13 Amendments of Edit BAUER related to 2012/2301(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, doubmultiple discrimination of women with disabilitiesvulnerable women, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites Member States to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing freecreating access to public childcare and care services for dependent persons, increasing resourestablishing conditions for access for education, and professional to life- long-learning programmes, and professional qualification and requalification programmes;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas female employment is affected by stereotypes and whereas the idea thatin practice there is a different approach to solve male unemployment is more serious than female unemployment is deep rooted;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of minimum income schemessocial inclusion and social assistance programmes for persons having difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in particular persons with children, and especially single parents in order to combat poverty set as a goal by Europe 2020 Strategy.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, their income has dropped significantly because of several factors such as the persistent gap of nerise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporarly 17 % between salaries for men and womenor fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employment; whereas with the persistent gender pay gap and the resultant inequality in their unemployment benefits, the crise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employmenis has worsened women´s situation in the labour market;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that there are still very wide disparities between the various EU Member States, with the employment rate for women varying between 48.6 % and 77.2 %, and that the contrasts in these situations call for tailor-made responses; emphasises moreover the need to have reliable common indicators so needsthe situation can be assessed, needs can be determined and suitable responses found;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cuts in public budgets will have the effect of increasing gender inequalities and female unemployment, women being in the majority in the public sector and the principal beneficiaries of social policies and, consequently, increasing the feminisation of poverty;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks Member States to introduce policies on extensive training for employees of those sectors that are more affected by the negative consequences of crisis or globalisation in order to prepare them for job changes and new jobs bearing the specific place of women in mind; calls for training plans to be implemented systematically in businesses to prepare employee retraining, to propose individual job transfers, and to offer training suitable for job seekers and low-skilled workers;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote vocational- training policies and programmes for women of all age-groups, in order to increase their participation in the various business sectors, envisaging specific support measures so women are able to combine their workload, training and family life; recalls the important role played by the European Social Fund in assisting entry into employment through training policies and suggests the Member States and local authorities promote recourse to this fund;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to include into the secondary schools curriculum the basic studies on finances and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to promote female entrepreneurship, by encouraging and supporting women who set up companies, by facilitating women's access to finance, in particularamong others via microcredits, and by promoting the development of female entrepreneurship and sponsorship networks;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Member States to support job creation in the social economy which is dominated by unpaid work by womenthe caring and health sector with the aim to create conditions for achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy targets on women´s employment;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Observes that the economic crisis contributes to harassment, violence of all kinds, and prostitution, with women as the victims, in breach of human rights;