Langensiepen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Framework of Actions on retention and recruitment in Social Services, adopted by the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Social Services in June 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 30

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Commission’s report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the development of childcare facilities for young children with a view to increase female labour participation, strike a work-life balance for working parents and bring about sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe (the ‘Barcelona objectives’) (COM(2018) 273),

Or. en

Amendment 31

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the United Nations Decade on Healthy Ageing and its motto to ‘add life to years’; and in particular its ‘enablers’ relating to providing integrated care and ensuring access to long-term care,

Or. en

Amendment 32

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Porto Social Commitment of 7 May 2021,

Or. en

Amendment 33

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the Porto Declaration of 8 May 2021,

Or. en

Amendment 34

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee opinion SOC/687-EESC-2021 entitled ‘Towards a New Care Model for the Elderly: learning from the Covid-19 pandemic,

Or. en

Amendment 35

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to its report of 15 November 2018 on Care services in the EU for improved gender equality,

Or. en

Amendment 36

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 g (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to its report of 15 January 2019 on Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament,

Or. en

Amendment 37

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 h (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to its report of 21 January 2021 on ‘The gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period’,

Or. en

Amendment 38

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 i (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2016 on women domestic workers and carers in the EU,

Or. en

Amendment 39

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 j (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the study by Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies of March 2021, entitled ’The Gender Gap in the EU’s Public Employment and Leadership’,

Or. en

Amendment 40

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 k (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the study by Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies of June 2021, entitled ‘Gender equality: Economic value of care from the perspective of the applicable EU funds’,

Or. en

Amendment 41

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 l (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the study by Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies, of May 2021, entitled ‘COVID-19 and its economic impact on women and women’s poverty’,

Or. en

Amendment 42

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 m (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the study by Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies, of October 2021, entitled ‘Ageing policies - access to services in different Member States’,

Or. en

Amendment 43

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 n (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the study by Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies, of November 2021, entitled ‘Policies for long-term carers’,

Or. en

Amendment 44

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 23 o (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	– having regard to the study by Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies, of March 2022, entitled ‘An ambitious future for Europe's women after COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in teleworking and unpaid care work after the pandemic’,

Or. en

Amendment 45

Katrin Langensiepen

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
A. whereas the European Union is founded on the value of equality between women and men;	A. whereas the European Union is founded on the value of gender equality; whereas gender mainstreaming and an intersectional approach should be implemented and integrated across all EU policies;

Or. en

Amendment 46

Catherine Griset, Mathilde Androuët, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
A. whereas the European Union is founded on the value of equality between women and men;	A. whereas the European Union is founded on the value of equality between women and men, and whereas women cannot be instrumentalised to impose an ideological vision of ‘gender’ that deconstructs family values;

Or. fr

Amendment 47

Benedetta Scuderi, Katrin Langensiepen

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. whereas care encompasses both formal and informal care; whereas formal care refers to care work provided under the basis of formal employment, including a work contract and is always paid and informal care refers to care work provided for or by family members, friends, neighbours or acquaintances in the absence of a work contract and is usually, though not always, unpaid; whereas it is imperative to identify and recognize the complex structures behind informal carers, care recipients and representative organisations, and to include them in all stages of policy making;

Or. en

Amendment 48

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. Whereas caring is inherent to the human person and affirms the dignity of every life; whereas such care may not only respond to material needs but also to the profound dimension of human presence, accompaniment, and affection, which no technological development can replace; whereas it is vital to uphold care as a pillar of society and to grant it the recognition it deserves

Or. en

Amendment 49

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery, including one specifically on long-term care;

Or. en

Amendment 50

Pál Szekeres, Viktória Ferenc, Nikola Bartůšek, Mathilde Androuët, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. whereas the European Union is not only facing a demographic crisis, but also increasingly ageing societies, and that long-term illnesses and serious disabilities predominantly develop in people over the age of 50;

Or. en

Amendment 51

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. whereas the notion of “carer”, as commonly agreed, includes all forms of “formal” and “informal” caregiving, both paid and unpaid, recognizing that the care work is predominantly carried out by women;

Or. en

Amendment 52

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. whereas the right to receive care is recognised in the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Or. en

Amendment 53

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;	B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared; whereas care can be both formal and informal; whereas informal carers provide care often to their relatives or other persons in need of care, outside the formal and professional care framework; whereas this care can be under certain conditions compensated by allowances; whereas conditions and levels of allowances differ across the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 54

