4 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2014/2245(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the gender pension gap shows that on average across the EU, women's pensions are 39% lower in comparison to men;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that Member States have not done more to address the gender pay gap; is concerned that women in the EU earn on average 16 % less than men doing work of equal value; calls on the Member States to improve and up-to-date statistics on the gender pay gap;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the number of early school leavers in Europe is still very high and is affecting the youth unemployment rate and that this problem therefore needs to be tackled by modernising education systems and curricula, making use of European Social Fund (ESF) assistance;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women are more likely to be engaged in part-time work, low-paid jobs or precarious work, which results in in- work poverty and a gender pension disparity; is concerned about the variation in part-time work figures among the Member States; calls on the Commission to produce an updated, in-depth analysis of the different types of employment, including comparisons within and between Member States;