Activities of Barbara MATERA related to 2010/2138(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Female poverty - Equality between women and men - 2010 (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women are at a disadvantage on the labour market on account of being more likely to be employed on part-time or involuntary short-term contracts or at lower rates of pay than men; whereas this disadvantage putsparity is reflected in terms of pensions, putting women at a higher risk of poverty than men,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas not enoughthe number of girls going into science, although growing, is still very low, leading to severe gender segregation by sector,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the emergence of new sectors with a strong potential for job creation, such as ecology, the environment or new technologies, needs to be taken into consideration when employment policies are being formulated; stresses in this connection that women have an important role to play in these sectors; calls on the Member States to encourage girls to enternot to neglect these types of sector; encourages the Commission to issue regular communications on these new perspectives;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that eliminating the pay gap is a priority, and therefore deploregrets the fact that the Commission did not do enough to relaunch this debate at European level, particularly by revising the existing legislation applying the principle of equal pay for men and women, as Parliament had requested in its resolution of 18 November 2009;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Member States to apply the principle of gender equality to national pension systems as concerns both age and pay;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that education plays a key role in inculcating in children the notion of gender equality as early as possible; calls on the Member States to establish education programmes, but also information and awareness-raising programmes on the values of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, particularly Article 23 thereof, for pupils throughout their school career;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for young people to be free to make their own career choices; points out, therefore, that teachers should not automatically guide pupils towards specific sectors for purposes of conforming to sexist stereotypes and that the full range of job opportunities should be highlighted;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that only 3% of major companies are chaired by a woman; calls on the Member States to take effective measures to ensure greater representation for women in major listed companies and on the management boards of companies in general, especially those with public participation;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to provide better training for staff in the health sector, social services, the police and judiciary and to set up structures capable of dealing with all forms of violence against women, including rare forms of serious physical and psychological violence such as acid attacks;