Activities of Anna HEDH related to 2017/2008(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU (short presentation) SV
Reports (1)
REPORT on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU PDF (488 KB) DOC (91 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the application of the Istanbul convention on preventing and combatting violence against women is a prerequisite for women's empowerment and thus gender equality;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas economic violence is a form of gender based violence occurring in women's everyday life, hindering women of fulfilling their right to freedom, reproducing gender inequality and neglects women's role in society at large;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a publicly accessible system of wage mapping including data collection has the potential to put pressure on both private and public sectors to assess their payment structures and redress any gender-based differences that are found, and to create a "culture of awareness" which makes it socially unacceptable to have a pay gap in a sector or company;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas OECD studies have shown that companies with more women on their boards experience greater profitability compared to those with all- male boards;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas trade unionsocial partners have the potential to strengthen women’'s economic empowerment through collective bargaining by promoting equal pay and, investing in work-life balance in their sector, encouraging women's career development in companies and offering information and education in worker's rights;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order for the empowerment of women to succeed, the workplace needs to be a safe haven free from any forms of discrimination or violence;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that violence against women, including economic violence, is a serious threat towards women and is both a cause and effect of gender inequality, urges therefor both Member States and the Commission to provide guidelines and adopt measures to tackle the economic violence towards women including interlinked factors causing economic dependency;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Reiterates that economic empowerment and independency is interlinked with the right to your own body and that access to SRHR is a crucial driving force in enhancing equality for all;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the current incoherence between the achievements of the Member States and the goals set out within the Barcelona targets and urges the Commission to closely monitor the measures taken by the Member States in order to fulfil their obligations;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Member States to swiftly adopt measures in accordance with the Barcelona targets as a way to ensure a beneficial work-life balance and to further increase labour market participation of women;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes that the Commission responded to the European Parliament's call to improve the reconciliation of professional and private life, by non- legislative proposals and a legislative proposal which creates several types of leaves to meet the challenges of the 21st century; stresses that the proposals made by the Commission is a good start in order to meet the expectations of European citizens; calls on all institutions to deliver on this package as soon as possible;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the importance of offering lifelong learning for women, especially including women in rural areas, in order to strengthen the position of women and to increase the economic empowerment and tackle the inequalities both in the labour market and in society at large;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Believes that workers' rights and the right to safe employment must precede potential increase of flexibility on the labour market as to ensure that flexibility does not increase atypical forms of work and normalisation of part-time work currently affecting women more than men;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists 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 recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency which should be used to closely monitor the situation in Member States and draw up continuous reports also with the support of social partners;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the need to recognise and re-evaluate typically female-dominated work, such as that in the health, social and teaching sector, as compared to typically male-dominated work, which will demand that the sectors predominantly employing women, are better remunerated;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses its conviction that achieving equal pay for equal work of equal value requires a clear framework of specific job evaluation tools with comparable indicators to assess ‘'value’' in jobs or sectors; inviturges the Commission, therefore, to deliver such a framework and to assist the Member States and social partners in implementing it;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that quotas in the public sector may be necessary where the public institutions do not fulfil their responsibility of fair representation, and could thus improve the democratic legitimacy of decision-making institutions; considers likewise that corporate boards with more women have been found to improve the performance of private companies;
Amendment 156 #
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; and notes that progress is most tangible (from 11.9% in 2010 to 22.7% in 2015) in Member States in which binding legislation on quotas for boards has been adopted1a; __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?type=TA&reference=P8-TA-2017- 0073&language=EN&ring=A8-2017-0046
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Observes that the adoption of gender equality plans and gender audits in the private sector may foster a positive, work-life balance-friendly image of companies and contribute to increasing employee motivation and reduced staff turnover;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Invites the Commission, therefore, to introduce the obligation for companies with more than 50 employees to negotiate equality plans with a view to enhance gender equality and fight discriminations at workplace level;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses its conviction that social partners and collective agreements have the potential of empowering women through unity and by influencing a fairer wage-setting between the genders;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Asks for a reconsideration of macroeconomic focuses in which public spending priorities are reassessed and both women and men can benefit from investment in social infrastructure mainly health, care and social sectors;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Reiterates that women both use and work with public services more than men and that cuts in funding of public services effects women and the society at large in a negative way and by such reproduces inequality both in access to services and on the labour market;