11 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2017/2210(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that gender stereotypes reproduced by media result in segregation in the labour market which in turn enforces the gender pay gap and subsequently the gender pension gap.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that these stereotypes can lead to a negative social environment for women and can contribute to gender discrimination in the workplace; notes the importance of a positive social environment in helping workers to deal with high levels of work intensity.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay and pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights; while also noting that the advancement of gender equality for female employees in all sectors will also benefit from increased female representation in media coverage.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that media organisations respect the right of women and men to benefit equally from parental leave; encourages in particular men to take paternity leave;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes initiatives such as the #MeToo movement that aim to report cases of sexual harassment and violence against women; strongly supports all the women and girls who have participated in the campaign, including those who denounced their perpetrators.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Having regard to Eurofound's forthcoming report on 'Pay transparency in Europe: First movers' experiences with gender pay reports and audits', notes that only one third of Member States have at least some gender pay transparency measures implemented as per the European Commission Recommendation (C(2014) 1405 final), some have only recently changed legislation or have mature plans, while more than half of the Member States have not implemented any of the 4 pay transparency measures to date.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that objectification of women in media coverage, precarious employment and lack of female representation in decision making roles all contribute to a workplace environment where women are vulnerable to sexual exploitation, harassment and violence.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates the European Parliament's call on the Council for a swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step towards equal representation in the public and private sectors.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Member States to reduce barriers to women's access to senior and management positions by developing policy incentives for media organisations to respect gender equality and gender neutrality in the recruitment process; to promote a consistent concept of work-life balance and to provide training and mentoring for female colleagues, who according to Eurofound are less likely to receive employer-paid training than their male colleagues in the media sector.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recommends that public and private media organisations adopt internal policies on gender pay transparency (company pay reports or pay audits) also where there is no legal obligation; Evidence from evaluation studies point to the reports or audits becoming more meaningful and effective, when they are compiled with a certain degree of detail, both in terms of what parts of the pay are reported on separately, and what kind of breakdowns are provided. Only in those cases where sufficiently detailed information is available, and where they are further discussed with employee representatives, scrutinized and followed up, the reports and audits move from being a mere formality towards becoming an effective instrument.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support to women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media; including organisations which support women and girls that are victims of male violence and sexual harassment in the work place; including organisations which provide free legal aid and represent women working outside their country of origin and represent women of minority cultural and ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations and transgender women.