Activities of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2011/2295(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)
Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the role of political parties as key factors in the promotion of parity; calls in consequence for the Member States to require national parties, where appropriate,find an effective method for putting pressure on national parties to set quotas and apply a proportional rank- ordering rules to for including women on electoral candidate lists for national and EU elections, and to define and enforce appropriate sanctions for non-compliance with these rules;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to launch a campaign on gender parity sufficiently early before the forthcoming elections to the European Parliain election lists and to promote women in governmental and self-governmental decision-making bodies, highlighting their effectiveness and balanced approach to risk management;.
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Council, Commission and Member States to enable women and men to take an active part in political decision making by promoting a balance between family life and working life by means of measures such as sharing the costs of parenthood equally between both parents’ employers and the creation of a suitable infrastructure of care for children and elderly people, and calls on the Commission to support equal access to services, minimum income, elimination of gender-based discrimination in the workplace and freedom from gender-based violence by appropriate legislative proposals in the form of directives;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to carry out analyses intended to define the main obstacles and problems encountered by women applying for decision-making positions, and to identify the sources and causes of the persistence of negative gender-based stereotypes;