Sittings · Document
OPINION (2025/2095(INI)) 2025-09-01
On developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · Rapporteur: Lina Gálvez
AMENDMENTS
The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality submits the following to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible :
Amendment 1
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, |
Or. en
Amendment 2
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to Articles 8, 9, 151, 153 and 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
Or. en
Amendment 3
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted in 1979, |
Or. en
Amendment 4
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), adopted in 2011, |
Or. en
Amendment 5
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin1a, | |
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| 1a OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2000/43/oj. |
Or. en
Amendment 6
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation1a, | |
| _________________ | |
| 1a OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/54/oj. |
Or. en
Amendment 7
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms1a, | |
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| 1a OJ L 132, 17.5.2023, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/970/oj. |
Or. en
Amendment 8
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence1a, | |
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| 1a OJ L, 2024/1385, 24.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1385/oj. |
Or. en
Amendment 9
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1238 of 23 April 2024 on developing and strengthening integrated child protection systems in the best interests of the child1a, | |
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| 1a OJ L, 2024/1238, 14.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2024/1238/oj. |
Or. en
Amendment 10
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the Commission communication of 18 September 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: EU anti-racism action plan 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0565), |
Or. en
Amendment 11
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0698), |
Or. en
Amendment 12
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap1a, | |
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| 1a OJ C 331, 17.8.2021, p. 5. |
Or. en
Amendment 13
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2022 on women’s poverty in Europe1a, | |
| _________________ | |
| 1a OJ C 47, 7.2.2023, p. 2 |
Or. en
Amendment 14
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the Commission communication of 7 March 2025 entitled ‘A Roadmap for Women’s Rights’ (COM(2025)0097), |
Or. en
Amendment 15
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| – having regard to the Make Mothers Matter report to be published in September 2025 entitled ‘Mothers’ Poverty in the EU’, |
Or. en
Amendment 16
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A a. whereas women continue to be disproportionately more affected than men by both absolute and relative poverty, as well as the risk of social exclusion, due to structural gender inequalities; whereas poverty among women, in all its diversity, must be understood as a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon that includes not only social, political and cultural aspects but also income, housing, health and access to education and social services, and cannot be eradicated by employment alone but requires a comprehensive, inclusive approach based on both prevention and alleviation of poverty; whereas in 2024, in all but two EU countries, the severe material and social deprivation rate was higher for women (6.6 %) than for men (6.2 %)1a, while the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate was higher for women (21.9 %) than for men (20 %) in all EU countries1b; whereas in the same year, 23.7 % of women and 22.7 % of men in the EU considered themselves to be poor1c, whereas 21.6 % of women aged 65 and over were at risk of poverty, compared to around 16.5 % of men in the same age group1d; | |
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| 1a Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdsd11__custom_17284202/bookmark/table?lang=en&&bookmarkId=a0f88fa5-9110-4302-a67d-d58f889214d0&&page=time:2024. | |
| 1b Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n__custom_17280682/bookmark/table?lang=en&&bookmarkId=1136c1ef-3d9f-4fda-82fb-cf7423eac65e&&page=time:2024. | |
| 1c Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Subjective poverty by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_sbjp01__custom_17284289/bookmark/table?lang=en&&bookmarkId=7d0decb7-866a-4494-b901-58a61bebd575&&page=time:2024. | |
| 1d Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n__custom_17280682/bookmark/table?lang=en&&bookmarkId=1136c1ef-3d9f-4fda-82fb-cf7423eac65e&&page=time:2024. |
Or. en
Amendment 17
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A b. whereas female poverty is both a cause and a consequence of intersectional discrimination experienced by women, in particular by those facing specific forms of marginalisation and structural discrimination on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, migration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, as well as women from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds and especially trans and intersex women; whereas single mothers and women living in the EU’s remote, island and outermost regions face specific challenges and an increased risk of poverty; whereas a lack of legal recognition of same-sex relationships and gender identity in Member States contributes to the exclusion of LGBTIQ+ individuals from essential social services and family-related benefits, thereby reinforcing cycles of poverty and marginalisation; whereas Roma women face particular discrimination regarding education and decent work; whereas only 28 % of Roma women aged 20–64 were in employment in 2022, in comparison with 58 % of Roma men in the same age category1a; whereas women visibly wearing religious clothing often face discrimination in employment, including, according to the latest FRA report, 45 % of Muslim women1b; whereas migrant women, including refugees and asylum seekers, experience multiple forms of discrimination in securing formal employment and housing; whereas migrant women have higher poverty and exclusion rates due to barriers to accessing employment, recognition of qualifications and childcare1c; | |
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| 1a Fundamental Rights Agency, ‘Roma in 10 European countries’, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021-main-results2_en.pdf. | |
| 1b Fundamental Rights Agency, ‘Being Muslim in the EU’, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2024-being-muslim-in-the-eu_en.pdf. | |
| 1c Eurostat, Statistics Explained, ‘Migrant integration statistics - at risk of poverty and social exclusion’, Data extracted in 26 September 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Migrant_integration_statistics_-_at_risk_of_poverty_and_social_exclusion. |
Or. en
Amendment 18
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A c. whereas there is a strong correlation between female poverty and child poverty; whereas in 2024, across the EU, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate (24.2 % of people under 18)1a and the severe material and social deprivation rate (7.9 % of people under 18)1b were highest among children; whereas in 2024, 26.1 % of people under 18 in the EU considered themselves to be poor1c; whereas one in four children in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion1d; whereas in 2024, 8 % of children in the EU under the age of 17 lived in jobless households1e; whereas empowering mothers economically has a direct and lasting positive effect on children’s well-being and is essential to breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty and ensuring equal opportunities for children; | |
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| 1a Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/bookmark/1136c1ef-3d9f-4fda-82fb-cf7423eac65e?lang=en&&page=time:2024. | |
| 1b Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdsd11__custom_17284216/bookmark/table?lang=en&&bookmarkId=a3bbdd78-6da8-43f5-8b3b-b2eb4a3ddadc&&page=time:2024. | |
