Activities of Merja KYLLÖNEN related to 2016/2012(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services
Amendments (6)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the key role that equality bodies play in ensuring the enforcement of citizens’ legal rights, and calls on the Commission to assist in safeguarding the independence and effectiveness of these bodies in all Member States;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that women account only for 22% of the workforce in the EU transport sector, given that the number of women is especially low (less than 10%) in technical and operational jobs; thus urges ambitious and continuous measures to be implemented to improve the attractiveness of the transport sector among female workforce.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that promoting the equal access of women to public and private goods and services must be based on the recognition of women's and girls' distinct choices, needs and experiences, and must be guaranteed without undermining their fundamental rights.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that, although official statistics show that mobility needs and travel patterns of women and men differ widely, very little attention is paid to this issue both in the European Commission legislative proposals and in most of Member States’ public transport policies; recalls that women are the main users of public transport services all around the EU; calls on local, regional and national authorities to specifically take into account the mobility needs of women when designing and developing their public transport services; calls on the Commission to properly include the gender dimension in its main approach to transport legislation in the EU.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to assess airlines’ rules for assistance and admittance of pregnant women to flights, and encourages airline managing bodies to take a harmonised approach in this regard;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses serious concern that many cases of verbal and physical violence against women, including sexual harassment often occur o, are reported in public transport, but are also reportedlso in the context of the sharing economy, and; underlines the need for a proper definition of liability for such acts and calls on the competent authorities to urgently address this major issue; recalls that promoting safe public spaces and safe public transit for everyone is a shared responsibility of all actors at all levels.