7 Amendments of Britta THOMSEN related to 2011/2035(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas significant regional differences exist in female participation in the labour market, and whereas on average the participation of women is usually lower than that of men,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women form a majority of the population with higher-education qualifications, but at the same time far outnumber men in the worst-educated population groups,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas in 16 Member States the risk of extreme poverty for women exceeds that for men, and whereas women are exposed far more than men to precarious working conditions, especially in rural areas,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists, in the context of the cohesion policy, on the need to increase financial support for action to facilitatechildcare facilities, particularly for children under the age of three, as work-life balance for women and men, which benefits social cohesion by promoting the role of the family and parenthoodell as care facilities for older and dependent people, which benefits social cohesion and also economic cohesion by increasing the participation of women in the labour market;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that European Social Fund support should continue to focus primarily on raising employment levels, including by cofunding individual economic initiatives by people outside the labour market, including women over the age of 45, since the employment rate for women is significantly lower than that for men;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission in its reform of the cohesion policy, including by concentrating funding on a smaller number of priorities, on condition that gender equality in the labour market remains an ongoing high priority area;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the need to monitor the Commission activitieCalls on the Commission to draw up an action plan for determining specific and measurable objectives with time-frames, as set out in the accompanying document entitled ‘Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015’ and draws attention to the need to monitor the Commission’s activities;