Activities of Eva-Britt SVENSSON related to 2010/2115(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women and business leadership PDF (181 KB) DOC (107 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas one of the Union's primary objectives should be to afford competent and qualified women access to jobs that are currently difficult for them to obtain by removing the persistent barriers and gender inequalities that prevent women from advancing on their careers,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas another possible factor impeding women's representation may be a combination of sex-based discrimination, stereotypical behaviour patterns that tend to persist within companies and to restrict mentoring provision for women with management potential,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is therefore essential to proceed with the introduction of methods such as case studies and exchanges of good practice in this field, as well as binding quota legislation and other forms of affirmative action, in order to achieve optimafull use of female human resources at all levels within companies,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas however – albeit with differences from country to country and between different occupational sectors – women currently make up only 10% of the membership of boards of directors of the largest listed companies in the EU, and only 3% of the CEOs of such companies are women, whereas the gender pay gap in Europe is still as high as 17.5% for the EU as a whole, and also applies to leadership positions,