# Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights

European Parliament procedure 2012/2301(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee EMPL / FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 251 committee amendments tabled by 34 Members between 2013-01-09 and 2013-01-09.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights. Amendments address the higher unemployment rate for women, the gender pay gap, austerity measures and cuts to social and health services, childcare and care for dependants, the ESF and gender budgeting, social dialogue and collective bargaining, pensions, and the role of Member States and the Commission in supporting women's participation in the labour market.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minodora CLIVETI | Romania | S&D | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113597.md |
| Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER | France | PPE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38596.md |
| Mikael GUSTAFSSON | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109649.md |
| Inês Cristina ZUBER | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111589.md |
| Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ | Spain | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28298.md |
| Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU | Cyprus | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97050.md |
| Edit BAUER | Slovakia | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23866.md |
| Constance LE GRIP | France | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/101580.md |
| Mariya GABRIEL | Bulgaria | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96848.md |
| Zita GURMAI | Hungary | S&D | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23805.md |
| Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ | Spain | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96765.md |
| Regina BASTOS | Portugal | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5956.md |
| Gabriele ZIMMER | Germany | GUE/NGL | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28248.md |
| Lívia JÁRÓKA | Hungary | NI | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28141.md |
| Angelika WERTHMANN | Austria | ALDE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97016.md |

## Official source documents

- PE502.206: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-502.206+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE502.223: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-502.223+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2301-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-2301-INI.json

---

Source: AmendEU (amendeu.com), built from Parltrack (ODbL), European Parliament Open Data ((c) European Union) and official Parliament documents. Aggregates CC BY 4.0.
Data refreshed: 2026-07-27. Human-readable version: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2301-INI
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".