4 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2011/2066(INI)
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the campaigns of the Turkish Government to eradicate illiteracy among three million women (that being the present figure; in 1999 as many as a third of the female population were illiterate) by means of measures aimed at removing the barriers to women’s access to primary education and calls on the Turkish Government to pay specific attention to eliminating illiteracy in rural areas;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Turkish Government, in order to increase participation of women in the labour market and in the different economic sectors, bearing in mind that women today are still employed mostly in rural areas as farm labourers, to institute a fully fledged part-time work regime, utilisation of which is left up to the employee and not the employer, does not require surrender of the right to seniority indemnity and other social security rights and upholds the principle of equal pay for equal work;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Turkish Government to do its utmost to combat and reduce the gender pay gap; notes that in the Global Gender Gap Report 2010, Turkey was ranked among the worst – 126th out of 134 countries – according to the size of the gender pay gap;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is concerned about the very low percentage of female political participation at local level and invites all political parties to make sure that this situation changes in the 2014 local elections; in view of the fact that only 1% of Turkish municipalities have a woman mayor and of the consequent need to encourage women’s involvement in politics, not least at local level, calls for a quota system to be introduced for women on lists of candidates for election;