5 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2010/2010(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, according to recent studies, the presence of women at all levels of responsibility provides added value for companies, in particular with regard to their economic performance,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women secure most of the university degrees in the EU and are in the majority on business, management and law courses but remain in the minority in positions of responsibility in companies and public bodies,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas, notably because of the sexist stereotypes that exist in education and in society, women are under-represented in fields that are wrongly considered to be 'male', such as information technology, engineering, physics, and technical occupations such as mechanics and bricklaying,
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to take some effective measures – legislative ones in particular – to foster a balanced presence of women and men in positions of responsibility in companies and political bodies; welcomes the decision of the Norwegian Government to impose a minimum representation of 40% for each gender on boards of directors of both private and public companies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that a targeted effort to ensure women’s access to education at all levels andby combating sexist stereotypes, and to provide life-long-learning, is essential in order to break down gender segregation in the labour market; calls for the provision of adequate training in order to prevent the under-representation of female workers in low-carbon sectors of the economy as well as in technical sectors and all other sectors wrongly considered to be 'male' in which women are under-represented;