Activities of Astrid LULLING related to 2009/2101(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2009 (debate)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is currently experiencing a major economic, financial and social crisis that has specific consequences for women in the labour market and in their personal lives,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, because of gender segregation by occupation and sector, and according to the data available, the crisis initially hit men harder than women; whereas, however, the available data do not take account of part-time working, and the proportion of the female workforce in part- time employment is 31.1% as against a corresponding figure of 7.9% in the male workforce; whereas women occupy the majority of jobs in some public- service jobs and account fors, and in some Member States account for as much as two-thirds of the workforce in the education, health and social welfare sectors; whereas, therefore, theywomen in particular are likely to lose out on two fronts in the event of budget cuts with their adverse effect on public-service provision,in these sectors;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women – especially single mothers and women aged over 65 – are traditionally at greater risk of poverty, andcertain categories of women are traditionally at greater risk of poverty, especially single mothers and women aged over 65 who, having taken a break from or stopped work to take on family responsibilities, are in receipt of pensions that are barely above the minimum subsistence level, and whereas their situation is liable to deteriorate in a time of recession,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the average female employment rate in 2008 was 59.1%, the steady increase in that rate since 2000 has not improved women's conditions of employments 59.1%, with widely varying levels ranging from 37.4% in Malta to 74.3% in Denmark, and women still suffer the effects of gender segregation by occupation and sector,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, since 2000, the average gender pay gap has remained stubbornly wide (between 14% and 17.4%) despite numerous measures taken by the Commission and commitments entered into by the Member States,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas thebetter sharing between women and men of domestic and family responsibilities, notably through greater recourse to parental and paternity leave, is a sine qua non for the advancement and achievement of gender equality,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas recently 58.9% of the university qualifications awarded in the Union went to women and women outnumber men in business, management and law faculties, yet they are in the minority in corporate and political positions of responsibility and political bodies; whereas few women have IT, engineering or physics degrees and women are consequently under-represented in the private sector, with its crucial role in economic recovery,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the proportion of female MEPs rose from 32.1% in the 2004-2009 parliamentary term to 35% after the elections of 7 June 2009 and there were increases, too, in the proportion of female chairs of parliamentary committees, up from 25% to 41%, and the proportion of female EP vice-presidents, up from 28.5% to 42.8%, but the number of female quaestors fell from 3 to 2,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas most migrant women are doubly discriminated against in the labour market – on account of both their gender and their migrant status; whereas one in five highly qualified migrants is in a low- level job and migrant women employed in the social and domesticdomestic, CHR/Horeca and agricultural sectors are particularly vulnerable,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to supply detailed statistics on how the crisis is affecting women and men, taking account of unemployment rates and trends in part- time working and in temporary and open- ended contracts, and on how policies to tackle the crisis are affecting public services;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to conduct gender-specific impact assessments before implementing austerity policies, sowhich will need to implement budgetary consolidation policies to ensure that women willare not be disproportionately affected, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to prepare – using the above-mentioned statistics and impact assessments – recovery policies that reflect the specific needs and circumstances of women and men, particularly through the use of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the average gender pay gap has remained stubbornly wide and that there are many differences among the Member States and sectors in this regard; asks the Member States, therefore, to apply Directive 2006/54/EC immediately and, in particular, to promote the principal of 'equal pay for equal work';
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact thatAsks the Commission why it has not yet responded to the above- mentioned EP Resolution of 18 November 2008 with a legislative proposal for revision of the existing legislation relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present such a proposal without delay;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the Commission in the infringement proceedings it is taking in relation to transposition of the directives in force; considers that the Member States which have not yet done so must transpose the gender equality directives without delay and, in particular, ensure that they are properly implemented;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to run awareness-raising campaigns in schools and workplaces in order to promote diversification of career choices, especially for girls and combat persistent sexist stereotyping, with particular emphasis on campaigns that highlight men's role in the equalbetter sharing of family responsibilities and in work-life balancing;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Congratulates the Commission on the steps it has taken and particularly on its proposals for revision of Directive 92/85/EEC in relation to maternity protection and Directive 86/613/EC in relation to self-employed workers and ‘assisting spouses’ in family businesses; highlights, once again, the need towelcomes the fact that the social partners have addressed the issue of paternity leave and asks the Commission,hopes that therir effore, to support any moves to introduce paternity- leave entitlement at European levelts will result as soon as possible in a framework agreement on the subject to give legal effect thereto;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Member States to take effective steps, notably through legislation,and the social partners to encourage a better gender balance in corporate and political positions of responsibility;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Member States to scrutinise their policies on migration in order to put the skills of highly qualified migrants to better use and to afford better protection for female workers in the social and domesticprovide social security cover for female workers in domestic and other sectors, with a view to making migrants less vulnerable andhere it is not available, with a view to promoting their integration by giving themof migrants while also ensuring that they are given access to education and training, especially vocational training and courses in the language of their host country;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that violence against women is still a major problem that needs to be eliminated using every means available to the Communities and the Member States, and once again calls on the Commission to establish a European Day for combating violence against women; congratulates the incoming Spanish Presidency of the Council on making it a priority to combat such violence and invites future Council Presidents to do likewise;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive rights, notably through easy access to contraception and abortion; supports, therefore – as it did in its above-mentioned Resolution of 3 September 2008 – measures and actions to improve women's access to sexual and reproductive health services and to raise their awareness of their rights and of available services; invites the Member States and the Commission to implement measures and actions to make men more aware of their responsibilities in relation to sexual and reproductive matters;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the European Institute for Gender Equality is still in the process of being established, and is eagerexpects to see it fully operational as soon as possible;