# Poverty: a gender perspective

European Parliament procedure 2015/2228(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee CULT / EMPL / FEMM). Stage: Procedure completed. 444 committee amendments tabled by 64 Members between 2015-11-19 and 2016-02-25.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on poverty from a gender perspective. Amendments focus on closing the gender pay gap through pay transparency, gender-neutral classification and reversing the burden of proof, women's labour-market participation, the gender gap in pensions and old-age poverty, single-parent families, the ICT sector, mandatory pay audits and sanctions, and revision of equal-treatment legislation.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie WARD | United Kingdom | S&D | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124963.md |
| Maria ARENA | Belgium | S&D | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124936.md |
| Mary HONEYBALL | United Kingdom | S&D | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5846.md |
| João PIMENTA LOPES | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/136236.md |
| Marita ULVSKOG | Sweden | S&D | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96672.md |
| Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124877.md |
| Anna HEDH | Sweden | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28131.md |
| Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ | Lithuania | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96681.md |
| Jutta STEINRUCK | Germany | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96831.md |
| Siôn SIMON | United Kingdom | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124948.md |
| Agnes JONGERIUS | Netherlands | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125021.md |
| Clare MOODY | United Kingdom | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124944.md |
| Jan KELLER | Czechia | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124695.md |
| Flavio ZANONATO | Italy | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124800.md |
| Elena GENTILE | Italy | S&D | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124847.md |

## Official source documents

- PE571.713: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CULT-AM-571713_EN.pdf
- PE576.702: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-576702_EN.pdf
- PE578.515: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/FEMM-AM-578515_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-2228-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2015-2228-INI.json

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