Benedetta Scuderi, Katrin Langensiepen

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;	B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and the fairness and resilience of our societies, which should be valued and equally shared; whereas care is a right, not a commodity and should be recognised as a right for all members of society and care provision as a global good;

Or. en

Amendment 55

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;	B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared, and whereas women bear the lion’s share of unpaid work: caring for children, the elderly and dependants, and household management;

Or. ro

Amendment 56

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;	B. whereas a care society recognises formal as well as informal care, both predominantly carried out by women, as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;

Or. en

Amendment 57

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;	B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared between men and women;

Or. en

Amendment 58

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be valued and equitably shared;	B. whereas a care society recognises care as fundamental to the functioning of economies and societies, which should be appreciated and equitably shared;

Or. en

Amendment 59

Irmhild Boßdorf, Petar Volgin, Christine Anderson

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ba. whereas the need for professional carers has been dramatically increased by the fragmentation of family life, with both parents often needing to work, and physical and emotional distances between the generations, leaving many elderly away from their family, often in care institutions;

Or. en

Amendment 60

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ba. Whereas a care-based society must recognize the fundamental importance of care, restore its prestige, ensure it is valued, and guarantee it for all

Or. en

Amendment 61

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ba. whereas the notion of “carer” includes both professional caregivers and informal caregivers providing informally unpaid care to a relative;

Or. en

Amendment 62

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ba. whereas formal and informal carers, both predominantly women, are essential to the sustainability of Europe’s health and care systems;

Or. en

Amendment 63

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ba. whereas care work comes in many forms, including childcare, long-term care, healthcare and personal services;

Or. en

Amendment 64

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Bb. whereas informal carers are family members, friends, or neighbours, predominantly women, who provide long-term, unpaid care to someone with illness, disability, or frailty, outside of professional services;

Or. en

Amendment 65

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Bb. whereas demographic trends and policy shifts increasingly favour home care for older adults, the number of workers who also serve as informal carers is expected to rise significantly;

Or. en

Amendment 66

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Bc. whereas the lack of social care and support services may make disadvantaged or rural areas less attractive and as a consequence reinforces the economic and social challenges they might face already; whereas the availability of quality social care has the potential to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in remote rural areas but also contribute to enhance the attractiveness of territories;

Or. en

Amendment 67

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen, with wages in long-term care and other social services 21 % below the average 1a and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported both financially and psychologically; whereas ensuring visibility and recognition of both formal and informal carers is essential to the sustainability of care systems;
	__________________
	1a Wages in long-term care and other social services 21 % below average \| Eurofound

Or. en

Amendment 68

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen, with wages in long-term care and other social services 21 % below the average according to Eurofound, and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;

Or. en

Amendment 69

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported; whereas the increasing commodification of care undermines the dignity of carers and care recipients, leading to precarious working conditions, the erosion of social rights, and the exploitation of vulnerable groups;

Or. en

Amendment 70

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas the societal added value of informal care such as elderly care or childcare is often hard to measure in economic models, and therefore often undervalued socially and economically ; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;

Or. en

Amendment 71

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically, owing to the lack of sufficient social infrastructure, which forces families to rely on women’s work; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;

Or. ro

Amendment 72

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported; whereas a significant amount of care workers are undeclared workers;

Or. en

Amendment 73

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it are not adequately supported, which places additional physical and psychological burdens on them;

Or. en

Amendment 74

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas both formal and informal care, predominantly carried out by women, is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;

Or. en

Amendment 75

Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Carolina Morace

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately supported;	C. whereas care is often undervalued socially and economically; whereas much of care work is unseen and the people providing it risk being inadequately recognised, valued and supported;

Or. en

Amendment 76

Emma Rafowicz, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Marko Vešligaj, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Elisabeth Grossmann, Maria Guzenina, Carla Tavares, Gabriela Firea, Lina Gálvez, Alessandra Moretti, Maria Noichl

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ca. whereas the notion of “carer”, as commonly agreed, includes all forms of “formal” and “informal” caregiving, both paid and unpaid ; whereas an “informal caregiver” is a person who provides usually unpaid care to someone with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting health or care needs outside of a professional or formal framework;

Or. en

Amendment 77

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ca. whereas the notion of “carer”, as commonly agreed, includes all forms of caregiving, whether formal or informal, paid or unpaid; whereas an “informal caregiver” is a person who provides usually unpaid care to someone with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting health or care needs outside of a professional or formal framework;