| 1c Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Subjective poverty by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_sbjp01__custom_17284300/bookmark/table?lang=en&&bookmarkId=a2e1c6ea-e1ca-43ca-a78c-5bb0645fdd77&&page=time:2024. | |
| 1d Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n__custom_17501965/default/table?lang=en. | |
| 1e Eurostat, Statistics Explained, ‘Household composition statistics’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Household_composition_statistics#Data_sources. |
Or. en
Amendment 19
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A d. whereas single-parent families are at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion and experience a higher probability of poverty persisting across several generations; whereas approximately one in six children in the EU (17 %)1a grows up in a single-parent household; whereas most single-parent households are led by women1b; whereas single-parent households, particularly those headed by women, face a disproportionate risk of poverty (over 32 %), compared to just 11.2 % among two-parent families1c; whereas poverty remains one of the contributing factors to family separation in the EU; whereas nearly 20 million children, one in four, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU1d, and whereas the current trend will not meet the target of reducing the number of children in poverty by at least 5 million by 20301e; whereas child poverty is one of the most urgent and difficult forms of poverty to eradicate, with long-lasting consequences for children’s development and life chances and the future of our societies; whereas significant disparities are observed among children from ethnic or migrant backgrounds and children with disabilities1f; whereas having children further increases the risk of poverty for single adults, a risk that disproportionately affects women, who are most often responsible for childcare and are nearly twice as likely as lone fathers not to work, while more than one third of working lone mothers are employed only part-time1g;whereas empowering mothers to earn more and achieve financial stability is a powerful and effective lever for reducing child poverty; whereas some municipalities in Member States have recognised the special challenges faced by single mothers and have introduced targeted policies and support measures; | |
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| 1a Eurostat, ‘Young people – family and society’; https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Young_people_-_family_and_society. | |
| 1b Eurostat, Statistics Explained, ‘Household composition statistics’, accessed 23 June 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Household_composition_statistics#Data_sources. | |
| 1c Eurostat, At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and household type, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_li03/default/table?lang=en. | |
| 1d Eurostat, Statistics Explained, ‘Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Children_at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion. | |
| 1e Commission communication of 4 March 2021 entitled ‘The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan’ (COM(2021)0102). | |
| 1f UNICEF, ‘Child Poverty Policy Brief’, 2024, https://www.unicef.org/eu/documents/policy-brief-child-poverty. | |
| 1g European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Beijing + 25: the fifth review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States, https://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/20190441_mh0119039enn_pdf.pdf. |
Or. en
Amendment 20
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A e. whereas there is a strong correlation between poverty and gender-based violence and whereas poverty exacerbates the impact of gender-based violence, especially on women in marginalised situations, such as LGBTIQ+ individuals; whereas women living in poverty face a higher risk of experiencing violence, including intimate partner violence and domestic violence, due to factors such as financial dependency, housing insecurity, and reduced access to support services1a; whereas in the EU-27, 30.7 % of women experience physical violence or threats and/or sexual violence by any perpetrator over their lifetime1b; whereas poverty puts women at greater risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation; | |
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| 1a EIGE, https://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/financial-independence-and-gender-equality.pdf. | |
| 1b EIGE, ‘Gender-based violence survey’, https://eige.europa.eu/newsroom/eu-gender-based-violence-survey?language_content_entity=en. |
Or. en
Amendment 21
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A f. whereas women experiencing homelessness are often invisible in statistics and face gendered pathways into homelessness; whereas the normative definitions of homelessness often fail to capture the realities faced by women, which differ from those of men as they are less likely to sleep rough and more likely to rely on informal or temporary accommodation arrangements, risking gender-based violence and losing custody of their children; whereas LGBTIQ+ individuals, especially transgender people and those experiencing homelessness, face heightened risks of poverty and social exclusion due to structural discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare and access to social protection systems; |
Or. en
Amendment 22
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A g. whereas unpaid and underpaid care work, disproportionately carried out by women, remains a major driver of gender inequalities in income, career progression, and pensions, resulting in lower lifetime earnings and a significant gender pension gap; whereas women tend to live longer and are more likely to need long-term care (LTC) as they age1a; whereas the majority of LTC workers are also women, many of whom are migrants1b; whereas in 2021, wages in the LTC and other social services sectors were 21 % below the average wage1c; whereas gender-based horizontal segregation in the labour market contributes to persistent pay inequalities; | |
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| 1a United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), ‘The growing need for long-term care’, https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/documents/un-ageing_briefing-paper_Long-term-care.pdf. | |
| 1b EIGE, ‘Gender inequalities in care and consequences for the labour market’, Publications Office of the European Union, 2021, https://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/20204948_mh0220888enn_pdf.pdf. | |
| 1c Eurofound, ‘Wages in long-term care and other social services 21 % below average’, 2021, https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/resources/article/2021/wages-long-term-care-and-other-social-services-21-below-average. |
Or. en
Amendment 23
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A h. whereas economic inactivity and unemployment substantially increase the risk of poverty and social exclusion for both women and men; whereas in 2024, the gender employment gap in the EU was 10.0 percentage points, meaning that the proportion of men of working age in employment exceeded that of women by 10.0 percentage points1a; whereas among Roma women the employment rate is even lower, namely 28 %1b; whereas in 2023, the gender pay gap in the EU stood at 12 %1c, whereas women are disproportionately highly represented in low-paid, precarious job sectors and in flexible forms of work, with atypical and flexible contracts (part-time work, temporary work, etc.); whereas, although work in highly female-dominated sectors is essential and of high socio-economic value, it is often undervalued and paid less than work in male-dominated sectors; whereas there is an urgent need to reassess the adequacy of wages in female-dominated sectors related to their socio-economic value and to move forward on minimum wages, minimum income and pay transparency in EU regulations; whereas women face pregnancy and maternity discrimination as well as early retirement from the labour market owing to care responsibilities and the impact of menopause disorders on their health or social circumstances; whereas only 20.7 % of women with disabilities are in full–time employment1d; whereas trans women are