Activities of Jérôme LAVRILLEUX related to 2017/2210(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on gender equality in the media sector in the EU
Amendments (6)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making level, for example on boards of directors; notes that this under- representation is a major contributing factorcontributes to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including end; considers, however, that this improvement is not sufficient and that inequalities remain; stresses the need to promote the principle of equal pay, including by combating the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessiincreasing the accessibility of affordable childcare and boostensuring collective bargaining rights;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassmentpro-active andeffective measures to end sexual harassment, the full implementation in the Member States of the European directives, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that it is important to ensure that women enjoy a work-life balance, especially in view of the irregular working hours in the media sector, for example;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the adoption ofand implementation of the directive on women on boards of directors, which sets up a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support tosupport and promote women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media;