Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to ensure coordinated and progressive education on internet safety in schools; recommends that complementary strategies be developed targeting parents and legal guardians, thereby strengthening the role of parental mediation; insists that the protection of the individual integrity and personal data of teachers and learners using OER must be assured;

2014/02/07
Committee: CULT

2013/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Member States to support teachers in their professional development by offering modern curricula in their initial education, and by providing in-service training geared to help them acquire a high level of digital competence; encourages the use of EU funds for this purpose;

2014/02/07
Committee: CULT

2013/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes the launch of the Open Education Europa portal, providing a single gateway to European OER, and calls for the portal to be strongly developed and promoted in the Member States;

2014/02/07
Committee: CULT

2013/2173(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas population ageing, incentives for early retirement, the financial crisis ~~and~~, changes in production patterns and demand for increasing competitiveness require strong responses to enable older workers to remain active in the labour market;

2013/11/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2173(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to rely more on quantitative data when analysing the socioeconomic situation of older workers and to provide for a causal link between actions identified within operational programmes and the objectives pursued, since relying on these data will make it possible to accurately assess the situation going into the future;

2013/11/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2173(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for all barriers that hamper active aging ~~and life-long learning opportunities to be monitored and removed~~to be monitored and removed, and for life-long learning to be supported, in particular, the acquisition of new qualifications and technical skills, such as computer skills and foreign language studies.

2013/11/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40 a. Calls on Member States to boost support for enterprises through tax incentives, subsidies for the fixed costs of employment, and through the possibility to access funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises to provide high quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people’s potential in an effective and targeted way;

2014/01/29
Committee: EMPL

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of totalitarianism, such as Communism, National Socialism, Fascism and other criminal systems which brought death and unimaginable suffering to millions of Europeansgreat achievements, as well as with countless tragedies and criminal systems which brought suffering and death to Europeans on a vast scale;

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~the trauma of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and~~we are currently in the longest period of peace and reconciliation in Europe's history and it must be ensured that the mistakes of the past are never repeated; whereas in that regard remembering and accurately portraying the past is of vital importance; whereas, also, the acceptance of historical lies or the denial of difficult episodes in history can lead to xenophobia and hatred; ~~whereas the claim made for many years that the Katyń massacre was a German crime is a classic example of a historical lie;~~

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people~~, whose knowledge of history often comes solely from electronic media~~;

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in documenting and uncovering ~~the truth of totalitarian crimes~~historical truth;

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; calls, at the same time,~~Calls for selective memory to be avoided when t~~hese~~eaching programmes are drawn up and condemns an instrumental approach to history and its political interpretation;

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult episodes~~; recognises that Member States have complete autonomy as regards the content of their teaching syllabus~~ and seek to foster mutual understanding among peoples;

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee funding for national and transnational educational and cultural projects which raise awareness of ~~the darker episodes in~~ Europe’s history;

2013/10/29
Committee: CULT

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas illicitly employed workers suffer from secondary negative consequences such as the lack of access to training, the psychological constraints of having an accident or being caught, which in return affects the productivity of companies and the economy as a whole as well as from long- term consequences such as lack of right to old- age pension or very low pension benefits leading to a higher poverty risk;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas undeclared work is responsible for distortions of competition in the single market because it allows certain ~~countries and~~ companies to compete unfairly against others;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights the problematic nature of labour inspection in respect of migrant workers from both EU and third countries, particularly in relation to the role and remit of national inspectorates; points out that national-level electronic systems~~, such as Belgium's LIMOSA system16~~ for the compulsory advance registration of foreign workers by employers, could substantially facilitate the task of labour inspection; ~~__________________ 16 https://www.socialsecurity.be/foreign/de/e mployer_limosa/home.html.~~

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that there is an important role to be played by the social partners, and particularly by workers' representatives, in ensuring that the existing rules are observed; ~~calls on the Member States to institute the formal involvement of the social partners in labour inspection;~~

