7 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2008/2039(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that women's economic independence is fundamental for their emancipation, and employment with rights is therefore a guarantee for their personal development and for social inclusion;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Finds it disturbing that women are continuing to suffer serious discrimination, as reflected in their unemployment rates, the more precarious forms of work in which they are employed, their lower pay, the fact that they are exposed to a higher risk of poverty and industrial accidents, and the greater difficulties that they encounter in terms of career advancement and very low pensions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, even though the difference between the employment rate for women and for men has been reduced slightly, this difference still stood at more than 14% in 2006 and women's employment is more precarious, with increasing numbers of women working part-time and on temporary contracts;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that the wage gap persists, with women earning wages that are on average 15% below those for men, that this gap was reduced by only 1% between 2000 and 2006, and that the percentage of women in management posts is still far lower than the percentage of men;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to guarantee full rights, including maternity and social security rights, for all working women, including women who are self-employed or who work on family farms;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers it important to look into the question of establishing a methodology for analysing exactly what jobs entail, that will guarantee the right to equal pay for women and men, give proper recognition to individuals and occupations and, at the same time, attach due dignity to work as a structuring factor, with a view to increasing the productivity, competitiveness and quality of undertakings and improving the lives of workers, both men and women;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses the need to encourage initiatives that contribute to setting up and implementing in companies human resources policies and positive measures promoting gender equality, and to encourage information and training measures making it possible to promote, transfer and incorporate practices that have been successful in organisations and companies;