9 Amendments of Daniela AIUTO related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that 'equality between women and men must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay';
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a balance between women and men in worker representation on boards can help to improve working life and private life, in particular for women workers;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes is a matter of justice and is therefore necessary in order better to reflect the composition of the workforce in companies;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas one of the objectives of the Beijing Platform is to ensure equal access and full participation of women in decision-making processes;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas true women's empowerment should be achieved exclusively by recognising women's merit and not by adopting mandatory quotas which require the presence of women regardless of their ability;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and on all the Members States to introducpromote legislative measures requiring quotas in orderwith a view to increaseing gender balance in worker representation at board level; calls for a monitoring system to be put in place and any non-compliance with quota requirements to result in sanctions consistent with national company laws;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that the problem of unequal representation of women and men in the workplace depends primarily on a cultural and social heritage that repeats old patterns and models that penalise women and that, therefore, action needs to be taken chiefly by taking measures to raise awareness among those involved in working processes;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that the adoption of fixed quotas is not the optimal solution to the problem of women's representation in the workforce and that a system of rewards and incentives should, rather, be practised when giving more space to women, albeit without disregarding meritocracy;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission and the Member States to step up their capacity for collecting gender-segregated statistics about worker board-level representatives, making use of the work of the EIGE and Eurostat, in order to monitor the number of women and men in key decision-making positions so as to ensure the promotion of gender equality at board level in Europe.