13 Amendments of Siôn SIMON related to 2017/2008(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas a recent study by EIGE states that improvements in gender equality would lead to an additional 10.5 million jobs in 2050 that would lead to an increase in EU GDP per capita by 6.1 to 9.6% [1] [1] European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE); "Economic benefits of gender equality in the EU", 2017
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement the 'Employment Equality Directive' and on the Commission to revise the directive and to promote the implementation of plans on gender equality among companies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for a Directive for European minimum income schemes to cover basic living costs, while respecting national practices;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a Directive on decent working conditions in all forms of employment, guaranteeing every worker access to a core set of labour and social rights;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses the importance to raise wages in sectors where women make up the majority of the workforce, such as personal care workers, cleaners and helpers, catering staff and health associate professionals among others;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to eliminate occupational segregation by addressing discriminatory social behaviours and stereotypes and promoting the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, quality education, formal and non-formal training and life-long training and all forms of care;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses the need to ensure that the structural and investment funds are used to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of women; highlights that the 20 % share of the ESF allocated to social inclusion measure and social innovation projects could be used more actively to support initiatives such as small local projects aimed at empowering women experiencing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Encourages Member States to adapt their educational systems, with a view to promoting teaching and interest in sectors and positions where women are under-represented, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as to strengthen policies and increase investment supporting female employment in quality jobs in these sectors;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Points out that 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;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that access to credit, financial services and advice is key to empowering women facing social exclusion in entrepreneurship and increasing their representation in the private sector, therefore EFSI and ESF should be examined for their more flexible and less bureaucratic use to support women entrepreneurs in the start- up phase;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to implement and enforce public social care policies as well as to provide high-quality childcare facilities, affordable and universally accessible care services to assist persons with caring responsibilities and by an upward revision of the Barcelona objectives on childcare facilities, as well as by making better use of the EU funds, and promote the equal sharing of unpaid domestic work and co- responsibility in care.;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls co-legislators to put forward new effective measures to improve work- life balance, including legislative proposals as regards maternity, paternity, parental and carer's leave to promote gender equality by improving women's access to the labour market and equal sharing of domestic and care tasks between women and men;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the Member States to mainstream the gender perspective into their national skills and labour market policies and include such measures in national action plans and/or as part of the European Semester, in line with the Employment Guidelines;