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Draws attention to the specific situation of home workers and teleworkers who, in connection with their work at home or outside their employers’ place of work, can also be the subject of labour law abuses where employers fail to carry out their legal obligations towards them;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recognises that there is a growing trend towards self-employment, outsourcing und subcontracting; considers that systems of general contractor liability ~~for the entire subcontracting chain~~could constitute a useful tool for improved monitoring of public procurement~~, and that they should be introduced in all Member States~~;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on labour inspections to intensify well- targeted prevention and public education measures to increase the awareness of the importance of health and safety rules and procedures among citizens;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to ~~introduce a European Agency f~~devote adequate human resources to monitor cross-border matters concerning the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work, ~~with a remit including inter alia the identification of letter-box companies, the control of transnational service providers, the introduction of further-training programmes, the identification of~~to develop further- training programmes for inspectorates and to identify new ways of circumventing the rules, and ~~the organisation of cross-border controls~~come up with measures to support Member States in tackling undeclared work;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to ~~introduce~~consider introducing, after a thorough impact assessment, a forgery-proof European social security card, onr another EU wide identity document which would be stored all the data needed to verify the bearer's employment relationship, including details of social security ~~cover~~status and working hours, for example, and which would be subject to strict data-protection rules;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to introduce a European early-warning system, for signalling breaches of employment protection rules and cases of undeclared work, which would promote the rapid exchange of information between Member States and would be accompanied by a blacklist so that abuses by employers could be nipped in the bud; points out that such an early-warning system could be modelled on the existing European consumer-protection early- warning system (RAPEX);deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Considers that a European database on illegal employment can offer significant European added value in the effort to combat undeclared work;~~deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Points out that the right of national inspection authorities to carry out inspections within non-national companies has hitherto been severely restricted; ~~calls for A1 posting certificates to be entered in an EU-wide register in order to facilitate the control at national level of employment relationships among posted workers;~~

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Criticises the Commission's suggestion, in relation to the directive on the enforcement of the Posting of Workers Directive, for closed lists of measures restricting national powers of inspection; considers it important that national labour inspectorates should be able to conduct inspections in every case where they deem it needful to do so;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Point~~Calls outn that competition policy is implemented at European level; considers that, by the same token, measures to combat social dumping should be included in the EU treaties with provision for the Commission to implement them; considers that the Commission's powers in this regard should extend, as they do in the field of competition law, to the imposition of penalties on non-compliant companiee Commission to identify ways to better tackle social dumping cases in the EU and to come up with appropriate instruments;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers it important that the Commission's rules against social dumping should be enshrined in a binding legal instrument; deems it necessary to introduce an EU-level labour inspection system for implementing the Commission's powers in this regard;deleted

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recognises that prostitutes are a high-risk group for HIV infections and other sexually transmitted diseases and that, owing to a disregard for medical checks, they are a source of infections for their customers;

2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls attention to the phenomenon of the prostitution of minors, which is not identical to sexual molestation and whose roots lie in difficult economic situations and an absence of parental care;

2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM

2013/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls attention to the phenomenon of ‘sponsoring’, which is the prostitution of underage girls or girls who have only just reached majority, in exchange for luxury goods or small sums of money which provide funds to cover day-to-day expenditure or expenses related to education;

2013/12/17
Committee: FEMM

2013/2073(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups at high risk of social exclusion, including people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and disadvantaged youth; points out that the way in which young people’s careers begin has a major impact on their subsequent development;

2013/05/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2073(INI)

Piotr BORYS, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for a Quality Framework on Traineeships and an Alliance for Apprenticeships, aimed at promoting high-quality traineeships across the EU; calls, with this in mind, on the Member States to urgently implement the Youth Guarantee in order to combat youth unemployment, drawing effectively on the EUR 6 billion in EU funds available for the Youth Employment Initiative; calls on the Commission to give practical support to Member States implementing the Youth Guarantee; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies while ensuring high standards;

