Activities of Siiri OVIIR related to 2010/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Women and business leadership (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women and business leadership PDF (181 KB) DOC (107 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to Council recommendation 1996/694/EC on the balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that positions on corporate management bodies must not be given to women on an honorary basis, in order to achieve set thresholds, but must instead go to women who have proved themselves within the companies in questionbe based on the requisite skills, qualifications and experience, which the female candidates possess; calls on companies to establish standardised, formal, performance management systems for transparency, objectiveness, inclusiveness and effectiveness;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b. supporting initiatives to assess male- female equality on recruitment committees and in other areas, e.g. with regard to wage differentials and career patterns; requests companies to utilise a gender- neutral and competence-based recruitment process, while Member States monitor the corporate recruitment practises and particularly the recruitment procedures based on hidden networks, which affects in a higher degree the employment of women,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d
Paragraph 4 – point d
d. developing women's individual capabilities in-house, by means of specific further-training courses and other forms of professional support, such as dedicated mentoring and networking schemes and diversity courses for all levels of management in order to prepare them effectively for management duties;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
da. encourage all stakeholders to set up initiatives changing women’s perception and self-perception in the work field, so as to enable more women to take on leadership responsibilities on the operational side of the business, and not just on the functional side. Such initiatives should aim at encouraging girls and young women to perceive themselves in a broader spectrum of careers with the support of teachers, family and different role models, as well as presenting positively female leadership in the European media;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages companies to adopt and implement Corporate governance codes to promote gender equality on company boards, utilise peer pressure to influence organisations from within and incorporate the comply or explain rule, obliging them to clarify why there is not at least one woman on the board;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point b
Paragraph 7 – point b
b. following this exercise and if the steps taken by companies and the Member States are found to be inadequate, to consider taking concrete and where possible legislative measures for increasing female representation in corporate management bodies, while taking account of the Member States' responsibilities and of their economic, structural (i.e. company- size related), legal and regional specificities;