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Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Twenty-Fifth Sitting of the Gender Equality Committee
At the sitting held on 20 July, the Gender Equality Committee considered the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, in principle.
At the sitting held on 20 July, the Gender Equality Committee considered the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, in principle.
Elaborating the Bill, Assistant Minister of Labour and Social Policy Zoran Milosevic stated that the amendments aim to continue the reform of the pension and disability insurance commenced in 2002, and ensure its long-term and stable financing.
He said that these amendments propose an increase in the age requirement dictating pension eligibility, as well as that dictating the right to a family pension, and that they should come into force gradually by 2022. The innovations also include a new manner of aligning pensions so as to introduce better control and establish a joint fund for civil and military beneficiaries.
In the discussion, the proposed amendments to the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance were deemed to mostly affect women by increasing their pension requirements. Even though the proposed increase in age and years-of-service requirements for women is gradual, the Committee members said that women are already in a more difficult position than men in Serbia and that these amendments, in view of the economic crisis and high unemployment rate, have a direct adverse effect on them.
The Committee members considered the petition made by a single mother from
The sitting was chaired by Dr Gordana Paunovic-Milosavljevic, Committee Chairperson.
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - the National Assembly Speaker and Acting President of the Republic of Serbia meets with the delegation of the PACE Observation Mission (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Green Salon)
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9.45 - the PACE delegation meets with the “Aleksandar Vucic – Serbia Must Not Stop” Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.30 - the PACE delegation meets with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.15 - the PACE delegation meets with representatives of national minority parties (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - the PACE delegation meets with the “MPs stand with the students” Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.30 - the PACE delegation meets with the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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14.00 - the PACE delegation meets with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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14.45 - the PACE delegation meets with the Chair and members of the Commission for the Revision of the Voters’ Register (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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15.15 - the PACE delegation meets with the representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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16.00 - the PACE delegation meets with the Chairperson and members of the Republic Electoral Commission (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)