9 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2008/2047(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas the Commission report on Equality between women and men 2008 (COM(2008)0010)12 suggests that while female participation in employment has steadily increased, two thirds of part-time jobs as well as most precarious employment relationships are held by women and that therefore there remain significant challenges as regards the quality of female employment, in particular the persistent pay gap between women and men, which is distinctly wider in some Member States than the EU average, the continuing horizontal and vertical labour market segregation, the fragmented professional careers of women and the difficulty in reconciling professional and family life, all of which prevent equality during working lives and thereafter,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas discrimination against women already starts with access to training places, particularly in regions with high unemployment where women have less chance of obtaining good training places and, subsequently good jobs, despite having better qualifications,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas the Flexicurity Strategy raises expectations for a better reconciliation of the professional and private life of women and men, though these hopes will only be fulfilled if social security is improved and the phases of life devoted to family do not result in fewer career opportunities and lower pension entitlements; whereas not all Member States will attain the Barcelona targets by 2010; whereas care facilities for dependent family members other than children are not yet incorporated in policy strategies,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. having regard to the 'Work-Life Balance' studies of the European Foundation in Dublin,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve gender mainstreaming in all employment and social security policies, in particular in the Flexicurity Strategy; points out that equal opportunities for women will successfully be achieved only by pursuing a comprehensive life-phase policy which produces a genuine division of the education, occupation, family and voluntary work phases between the sexes and makes all players (economic players, politicians, social partners) responsible for the changes which result in a win-win situation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission and Member States to develop instruments that will ensure that high educational qualifications of women will result in "better jobs"; calls on the Member States to take targeted measures to eliminate discrimination against young women in the transitional phases from education to training and training to professional career;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Asks the Commission to call on the Member States, in the context of implementing the Structural funds, to set specific targets, in line with the cross- sectional goal of gender mainstreaming, for the participation of women in the support programmes, which reflect the actual situation regarding the disadvantages of women in the employment and economic sectors; points out that experience gained in the previous support periods shows that the general reference to gender-neutral measures frequently results in women benefiting less than men from the Structural funds ; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines for gender budgeting in the Structural funds and to test them in pilot projects;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls its resolution of 9 March 2004 on Work, the family and private life 12 asking the Commission to propose a framework directive on reconciling professional, family and private life which should, inter alia, allow complementary mechanisms to be put in place that will facilitate women and men to share equally the care of dependent family members; 1 2 and include the European Foundation's studies on work-life balance; OJ C 102 E, 28.4.2004, p. 492. OJ C 102 E, 28.4.2004, p. 492.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to pursue the objective of equal economic independence for women and men; points out that there is a need for business start-up programmes and loans geared to the needs of women in order to increase the proportion of women in this important economic sector;