5 Amendments of Maria MATSOUKA related to 2008/2047(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas the Flexicurity Strategy raises expectations for a better reconciliation of the professional and private life of women and men; whereas not all Member States will attain the Barcelona targets by 2010; whereas care facilities for dependent family members other than children are not yet incorporated in policy strategies,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improvetake the necessary measures to implement gender mainstreaming in all employment and social security policies and, in particular in the Flexicurity Strategygeneral, to combat all forms of discrimination, including in the Flexicurity Strategy which, owing to a lack of relevant infrastructure in most Member States or a narrow interpretation of the strategy, could result either in a worse situation for women or a levelling down in terms of equality between men and women;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that, despite the relative quantitative progress made in women's employment, data reported by the Commission show that the average European disparity in the rates of employment between men and women remains high (14.4%), while being much higher for the over 55 age-group (17.8%), in some Member States the disparity being more than 30%;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that work-family balance is directly linked to job and income security together with working conditions, particularly in the case of women;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Stresses that the re-establishment of equal treatment of men and women in regard to retirement age should be based on the more favourable arrangement principle whereby equality can be guaranteed by extending the more favourable arrangements to the group in the less favourable position;