Or. en

Amendment 78

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ca. whereas demographic trends and policy shifts increasingly favour home care for older adults, the number of workers who also serve as informal carers is expected to rise significantly;

Or. en

Amendment 79

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ca. Whereas the family is the natural environment where care is given and received in a reciprocal way

Or. en

Amendment 80

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital C b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Cb. whereas the estimated time devoted to non-professional care in Europe reached 39 billion hours annually, equivalent to an economic value of around EUR 576 billion, representing approximately 3.63 % of Europe’s gross domestic product3a;
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	3a Peña-Longobardo LM, Oliva-Moreno J. The Economic Value of Non-professional Care: A Europe-Wide Analysis. International Journal of Health Policy Management. 2022;11(10); WHO Europe. Shining light on women’s contributions: celebrating their role in informal care, 2024. Available from: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/08-03-2024-shining-light-on-women-s-contributions--celebrating-their-role-in-informal-care.

Or. en

Amendment 81

Emma Rafowicz, Carla Tavares, Gabriela Firea, Lina Gálvez, Alessandra Moretti, Maria Noichl, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Marko Vešligaj, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Elisabeth Grossmann, Maria Guzenina

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear the overwhelming share of care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women, and nearly half of women living in a partnership assume primary responsibility for childcare tasks compared to only 6 % of men; whereas, across the EU, both informal and formal caregiving continues to be disproportionately carried out by women, which reinforces structural gender inequalities and contributes to the gender care gap, limiting women’s full participation in the labour market and in public life;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 82

Lina Gálvez

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ; whereas persistent gender gaps in the EU, such as the 11.5 % gender employment gap, the 16 % gender pay gap and the 24,5 % gender pension gap (1), among others, such as time employed in care and unpaid domestic work, are not only unfair, but also put women in vulnerable or precarious situations;
	(1) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_pnp13/default/table?lang=en
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 83

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;whereas caregiving responsibilities being carried out disproportionately by women contribute to structural gender inequalities by limiting women's ability to participate in the labour market which leads to lower earnings and pensions and hinders the possibility for women to reach economic independence;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 84

Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Carolina Morace

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ; whereas a large share of this workforce consists of migrant women and women from lower socio-economic backgrounds who often face precarious conditions and lack of recognition;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 85

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, both in informal care, where family takes care of their relatives and households, and also in formal care where 90 % of the formal care workforce are made up of women10;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 86

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10, which limits their access to career opportunities, entrenches wage gaps and helps perpetuate gender stereotypes;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. ro

Amendment 87

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, both in informal care - when family takes care of their relatives and households, and in the formal care - with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 88

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ; whereas this imbalance calls for measures to promote male participation in the sector and a more equitable distribution of responsibilities;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 89

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the professional care workforce made up of women10 ;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.

Or. en

Amendment 90

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 90 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;	D. whereas women bear most care responsibilities, with 88,2 % of the formal care workforce made up of women10 ;
__________________	__________________
10 European Commission, European care strategy, 2022.	10 CEDEFOP, 2023.

Or. en

Amendment 91

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. whereas men and women have their own qualities, whereas they reflect a natural complementarity that contributes to the balance and enrichment of social and family life, and to the way care is provided; whereas motherhood endows women with a natural inclination toward nurturing and care, qualities indispensable for fostering family stability and well-being; whereas women’s vocation is often aligned with care-related professions;10a
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	10a Calvo, M. (19 de abril de 2024). Hemos metido a los hombres en el gineceo; ahora el hombre tiene miedo a mostrarse masculino. El Debate. https://www.eldebate.com/familia/20240419/maria-calvo-hemos-metido-hombres-gineceo-ahora-hombre-tiene-miedo-mostrarse-masculino_189844.html

Or. en

Amendment 92

Laurence Trochu

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. whereas informal care is most often provided within the family unit; whereas the family is the basic unit of society and the natural framework for providing care to the most vulnerable; whereas the decline in solidarity has been exacerbated by a weakening of the family model, urbanisation and geographic mobility, which have changed the habits of living together in recent decades;

Or. fr

Amendment 93

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. whereas persistent gender stereotypes place the expectation of caregiving predominantly on women and girls; whereas cultural change, awareness campaigns and education promoting shared caregiving responsibilities are vital to enable women to participate equally in society and to ensure girls are free to pursue their ambitions without disproportionate care duties;