three times more likely to be unemployed as the general population average1e; whereas migrant women, including refugees, experience multiple forms of discrimination concerning employment and housing; whereas a persistent gender pay gap contributes to lifelong economic inequality, including disparities in pensions and increased risks of poverty among elderly women, hindering competitiveness in the EU; whereas this pay gap is driven by factors such as occupational segregation, differences in working hours, and unequal representation in senior roles, which collectively hinder women’s economic independence and social security; whereas addressing the gender pay gap is essential to achieving fair labour markets and reducing gender-based poverty across all age groups; whereas in 2024, women in the EU received on average 26.1 % less pension income than men, and 5.3 % of women received no pension at all1f; whereas this is a result of the imbalances created by persistent lifelong inequalities; whereas this pension gap means that women are more likely to fall below the poverty line as they get older, also bearing in mind that life expectancy is higher for women than for men, deepening the consequences of poverty and social exclusion; whereas income inequality remains a major concern across the EU; whereas, despite overall economic growth, income gains have disproportionately benefited the highest earners, while low- and middle-income households have seen only marginal improvements; whereas in 2023, the Gini coefficient for equalised disposable income in the EU stood at 29.6 %, highlighting persistent disparities in income distribution1g; whereas the gender poverty gap is expected to increase by 2030, as women will continue to make up the majority of the world’s extreme poor and the gap may widen further with the digitalisation of our labour markets, considering the gender gap in education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the gap in some employment sectors, such as defence and aerospace, information and communications technology and energy; | |
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| 1a Eurostat, Statistics Explained, ‘Gender statistics’, accessed 23 June 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Gender_statistics. | |
| 1b Fundamental Rights Agency, ‘Roma in 10 European countries’, 2022, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021-main-results2_en.pdf. | |
| 1c Eurostat, Statistics Explained, ‘Gender pay gap statistics’, Data extracted in March 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Gender_pay_gap_statistics. | |
| 1d European Disability Forum, ‘2023 EU Gender Equality Index: Women with disabilities still left behind’, 2023, https://www.edf-feph.org/2023-eu-gender-equality-index-women-with-disabilities-still-left-behind/#:~:text=22%25%20of%20women%20with%20disabilities,15%25%20of%20men%20without%20disabilities. | |
| 1e European Commission, Directorate for Justice and Consumers, ‘Legal gender recognition in the EU’, Publications Office of the European Union, 2020, https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2020-09/legal_gender_recognition_in_the_eu_the_journeys_of_trans_people_towards_full_equality_sept_en.pdf. | |
| 1f European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and Social Protection Committee, ‘The 2024 pension adequacy report’, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/pension-adequacy-report-current-and-future-income-adequacy-old-age-eu_en. | |
| 1g Eurostat, Data Browser, ‘Living conditions in Europe – income distribution and income inequality’, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Living_conditions_in_Europe_-_income_distribution_and_income_inequality. |
Or. en
Amendment 24
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A i. whereas in 2024, women in the EU received on average 26.1 % less pension income than men, and 5.3 % of women received no pension at all1a; whereas this is a result of the imbalances created by persistent lifelong inequalities; whereas this pension gap means that women are more likely to fall below the poverty line as they get older, also bearing in mind that life expectancy is higher for women than for men, deepening the consequences of poverty and social exclusion; whereas greater labour inclusion throughout a person’s lifetime will help to close the gender pension gap; | |
| _________________ | |
| 1a European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and Social Protection Committee, The 2024 pension adequacy report, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024. |
Or. en
Amendment 25
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A j. whereas ‘time poverty’ means the absence of available time after deducting the time necessary for paid employment and unpaid work (including caregiving), study or other basic necessities of life such as mental and physical self-care; whereas time poverty deprives women of the time or autonomy necessary to ensure decent working conditions, financial autonomy, training or access to the basic resources and minimum services that would guarantee them a healthy life and enable them to participate fully in their communities and societies; whereas time poverty limits women’s opportunities to engage in long-term, full-time employment, restricting their earning potential and increasing their reliance on low-wage or part-time jobs, reducing their pension contributions and heightening financial dependence in old age; whereas these overlapping disadvantages highlight the urgent need to link gender equality with income security and comprehensive care policy reforms; whereas addressing time poverty requires a fundamental rethinking of how care and domestic work are organised, valued and redistributed across society; whereas there is an urgent need to link care justice with economic justice and to challenge the systems that commodify labour while extracting value from the unpaid and invisible work predominantly carried out by women; |
Or. en
Amendment 26
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A k. whereas women are overrepresented among those in energy poverty, are more dependent on natural resources and have fewer assets or resources to adapt to the impacts of climate change; whereas the energy crises and rising living costs, especially related to housing, reduce women’s financial capacity to build an autonomous existence, making it harder for women with no income or a low income to escape domestic violence; |
Or. en
Amendment 27
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A l. whereas menstrual or period poverty is the lack of adequate access to menstrual hygiene products and facilities, affecting an estimated 10 % of the menstruating population in the EU, disproportionately affecting marginalised and vulnerable groups, and limiting their participation in social, educational and professional life; stresses that period poverty remains a persistent barrier to gender equality in the EU, with low-income women and girls often forced to choose between menstrual hygiene products and other basic needs; |
Or. en
Amendment 28
Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A m. whereas people of African descent are at higher risk of poverty, social exclusion and energy poverty than the general population in the EU; whereas 33 % of people of African descent have difficulties making ends meet; whereas one in four people of African descent have been refused as tenants based on their racial or ethnic origin; whereas 45 % of people of African descent live in overcrowded housing1a; | |
| _________________ | |
| 1a EU Fundamental Rights Agency, ‘Being Black in the EU’, Publications office of the European Union, 2024, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2023-being-black_in_the_eu_en.pdf. |
Or. en
Amendment 29
Motion for a resolution
Recital A n (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| A n. whereas there is a 24-percentage-point employment gap between people with and without disabilities in the EU, and an even greater gap for women and young people with disabilities1a; | |
| _________________ | |
| 1a European Disability Forum, ‘EDF 7th Human Rights Report. The Right to work: The employment situation of persons with disabilities in Europe’, 2023, https://www.edf-feph.org/publications/human-rights-report-2023-the-right-to-work/. |
Or. en
Amendment 30
