10 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2010/0115(NLE)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that the European Parliament and the Council shall adopt measures to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, including the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital (2)
Recital (2)
(2) The Treaty on European Union stipulates in Article 3.3(3) that the Union shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection and equality between women and men, and provides for the Union’s initiatives to ensure coordination of Member States'’ social policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality, between men and women. Article 10 thereof adds that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall aim to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union states that European society is characterised by pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity, and equality between women and men.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States should implement reforms aimed at ‘smart growth’, i.e. growth driven by knowledge and innovation. Reforms should aim at improving the quality of education, by combating sexist stereotyping and ensuring access for all, and at strengthening research and business performance in order to promote innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the EU. They should encourage entrepreneurship and help to turn creative ideas into innovative products, services and processes that can create growth, quality jobs, territorial, economic and social cohesion, and address more efficiently European and global societal challenges. Making the most of information and communication technologies is essential in this context.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Member States’ reform programmes should also aim at ‘inclusive growth’. Inclusive growth means building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, thus to actively participate in society and economy. Member States’ reforms should therefore ensure access and opportunities for all throughout the lifecycle, thus reducing poverty and social exclusion, through removing barriers to labour market participation especially for women, older workers, young people, disabled and legal migrants. They should also make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring effective functioning of the labour markets through investing in successful transitions, appropriate skills development, rcombating sexist stereotypes, raising job quality and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and inactivity while ensuring adequate, sustainable social protection, equal opportunities and active inclusion to reduce poverty should therefore be at the heart of Member States’ reform programmes.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3
In order to increase competitiveness and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, and in line with economic policy guideline 2, Member States should review tax and benefit systems and the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States shouldmust increase labour force participationthe participation in the labour market of economically active age groups through policies tohat promote active ageing, and gender equality and equal pay and labour market integration of. Moreover, special attention must be awarded to certain vulnerable groups who face particular difficulties in finding work, such as young people, the disabled, legal and immigrants, andmong other vulnerable groupss. Similarly, special attention shall be awarded to ensuring equal pay, as a factor in quality of employment and equity. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly-skilled women in scientific and technical fields. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and care and promote social innovation.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 b (new)
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 b (new)
From a gender equality perspective, women and men must have the same opportunities to access, and promote themselves on, the labour market. Therefore, among other things, policies must be developed which promote co-responsibility between women and men in the private sphere and the field of care – in particular by establishing paternal leave, which ensure that affordable, high-quality childcare services are available for children aged 0 to 3, which provide universal schooling for children aged between 3 and 6, and which eliminate any form of discrimination at the workplace, such as the current gender wage gap.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 c (new)
Annex - Guideline 7 - paragraph 3 c (new)
In view of the differences that exist between employment levels for women and men in the EU, special efforts are needed to integrate women into the labour market, with a view to achieving the overall target of 75% employment.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 8 - paragraph 2
Annex - Guideline 8 - paragraph 2
In cooperation with the social partners and business, Member States should improve access to training, strengthen education and career guidance, which must do away with the gender stereotyping that leads to segregation on the labour market, and combined this with systematic information on new job openings and opportunities, promotion of entrepreneurship and enhanced anticipation of skill needs. Investment in human resource development, up-skilling and participation in lifelong learning schemes should be promoted through joint financial contributions from governments, individuals and employers. To support young people and in particular those not in employment, education or training, Member States in cooperation with the social partners, should enact schemes to help recent graduates find initial employment or further education and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed. Regular monitoring of the performance of up-skilling and anticipation policies should help identify areas for improvement and increase the responsiveness of education and training systems to labour market needs. EU funds should be fully mobilised by Member States to support these objectives.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex - Guideline 10 - paragraph 1
Annex - Guideline 10 - paragraph 1
Member States’ efforts to reduce poverty should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuring equal opportunities, including through access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care. Member States should put in place effective anti-discrimination measures, focusing particularly on women, and taking into account the feminisation of poverty. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income support and access to healthcare — thus providing social cohesion — whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one- parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support of the most vulnerable.