Activities of Daniela AIUTO related to 2017/2008(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU PDF (488 KB) DOC (91 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas effective work-life balance makes a positive contribution to family welfare;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas it is mostly up to women to assist children and members of the family who are elderly or ill, forcing them to choose between their working lives and private lives;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas in the labour market, most part-time contracts are given to women, which has a negative impact on their wages and thus, indirectly, on family and pension-related income;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas quotasa balanced presence of women haves been found to improve the performance of private companies and boosts wider economic growth, in addition to bringing about better use of the talent pool in the labour force;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas acts of sexism, sexual harassment and vertical and horizontal segregation that women can suffer in the workplace are partly responsible for women dropping out of the labour market, which has a negative impact on their economic independence and on the family income;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement policies to help families with dependents with disabilities or serious illnesses, by providing appropriate assistance and accessible facilities and services that are affordable and high-quality, so that responsibility for their care does not fall mostly on women;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to encourage companies to use teleworking, for both male and female workers, in order to improve not only the work-life balance but also the fairer distribution of unpaid work within the family;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Member States to provide incentives, also through the use of EU funds, for the establishment of women’s businesses and start-ups, with a view to achieving the economic empowerment to which every woman is entitled;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to prevent and combat, with active and effective policies, all forms of violence against women, including the sexual harassment and acts of sexism to which most of them are subjected in the workplace;