11 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2012/2046(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services1; __________________ 1 OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas women are overrepresented in jobs and positions that require relatively low general skills and tend to be low paid;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. Whereas women make up around 60 % of university graduates, yet their representation in senior official and decision-making positions in the service sector, especially the most senior positions, is disproportionately low;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas women often work in the lowest ranked jobs in the service sector in terms of qualifications, pay, remuneration and prestige and therefore women face greater job insecurity than men;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas women's contribution to the labour force is usually underestimated by employers, since they are more likely to interrupt their careers for child birth and raising;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. Whereas there are continuing inequalities in access to and use of new technologies and the Internet, between men and women, which often leads to a gap in skills and even to "digital illiteracy", a phenomenon widely known as the ‘gender digital divide’;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of reducing occupational segregation in order to bridge the gender wage gap, which is often worse for women employed in female dominated jobs, than for women having the same qualifications but employed in other sectors;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of "home- working", which is increasingly fashionable; points out that more than 90% of companies in Germany and Sweden divide their working week in new ways, judging staff on annual rather than weekly hours and allowing husbands and wives to share jobs;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned about the situation of female immigrant and "black" workers in the service sector, as the vast majority work without a contract in domestic service, with versubstantially lower wages andthan the "legal" workers and with no social rights of any kind;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the importance of protecting women against i) dismissal from employment during and after pregnancy ii) salary cuts during maternity leave and iii) job and remuneration downgrading upon return to work;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that, although there are increasing numbers of women using computers and surfing the Internet in an elementary way, the digital divide in terms of skills remains very wide, restricting women's access to and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), thus hampering women's ability to seek and find skilled work; calls therefore, for the better incorporation of women in the use of new technologies giving them priority access to free training courses;