13 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2012/2046(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. Whereas women tend to be disproportionately represented in the flexible employment, probably because care of the family is still considered to be theirand part-time employment market, also because of gender stereotypes that exist in our society that depict women’s primeary responsibility as being the family carer and they are therefore deemed to be more suited than men to working on a temporary, casual or part- time basis in the care services sector or to working from home;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas women have greater recourse to flexible and part-time employment in order to reconcile professional and family obligations even though there is a difference in pay in terms of hourly rate between part-time workers and full-time workers; and whereas women have more career breaks and fewer working hours than men, which can affect their career development and their prospects for social promotion, which also translates into a less remunerative career;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas women are just as qualified as men but their skills are often less well- regarded and their career advances slower;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. Whereas women make up around 60 % of university graduates, yet their representation in decision-making positions in the service sector, especially the most senior positions, is disproportionately low;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. Whereas creating a balance betweenwomen face greater difficulties in balancing work and family life ias essential if women are to find work in the service sectorfamily life and responsibilities are not always equally shared and care of dependent family members falls mainly to women;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. Whereas domestic, marital, economic and sexual violence against women is an infringement of human rights that affects all social, cultural and economic strata;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas women’s economic independence is a condition sine qua non for them to take charge of their personal and professional trajectories and to be given real choice.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes and gender-based discrimination in the service sector, where there is an assumption that there are male and female jobs, and that the latter are associated with the work that women do in the home and are considered as an extension of these (clothing and textiles, teaching, nursing, cleaning, etc.);
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that flexible working hours are becoming more commonplaceDraws attention to the increasing prevalence of flexible working hours: weekend work, irregular and unpredictable working hours and adding to them, and given that the demand for flexibility is greatest amongst part-time workers, who are mostly women, this means that more women than men suffer changes in their working hours from week to week, making it even harderwarns against excess use of part-time and flexible hours and therefore, the increased difficulty for women toin finding a balance between work and family life, especially for single mothers and those caring for dependent family members;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the economic crisis has led to a reduction inin certain sectors is an additional obstacle to the application of the principle of gender equality, measuresainly with regard to job loss, access to new jobs and increased insecurity for women, which together with the fact that male employment ratjob roles tend to recover more quickly than they do forose taken on by women, is having a negative impact on women’s employment in the service sector;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to combat all forms of violence against women in the service sector, including economic violence, psychological and sexual workplace harassment, sexual abuse and human trafficking;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to ensure that women’s working conditions (the strenuousness and risks of the work carried out as well as the working environment) in the service sector comply with the International Labour Organisation Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted in June 1998 and with its specific fundamental conventions;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that, although there are increasing numbers of women using computers and surfing the Iinternet in an elementary way, the digital divide in terms of skills remains very wide, hampering women’s ability to seek and find skilled work; calls therefore, for the better incorporation of women in the use of encourages the promotion of women’s access to new technologies by giving them priority access to free training courses; and invites the Member States and the regions to set up free computer training courses through projects financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), as such providing women with the chance to acquire new technical skills in the fields of technology and computer science and resulting in greater opportunity for female employment in the service sector;