5 Amendments of Corina CREȚU related to 2010/2138(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in countries where equal treatment of men and women in the employment market has been achieved, it has had positive repercussions on economic and social development, and therefore equality policies should not be abandoned in times of crisis; and that despite the stated intention of the Member States and the Commission, consistently equal conditions have not yet been achieved; stresses that the recession has worsened what has been a constant trend over the last decade, namely the reduction of women to poverty, unemployment or insecure employment, in far greater numbers than men, thus intensifying the feminisation of poverty in the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that extending child care and professionalising home help for the elderly represent an important step towards making it possible to combine work and family life; is concerned at the budget austerity measures being imposed by the governments of some Member States, which are affecting the duration of maternity leave and the level of child benefit, with repercussions for the living conditions of mothers and children;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that almost everywhere, women are now obtaining a higher level of educational qualifications than men; regrets, however, that this has not led to a narrowing of the gender-related pay gap that is a factor in women being at higher risk of poverty; draws attention to the fact that women in the EU still earn on average 15% less than men (or up to 25% less in the private sector);
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to increase their efforts to interest boys and girls at school in the whole spectrum of possible occupations, to prevent segregation of job markets by gender and counter the trend for women often to work in worse-paid occupations; is deeply concerned at the unfair situation where, after more than half a century in which the Community treaties have included the principle of equal pay for equal work, a citizen of the female gender in the EU has on average to work 418 calendar days to earn what a man earns in a calendar year;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in increasing the employment prospects of female immigrants and thus increasing their chance of leading an independent life, by improving their access to education and vocational training; draws attention to the multiple discrimination affecting immigrant women on grounds of their gender, ethnic or racial origin and, in many cases, age;