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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on her report and the motion for a resolution on the future of the Lisbon Strategy from the point of view of the gender perspective. It is a very useful contribution to our common agenda for growth and employment.
You are clear and very much to the point in showing what the policy of gender equality can bring to the Lisbon Strategy. The persistence of major disparities between women and men really is a matter of grave concern. It is essential that we continue our efforts and consolidate the integration of the gender dimension, gender mainstreaming, into all policies. The need to tackle the disparities between men and women in employment or education and, in particular, the pay gap and its causes must be at the centre of our concerns.
It is important that we tackle the structural inequalities between men and women so that all can participate equally in economic and social life. This will mean implementing Community law better. It is important, however, that we tackle all the factors behind these discrepancies, such as the predominance of women in lower paid sectors, the persistence of stereotypes, especially in education and training, or, as you clearly point out, the difficulty of reconciling professional and private life. The questions of reconciliation between professional and private life are a key aspect of questions of equality. They must cover all possible aspects: the care of children and dependants, the organisation of working time, new forms of working, etc. Men must also be fully involved in reconciliation measures.
You also underline that we all have a duty of good governance, involving in particular proper coordination between different policies, partnership between institutions and with the competent players, and statistical and analytical monitoring of our policies. The Commission fully shares these points of view, as evidenced by the annual report on equality between women and men that has been presented at the spring summit since 2004. The report identifies all these points as priorities for future action. The Commission’s commitment to equality between men and women will also be reflected in the roadmap for male/female equality that the Commission will be presenting shortly. It will highlight the governance aspect in particular, the importance of which you yourself have also very usefully emphasised.
The Commission is also constantly monitoring equality policy in analyses and studies and by developing specific statistics. Studies are regularly carried out by experts. These studies are published. There was a study on reconciling professional and private life in 2005, for example. Finally, the Commission analyses the gender aspect of Member States’ national reform programmes in order to make an important contribution to the ‘employment’ chapter of the annual monitoring report."@en1
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