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| d) A comprehensive and integrated approach to anti-poverty policies and measures and the goal of eradicating poverty as a cross-cutting criterion in sectoral policies; | d) A comprehensive and integrated approach to anti-poverty policies and measures and the goal of eradicating poverty as a cross-cutting criterion in sectoral policies, especially taking into consideration the EU equality, inclusion and social policy areas; |
Or. en
Amendment 31
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 1 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a gender-responsive strategy, understanding the gender dimensions of poverty and placing a strong focus on structural poverty that affects women and girls in particular, and applying an intersectional approach in order to address, in particular, single-parent families – which are mostly led by women – mothers with low-income, women with disabilities, women from marginalised racial, ethnic and socio-economic groups, including Roma women, migrant and elderly women, victims of gender-based violence, and LGBTIQ+ individuals; |
Or. en
Amendment 32
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 1 b. Stresses that the most sustainable poverty reduction policy is one that prevents poverty from arising in the first place; underlines that the anti-poverty strategy must address the root causes of female poverty and deliver on structural changes for women and those most at risk, focusing on social investments in accessible and high-quality healthcare, childcare, inclusive education, decent and affordable housing, adequate social protection systems, and targeted measures to tackle the non-take-up of benefits; urges the Commission to address the gendered and intersectional risks of poverty, including in-work poverty and pension poverty, through adequate minimum wages, minimum income, social protection and collective bargaining; calls on the Member States and the Commission to further explore the potential of basic income schemes as part of broader anti-poverty strategies that take into account the specific socio-economic vulnerabilities of women, and to ensure that EU frameworks and data collection tools (e.g. Eurostat, national statistics offices) better capture gender aspects of poverty and its root causes; |
Or. en
Amendment 33
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 1 c. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the structural links between poverty and gender-based violence and to address gender-based violence as a key strategy for eradicating poverty, in particular poverty among women and children, recognising that eliminating all types of violence is essential for women’s ability to participate fully in their communities and the economy, to access education, employment, and social services, and thereby achieve financial independence; urges the Commission and the Member States to boost public investment in policies that address gender-based violence; welcomes the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention and urges Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to complete their ratification processes without further delay; calls on the Commission to ensure the effective implementation of the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, guaranteeing that women experiencing poverty and other types of violence have adequate and unconditional access to shelters, survivor support services, legal aid, and social welfare, regardless of their residence or migration status; |
Or. en
Amendment 34
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote policies to protect and promote labour rights and improve the quality of employment, including stable employment relationships, fair wages, decent and safe working conditions and access to social protection; | 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote policies to protect and promote labour rights and improve the quality of employment, with particular focus on women in the labour market, including stable employment relationships, fair and transparent wages across all sectors - including female-dominated sectors such as social, care, health and education – with a view to ensuring equal pay for work of equal value, decent and safe working conditions and access to social protection; calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus particularly on reducing the gender employment gap, the pay and pensions gaps, and in-work poverty among women by providing flexible working arrangements and accessible and affordable care services in order to facilitate women’s access to quality jobs; urges the Commission to mandate the introduction of workplace policies that support menstrual health – including the option of menstrual leave, and accommodations for workers experiencing women-specific conditions, e.g. menopause, migraine and endometriosis – and paid time off for regular breast screening check-ups, in order to promote women’s health and well-being throughout all stages of life; |
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Amendment 35
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 3 a. Recalls that poverty continues to be measured based on accumulated household income, even if not all members of the household earn the same or distribute resources equally; calls for individualised rights and calculations based on individual income in order to combat the true extent of women’s poverty and for time poverty to be included as a measure; |
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Amendment 36
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 3 b. Stresses the importance of supporting women’s entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities, particularly in rural, island and other geographically remote areas, as a means of achieving better economic inclusion and gender equality and combating poverty, creating local employment and fostering inclusive economic development; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure targeted support for women entrepreneurs through improved access to funding, business training, digital tools and markets; calls on the Commission to develop policies that facilitate women’s access to quality jobs and entrepreneurial paths, through incentives for companies to hire and promote women, particularly single mothers, and to provide flexible working arrangements; |
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Amendment 37
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 3 c. Calls on the Commission to integrate education, training and lifelong learning into the anti-poverty strategy, with a focus on inclusive education and the reintegration of early school leavers; recommends expanding digital and media literacy programmes and investing in second-chance education; emphasises the need to link the anti-poverty strategy to inclusive education, upskilling and reskilling programmes, as well as civic engagement, specifically targeting vulnerable groups, women and girls, long-term unemployed people, single parents and early school leavers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to bridge the digital divide for women and girls in poverty by ensuring affordable internet access, digital skills training and access to online public services, with a focus on rural and marginalised communities; |
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Amendment 38
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 5 a. Highlights that climate change has a disproportionate impact on people experiencing poverty, making them more vulnerable to health issues, energy poverty, housing insecurity and forced displacement; stresses the urgent need for gender-responsive climate action to prevent women and girls from falling deeper into poverty; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction strategies and other preparedness mainstreaming activities are inclusive and take into account the specific vulnerabilities and capacities of women and girls, including through investments in gender-responsive education, healthcare access, and economic resilience; calls on the Commission to ensure that the anti-poverty strategy contributes to addressing the disproportionate impact of climate change on people experiencing poverty and to guarantee their inclusion in the green transition; calls on the Commission to ensure adequate funding to address climate poverty, with a focus on energy efficiency and housing renovation in the post-2027 multiannual financial framework, to ensure that people living in poverty receive adequate support during the green transition; |
