Activities of Edite ESTRELA related to 2011/2067(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Agenda for new skills and jobs (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, as set out in the Europe 2020 Strategy, the European Union needs to create around a million new jobs in the areas of science and technology (S&T), and women remain underrepresented both in courses and in related jobs,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, even though microcredit is a vital tool for female entrepreneurship and the creation of family businesses, women remain underrepresented in business in the European Union, representing an average of 30% of all entrepreneurs,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the difficulty of combining work and family life means that part-time working is essentially a female phenomenon, since three out of every four part-time jobs are filled by women; takes the view that, as a result, part of women's potential is not being fulfilled and their economic independence is jeopardised in the medium and long term;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that new jobs should be accompanied by new forms of working arrangements that will enable workers with dependent children to work alternative hours, reduce their working time or opt for teleworking;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with concern the current deadlock in the Council with regard to the proposed revision of Directive 92/85/EEC approved by Parliament; points out that the revision of this Directive will make it easier for men and women to combine working life and family life and may help to boost female employability;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission and Member States to support and develop specific programmes geared to recruiting women to technical professions through subsidies for young female academics, in line with best practice in certain Member States such as the 'Excellentia' programme in Austria, which has made it possible to double the number of female S&T university professors and has contributed to the establishment of high-quality research centres led by women;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges the Member States to promote self-employment by reducing the administrative obstacles to the creation of new businesses and promoting special loan programmes for women, notably through increased commercial bank credit lines for female entrepreneurs and assistance with the creation of credit companies or associations specialising in loans for women;