Activities of Edite ESTRELA related to 2009/2101(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2009 (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
citation 5 a (new)
citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 19 February 2009 on Social Economy1,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas social economy enterprises are a success story where female employability is concerned, to the extent that they enhance women's social status, promote their financial independence, and help them to achieve work-life balance, not least by offering them care services for children, older people, and people with disabilities,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas, given the EU's population trends, steps must be taken to boost the birth rate; whereas strengthening the arrangements resulting from the provisions to promote work-life balance is another way to respond to the falling population,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Maintains that the Commission and the Member States must develop, support, and strengthen the role of women in the social economy, bearing in mind the high female employment rate in that sector and the importance of the services which it offers to promote work-life balance;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Congratulates the Commission on the steps it has taken and particularly on its proposals for revision of Directive 92/85/EEC in relation to maternity protection and Directive 86/613/EC in relation to self-employed workers and ‘assisting spouses’ in family businesses; highlights, once again, the need to address the issue of paternity leave and asks the Commission, therefore, to support any moves to introduce paternity- leave entitleconsiders, however, that the Commission's proposed revision of Directive 92/85/EEC falls short of what would be desirable from the point of view of promoting work-life balance for ment at European levelnd women;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Maintains that paternity leave is an issue that needs to be addressed and calls on the Commission to support any moves to establish paternity-leave entitlement on a Europe-wide basis; believes that maternity leave should be linked to paternity leave so as to afford better protection to women on the labour market and in that way combat stereotypes within society regarding the uptake of leave in the latter category;