2013/05/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Believes that voluntary work, as a method of informal learning, helps to develop skills and professional qualifications which make it easier for volunteers to enter or return to the labour market; asserts, therefore, that voluntary activities should be recognised by employers;

2013/09/05
Committee: CULT

2013/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Is strongly concerned at the budget cuts by Member States in the field of education, training and youth which might cause that young people will be locked out in both education and employment, and recalls that budget allocations to education and training should be perceived as a necessary and invaluable investment for the future;

2013/05/30
Committee: CULT

2013/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on Member States to undertake all necessary measures to prevent early school leaving and diminish level of drops-out and assure second-chance education of the highest possible standard which will reduce number of NEETs most vulnerable on long-term unemployment;

2013/05/30
Committee: CULT

2013/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on Member States to support recognition of non-formal education as it plays a vital role in preparing young people for the labour market by developing crucial interpersonal skills demanded by employers;

2013/05/30
Committee: CULT

2013/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the need to promote technical studies and professions among girls, as choosing such a path would make women more competitive on the labour market;

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that, in order to strengthen women’s overall position on the labour market and to promote entrepreneurship more effectively, regional and international cooperation between female entrepreneurs should be supported, and the creation of networks of platforms for the exchange of experience and best practices should be encouraged;

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges the Member States to make the greatest possible financial commitment, including by drawing on funds from national budgets, to fighting youth unemployment while taking account of the issue of gender, maintaining the high level of effectiveness of expenditure and applying methods that are appropriate to the specific conditions of individual labour markets;

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges young girls to become involved to a greater degree in the activities of youth and student organisations, and subsequently in NGO activities in order to strengthen their position and increase their influence on issues relating to women’s social situation, such as employment;

2013/04/30
Committee: FEMM

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including ~~training and education providers, individual employer~~regional and local authorities, public and private employment services, social partners, individual employers, training and education providers, third-sector organisations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council on 28 February 2013 to agree on a Council recommendation on implementing a Youth Guarantee; recommends extending eligibility to graduates aged under 30; stresses that the success of this measure will be highly dependent on other factors, e.g. the infrastructure and capacity of public and strengthened private employment services, the availability of student places, the provision of training and, apprenticeships, and the transferability and implementation of successful experiences from other Member States; stresses that the Youth Guarantee must be integrated within the broader framework of active labour market policies and monitored while ensuring high quality standards;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Encourages the Member States to boost their support for enterprises, cooperatives, local and regional authorities and third- sector organisations wishing to participate in Youth Guarantee schemes in close cooperation with public and private employment services, including through tax incentives, subsidies for fixed employment costs, and the possibility of accessing funding for on-site training, which will support enterprises in providing high-quality employment and training offers, and will represent an investment in young people's potential in an effective and targeted way;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to draw up in cooperation with local and regional authorities as well as with other potential stakeholders, further specific outreach strategies targeted on NEETs, which should combine effective forms of intervention aimed at tackling early school- leaving and the reintegration of early school-leavers with strategies facilitating a smooth transition from education to work, and an increase in the employability of young people, together with the removal of the practical and logistical barriers ~~faced by young people with more complex needs~~;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to support young entrepreneurs and self-employment among young people by simplify an access to financial resources available for starting up their own business and creating facilities and preferential conditions ~~for starting up their own businesses,~~ through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights that, while internet economy creates 2.6 jobs for every "off line" job lost, it is important that young people turn e-skills in programming, design or social marketing into job using available European and national funding;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Member States to develop their Vocational education and training (VET) systems in accordance with labour market needs and demands and to promote continuous dialogue between the VET providers and employers to ensure that school- leavers have skills and competences adapted to employers'' expectations;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises that the Alliance for Apprenticeship should also support European and national, regional and local campaigns for changing perceptions of vocational education, and should organise a regular forum for discussions on the monitoring of the European apprenticeship strategy with all relevant European and national stakeholders; stresses that incentives should also be provided to facilitate funding for crossborder training activities enabling companies and social partner organisations to become involved in establishing dual education systems;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Encourages the Member States to foster ~~the~~regional and cross-border mobility of young workers by means of further progress towards the mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and enhanced coordination of national social security systems, especially as regards pension systems, as well as by continuing to invest substantially in language learning;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities; Additionally, highlights a necessity of stronger coordination between EURES and other portals and services for citizens and business (i.e. Europe Direct information points or the European Enterprise Network for SMEs), in order to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Call on Member States to take all necessary actions, aside potential intensified mobility, to prevent the phenomena of brain drain through sustainable measures which assure that a good proportion of the highly-skilled labour forces will retain in individual countries;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Anne DELVAUX, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Bernd POSSELT, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, László TŐKÉS, Philippe de VILLIERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Member States to develop personalised career counselling and guidance, starting already during secondary school, with the aim of enabling young people to make well-informed choices about their ~~hig~~further education, while introducing mechanisms that can monitor the opportunities offered and assess the success rate of those young people's subsequent transition to work;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to the Declaration of the Right of the Child1 which states that the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth, __________________ 1 Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 1386 (XIV) of 10 December 1959

