Activities of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2010/2275(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises (short presentation)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points to the need to encourage initiatives to help devise and implement positive action and human resources policies at company level to promote gender equality, while also laying greater emphasis on awareness-raising and training measures serving to promote, transfer, and incorporate practices that have been successful in organisations and companies;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the Member States to recognise companies that are seeking to promote gender equality and facilitating work-life balance, the object being to help disseminate practices making for excellence in this field;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to promote vocational training policies and programmes for women, including the development of computer literacy skills, with a view to increasing female participation in industrial sectors, taking into account the financial support available at local, national, and Community levels and providing greater incentives for it to be used by large companies and SMEs;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Commission to intensify the support given to vocational training programmes for women in industrial SMEs and support for research and innovation, in line with the Seventh Framework Programme and the European Charter for Small Enterprises, as approved in Annex III to the presidency conclusions of the Santa Maria da Feira European Council of 19 and 20 June 2000;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Regrets the low level of female participation in management and labour organisations, and calls on the social partners to intensify gender equality training for negotiators and those responsible for collective agreements, and to strengthen women’s participation in their decision-making bodies;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage balanced representation of women and men on the management boards of companies, particularly where Member States are shareholders;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16g (new)
Paragraph 16g (new)
16g. Points to the need to encourage the establishment of women’s networks within companies, between companies in the same industrial sector, and between industrial sectors;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)
Paragraph 16 h (new)
16h. Deplores the low proportion of women in the advanced technology sector, and points to the importance of operational education and training programmes in science and technology to guarantee the quality, and diversify the range, of training opportunities for women in the Member States and to encourage girls to opt for scientific and technological studies;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 j (new)
Paragraph 16 j (new)
16j. Considers it important to disseminate existing good practice regarding women’s participation in industrial research and cutting-edge industries; points to the importance of making management in industrial companies with low female participation more aware of the gender perspective, which should translate into numerical targets;