Activities of Antonyia PARVANOVA related to 2012/2150(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2012 priorities
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph A
Section 1 – paragraph A
A. whereas at times of economic crisis, strengthening women's position in the labour market and economic independence is not only a moral imperative, but also an economic necessity; and whereas greater efforts must be made to achieve the headline target, set in the EU 2020 Strategy, of increasing the labour market participation of women to 75 % as this would free an important amount of untapped talent, especially in the field of science and technology, and would contribute to economic efficiency and increased productivity;,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph A a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph A a (new)
A a. whereas Europe's future economic competitiveness and prosperity depends crucially on its ability to fully utilise its labour resources, including increased participation by women in the labour market and better access to highly skilled jobs; whereas one of the Europe 2020 priorities is to get more women to work in order to reach a 75% employment rate for women by 2020; whereas comparatively more women than men work in part-time jobs or on temporary contracts and will therefore be more easily made redundant in crisis periods and there is a risk that the current recession will delay advances, or even reverse progress towards gender equality,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph A b (new)
Section 1 – paragraph A b (new)
A b. whereas access to capital is severely limited by the banking crisis, a problem that is likely to hit women entrepreneurs disproportionately, as women increasingly work in a self-employed capacity so as to better combine work and family life,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2
Section 1 – paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to add gender- sensitive indicators, to allowand the Member States to assess the gender impact of the economic and financial crisis through gender impact assessments and subsequent gender budgeting measures; calls on the Commission to apply gender-sensitive indicators in the monitoring of progress made towards the EU 2020 objectives, and to break down the EU 2020 targets and indicators by gender as much as possible;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that fiscal consolidation without consideration for gender equality risks leading to increased gender segregation in the labour market, increased precarious work among women, a wider gender pay gap, increased feminisation of poverty and more difficulties in combining caring and working;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4
Section 1 – paragraph 4
4. RStresses that income and high-quality gainful employment for women are the key to their economic independence and to greater equality between men and women in society as a whole; recalls that most part-time jobs are held by women, which limits their economic independence when it is not chosen and which strongly affects women in vulnerable situations such as single mothers; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to monitor women's employment both in terms of quantity and in terms of quality, that is, on the basis of the number of hours worked per week, contract type and hence their ability to ensure their financial independence; calls on the Member States to insert a strong gender dimension to any measure and action aiming at promoting business and self-employment;