31 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2017/2008(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament recommendation of 14 February 2017 to the Council on the EU priorities for the 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (2017/2001(INI)),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the first global set of guidelines on business and human rights, which were unambiguously endorsed by all UN Member States at the Human Rights council in 2011; having regard to the European Commission's Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility encouraging EU Member States to adapt the UNGPs to their national context,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 c (new)
Citation 25 c (new)
– having regard the European Investment Bank Group Strategy on Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment",
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work-life balance for carers and working families,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28
Citation 28
– having regard to the reports of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) entitled ‘The gender employment gap: challenges and solutions’ (2016),'Work-life balance: creating solutions for everyone' (2016), ‘Social partners and gender equality in Europe’ (2014), and ‘Developments in working life in Europe: EurWORK annual review’ (2014 and 2015), and to the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) (2016),
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas across the European Union, women remain considerably underrepresented in the labour market and in management, with the overall employment rate of women still being almost 12 % lower than that of men;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in the EU 31.5% of working women work part-time vs. 8.2% of working men and whereas just over 50% of women work full-time, compared to 71.2% of men, representing a full-time employment rate gap of 25.5%;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas caring responsibilities are reasons for inactivity for almost 20% inactive women, while this is only the case for less than 2% of men;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas participation in the labour market not only has economic implications, but it also contributes significantly to better inclusion of individuals in society;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas in late 2015 the European Commission released the Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 with women's economic rights and empowerment as one of four "pivotal areas" for action;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas gender-based violence is an unacceptable form of discrimination and a violation of fundamental rights, whereas it not only affects women's health and well-being, but also women's access to employment, thereby negatively affecting their financial independence and the economy in general;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas women carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas economic empowerment of women is ‘right and smart’ at the same time, equality being a human right and the higher participation of women in the labour market having a positive impact on GDP growth, per capita income and twhe economic success of companies;reas gender parity could increase global GDP by between 12$ trillion and 28$ trillion by 20251a; __________________ 1a Klugman and Tyson (2016)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas across the 17 Sustainable Goals (SDGs) targets are set on women's economic empowerment,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the total yearly economic costs of the lower female employment rate, taking into account forgone earnings, missed welfare contributions and additional public finance costs, corresponded to 2.8 % of the EU’'s GDP20 or €370 billion in 2013, while the cost of a woman’'s exclusion from employment is estimated at between EUR 1.2 and 2 million, depending on her educational level; __________________ 20 In 2013 - see Eurofound: ‘The gender employment gap: Challenges and solutions’.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that gender-based violence, such as rape, female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and forced early/child marriage, has a damaging long-term impact on women's and girls' sexual and reproductive health, and on their economic empowerment;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that it is essential for their individual, social and economic empowerment that women have universal access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health care services;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Welcomes the CSW 61st Session Conclusions on Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work that, for the first time, make a direct and explicit link between women's economic empowerment and their sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights; regrets, however that comprehensive sexuality education was omitted entirely from the agreement;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that achieving the Barcelona targets, including accessible, and affordable and quality childcare, facilities and services is indispensable for Member States to be able to reach the Europe 2020 targets and encourages Member States to promote investment in the provision of accessible and affordable care services throughout the life cycle, including care for children, dependents and the elderly; believes that adequate child care should be available and affordable also to allow parents to achieve educational goals;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the European Commission to continue and intensify its work with the Member States to identify and remove barriers to women's entrepreneurship and to encourage more women to start their own business by policies supporting and promoting them, including improving access to finance, venture capital, and markets and encouraging access to information, training and networks for business purposes, such as the WE Gate Platform and other European networks;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that investing in social infrastructure ,such as child care, does not only generate considerable employment effects, but also significant additional income for the public sector in employment taxes and savings in respect of unemployment insurance;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to step up protection against discrimination and unlawful dismissal related to work-life balance and to ensure access to justice and legal action; Calls on the European Commission to intensify monitoring, transposition and implementation of anti- discrimination EU legislation, launch infringement procedures when necessary and promote compliance through including information campaigns to increase awareness of legal rights to equal treatment;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Strongly encourages the promoting of the individualisation of the right to leave arrangements, the non- transferability between parents of the their entitlement to parental leave, and the equal distribution of care-related tasks between both parents with a view to achieving gender-balanced reconciliation of work and private life;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. InsistRecalls that the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value is enshrined in the EU Treaty; highlights, in this context, the Commission’'s rRecommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency and invites the Commission to launch the legislative procedure for a Directive following this Recommendation with a view to eliminating the persistent gender pay gap;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need to recognise and re-evaluate typically female- dominated work, such as thatmodify traditional stereotyped gender role models in the health, social and teaching sector, as compared to work typically male-dominated worktechnology and engineering; and promoting vocational, professional and/or entrepreneurial education and training for women and girls in STEAM subjects;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Gender quotasbalance in public and private sectors;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its call on the Council for a swift adoption of the directive on gender balance among non-executive directors of listed companies, as an important first step towards equal representation in the public and private sectors; urges the Commission to continue to keep pressure on the Member States to find an agreement;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Maintains that currenIs of the view that economic models and practices do not take account of gender-based differences and are not responsive to the issue of closing gender gapsshould include a gender perspective and aim to close gender gaps to the benefit of both citizens, businesses and the economy as a whole; believes in this context that tax policies and spending priorities during crises must be rethought in order to take women into account as economic actorsshould take gender into account;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls the European Investment Bank to mainstream gender equality and women's economic empowerment throughout its activities inside and outside the EU.
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Reaffirms its call on the European Commission to enhance the status of its Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 by adopting it as a Communication, thus reaffirming its commitment to the promotion and mainstreaming of gender equality in all policy areas. The Commission's Strategic engagement should also be closely linked to the Europe 2020 Strategy, and should implement and monitor the gender equality commitments created at the global level, both by the commitments of the UN Beijing Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; calls on the Commission to introduce gender-responsive budgeting in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and engage in increasingly rigorous scrutiny of EU budget-setting processes and expenditure, including taking steps to improve transparency and reporting around how funds are spent.
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Highlights the importance of providing adequate training on non- discrimination legislation in employment and case-law for employees of national, regional and local authorities and law enforcement bodies and labour inspectors;