Traduction de «female employment » (Anglais → Français) :

Summary code: Employment and social policy / Employment rights and work organisation / Organisation of working time / Framework agreements resulting from inter-disciplinary dialogue Employment and social policy / Social dialogue and employee participation / Cross-industry social dialogue / Framework agreements Employment and social policy / Equality between men and women / Female employment and entrepreneurship / Social dimension Justice, freedom and security / Discrimination / Worklife balance

R. whereas female employment is affected by gender stereotypes, such as the notion that male unemployment is a ‘more serious’ issue than female unemployment, adding to the already significant collection of gender stereotypes which impact negatively on women's chances of employment; whereas in practice the approach to male unemployment is different from that to female unemployment, since men are still considered as the breadwinners and women as the main family caretakers;

O. whereas female employment is affected by gender stereotypes, such as the notion that male unemployment is a ‘more serious’ issue than female unemployment, adding to the already significant collection of gender stereotypes which impact negatively on women's chances of employment; whereas in practice the approach to male unemployment is different from that to female unemployment, since men are still considered as the breadwinners and women as the main family caretakers;

N. whereas for women a fall in the number of jobs frequently goes hand in hand with the readjustment of work schedules, including longer working hours often involving different shifts; whereas it is extremely likely that recovery will be felt more rapidly in the industrial sector, thereby bringing about recovery in male employment, which will pick up faster than female employment; whereas austerity measures in the public services will have a more lasting effect on female employment, thus jeopardising in the long term the progress that has been made in the field of gender equality;

Therefore, I ask two things of the Council ahead of its upcoming meeting. The first one is to be ambitious and explicit when it comes to employment guidelines, and especially when it comes to female employment. Secondly, I ask you to reaffirm your commitment to European targets and guidelines that allow for the massive participation of women on the labour market, especially the Barcelona targets for daytime childcare, which we know, are far from being met in the EU.

A. whereas the Commission's report on equality between women and men, 2008, suggests that, while female participation in employment has steadily increased, there remain significant challenges with regard to the quality of female employment, in particular the persistent pay gap between women and men, the continuing horizontal and vertical labour market segregation, the fragmented professional careers of women and the difficulty of reconciling professional and family life, all of which prevent equal treatment in education, during working lives and in retirement; whereas two thirds of part time jobs are held by women and women generally ha ...[+++]ve more precarious employment relationships,