Activities of Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA related to 2014/2152(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (A8-0163/2015 - Maria Noichl) PL
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (debate) PL
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1a (new)
Paragraph -1a (new)
-1. Emphasizes that in the last decade global economy has missed out on 27% of GDP growth per capita due to the gender gap in the labour market and stresses that GDP would grow between 15% and 45% in the EU Member States if gender gaps in employment were eliminated
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that economic growth and competitiveness in the EU are dependent on closing the gap between women’s educational attainment (60% of university graduates in Europe are women) and their participation and position in the labour market;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, owing to traditional structures and tax disincentives, women have had second-earner status imposed on them, in the form of both vertical and horizontal segregation in the labour market, an incomplete employment history and gender-specific wage inequality, and whereas also unpaid care, nursing and domestic work is performed much more frequently by women who thus have less time available to pursue paid work, which in turn results in a much lower pension, which is why the compatibility of work and family life, in particular to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, should continue to be supported by practical measures, a process in which men in particular need to become more involved;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the unequal division of family responsibilities is at the root of the unequal position of women in the labour market; stresses that reconciliation of work and home duties is a key condition for gender equality, which should be promoted by: a) investment in care infrastructure andfor children, people with disabilities, elderly and sick as women are primary carers and their employment is negatively affected by these unpaid duties, b) encouragement of men’s participation in domestic labour by means of legislation on parental and paternity leave and flexible working time arrangements, c) promotion of positive models of work- life balance arrangements for both women and men in educational materials in schools at all levels;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the feminisation of poverty is the result of factors including women’s career breaks, the gender pay gap (16,4%), the pension gap (39%) and poverty in households headed by single mothers, and that the reduction of poverty levels by 20 million by 2020 can be achieved by anti- poverty policies that are grounded in gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the face of poverty in Europe is female, and it is particularly single mothers, young and old women who are affected by poverty and social exclusion, a situation aggravated by the crisis and specific aust; stresses that the reduction of poverity measures because it is particularly public sector jobs and services in the care sector that are being eliminatedlevels by 20 million by 2020 can be achieved by anti-poverty policies that are grounded in gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the gender pay gap arises from insufficient participation of women in the labour market, vertical and horizontal segregation, and the fact that sectors where women are over- represented often have lower salaries. Stresses the need for monitoring the gender pay gap in both the public and private sector and the need for transparency in acknowledging the gender pay gap in workplaces;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that initiatives and measures must be taken, principally in the field of education, including higher education, to combat stereotyped perceptions of female employment, promote female entrepreneurship, career in science and the ICT sector which would significantly boost Europe's economic growth and competitiveness;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the introduction of gender quotas for non-executive members in company boards, transparent procedures on their appointment, encourages the public and private sector to envisage voluntary schemes to promote women in managerial positions and calls on the European Council to finally adopt a common position after the first EP reading of the Women on Boards directive;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the need to recognize public procurement as the potential tool to enhance social inclusion policies, takes the view that public procurement should be used as an instrument to advance gender equality by considering to set requirements on anti-discrimination and gender quality criteria as prerequisites for public procurement contracts where applicable;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in creating incentives for employers to convert unofficial work into official employmentand employees to move from the informal to the formal economy; insists that undeclared work negatively impacts both women's social security and the EU's GDP levels;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to present specific measures to ensure the transparency of salaries and thereby to reduce the gender pay gap within the next 5 years to less than 10% on average in the EU and to submit an annual progress report on this matter; proposescalls on the Commission and thate Member States should be encouraged also to review theto examine whether social clauses in public procurement might be used as a potential tool to enhance social inclusion policies, takes the view that social clauses in public procurement procedures dirmight be effective as and to expand them to include the social aspect of instrument to advance gender equality by considering to set requirements on anti- discrimination and gender equality in line with the EU 2020 strategy; emphasises in this connection the possibility of introducing fines for companies;criteria as prerequisites for public procurement contracts where applicable; acknowledges that EU legislation on competition must be complied with in developing this idea.