8 Amendments of Anna HEDH related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that Member States have not done more to address the gender pay gap; is concerned that women in the EU earn on average 16 % less than men doing work of equal value, which places them at an economic disadvantage and sometimes makes them dependent on their partner; stresses the importance of measures to address the gender pay gap which also creates a pension gulf of 39 % between men and women in the EU.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the economic crisis has set equality back in many areas; emphasises the importance of ensuring that the economic crisis is not used as an argument for perpetuating inequality between women and men and that work on equality continues, even during an economic crisis.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the Union should, at all stages of implementation of the ESI Funds aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively use the European structural funds as tools to enhance gender equality: Request the Member States and the Commission to carry out a gender analysis and to work with gender budgeting with the aim to achieve gender-equal allocation of financial resources;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that SMEs make a significant contribution to the European economy, in particular by creating jobs; is disappointed that women lead SMEs to a much lesser extent than men as only 5 % of company boards in the EU are currently chaired by women and the corresponding figure for board members is only 18.6 %; calls on both Member States and companies to change the rules which allow only men to participate in decision- making bodies; calls on the Member States to exchange best practices for encouraging women to set up SMEs; is pleased that the European Regional Development Fund is providing support to women-led SMEs.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Deplores the fact that so little is being done to promote the participation of women in decision-making bodies and to encourage them to set up their own companies; notes that discrimination on grounds of pregnancy, for example, is used extensively to exclude women from the private and public labour market.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women are more likely to be engaged in part-time work, which results in in-work poverty and a gender pension disparity; is concerned about the variation in part-time work figures among the Member States; calls on the Commission to produce an updated, in-depth analysis of the different types of employment, including comparisons within and between Member States, in order to chart gender- based injustice in forms of employment.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that there is a strong trend of rural-urban migration among women, who leave rural areas in search of job opportunities, thereby creating a gender imbalance in employment in rural areas; stresses the importance of developing the rural economy in a way which taps into the potential of men and women, and gives sectors normally dominated by women the same status as male-dominated work; also calls for long-term work to combat the factors which assign women and men to different industries, in order to achieve equality in the labour market.