Or. en

Amendment 94

Gabriella Gerzsenyi

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. Whereas, according to EIGE’s Gender Equality Index 2024 (Domain of Time), the EU average score for care activities is 78.7 points, reflecting persistent gender disparities in unpaid housework, childcare and long-term care. (EIGE, 2024);

Or. en

Amendment 95

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. whereas migrant women make up the majority of this workforce and often face exploitation and unfair working conditions, frequently working undeclared and therefore being more exposed to abuse;

Or. en

Amendment 96

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. whereas care responsibilities keep some 7.7 million women out of the labour market, compared with just 450 000 men within the EU1a;
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	1a https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/gender-inequalities-care-and-consequences-labour-market

Or. en

Amendment 97

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Da. whereas the care workforce across Europe is ageing and facing recruitment and retention challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 98

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Db. whereas despite increased awareness of the gender care gap, a genuine cultural shift towards equal sharing of unpaid care work remains distant; underlines that the mental and organisational burden of care and household tasks continues to fall predominantly on women;

Or. en

Amendment 99

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Db. whereas only half of EU’s 42.8 million working-age persons with disabilities are employed; whereas women with disabilities are particularly affected, with only 21 % of them in full-time employment 1a
	__________________
	1a Gender Equality Index 2024

Or. en

Amendment 100

Gabriella Gerzsenyi

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Db. whereas women consequently spend six additional years over their lifetimes on unpaid care compared to men (Population Reference Bureau, 2023);

Or. en

Amendment 101

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital D c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Dc. whereas gender stereotypes concerning division of care responsibilities are being reinforced online through social media through trends such as ‘tradwives’ or ‘stay at home girlfriends’ and amplified through conservative algorithms on social media platforms;

Or. en

Amendment 102

Emma Rafowicz, Lina Gálvez, Alessandra Moretti, Maria Noichl, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Marko Vešligaj, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Elisabeth Grossmann, Maria Guzenina, Gabriela Firea, Carla Tavares

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas this unequal distribution of care responsibilities results in multiple and long-lasting consequences for women, including lower employment rates, reduced career progression, skill obsolescence, lower earnings and pensions, exposure to stress-related health risks and higher poverty rates; whereas almost 30 % of women in the EU work part-time, and unpaid care responsibilities keep around 7.7 million women out of the labour market; whereas the lack of affordable, high-quality childcare and long-term care services, combined with unequal social attitudes, exacerbates these inequalities; whereas one in four paid care workers is a migrant woman, many of whom face exploitation due to inadequate regularisation pathways; whereas a comprehensive Care Deal for Europe, together with access to free public services and fair wages, would contribute to reducing poverty and closing the gender employment, pay, pension and care gaps;

Or. en

Amendment 103

Katrin Langensiepen

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work, whereas care responsibilities keep approximately 7.7 million women out of the labour market, compared to just 450,000 men; Whereas the uneven distribution of unpaid care work hinders women’s access to full-time employment and contributes negatively to the gender income gap 10a
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	10a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), European Quality of Life Survey 2016 – Quality of life, quality of public services, and quality of society, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 2018

Or. en

Amendment 104

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work; whereas it can hinder their labour market participation, resulting in less career’s opportunities or even acceptance of jobs below their level of skills, leading to a loss of income and aggravation of the gender pension gap; whereas those detrimental effects are closely associated with the intensity of care provided;

Or. en

Amendment 105

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work, since women are always viewed as ‘natural carers’ and men as ‘financial providers’, which places disproportionate pressure on women, creates stress and affects their mental and physical health;

Or. ro

Amendment 106

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work; whereas some cannot even afford to enter the labour market fully due to the burden of carrying out these informal care responsibilities;

Or. en

Amendment 107

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work; whereas an estimate of 80 % of long-term care is provided by unpaid, informal carers, a majority of which are women 1b;
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	1b Caregiving impacts on unpaid informal carers’ health and well-being - a gender perspective: factsheet (2024)

Or. en

Amendment 108

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and even after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work which leads to a ‘triple working day’;

Or. en

Amendment 109

Irmhild Boßdorf, Christine Anderson

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market continue to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;	E. whereas women play a key role in the care sector, and after entering the labour market may choose to bear the primary responsibility for household work and care work;

Or. en

Amendment 110

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ea. whereas the increasing role of digital platforms in the care sector carries gender implications, as it risks exacerbating existing inequalities and the challenges faced by women engaged in undeclared care work ; while such platforms may offer flexibility and accessibility , they often fail to address the structural biases underpinning the underevaluation and precarious organisation of care work;

