5 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2012/2301(INI)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, especially with the increasing prevalence of atypical forms of contracts, their income has dropped significantly because of factors such as the persistent gap of nearly 17% between salaries for men and women and the resultant inequality in their unemployment benefits, the rise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employment;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks Member States to introduce policies on extensive training for employees to prepare them for job changes and new jobs bearing in mind the specific place of women in mindand the fact that women are likely to be called upon more frequently than men to take time out from their career to look after children or older or sick family members; calls for training plans to be implemented systematically in businesses to prepare employee retraining, to propose individual job transfers, and to offer training suitable for job seekers and low-skilled workers;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to promote female entrepreneurship in the green economy, which is a source of new jobs; notes that renewable energy can create new job opportunities for female entrepreneurs in areasremote and outlying areas of the EU where female unemployment is particularly high and there is great potential for exploiting alternative forms of energy such as wind or solar power;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricular activities, and carers have direct implications for women, and single mothers in particular, who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed, and that women will as a result be placed at greater risk of poverty;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality, in the absence of reliable data, forto appraise the consequences of the economic crisis onfor women’s working conditions to be appraised: discrimination during recruitment, increased workload, pressure and stress at work, bullying and psychological harassment;