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Link between non-working mothers and child poverty

Question écrite de Mme Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ - Commission européenne

Question de Mme Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ,

Diffusée le 26 novembre 2019

Subject: Link between non-working mothers and child poverty

Working mothers help to reduce the risk of child poverty. Countries with a higher percentage of mothers in gainful employment often experience lower rates of families living in poverty. In the EU, only 61.7 % of mothers (between the ages of 25 and 49) with children under the age of six have a job, compared to the figure of 76.9 % for women without children. This means that there is a clear link between non-working mothers and families and children living in poverty.

What measures has the Commission already taken, or is planning to take, to help mothers with children to participate in the labour market in order to put an end to child poverty?

Réponse - Commission européenne

Diffusée le 2 mars 2020

Answer given by Mr Schmit on behalf of the European Commission

(3 March 2020)

The Commission has presented a number of initiatives that aim at helping women, including those with children, to participate in the labour market. These included legislative proposals that resulted in adoption of Directive 2019/1158 on work-life balance (1) and Directive 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions (2). In the 2019 European Semester, ten country-specific recommendations were issued, relating to female labour market participation. Substantial European Social Fund (ESF) funding has been deployed to support gender equality on the labour market, including through investments in childcare, reconciliation measures, training and activation programmes and supporting women entrepreneurship. Finally, the Commission is developing with the Member States a benchmarking framework on childcare and support to children.

Increasing women’s employment and addressing child poverty remain high on the political agenda of the Commission. The President of the Commission announced a new European Gender Equality Strategy to address challenges faced by women, including on the labour market. She also committed to create the European Child Guarantee as a tool to fight poverty and ensure children have access to basic services.

⋅1∙ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1576249339072&uri=CELEX:32019L1158

⋅2∙ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1576249207281&uri=CELEX:32019L1152



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