Activities of Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS related to 2017/2008(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU (A8-0271/2017 - Anna Hedh) ES
Women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU (short presentation) ES
Amendments (27)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas women's economic participation and empowerment are fundamental to strengthening women's rights and enabling women to have control over their lives and exert influence in society;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas an increase in the participation of women in the labour force, or a reduction in the gap between women's and men's labour force participation, results in faster economic growth;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas economic empowerment increases women's access to economic resources and opportunities such as employment, financial services, property and other assets, and skills development;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas an increase in gender equality and the economic empowerment of women has a positive impact on GDP growth;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas according to the predictions, if women's productivity level would rise to match that of men's, the EU's GDP could grow by 27%;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas according to OECD studies companies with more women on their boards experience greater profitability compared to those with all- male boards even though in 2014 women accounted for just 20.2% of board members of the largest publicly listed companies registered in the EU countries;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
A g. whereas taking into account forgone earnings, missed welfare contributions and additional public finance costs, the total yearly cost of the lower female employment rate was €370 billion in 2013 which corresponds to 2.8% of the EU's GDP;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas in households where the youngest child is aged under seven men spend 41 hours per week in paid work and 15 hours in unpaid work while women spend 32 hours per week in paid work, but 39 hours in unpaid work;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that equalaccomplish economic independence and the guarantee of the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value are necessary steps for women’s economic empowermentis a first step for women's economic empowerment but that equality in the political, social and cultural arena are also needed to empower women in the private and public sectors;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value and combat direct and indirect discrimination in the labour market to accomplish women's economic empowerment;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement fully the legislation on equal treatment in employment and occupation and the Directive on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women who are self-employed to ensure better practical application of these directives;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to promote the well-being of women, by improving the general economic welfare, tackling the pay and pension gaps and combatings well as fighting against atypical and insecure forms of work and employment, such as temporary contractdiscontinuous employment, working under non-standard arrangements, temporary jobs or involuntary part-time work;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the economic downturn has affected women, particularly in the field of employment, and that unemployment or under- employment has an adverse impact on the welfare of the person and her/his family, on the risk of poverty and social exclusion, and on social security entitlements, including pensions;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recognises that women, young people and migrants are more likely to be working under non-standard arrangements such as on-call work (including 'zero-hours contracts'), temporary agency work and work in the 'on-demand' or 'gig' economy, which challenge women's economic empowerment and wellbeing due to the insecurity, economic instability and lower entitlements, including maternity benefits;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to eliminate occupational segregation by tackling the direct and indirect causes, addressing discriminatory social behaviours and stereotypes and promoting the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, education, training and all forms of care; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement measures to reduce gender stereotypes and segregation in education, training and caring responsibilities to improve the future earnings and socioeconomic conditions of women;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls foron the Member States for legislative and non-legislative measures to guarantee the economic and social drignity of feminised workhts of workers working in sectors where women are the majority and avoid over- representation of women in precarious employment, such as domestic work or caring sectors;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Remarks the relevance of the caring sector and its job creation potential; calls on the Member States to create decent, good quality jobs in the care economy in the public and private sectors;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for measures to make women's informal employment in domestic work, home-based work and small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as other own-account and part-time work more economically and socially viable by extending social protection and minimum wages;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to enforce laws and workplace policies that prohibit direct and indirect discrimination in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women in employment in both the public and private sectors and to improve women's labour market accessibility and career progression;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Encourages Member States to promote non-gender identification resumes to discourage companies and public administration of gender bias during the recruitment process and calls on the Commission to remove the gender identification in the Europass CV;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of the Women on Boards Directive and calls on the Member States to ensure that by 2020 at least 40% of non-executive directors on listed company boards are women and guarantee equal representation and leadership in the labour market, in economic and political decision- making structures and institutions, as well as in enterprises and on corporate boards through gender quotas;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Encourages women's leadership in trade unions and workers' organizations and urges all trade union leaders to guarantee equal representation and to effectively represent the interests of women workers;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses the importance of social partners and collective bargaining in the economic empowerment of women workers and encourages a revision of working categories when gender bias on employment categories can result in different job positions performing equal tasks;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to strengthen and enforce the full exercise of the right of collective bargaining in the private and public sectors, an indispensable tool for regulating labour relations, fighting wage discrimination and promoting equality;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce public social care policies as well as to provide high quality childcare facilities and promote the equal sharing of unpaid domestic work and co- responsibility in care.
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on Member States to continue working to meet the Barcelona targets at the earliest opportunity, and no later than by 2020 and define along similar targets concerning long-term care services;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Takes note of the Commission's package on work-life balance and calls for a recast of the Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leaves' Directives into a single comprehensive Directive that enshrine equal, non-transferable and fully paid parental leaves for fathers and mothers; calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for carer's leave directive;