Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2017/2008(INI)
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OPINION on Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Private and Public Sectors in the EU
Amendments (12)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the EU 2020 strategy establishes the EU's target of 75 % of men and women in employment by 2020 and, in particular, to close the gender gap in employment; whereas coordinated efforts will be required to facilitate women's labour-market participation.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas greater economic empowerment of women and greater gender equality is an economic opportunity which would significantly boost Europe´s economic growth, competitiveness, and opportunities in employment. Emphasises that GDP would grow between 15% and 45% in the EU Member States if gender gaps in employment were eliminated.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas although women account for almost 60% of graduates in the EU they remain under-represented in science, mathematics, IT, engineering and related careers; highlights, as a result, inequality in occupations is taking new forms and, despite the investment in education, young women are still twice as likely as young men to be economically inactive;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to promote the well-beingequality of women, by tackling the pay and pension gaps and combating atypical and insecure forms of work and employment, such as temporary co, which currently stand at 16 % and 40 % respectively; highlights the importance of the attractiveness of new forms of work by providing adequate flexibility that can promote higher employment racts or involuntary part-time worktes among women;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that the causes and consequences of the gender pension gap need to be addressed, as this is an obstacle to the economic independence of women in old age, when they face a higher risk of poverty than men.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to eliminate occupatithe horizontal segregationand vertical gender segregation of the labour market by addressing discriminatory social behaviours and stereotypes and promoting the equal participation of women and men in the labour market, education, training and all forms of care;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to promote and support female entrepreneurship initiatives as it can provide women the knowledge they need to found or co-found their own businesses based on their innovative ideas. In this regard, it is crucial to provide information on access to training, to support women entrepreneurs in accessing alternative sources of funding, business networking opportunities as well as advising on the start-up, management and growth of their businesses in the early phases.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines that due to the rapid spread of digital technology, this will result in a growing demand for digital and other complementary skills to address the existing digital gap between men and women;believes further measures aimed at enhancing digital skills among women and girls should not only cover the upskilling of the workforce but the process should already begin in the early schools years with the implementation of technical, entrepreneurial and relevant soft skills in the education programmes;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for measures to guaranteensure the economic and social dignity of feminised work, such as domestic work;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses also the importance to pay attention to the specific needs of groups facing particular barriers to entry to the labour market such as women in rural areas as well as women with disabilities and migrant women.
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to enforcestrengthen the implementation of existing laws and workplace policies thato prohibit discriminationtect women from discrimination, particularly, in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women in employment in both the public and private sectors;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to strengthen and enforce the full exercise of the right of collective bargaining in the private and public sectors; in this regard, social partners have high potential to support gender equality on the labour market by actively raising the issue of equal pay during collective bargaining;