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Amendment 39
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 6. Urges the Commission and Member States to combat poverty by promoting policies that ensure the indivisibility and universality of political, economic, social and cultural rights; | 6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to combat poverty by promoting policies that ensure the indivisibility and universality of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; calls on the Member States to develop methodologies for assessing structural or systemic barriers to breaking out of poverty and social exclusion and to participating fully in society, whether these barriers are found in their legal systems or public policies, or their implementation at territorial level; |
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Amendment 40
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to significantly increase public investment in policies that guarantee universal, free and high-quality public services, considering their contribution to breaking the cycles of poverty, particularly in areas such as education, healthcare, social protection, and universal access to decent housing, water and sanitation, energy, transport, and cultural and leisure activities; | 7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to significantly increase public investment in policies that guarantee universal, affordable and high-quality public services, considering their contribution to breaking the cycles of poverty and reducing gender inequalities, particularly in areas such as early childhood education with personalised educational support plans for young parents – particularly mothers – high-quality, accessible and affordable childcare and long-term care services – above all for persons with disabilities – healthcare – including free medicine for children, affordable dental care, accessible mental health support, and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including to family planning information services, affordable modern contraception and safe and legal abortion care – social protection, and universal access to decent and affordable housing, water and sanitation, energy, transport, recreational and social activities, and digital access to facilitate remote working, for example for women with care responsibilities; calls on the Member States to invest adequate funds in early childhood education and care and to ensure that national education systems provide gender-equal high-quality education in order to tackle educational poverty, which often affects women’s opportunities and their ability to improve their social well-being and economic independence, including through financial and banking literacy; calls for new accelerated efforts to close the gender employment gap and the gender pension gap and to increase investment in public services and social infrastructure which are essential for both family support and women’s economic independence, and calls for a commitment to advance towards care societies; |
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Amendment 41
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 7 a. Recommends that Member States ensure the provision of essential, affordable and inclusive services for all, paying particular attention to the protection and needs of women and vulnerable groups; |
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Amendment 42
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 7 b. Stresses the need to strengthen healthcare systems and make them accessible, affordable and inclusive, taking into account the specific health needs of women; calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that all young people – particularly girls and LGBTQI+ young people, notably those in rural areas and those affected by low income or marginalised for other reasons – have access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services and information – including age appropriate comprehensive sexuality and relationship education, information about family planning, and counselling services in school and community-based environments – affordable contraception and menstrual products and safe and legal abortion care, as part of an inclusive and gender-sensitive anti-poverty strategy; |
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Amendment 43
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 7 c. Reaffirms that comprehensive SRHR, including access to contraception, antenatal/maternal care, safe abortion, fertility services, and age-appropriate sexuality education, are essential components of gender equality and poverty alleviation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to embed SRHR as a core pillar in all strategies targeting poverty among women and girls; |
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Amendment 44
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 7.d Encourages the promotion of community-based care approaches that are participatory, locally rooted and designed with direct input from those affected by poverty, to ensure that services, spaces and support mechanisms reflect the actual needs and realities of the people they serve; highlights the importance of involving women and marginalised communities in the planning and design of such spaces, to ensure they are safe, inclusive and responsive to gender-specific needs; |
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Amendment 45
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 7 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee the right of all individuals, particularly those in vulnerable situations, to be properly informed about the full range of public services and social support available to them, including in the areas of housing, healthcare, education, employment and protection from gender-based violence; stresses that information must be clear, culturally and linguistically appropriate, and proactively disseminated; |
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Amendment 46
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 8 a. Calls on the Commission to address the specific challenges and vulnerabilities faced by homeless women, recognising that homeless women often experience homelessness differently than men, being at greater risk of violence, sexual assault and trafficking, as well as of specific health concerns related to reproductive health and hygiene; underlines that decent and affordable housing is a fundamental right and a precondition for the enjoyment of other fundamental rights; stresses that the anti-poverty strategy must include a dedicated section on combating homelessness, recognising it as one of the most severe and visible forms of poverty and social exclusion, paying particular attention to its gendered dimensions; calls on the Commission to further develop the European Platform on Combating Homelessness (EPOCH) by increasing its funding for both activities and governance and expanding its three work streams on monitoring, mutual learning and access to EU funds, with a particular focus on homeless women; invites the Commission to encourage the Member States to embed gender-responsive Housing First models in national homelessness strategies, prioritising women fleeing gender-based violence, migrant women, racialised women, single mothers, women with disabilities, and women in rural areas, as well as LGBTIQ+ people, in line with EPOCH; calls for inclusive access to essential services, social protection and housing for women in all their diversity, regardless of legal status; highlights the need for culturally sensitive and multilingual support services, particularly in urban and border regions; calls on the Commission to mobilise EU funds in the post-2027 multiannual financial framework (e.g. ESF+, ERDF, InvestEU) to combat severe material deprivation and to support affordable housing specifically for women experiencing homelessness, as a convergence measure with the European care strategy and the European Child Guarantee; |
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Amendment 47
