Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2010/2010(INI)
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OPINION Opinion on developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas the transition to a new economy should not be used as a pretext for cutting back on various equality measures, but should instead be seen as a unique opportunity to raise women’s participation in the EU labour market, since this is a prerequisite for ensuring sustainable growth, making full use of job potential and strengthening competitiveness and meeting the demands of the ecological transformation in an ageing society,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of focusing on gender equality in the transition to a new economy, since women are more likely to be in an insecure position on the labour market owing to precarious employment conditions and a consistent gender-based wage gap; calls for the development of labour market policies which address the gender dimension, accompanied by programmes designed to recruitovercome the gender segregated labour market and to recruit and integrate women to non- traditional jobs; in this context recalls its demand to establish a quota of at least 40 % women in company boards;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for an EU initiative to raise awareness among employers, especially in traditionally male-dominated sectors, of the need for and benefits of a more diverse workforce in an ageing society and to offer them tools to prepare for more diversity;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that 'green jobs' have the potential to become a key growth segment of the future European labour market, that today more than 20 million jobs in the European Union can be considered as 'green' and that recent evidence shows that job in the renewable energy sector alone have a potential to double to 2.8 million by 2020; calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to ensure that women profit equally;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that investment in social infrastructure is an opportunity to modernise Europe and promote equality and can be seen as a parallel strategy to investment in green technologies modernising the physical infrastructure; considers that gender equality should therefore be a policy priority and an essential tool;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for a specific EU initiative to attract girls to the MINT professions (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology) and to combat stereotypes that still dominate these professions; stresses that the role of the media and education is key in combating such stereotypes;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, in the context of technical training and apprenticeships, greater account should be taken of women’s needs, including schedules and locations suited to their family roles and training appropriate to their skill levelorder to ensure equal participation in vocational training and lifelong learning, greater account should be taken of allowing men and women to fulfil their family roles and care obligations; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure flexible, high- quality childcare options;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU and the Member States to give higher priority to green jobs for women in the context of European Social Fund (ESF) programmes, taking into account of the fact that the ESF finances training projects in areas such as renewable energy and ecotourism; emphasises that greater efforts are needed to increase the rate of female participation in EFS- supported projects, which is currently below 10%; calls for the introduction of gender budgeting in the ESF as well as in recovery plans and structural adjustment programmes to ensure that such programmes equally attract and integrate women;