Or. en

Amendment 111

Lina Gálvez

Motion for a resolution

Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ea. whereas gender equality will not be achieved until unpaid care work is recognized, valued and redistributed equally; whereas gender inequalities in earnings or income are closely related to care duties for children or elderly that are carried out mostly by women; whereas care duties have recently experienced another shift back into the private households;

Or. en

Amendment 112

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ea. whereas the double burden of care and work severely limit the carers time for leisure and self-care, which places unpaid cares at a much greater risk of (parental) burnout; whereas access to reproductive health service and abortion services, may help parents in their family planning and reduce stress resulting from unexpected pregnancies;

Or. en

Amendment 113

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ea. whereas the Gender Pay Gap in the EU is of 13 % 1c and the Gender Pension Gap of 27 %; whereas much of the economic gender gaps are explained by gender differences in care provision and the undervaluation of the professional care sector, which employs much more women than men;
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	1c The gender pay gap situation in the EU - European Commission (2022)

Or. en

Amendment 114

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ea. whereas caregiving for a family member with a debilitating disease such as cancer or memory-disabling diseases, amongst others, places disproportionate physical and psychological burdens on women, often intensified at end-of-life1a;
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	1a https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/toolkits-guides/gender-equality-index-2019-report/informal-care-older-people-people-disabilities-and-long-term-care-services?language_content_entity=en&utm_

Or. en

Amendment 115

Laurence Trochu, Beatrice Timgren

Motion for a resolution

Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ea. whereas families must remain free to decide how to organise the division of care and household tasks;

Or. fr

Amendment 116

Lina Gálvez

Motion for a resolution

Recital E b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Eb. whereas care duties implies reducing employment for women and are especially tough for single mothers; whereas 12.4 % of EU households with children are single parent ones; whereas women are also disproportionately represented among lone-parent families (85 %);

Or. en

Amendment 117

Laurence Trochu, Beatrice Timgren

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
F. whereas the Work-Life Balance Directive has not been fully implemented in several Member States;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 118

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
F. whereas the Work-Life Balance Directive has not been fully implemented in several Member States;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 119

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
F. whereas the Work-Life Balance Directive has not been fully implemented in several Member States;	F. whereas the Work-Life Balance Directive has not been fully implemented in several Member States; whereas its provisions on carers’ leave of five days per year and worker are insufficient to provide adequate care or to organise formal care and is not covered by the same safeguards regarding remuneration and income support as other types of family leave;

Or. en

Amendment 120

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
F. whereas the Work-Life Balance Directive has not been fully implemented in several Member States;	F. whereas the Work-Life Balance Directive has not been fully implemented in several Member States; whereas economic pressure coupled with gender pay differences often lead to the family prioritising the man’s career, to the detriment of the woman’s career;

Or. ro

Amendment 121

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Fa. whereas the provision of affordable, quality and person-centred long-term care is part of the fundamental right to health and participation in society; whereas failing to do so poses a serious risk to the right to stay of millions of people across the EU; whereas access to affordable formal care services of good quality is key in ensuring that caregiving is a genuine choice, in supporting informal caregivers, and in reducing care intensity and alleviating carer burden;

Or. en

Amendment 122

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Fa. whereas some EU Member States have implemented family support policies that have proven effective, demonstrating the positive impact such measures can have in facilitating caregiving responsibilities, and thereby promoting equality and the well-being of children 12
	12. Kopp Maria Institute for Demography and Families. (2023, September 13). Hungarian family policy: More children, more marriages, more support. Hungarian Conservative.

Or. en

Amendment 123

Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Carolina Morace

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Fa. whereas providing affordable, good quality and person-centred long-term care is part of the fundamental right to health and to take part in society; whereas around 80 % of long-term care is provided by unpaid informal carers, 70 % of whom are women;1a and whereas these carers are at greater risk of poverty, social exclusion, loneliness, and mental and physical health problems;
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	1a https://www.who.int/europe/publications/m/item/caregiving-impacts-on-unpaid-informal-carers--health-and-well-being---a-gender-perspective--factsheet