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Anne DELVAUX, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Filip KACZMAREK, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, László TŐKÉS, Bernd POSSELT, Csaba SÓGOR, Jan OLBRYCHT, Philippe de VILLIERS, Nirj DEVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)

- having regard to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) motion for resolution of 11 May 2010 on 'Sex-selective abortion – 'Gendercide'', inviting its Member States to 'condemn sex-selective abortion, wherever and whenever it occurs',

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, László TŐKÉS, Bernd POSSELT, Jan OLBRYCHT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

- having regard to ECJ ruling C-34/10 stating that as a matter of scientific fact a new human life begins at conception, and that the human embryo constitutes a precise stage in the development of the human body;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Filip KACZMAREK, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS, Jan OLBRYCHT

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

K a. whereas UN Treaty monitoring bodies have no competency to interpret these treaties in ways that create new State obligations or that alter the substance of the treaties; accordingly, any UN treaty monitoring body that interprets a treaty to include a right to abortion acts beyond its authority and contrary to its mandate ; whereas such ultra vires acts do not create any legal obligations for states parties to the treaty, nor should states accept them as contributing to the formation of new customary international law;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Nirj DEVA, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Philippe de VILLIERS, Filip KACZMAREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that ‘health is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights’ ~~and that the EU cannot reach the highest attainable standard of health unless the SRHR of all are fully acknowledged and promoted~~;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Filip KACZMAREK, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Jan OLBRYCHT, Bernd POSSELT, László TŐKÉS, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recalls that the special committee set up by the United Nations General Assembly when preparing for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regularly stressed that the term sexual and reproductive health did not create any new human right or any new international obligation for the States, and did not change the content of the right to healthcare as found in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: ''The Ad Hoc Committee notes that the use of the phrase 'sexual and reproductive health services' would not constitute recognition of any new international law obligations or human rights. The Ad Hoc Committee understands draft paragraph (a) [related to the health services, including sexual and reproductive services, to be rendered to the disabled persons] to be a non- discrimination provision that does not add to, or alter, the right to health as contained in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Rather, the effect of paragraph (a) would be to require States Parties to ensure that where health services are provided, they are provided without discrimination on the basis of disability.'' 1 __________________ 1 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Report of the 7th session (New York, 16 January - 3 February 2006), Note 4, http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/right s/ahc7re¬port-e.htm:

