13 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2013/2009(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender segregation on the labour market, the lack of adequate working conditions, the wage gap, the difficulties of balancing family and working life, persistent stereotypes and the risk of gender-based discrimination are major obstacles to women’s occupational mobility; whereas factors related to family, social networks, childcare facilities for children and other dependants, housing and local conditions are also barriers to women exercising the right of free movement;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
(Ea) whereas the most recent estimates suggest that in the EU women’s salaries are on average 16.4% lower than men’s, and that there are major differences between Member States, with the wage gap varying between 1.9% and 27.6%1; 1 Source: Eurostat 2010, except EE, EL (2008). AT, BE, ES, IE, FR, IT, CY: provisional source.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the need to increase awareness of the situation of women in the context of the EU’s policies on education, integration, balancing family and working life, migration and employment, and in its social policies, to protect the rights of women, to promote equality and equal opportunities and to combat all forms of exploitation in the labour market;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor the situation of agencies and organisations offering jobs to workers from other Member States and to detect potential illegal or undeclared employment, or agencies or organisations providing fictitious jobs;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
(2b) Calls on the Member States to step up efforts and cooperation to combat the human trafficking carried out by international networks that recruit workers, especially women, by falsely promising them jobs that do not actually exist and result in situations involving sexual exploitation and forced labour or services (begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs);
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that women moving abroad for jobs involving chil domestic service and involving care for children or disabled or elderly carpeople are often employed without a contract or work illegally, and consequently have no rights or entitlement to social security, healthcare and other benefits;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Calls on the Member States to: monitor the situation of workers who care for children and other dependants; provide enough information to women moving abroad to take on such jobs, including information on access to declared work and training in the relevant area, on social rights, on healthcare, etc.; provide these women with advice on declared jobs; and warn them of the possible dangers of the illegal labour market;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
(3b) Emphasises that European policies must also take into account the living and working conditions of women moving away for seasonal jobs in agriculture, especially as regards the need for adequate accommodation, social protection, medical insurance and healthcare, a balance between family and working life, and a decent wage; stresses the need to combat the exploitative situations that many of these women experience;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Expresses concern at the extent to which women are involved in the phenomenon of ‘brain waste’, i.e. the under-use of the qualifications that mobile workers possess, which is particularly apparent in the domestic sector in which many women are employed; in this connection, urges the Member States to correctly apply EU legislation on the recognition of qualifications so that women are able to take on jobs that correspond with their training;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to make pay trends more transparent so as to avert continuing or widening pay gaps, and to take the necessary steps to bridge the wage gap;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to provide services for workers who move with a spouse or partner and/or children, such as childcare facilities for children and other dependants, pre-schools, schools and medical services, along with free access to public employment services in order to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that disabled women, women with few or no educational qualifications and single mothers must be afforded additional support to gain access to existing educational mobility programmes;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
(14a) Supports the initiatives adopted by the Commission, such as the ‘WOmen Mobility ENhancement’ mechanism, and calls on the Commission to broaden and enhance the scope of projects designed to increase the professional mobility of women;