Or. en

Amendment 124

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Fb. whereas Eurofound work demonstrates that ‘Hidden caring’ means that many informal carers are not identified via surveys, and data on young carers (aged under 18) are particularly scarce; Whereas its estimates suggest that nearly a quarter of 15–17-year-olds in the EU provide unpaid childcare, and 8–24 % are engaged in long-term care; whereas women and girls are overrepresented among young carers; 1d
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	1d Eurofound (forthcoming in 2025), Unpaid care in the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Or. en

Amendment 125

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Fc. whereas informal carers face higher risks of poverty and social exclusion, of loneliness and mental and physical health issues; Whereas Eurofound shows that social isolation is one of the most significant challenges faced by informal caregivers, particularly those with intensive or multiple caregiving responsibilities;

Or. en

Amendment 126

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Fd. whereas Eurofound data shows that care workers have a higher risk of developing mental health problems because of the high levels of emotional demands of the job and exposure to adverse social behaviour at work;

Or. en

Amendment 127

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital G

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU;	G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU; whereas the formal long-term care sector still by and large is based on residential care provision, while home and community-based care are more likely to uphold the right to independence of persons in need of care; whereas in light of the ageing of societies, it is urgent to mainstream a person- and rights-based approach to care which guarantees participation of all, in line with the UN CRPD;

Or. en

Amendment 128

Irmhild Boßdorf

Motion for a resolution

Recital G

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU;	G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU, with national government contributions for nursing services to the elderly and performed by relatives, being lower paid than that paid to external nursing care services, or nursing homes; whereas persons nursing a relative are often faced with housekeeping and financial problems;

Or. en

Amendment 129

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital G

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU;	G. whereas the care sector remains underrecognized, undervalued and underfunded by the EU and its Member States, leading to persistent staff shortages, despite the sector holding an estimated potential to create 8 million additional jobs;

Or. en

Amendment 130

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital G

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU;	G. whereas the care sector remains undervalued and underfunded in the EU; leading to persistent staff shortages, despite the sector holding an estimated potential to create 8 million additional jobs1b;
	__________________
	1b The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan.

Or. en

Amendment 131

Benedetta Scuderi, Katrin Langensiepen

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ga. whereas Member States as the main guarantors of care must ensure the provision of quality and adequate funded public care services; whereas the delivery of care depends on well financed and properly functioning public services and social protection systems; whereas public investments in care services contribute positively to gender equality and close employment gaps; whereas social economy actors contribute to improving working conditions in the care sector thanks to the participatory governance modes which characterise them2a;
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	2a http://eurofound.link/ef18043

Or. en

Amendment 132

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

Motion for a resolution

Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ga. whereas closing the gender care gap requires both changes in mindset and structural reforms, and whereas it is only through a collective effort that one can achieve a fair sharing of responsibilities, which would benefit not only women but society as a whole;

Or. ro

Amendment 133

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	G a. Whereas, despite the contribution of two salaries, many households are unable to make ends meet, which deprives families of the flexibility to choose whether one of the partners may remain at home to provide care

Or. en

Amendment 134

Galato Alexandraki, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Recital Ζ a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Za. whereas the recognition of periods of unpaid family care in insurance and pension systems is an essential social justice and poverty prevention measure;

Or. el

Amendment 135

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ga. whereas childcare gap remains one of the most pressing challenges in the EU facing new parents and mainly affecting women by delaying their return to work;

Or. en

Amendment 136

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ga. whereas care sector faces serious workforce shortages, encountering difficulties to attract young people to join this sector;1a
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	1a Eurofound research study - Measures to tackle labour shortages: Lessons for future policy, 2023

Or. en

Amendment 137

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital G b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Gb. Whereas care is naturally given within the family in a reciprocal manner, attentive to each stage of life, and families must be supported so that they can provide it without inconvenience; whereas it must be possible to complement family care with the hiring of professional care services when needed; whereas, when health conditions so require, professional attention must be provided by healthcare professionals both in the residential address as in the healthcare centres;

Or. en

Amendment 138

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital G b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Gb. whereas insufficient investment in care services disproportionately affects women and girls, who shoulder most unpaid care responsibilities; whereas establishing EU minimum quality standards for care services would directly improve women’s economic independence and girls’ equal opportunities in education and employment and ensure that care standards are a gender equality tool for women and girls;

Or. en

Amendment 139

Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Carolina Morace

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding, research and policies and involvement of the relevant representative organisations of formal and informal carers; involving organisations that represent both formal and informal carers;

Or. en

Amendment 140

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas formal care should be of high quality, accessible and affordable in all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators; whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;

