Activities of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2011/2244(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 PDF (208 KB) DOC (119 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their marriage and divorce laws do not directly or indirectly constitute a financial ‘trap’ for the spouses, in particular women, and to ensure that young couples are fully aware andwho seek marriage are fully informed of the legal and financial implications of marriage and divorce;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Concerned that the economic crisis and budget cuts will exacerbate the problem, as women will be disproportionately affected, calls on Member States’ governments as well as on social partners to devise an action plan and concrete, ambitious targets; with regard to equal payment of women and men for the same work and for the same qualifications;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RecallNotes that, within the EU, on average only 12% of the executives of the major listed companies are women, with only 3% female chairs;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, comprehensive current data on female representation within all types of companies in the EU and on the compulsory and non-compulsory measures taken by the business sector as well as those recently adopted by the Member States with a view to increasing such representation, following this exercise, and if the steps taken by companies and the Member States are found to be inadequate, to propose legislation, including binding quotas, by mid 2012 to increase female representation in corporate management bodies to 30% to 40% by 2015 and to 40% to 50% by 2020, while taking account of the Member States’ responsibilities and of their economic, structural (i.e. company- size related), legal and regional specificities;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses concern over the rising incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmissible diseases, in particular amongst women; urges the Commission to explicitly include in its prevention strategiespoints out that 45% of young women and girls who are newly infected with HIV are between the ages of 15 and 24 years old; urges the Commission therefore to place increased attention on prevention in their strategy for the fight against HIV/AIDS and increase the general awareness about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases through the inclusion of sex education and, free access to condoms and HIV tests and to reduce the number of new HIV infections;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Though welcoming the moves towards more democracy and freedom in countries of the Southern Mediterranean, is concerned that women’s rights may actually emerge weakened from the Arab Spring; calls foron the Commission to develop specific support measures for gender equality in those countries;