Activities of Elena LIZZI related to 2019/2169(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality
Amendments (9)
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which incorporates the gender perspective and a projection concerning the implementation of the principle of equal pay (Article 4 of the directive);
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining and in relatively low-paid sectors, such as care and education; stresses the need to pay special attention to the economic rights, empowerment and economic independence of rural women; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining and cooperation between trade associations, government representatives and independent experts, in order to foster stable and quality employment;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of addressing the under-representation of women in managerial positions and on boards, and the need to raise the profile of highly skilled and competent women, ensuring a level playing field and equal opportunities in access to jobs that require skills and competence;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to demonstrate their real commitment to gender equality and to ensure a balanced representation of women and men in all institutions;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work and about the unlawful trade in the exploitation of women as a particular form of gender-based violence; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women and to support goals and priorities to counter the trafficking of women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment;
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights; uUnderlines the need to ensure gender sensitive rights using an intersectional approach in line with Principles 2 and 3and to mainstream gender equality into all the policies of the PillarUnion; calls on the Commission, to that end, to develop and include a Gender Equality Index in the European Semester to monitor gender effects of macroeconomic policies as well as of the green and digital transitions.coordinate a collection of reliable and transparent data from all Member States;
Amendment 190 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recommends that political support for gender equality be complementary to financial support and that gender equality be recognised in different policy areas, making provision for it to be mainstreamed as a cross-cutting priority, which should be reflected in the projects included in individual European programmes; calls on the Commission to involve media trade associations to raise awareness of gender equality;
Amendment 206 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Stresses the need to include gender equality in the policy positions of the European Union, in its dialogues with partner countries, in neighbourhood policies and in enlargement negotiations; calls on the Commission to promote gender equality in trade relations and to include a commitment to comply with ILO conventions, including provisions on equal pay and non-discrimination in the workplace, in trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 s (new)
Paragraph 6 s (new)
6s. Calls on the Commission – given that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge and devastating impact on the health and economic systems of the Member States, causing hardship and employment crises for societies that will require the cooperation of all EU bodies – to monitor the work and employment situation of women, to ensure that they are not among the most vulnerable in the COVID-19 crisis; calls on the Commission also to develop measures to ensure that women enter and/or remain in the job market;