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS, Jan OLBRYCHT, Filip KACZMAREK, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, László TŐKÉS, Bernd POSSELT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that ~~even though~~ it is a competence of Member States to formulate and implement policies on SRHR~~, the EU can exercise policy-making competence in the area of public health and of non- discrimination, and support better implementation of sexual and reproductive rights~~;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS, Jan OLBRYCHT, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Filip KACZMAREK, László TŐKÉS, Bernd POSSELT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. recalls that there exists no "human right to abortion" under international law, either by way of treaty obligation or under customary international law, and recalls that no international legally binding United Nations treaty can accurately be cited as establishing or recognizing a right to abortion;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Bernd POSSELT, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, László TŐKÉS, Csaba SÓGOR, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that in no case must abortion be promoted as a family planning method; and recalls that following internationally legally binding obligations every child regardless of sex has the right to appropriate legal protection before as well after birth;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, László TŐKÉS, Bernd POSSELT, Jan OLBRYCHT, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Filip KACZMAREK, Nirj DEVA, Philippe de VILLIERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Recommends that, as a human rights concern, abortion should be made legal, safe, and accessible to all;~~deleted

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2040(INI)

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Nirj DEVA, Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA, Philippe de VILLIERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23 c. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to fully respect the reservations on SHRH and abortion expressed by national governments in the concerned international treaties, conventions and programs;

2013/07/02
Committee: FEMM

2013/2011(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in particular self-employed women face obstacles in terms of individual access to and take-up of social security rights and that those obstacles have a long-term negative effect on the acquisition of social security rights; calls on Member States to re~~duc~~move administrative obstacles in accessing social security among self-employed;

2013/10/28
Committee: FEMM

2013/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

(Aa) whereas mobility is a multifaceted phenomenon having economic, social and family dimensions,

2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM

2013/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

(Ba) whereas the growth in education and vocational training for women is increasing their mobility,

2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM

2013/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Draws attention to the need to promote instruments such as EURES and Your Europe, which make it easier to find information about living and working in the various EU Member States, thereby facilitating the mobility of women;

2013/02/05
Committee: EMPL

2013/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to include provisions relating to the protection of women’s rights in respect of ~~occupational~~ mobility when designing their national strategies and reform programmes:;

2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM

2013/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Calls on the Member States to collect and analyse data on the difficulties, scale and structure of women’s mobility;

2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM

2013/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

(5a) Calls on the Member States to take action to eliminate the barriers to professional and social advancement which women face in the countries to which they have transferred their centre of interests but which are not their country of origin;

2013/01/29
Committee: FEMM

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) The application and monitoring of the Union rules on the free movement of workers should be improved to ensure ~~workers~~that they are better informed about their rights, to assist and to protect them in the exercise of those rights, and to combat circumvention of these rules by public authorities and public or private employers.

2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) Member States should establish how employers, workers and other people can be provided with easily accessible, relevant information on the provisions of this Directive and the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011, including information on the institutions charged with carrying out the tasks referred to in Article 5. This information should also be easily accessible through Your Europe and EURES.

2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL

2013/0124(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall, through national contact points, provide clear, easily accessible, comprehensive ~~and~~, up- to-date and multilingual information on the rights conferred by the Union law on free movement of workers and on available means of legal protection and redress. Member States are also encouraged to set up multilingual websites providing information on the free movement of workers. While selecting the languages to be made available, the Member States should focus above all on the largest nationality groups among mobile workers in a given country. This information should also be easily accessible through Your Europe and EURES.

2013/09/20
Committee: EMPL

2013/0110(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Diversity of competences and views of the members of administrative, management and supervisory bodies of companies, including gender diversity, facilitates a good understanding of the business organisation and affairs. It has been acknowledged that gender diversity, especially in top positions, contributes to corporate governance, quality of decision- making and to the company's performance. Moreover, board diversity represents a benefit for the companies as board composition reflects demographic characteristics of key stakeholder groups such as employees, customers and investors. Furthermore, it enables members of these bodies to exercise a constructive challenge of the management decisions and to be more open to innovative ideas, addressing the similarity of views of members, the "group-think" phenomenon. It contributes thus to effective oversight of the management and a successful governance of the company. It would therefore be important to enhance transparency ~~regard~~and to harmonise issues relating to the diversity policy, especially gender diversity, companies have in place. This would inform the market of corporate governance practices and thus put indirect pressure on companies to have more diversified boards.

2013/11/06
Committee: FEMM

2013/0110(COD)