11 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2012/2301(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it should be noted that unemployed women are often not included in official figures because they tendgender inequalities in terms of inactivity rates are often underestimated as women tend more frequently to withdraw from the labour market and to perform unpaid or informal work;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Da (new)
Recital Da (new)
Da. whereas a crisis situation, such as the current one, calls for deep-seated structural reforms of the job market;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender equality is one of the core objectives of the European Union and that it has to be included as a fundamental principle ina key consideration when defining the responses to the current economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for specific tailor-made responses as part of an overarching European approach; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators so needs can be assessed and suitable responses found;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that even before the economic crisis, women were in the majority in temporary or part-time posts and that the crisis has reinforced this trend, hence placing many already vulnerable women at a heightened risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 5a (new)
Article 5a (new)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that women have played a vital role in resisting the crisis and that, according to recent publications, they are playing a vital role in; firmly believes that they offer considerable potential for the improved competitiveness and performance of business, particularly where they are in management, and posts; considers that involving them in the drawing up of recovery plans in order to encourage social cohesion is therefore a matter of particular urgency;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the need to ensure that the current economic and financial crisis and the ensuing budget restrictions do not jeopardise the progress achieved by policies promoting gender equality nor serve as a pretext for reducing efforts in this respect, but rather must encourage Member States to incorporate that aspect into their employment policies;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 8a (new)
Article 8a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of implementing immediately return to work policies and business sector insertion schemes for these public sector employees, the majority of whom are women whose jobs are under threat from cuts in the public sector budget;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to support job creation in the social economy which is dominated by unpaid work by women, and especially to seek out and implement new solutions that raise the profile of non-clandestine informal work;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 20a (new)
Article 20a (new)
20a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to propose solutions that help women continue in their careers and that combat in particular the wage inequalities arising from maternity periods;