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 8 b. Acknowledges the vulnerability of people without adequate housing, survivors of human trafficking and people who use drugs, who often face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and exclusion, which both stem from and reinforce poverty; underlines that women and gender minorities within these groups are disproportionately exposed to gender-based violence, exploitation, stigma and barriers to accessing essential services, further deepening their socio-economic marginalisation; |
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Amendment 48
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 8 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take targeted, effective and efficient measures to remove the barriers that hinder access to services of general interest in vulnerable areas – particularly for women and girls in all their diversity in rural and remote regions, including outermost regions – as such barriers are key drivers of poverty and social exclusion; calls for access to be ensured in these areas to high-quality public services such as care, education, health, housing and energy, paying particular attention to areas at risk of depopulation; |
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Amendment 49
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 8 d. Calls for the adoption and implementation of binding legal measures preventing financial discrimination against individuals with a history of illness – including cancer survivors and persons with mental health conditions – paying particular attention to women, who often face intersectional socio-economic vulnerabilities; stresses the importance of the ‘right to be forgotten’ in this context, particularly in relation to accessing financial services such as insurance and credit, as well as housing, without being penalised for past medical conditions, to ensure socio-economic reintegration and decrease the risk of poverty; highlights the potential of personal budgeting approaches, where individuals receive financial resources directly to spend according to their own needs, to promote autonomy and dignity, and to better tailor support in anti-poverty efforts; |
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Amendment 50
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 9 a. Calls on all Member States to swiftly and fully implement the Pay Transparency Directive in order to address essential aspects of the gender pay gap within sectors, and to require companies to publish gender pay gap analyses and conduct information and training campaigns on unconscious bias and stereotypes; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take regional disparities into consideration and to ensure that such measures are tailored to address the specific needs of regions where gender gaps and labour market inequalities are most pronounced; calls on the Commission, in addition, to tackle the issue of structural undervaluation of work in female-dominated sectors and to ensure equal pay for work of equal value by reassessing the value of work in typically female-dominated areas of employment such as social, care and health services, and education, through gender-neutral job evaluation tools developed and applied to establish a better and fairer remuneration scheme; |
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Amendment 51
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 9 b. Calls for new accelerated efforts to close the gender employment gap and the gender pension gap and to increase investment in public services and social infrastructure and calls for a commitment to advance towards care societies; |
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Amendment 52
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 9 c. Calls on the Commission to take into account the specific challenges faced by older women living in poverty in the framework of the strategy; urges the Commission to encourage the Member States to develop targeted actions to ensure adequate pension levels, including automatic indexation to inflation; |
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Amendment 53
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10. Calls on Member States to develop policies to strengthen maternity, paternity and parental rights, promoting work-life balance, facilitating women’s return to work after pregnancy and maternity leave, and ensuring adequate conditions for breastfeeding in the workplace; | 10. Stresses that the majority of unpaid care work is still carried out solely by women and that this has negative consequences for the occupational gender gap and economic independence; emphasises that in order to address the complex nature of women’s poverty it is necessary to change the division of work and to give incentives to women and men to promote the fairer sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, and to facilitate women’s integration and reintegration into the labour market in order to achieve an 'equal earner, equal carer’ model of society; calls on the Member States to develop policies to strengthen maternity, paternity and parental rights, promoting work-life balance and flexible working arrangements, including the right to work remotely, facilitating women’s return to work after pregnancy and maternity leave, including by providing high-quality, accessible and affordable childcare, and ensuring adequate conditions for breastfeeding and infant care in the workplace; calls on the Member States to introduce and promote accessible and adequately compensated paternity leave policies, including increasing fathers' statutory paternity leave and parental allowances and offering non-transferable leave for fathers or the other parent, in order to promote the true sharing of care responsibilities, allowing for women’s position in the labour market to be strengthened and enabling the other parent to establish strong bonds with their children and take necessary time off to support early childhood development and family well-being, and to thus contribute to reducing women’s ‘time poverty’; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Work-Life Balance Directive; |
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Amendment 54
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10 a. Urges the Commission to tackle the systematic undervaluation of work carried out in female-dominated sectors, such as the social, health and care services and education sectors, which leads to in-work poverty, and to work with the Member States and social partners to develop gender-neutral job evaluation tools and criteria allowing for an EU-wide definition and comparison of ‘the value of work’, with the aim of more fairly valuing and remunerating the work carried out in female-dominated sectors; |
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Amendment 55
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10 b. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to develop fair and effective national systems of wealth taxation, with the aim of reducing inequality and ensuring that those with the greatest means contribute fairly to the financing of public goods; recalls that international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have highlighted wealth taxation as a useful tool to tackle rising inequalities and strengthen public finances; |
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Amendment 56
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10 c. Calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the effects of working time reduction, including experiences from pilot projects such as the four-day working week in the United Kingdom, which showed positive outcomes for workers’ health and well-being, work-life balance and productivity; recognises the success of different countries that have trialled working time reductions and encourages the Member States to explore and support initiatives aimed at reducing working hours without loss of pay, as a means to reduce poverty, enhance democracy, and promote quality employment, gender equality and better mental and physical health; |
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Amendment 57
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10 d. Highlights the economic disincentives to motherhood faced by many women across the EU; calls for comprehensive family policies that support childbearing without long-term financial penalties, especially regarding career breaks and pension gaps; |