Or. en

Amendment 141

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the European care strategy was launched in 2022; whereas since then, no major progress was observed, whereas in order to harness its full potential, its thorough implementation, monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies is necessary;

Or. en

Amendment 142

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies; whereas implementation should respect the principle of subsidiarity and take into account national specificities;

Or. en

Amendment 143

Katrin Langensiepen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding, research and policies and involvement of the relevant representative organisations of formal and informal carers;

Or. en

Amendment 144

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires research, monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding, policies and involvement of the relevant representative organisations of formal and informal carers;

Or. en

Amendment 145

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and synergies of EU and national funding and policies;

Or. en

Amendment 146

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital H

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and integration into EU funding and policies;	H. whereas the successful implementation of the European care strategy requires monitoring, transparency, and holistic integration into EU funding and policies;

Or. en

Amendment 147

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. Whereas children suffering from serious illnesses require direct, continuous and personalised care; whereas the persons who usually provide such care—most often the mother or a close family member—frequently encounter obstacles in providing it within the child’s daily environments, such as school, recreational or sports settings;13
	13.Asociación Cuidadores Lazarillo. (s.f.). Cuidadores Lazarillo. Retrieved September 25, 2025, from https://www.cuidadorlazarillo.org/

Or. en

Amendment 148

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas there is an increasing recognition that care must be provided through a human-rights based and person-centred approach, reflecting the ongoing shift in care provision towards services that respect autonomy, dignity and inclusion across all life stages; whereas this evolution underlines the need to integrate the term ‘support’ alongside ‘care’, so as to fully capture the diversity of services and the rights-based perspective that guide them;

Or. en

Amendment 149

Benedetta Scuderi

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas access to quality, affordable and accessible care services is a key enabler of employment, particularly for informal carers and can have a positive impact on women’s participation in the labour market; lead to improved gender equality and workforce diversity; promote economic independence and reduce social protection dependency, leading to a more sustainable economic growth;

Or. en

Amendment 150

Mathilde Androuët, Catherine Griset, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas an informal carer is a person who, outside of any professional or contractual framework, regularly or occasionally provides unpaid help to a relative or close acquaintance (parent, spouse, child, neighbour, friend) on account of that person’s age, disability, chronic illness, loss of autonomy or dependency;

Or. fr

Amendment 151

Kathleen Funchion, Irene Montero, Elena Kountoura, Hanna Gedin, Carolina Morace

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas access to good quality, affordable and accessible care services is essential for supporting people into work, particularly informal carers; and whereas such services can help increase women’s participation in the labour market, avoiding poverty, improving gender equality and promoting workforce diversity;

Or. en

Amendment 152

Catherine Griset, Mathilde Androuët, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas the growing insecurity in many Member States, especially in urban areas marked by high immigration, poses a direct threat to women and limits their freedom of movement and access to work, education and care;

Or. fr

Amendment 153

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas among people aged over 65 years in the EU, 8 %, so over 7 million individuals, receive informal care and for those aged 75 years and above, the share relying on informal care rises to 11 %; older women are more likely than men to have long-term care needs1a;
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	1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/695476/IPOL_STU%282021%29695476_EN.pdf?utm_

Or. en

Amendment 154

Katrin Langensiepen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas in most EU countries, long-term residence work permits are often not available for care workers, relegating care workers to exploitation and precarious contracts; whereas wages in long-term care and other social services are 21 % below the average;

Or. en

Amendment 155

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas digital innovation and the use of digital health tools can significantly improve care quality and accessibility, especially in rural and remote areas and outermost regions, and thus should be actively promoted and supported;

Or. en

Amendment 156

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas the establishment of a European Care Deal, minimum wages and access to high quality, free public services would contribute to reducing poverty and closing the care gap, as well as gender pay gap and pension gap;

Or. en

Amendment 157

Benedetta Scuderi, Katrin Langensiepen

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas social economy actors deliver essential, community-rooted care services that enhance inclusion, affordability and quality of care, especially in underserved and disadvantaged areas while responding to territorial needs;

Or. en

Amendment 158

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, decent working conditions, decent income and integrated services, and adequate funding;

Or. en

Amendment 159

Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas many needs of people with disabilities and elderly people must be covered by the community based services, like personal assistance and supported housing aid;

Or. en

Amendment 160

Lina Gálvez

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas time-use surveys focused in measuring the allocation of time spent doing care and domestic work are needed;

