Activities of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2010/2010(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Opinion on developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
(A) whereas the transition to a new economy should not be used as a pretext for cutting back on various equality measures, but should instead be seen as a unique opportunity to raise women’s participation in the EU labour market, since this is a prerequisite for ensuring sustainable growth, making full use of job potential and strengthening competitiveness, whereas jobs in the new economy will need to take into account different lifestyles and should look to being more flexible to enable all women to participate,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
(1) Stresses the importance of focusing on gender equality in the transition to a new economy, since women are more likely to be in an insecure position on the labour market owing to precarious employment conditions and a consistent gender-based wage gap; recognises the need for women to be given a choice as to the type of work they undertake, if they wish to work; calls for the development of labour market policies at Member State level which address the gender dimension, accompanied by programmes designed to recruit women to non-traditional jobwhich empower and give confidence to women and also programmes designed to recruit women to non-traditional jobs; recalls that this can be achieved by increasing education for girls and women in normally male-dominated subjects;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
(3) Underlines that a targeted effort to ensure women’s access to education at all levels and provide life-long-learning is essential in order to break down gender segregation in the labour market; calls for the provision of adequate training in order to prevent the under-representation of female workers in low-carbon sectors of the economy; recognises that, once women have left the formal education system, they are less likely to enter post- university education;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
(6) Underlines the need to increase women’s participation in trade unions in non-traditional employment sectors, since it is crucial to protect women’s rights if jobs in the new economy are to be socially sustainableand it is only with the support of men that this can be achieved;