# Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis

European Parliament procedure 2009/2204(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 155 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2010-03-26 and 2010-04-21.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns the gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis. Amendments argue that the crisis affected male-dominated sectors first and female-dominated sectors in a second wave, that responses and recovery plans lacked a gender dimension, and that women are under-represented in economic and financial decision-making, raising care services, the gender pay gap, domestic violence intensifying during the crisis, entrepreneurship and gender mainstreaming.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrid LULLING | Luxembourg | PPE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1186.md |
| Christa KLASS | Germany | PPE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1929.md |
| Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ | Spain | S&D | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28298.md |
| Edite ESTRELA | Portugal | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28310.md |
| Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA | Spain | Verts/ALE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28409.md |
| Barbara MATERA | Italy | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96813.md |
| Edit BAUER | Slovakia | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23866.md |
| Ilda FIGUEIREDO | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4466.md |
| Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS | United Kingdom | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96944.md |
| Norica NICOLAI | Romania | ALDE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96825.md |
| Chrysoula PALIADELI | Greece | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97007.md |
| Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER | France | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38596.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |
| Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA | Poland | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96770.md |
| Eva-Britt SVENSSON | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28134.md |

## Official source documents

- PE439.983: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.983+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE441.029: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.029+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-2204-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-2204-INI.json

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