16 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2013/2156(INI)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas lower wages for women lead inevitably to lower pension contributions, and therefore, translate into lower pensions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to encourage dialogue with social partners to look into issues such as transparency of payment, part-time and fixed-term contract conditions for women, encouraging women's participation in "green" and innovative sectors;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the role of collective negotiation and bargaining in combating discrimination against women, especially regarding access to employment, payment, conditions of work, career development and training;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that women workers performing jobs of similar skill, effort and responsibility to those performed by men should have equal opportunities at all ages for training, advancement, re- skilling and re-training, as well as pension rights and unemployment benefits that are equal to those applicable to men;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to encourage and support women to have successful careers, creating adequate conditions and having equal opportunities with men regarding the promotion at the workplace;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to combat all aspects of precarious employment, in line with the principle that permanentall posts should be accompanied by proper contracts, and to adopt active employment policies to increase the level and quality of jobs and promote net job creation;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that women and in particular the young women are over-represented in part-time work, which reduces the duration of gainful employment, and make up most of the workforce in the informal economy, in which they are more likely to be in precarious jobs, more vulnerable to dismissal, and not properly covered by social security systems;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need for urgent action to improve the situation of young women, of women employed in insecure conditions, especially migrant women and members of ethnic minorities, who are even more vulnerable at a time of economic and social crisis; insists on the need for further action to reduce gender inequalities in public health systems and that equal access to those systems must prevail;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in increasing the employment prospects of disadvantaged women, such as migrant women, women from ethnic minorities, women with disabilities and single mothers, and thus increasing their chance of leading an economically independent life, by improving their access to education and vocational training;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Member States to encourage women to participate in vocational training in the context of lifelong learning, in response to the switch towards a sustainable economy, with the emphasis on SMEs, thereby enhancing the employability of female workers;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls on the Member States to combat the undeclared employment of women which contribute to the full deregulation of women’s pay structures, causing increased poverty among women, especially in later life;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Encourages the Member States to provide adequate financial support and appropriate training to women wishing to set up businesses, with a view to fostering female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to create adequate conditions to improve women’s employability and increase their participation in the labour market, through affordable care and child-care, parental leave schemes and flexible working conditions, particularly when women return to the labour market after long periods of inactivity as a result of having children or meeting other family commitments;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls in this context the targets set and re-affirmed by the Council in the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020) to improve the provision of childcare in the Member States (the Barcelona targets);
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the swift implementation of measures for promoting gender balance on boards of listed companies;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Member States strengthen their free public health care services in the area of support to women subjected to violence and that they increase the number of refuges and their capacity, with specialised assistance to women of different nationalities, in a range of languages; non-EU born migrant women and Roma women should have access to specialised health care services in this respect;