Activities of Ulla TØRNÆS related to 2015/2007(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promotencourage gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress madeshare best practices within and between Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls onEncourages the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive, stresses in this regard the Barcelona Objectives and the importance of quality and affordable childcare for the female employment rate, stresses that equal opportunities for men and women are the heart of equality policy;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevWelcomes the many opportunities and the great flexibility the digital age offer employees antd stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’elf-employed persons, including opportunities for a better work- lift balance, working from home, entrepreneurship etc., calls on the Commission to analyse what measures are needed for the EU to realise the full potential of the digital age;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment especially for women and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identifyanalyse the new forms of employment especially for women andin the digital age and ways to safeguard fundamentalexisting workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
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5. Points Is concerned about that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sectorin some sectors in some countries; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
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7. Points out that there is a pressing need to tackle the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; stresses that there is a pressing need to ensure that educational institutions ensure a better match between the skills of their candidates and the demands on the labour market.