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Amendment 58
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a dedicated European action plan for senior women, including measures to address the gender pension gap, priority access to social and home-care services, continuous training opportunities and part-time employment schemes to combat isolation and old-age poverty; |
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Amendment 59
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10 f. Urges the Commission to develop and implement a comprehensive EU wide menstrual health strategy to combat menstrual poverty; believes that menstrual health and hygiene must be explicitly integrated into national and EU-level public health and anti-poverty policies; urges the Commission to support the Member States in including menstrual education and provision of sanitary products within holistic gender-responsive health and social policies, particularly for women experiencing homelessness, victims of gender-based violence, and women from vulnerable groups such as those of migrant backgrounds and asylum seekers; urges the Commission and the Member States to mandate the provision of free menstrual products in public schools and universities, government buildings, shelters, public institutions and centres supporting marginalised women and girls, with a view to combating period poverty; calls on the Member States, furthermore, to eliminate VAT and other indirect taxes on menstrual hygiene products, in line with gender equality objectives; |
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Amendment 60
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 11. Urges Member States to ensure universal access to affordable, high-quality public maternal, neonatal and paediatric healthcare; | 11. Urges the Member States to ensure universal access to affordable, high-quality public maternal, neonatal and paediatric healthcare, as well as elderly care and care for persons with disabilities, to reduce the disproportionate number of women who take on unpaid care roles which limit their ability to participate in the labour market and earn a living; |
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Amendment 61
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 11 a. Calls on the Commission to issue a recommendation encouraging the Member States to implement binding legal measures to advance poverty reduction efforts by addressing financial discrimination faced by women with a history of illness, including cancer survivors and women with mental health conditions, based on the principle of the right to be forgotten, in order to ensure their reintegration into the labour market and society and to reduce their risk of poverty, while paying particular attention to women facing intersectional socio-economic discrimination; |
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Amendment 62
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 13. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider the so-called hidden phenomena of poverty, to combat the stigmatisation of people living in poverty and the non-take-up of available social benefits, and to take into account the fact that elderly people, people with disabilities, single-parent families, ethnic minorities and migrants are groups that are more vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion; | 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the so-called hidden phenomena of poverty, to combat the stigmatisation of people living in poverty, and to adopt a gendered and intersectional approach in anti-poverty strategies, recognising that elderly women, women with disabilities, single-parent families, which are mostly led by women, women from racial and ethnic minorities, migrant women, victims of gender-based violence, and LGTBIQ+ individuals are groups that are more vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion than others; |
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Amendment 63
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 13 a. Calls on the Commission to set disaggregated targets to reduce poverty among the most marginalised women, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and targets under the Sustainable Development Goals, and to track progress with intersectional indicators; |
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Amendment 64
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 13 b. Points out that female poverty creates child poverty and that tackling it is key to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the introduction or strengthening of universal child benefits as a key instrument to reduce child poverty, support families and promote a fairer distribution of wealth, while respecting national competences and social protection systems; calls for the EU and the Member States to consider the development of a specific status for single-parent families, which are disproportionally led by single mothers, who are often even minors themselves; |
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Amendment 65
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 13 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the reduction of child poverty, noting that approximately one in four children in the EU is at risk of poverty or social exclusion; recognises that child poverty is closely linked to the economic situation of their mothers, who often face higher risks of poverty due to gender pay gaps, precarious employment and disproportionate caregiving responsibilities1a; | |
| _________________ | |
| 1a Eurostat, Statistics Explained, 'Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion'. Data extracted on 7 May 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Children_at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion. |
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Amendment 66
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 13 d. Recognises the EU's responsibility for the task of addressing and eliminating human trafficking, which has a cross-border and gendered dimension, as women in poverty are disproportionally exposed to the risk of sexual exploitation as well as of labour exploitation; whereas labour exploitation can consist of excessive working hours, unsafe or unhealthy working environments, and denial of labour rights such as sick leave and the right to organise or strike, which disproportionately affect women workers in export-oriented sectors; |
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Amendment 67
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 13 e. Underlines that the lack of safe and legal migration routes currently available, in addition to the increasingly stringent migration policy contributing to Fortress Europe, is a cause of maginalisation and precarity among migrant people, especially women and children; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure safe and legal migration routes and the proper provision of social services to all people, including women and children, irrespective of their migration status; |
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Amendment 68
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 14. Recommends that Member States increase support for families and people in vulnerable situations through mental health and psychosocial support services; | 14. Recommends that the Member States increase support for the socio-economic and emotional well-being of families, particularly single mothers, and people in vulnerable situations, through mental health and psychosocial support services and by providing opportunities for participation in sports, high-quality educational and training programmes, and cultural and recreational activities, ensuring that these services are gender-sensitive; |
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Amendment 69
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 16 a. Encourages the conference to explicitly address gendered dimensions of poverty, including period poverty; |
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Amendment 70