Or. en

Amendment 161

Estrella Galán

Motion for a resolution

Recital H a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ha. whereas good working conditions in the care sector play a key role in the quality of care services;

Or. en

Amendment 162

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas accessing care services remains a challenge in the EU’s rural and remote areas, notably outermost regions, in a context of a declining and ageing population, and a lack of connectivity and infrastructure; whereas this demographic trend can contribute to the lower attractiveness of rural areas as places to live and work; whereas this affects in a disproportional way women, who face additional difficulties in trying to reconcile work and life; whereas rural areas face shortages of general practitioners and of specialised and emergency care leading to the emergence of the so-called “Medical Deserts";

Or. en

Amendment 163

Benedetta Scuderi, Katrin Langensiepen

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas many care and domestic workers in Europe are migrant women, facing a highly precarious situation and experiencing intersectional discrimination due to their nationality, race or ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic and residence status; Whereas these migrants are making up for the lack of public and affordable care in the EU and they are not being treated equally in terms of their social rights and access to decent work conditions;

Or. en

Amendment 164

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Estelle Ceulemans, Isilda Gomes, Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Romana Jerković, Evelyn Regner, Marc Angel

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas Europe is undergoing a demographic transformation that will significantly affect the organisation of care, and whereas failure to address this challenge through a public service, human-rights-based and gender-sensitive approach risks undermining women’s participation in the labour market, reinforcing gender inequalities, and endangering the wellbeing of older persons, children, and families;

Or. en

Amendment 165

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas access to quality, affordable and accessible care services is a key enabler of employment, particularly for informal carers, and can have a positive impact on women’s participation in the labour market; whereas this access promotes economic independence and reduce social protection dependency, leading to a more sustainable economic growth;

Or. en

Amendment 166

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas informal care is an extremely gendered issue as women are overrepresented in providing informal care activities, making up around 60 % of long-term informal carers, and providing informal care for more hours than men1a;
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	1a https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/toolkits-guides/gender-equality-index-2019-report/informal-care-older-people-people-disabilities-and-long-term-care-services?language_content_entity=en&utm_

Or. en

Amendment 167

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas investment in high-quality vocational education, training, and upskilling opportunities for care workers is essential to professionalise the sector and improve working conditions;

Or. en

Amendment 168

Catherine Griset, Mathilde Androuët, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas family and social policies are primarily a competence of the Member States and whereas they must respect their sovereignty and democratic choices;

Or. fr

Amendment 169

Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak

Motion for a resolution

Recital H b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hb. whereas deinstitunalisation and independent living is supported by the European Union through shared management funds, the Renovation Wave Strategy, Recovery and Resilience Plans;

Or. en

Amendment 170

Motion for a resolution

Recital H c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hc. whereas there is an increasing recognition that care must be provided through a human-rights based and person-centred approach, reflecting the ongoing shift in care provision towards services that respect autonomy, dignity and inclusion of the people that are cared across all life stages;

Or. en

Amendment 171

Catherine Griset, Mathilde Androuët, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Recital H c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hc. whereas the primary responsibility of a care society must be to protect children, guaranteeing them a stable, safe and protective family environment shielded from the risks of insecurity and precariousness;

Or. fr

Amendment 172

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Abir Al-Sahlani, Grégory Allione, Martin Hojsík, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Recital H c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hc. whereas the availability, accessibility and affordability of high-quality childcare facilities are crucial for enabling people, especially women with caring responsibilities to participate in the labour market;

Or. en

Amendment 173

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hc. whereas the risk of poverty, deteriorated mental and physical health, and social exclusion are associated with intensive informal care-giving, who are predominantly women;

Or. en

Amendment 174

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital H c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hc. whereas caregiving for a family member with serious or long-term illnesses places significant physical and psychological burdens on carers, often intensified at end-of-life;

Or. en

Amendment 175

Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Elena Donazzan, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Recital H d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Hd. whereas informal care responsibilities may hinder carers’ access to preventive health services, thereby reducing opportunities for early detection and timely treatment of diseases;

Or. en

Amendment 176

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	H d. whereas that women’s overrepresentation in informal care acts as a brake on gender equality and may limit the possibility to work formally especially for younger informal carers;

Or. en

Amendment 177

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Recital H e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	He. whereas informal care is not adequately recognised and acknowledged in its different forms, ranging from daily support with personal care to occasional help with household tasks, and underlines that women are disproportionately providing such care, which reinforces gender inequalities;

Or. en