4 Amendments of Emer COSTELLO related to 2012/2301(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, exploitation of domestic workers who are for the most part migrant women, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficientto promote women's access to quality employment with decent remuneration;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that women's rights should not be seen, understood and pursued as competing with men's rights as it is important for the whole society to improve the situation of both men and women. Therefore the improvement of caring services and public services for families is a pre-condition for both men and women's participation in the labour market;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that wage bargaining is increasingly becoming decentralized as a result of the crisis and that gender segregation challenges collective bargaining negotiations and acknowledges the role that the Social Partners, particularly unions, can play in putting this issue on the negotiations agenda;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls on all Member States to ratify ILO convention on Domestic Workers (Convention 189);