10 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2014/2210(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there is a growing presence of women in family businesses and women are a major resource in terms of their ability to influencehigh level of education and proven managerial ability when it comes to defining strategies, taking decisions and management, running companies and problem-solving;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas family businesses represent an important career and personal development opportunity for women;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women encounter substantial difficulties in their involvement in family businesses, and are subject to ‘vertical’ and ‘horizontal’ gender segregation, and this despite the high level of education of women, who account for 60% of all graduates;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women often play an invisible role, or act as figureheads, and do not have their job or salary status appropriately recognised, which has serious repercussions in terms of social security contributions, pensions and welfare entitlements;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for measures to protect women to be applied and iore effective application and implementation of measures ensuring equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in respect of empleoymented more effectively and careers, and of proactive measures to promote participation of the under-represented gender, with a view to avoiding horizontal and vertical segregation, wage and job discrimination (invisibility and ‘figurehead’ treatment), and providing both genders with equalmen and women with the same opportunities, social rights and, access to health, wages and pensions;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds the Member States and local and regional authorities once again of the importance of there being sufficient provision of high-quality and affordable care services for children, the elderly and other dependent persons, of tax incentives for companies and of other compensation to help women and men working as employees, on their own account or as managers in family businesses to balance their family and work commitments;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need for separate and duly remunerated periods of maternity, paternity and parental leave which meet the needs of employees, the self-employed and business employers;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the European Union and Member States to consider and include the protection of womenfactor in equality of opportunity for men and women and consider and include proactive measures to promote participation of the under-represented gender each time they legislate on matters relating to family businesses.
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists that family businesses be required to ensure equal treatment and opportunities for men and women at work, in the management of the business and in decision making, and that they must to that end adopt measures to prevent any kind of discrimination and to promote gender equality.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Council to reach consensus as soon as possible and adopt the Directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges, so that all companies listed on stock exchanges, including family businesses, meet the target of at least 40% of the members of their boards of directors being women.