7 Amendments of Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas historically women have been more affected by unemployment than men; whereas women’s unemployment stands at 10 % across the EU, with significant regional variation; however this difference has been significantly decreasing (Eurostat figures for 2008 and 2013);
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Cohesion Policy is the main tool for implementing measures against unemployment and social exclusion and relies on investments to education and enlarging education capacities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas at university men remain over- ccording to the Commission's figures there are more women than men attaining tertiary education, however women are still under-represented in STEM subjects, which restricts economic opportunities for women;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas more than two thirds of Europeans live in cities which are productive and innovative centres; at the same time they create concentration of the socially excluded persons, therefore they are essential to tackling the challenge of social exclusion;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women are more likely to be engaged in part-time work, which may be beneficial for mothers having returned from maternity leave but it also may results in in-work poverty and a gender pension disparity; is concerned about the variation in part-time work figures among the Member States; calls on the Commission to produce an updated, in-depth analysis of the different types of employment, including comparisons within and between Member States;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the EU institutions and member states that in order to achieve goals related to employment and social inclusion they should take into account needs of women returning from maternity leave, motivate employers for recruiting women after maternity leave, facilitate flexible working arrangements and promote additional (lifelong learning) education enabling them to smoothly resume their professional careers;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the EU institutions and member states that in order to achieve goals related to increasing capacities of early child care facilities they should better use both quantitative and qualitative indicators in a view to ensure equal access for all children to high quality care and education.