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 17 a. Calls on the Commission to establish a committee of people experiencing poverty, comprising people experiencing poverty, in particular women, LGBTQI+ people and other marginalised people, with a mandate to contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of the strategy; recognises that communities directly affected by poverty are best placed to inform policies that have an impact on their daily lives; calls on the Commission to ensure that the participation of people experiencing poverty is meaningful, including by providing adequate financial compensation and the necessary support tools such as interpretation and accessible formats; |
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Amendment 71
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 17 b. Calls on the Commission to create a special working group comprising people experiencing poverty, academics, representatives of Eurostat, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Institute for Gender Equality, the statistics offices of the Member States, policymakers and civil society organisations, and practitioners working in essential services; |
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Amendment 72
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 17 c. Urges the Commission to include a targeted section within the strategy encouraging Member States to repeal laws and administrative provisions that criminalise survival activities in public spaces, including laws targeting begging, rough sleeping, informal economic activities, and other forms of subsistence work; |
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Amendment 73
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 18 a. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights to conduct EU-wide research into the intersectional aspects of poverty; |
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Amendment 74
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 18 b. Calls on the Commission to develop an intersectional tracking methodology for poverty reduction impact and to develop disaggeregated targets with the goal of reducing poverty among the most marginalised women, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals; |
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Amendment 75
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 18 c. Stresses that the effective implementation and monitoring of the strategy requires the systematic collection and use of disaggregated data; calls on the Commission to reissue equality data collection guidelines to empower the Member States to collect disaggregated data, including by racial or ethnic origin, gender, age, disability and migration status, in full compliance with fundamental rights and data protection standards, to accurately identify and address pockets of poverty and exclusion, reveal structural inequalities and inform evidence-based policy responses at all levels of governance; |
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Amendment 76
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Calls on the Commission to introduce a horizontal principle into the Strategy focused on considering the impacts of sectoral policies on poverty, including the obligation to carry out an ex ante impact assessment; | 20. Calls on the Commission to introduce a horizontal principle into the strategy focused on considering the impacts of sectoral policies on poverty, including the obligation to carry out an ex ante impact assessment, paying particular attention to women’s disproportionate vulnerability to poverty and regional disparities; |
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Amendment 77
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Calls on the Commission to include the European Institute for Gender Equality’s Gender Equality Index in the social scoreboard; |
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Amendment 78
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 a. Calls on the Commission to pressure the Member States to establish fair, redistributive and progressive taxation systems, ensuring that public budgets are sufficiently equipped to finance the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequalities and addressing the unequal distribution of wealth and resources; underlines that tax justice is essential to upholding social cohesion and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights; |
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Amendment 79
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the European Semester process by introducing more robust and gender-responsive recommendations within country-specific recommendations, beyond the currently limited indicators in the Social Scoreboard, to better capture gender inequalities and address the structural links between poverty and gender-based violence; |
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Amendment 80
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22. Calls for the strengthening of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and better use of the ESF+, the ERDF, the FEAD and the AMIF in order to reinforce policies that contribute to eradicating poverty; | 22. Calls for the strengthening of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and better use of the ESF+, the ERDF, the FEAD and the AMIF in order to reinforce policies that contribute to eradicating poverty; stresses that the ESF+ should be maintained as a separate fund in the post-2027 MFF, as the fund is key to enhancing accessible, affordable and adaptable social services for all vulnerable groups, especially women and girls with disabilities; |
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Amendment 81
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 a. Underlines that, as an obligation stemming from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the EU must mainstream actions to support vulnerable groups at higher risk of poverty, such as persons with disabilities, through all programmes in the MFF post-2027; considers it essential to ensure that persons with disabilities, especially women and girls, have equitable access to all programmes funded by the EU, in line with the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030; urges the Commission to develop a methodology to track spending that benefits persons with disabilities, particularly women and girls, and to verify that all programmes and EU-funded projects guarantee gender equal opportunities and access to EU funding for persons with disabilities; |
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Amendment 82
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 b. Emphasises the need for gender budgeting and gender-disaggregated data in the design, implementation and follow-up of the new EU anti-poverty strategy; calls on the Commission to develop specific indicators to track access to menstrual products and SRHR services, and to ensure that EU funds demonstrably reduce the gendered dimensions of poverty; |
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ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT
Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that she included in her report input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that she received, in the preparation of the draft report, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register1, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:
| 1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register |
| Make Mothers Matter (MMM) |
| 2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies |
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INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION
| Date adopted | 13.10.2025 |
| Result of final vote | + : 26 - : 8 0 : 0 |
| Members present for the final vote | Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Valérie Devaux, Heléne Fritzon, Lina Gálvez, Alexandra Geese, Chiara Gemma, Fernand Kartheiser, Arba Kokalari, Elena Kountoura, Sebastian Kruis, Judita Laššáková, Eleonora Meleti, Carolina Morace, Maria Noichl, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Giusi Princi, Emma Rafowicz, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Benedetta Scuderi, Laurence Trochu, Marko Vešligaj, Maria Walsh, Lucia Yar |
| Substitutes present for the final vote | Christine Anderson, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Elisabeth Grossmann, Billy Kelleher, Katrin Langensiepen, Manuela Ripa, Beatrice Timgren, Marianne Vind |
| Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote | Peter Agius, Daniel Caspary |