Activities of Edit BAUER related to 2009/2101(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2009 (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
citation 1
citation 1
– having regard to Articles 2, 3(23) and 14157 of the EC Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
citation 11 a (new)
citation 11 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
citation 12 a (new)
citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2009 on the elimination of violence against women,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
citation 13 a (new)
citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2009 on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – An area of freedom, security and justice serving the citizen – Stockholm programme,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, because of gender segregation by occupation and sector, and according to the data available, the crisis initially hit men harder than women; whereas, however, the available data do not take account of part-time working, and the proportion of the femestimations are however, that overalel workforce in part-time employment is 31.1% as against a corresponding figure of 7.9% in the male workforce; whereas women occupy the majority of public-service jobs and account for two-thirds of the workforce in the education, health and social welfare sectors; whereas, therefore, they are likely to lose out on two fronts in the event of budget cuts with their adverse effect on public-service provisiomen will be hit by the consequences of the economic crisis more severely than men,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in the EU women hold approximately 60% of university degrees, but due to occupational and sectoral segregation this is not reflected in the positions they hold in the labour market, as demonstrated by the proportion of women in part-time employment at 31.1% (in comparison to 7.9% of the male workforce) and by increasing female employment in sectors already dominated by women,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the pay gap is even more significant in the private sector (approximately 29%) and among immigrant women, women with disabilities, women belonging to minorities and unqualified women,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas trafficking in human beings is a modern form of slavery, and most victims of trafficking are still women and girls,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the above-mentioned Resolution of 18 November 2008 called onsome of the Member States have still noto ratifyied the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings without delay yet only 16 of them have so far done sohich is the strongest European legal instrument in the fight against trafficking in human beings as such trafficking is constituted as a crime and a violation of human rights and an offence to the dignity and integrity of the human being,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality was officially established in 2006 and was supposed to have begun functioning by 2008 at the latest but this has not happenedstill not fully functioning,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the recovery plans in relation to the economic, social and financial crisis offerscreate an opportunity to make the Union, as an economy,economy of the Union more productive and innovative and, as a its society, a more egalitarian and more mindful of gender equality;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the Commission in the infringement proceedings it is taking in relation to transposition of the directives in force; considers thatalls on the Member States musto transpose the gender equality directives without delay;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Congratulates the Commission on the steps it has taken and particularly on its proposals for revision of Directive 92/85/EEC in relation to maternity protection and Directive 86/613/EC in relation to self-employed workers and ‘assisting spouses’ in family businesses; highlights, once again, the need to addrand welcomess the issue of paternity leave and asks the Commission, therefore, to support any moves to introduceprogress made in the field of addressing paternity- leave entitlement at European level;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the fact that the percentage of female nominees for the new Commission has slightly increased to 33%, in comparison to 30% in the previous Commission;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. AskUrges the Member States to scrutinise their policies on migration in order to put the skills of highly quaformulation of a stronger immigration policy closely connected with other Community polifcied migrants to better use and to afford better protection for female workers in the social and domestic sectors, with a view to making migrants less vulnerable and promoting their integration by giving them access to education and training, especially vocational training and courses in the language of their host countrys, in particular with employment policy, so as to constitute legal immigration as an alternative to illegal immigration and to maximise the positive effect both for the Member States and for the well-being of the immigrants themselves;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19