Evaluating impact on affecting third country nationals
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Scope
Does the option significantly affect third country nationals, children, women, disabled people, the unemployed, the elderly, political parties or civic organisations, churches, religious and non-confessional organisations, or ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, asylum seekers?[1]
Definition
Various factors can contribute to the exclusion of individuals or particular groups within society - including poor housing, low income, lack of work experience, low educational attainment, poor health, stress, impacts of drug abuse and crime, discrimination on grounds of age, gender, disability and race. The consequences of exclusion, such as poor health, can further exacerbate the problem of social exclusion by lowering educational attainment and employment opportunities. Disaffected groups, especially the young, may respond to economic and social exclusion in ways that are damaging to all (e.g. crime, violence, drug abuse). Thus exclusion may not only be a product of material deprivation but may result from social deprivation - whereby individuals or groups cannot participate in social, economic, political and cultural life. The seeds of poverty and lack of opportunity are sown in childhood. Children who grow up in disadvantaged families are less likely to succeed in education, and more likely to be disadvantaged as adults. Yet households with children are disproportionately likely to be poor. Over the last thirty years, the legal status of women in Europe has undoubtedly improved, but effective equality is far from being a reality. Women are still marginalised in political and public life, paid less for work of equal value, find themselves victims of poverty and unemployment more often than men, and are more frequently subjected to violence. Gender equality is an objective of the European Community according to Articles 2 and 3 of the Amsterdam Treaty. This refers to any group vulnerable to discrimination or harassment by virtue of their ethnic origins - race, colour or creed. The term 'ethnic minorities' includes people from traveller or gypsy communities. In 1994 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, which entered into force on 1 February 1998. The principles laid down in the Convention cover a wide range of issues, inter alia: non-discrimination; promotion of effective equality; promotion of the conditions regarding the preservation and development of the culture and preservation of religion; language and traditions; linguistic freedoms; participation in public, economic, cultural and social life; and prohibition of forced assimilation.[1]
Result
Indicators:
The following Eurostat Structural Indicators are relevant to address the key question:
- Unemployment rate of population aged less than 25 years
- Total employment rate of older workers
- Unemployment rate - females
- Children aged 0-17 living in jobless households
- People aged 18-59 living in jobless households
- Women aged 18-59 living in jobless households
- Men aged 18-59 living in jobless households
There are no Eurostat Sustainable Development Indicators directly related to this key question[1]
See also
References
This text is for information only and is not designed to interpret or replace any reference documents. The text is partially adapted from: