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Mr President, EU leaders promised to make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010, yet more than half way through the ten-year period of the Lisbon Agenda this has not happened. In the light of this, the Lisbon Agenda’s pledge to tackle gender equality must also be viewed with a degree of scepticism. Mrs Estrela’s report put forward practical measures for ensuring gender equality, including employment opportunities for women, and I thank her for her very good work.
The creation of employment opportunities is not about providing women with low-paid jobs or with less favourable working conditions. Such opportunities must have at their core equality for women on a par with their male counterparts. On average there is a pay gap of 15% across the EU, but in a recent survey in my country, Ireland, it emerged that the gender pay gap has grown: it has increased for women in spite of Ireland’s economic growth. Irish women are paid 17% less than Irish men for the same work, so it is clear, as Mrs Estrela says, that growth and jobs alone will not bring gender equality.
President Barroso told Parliament yesterday of his commitment to the roadmap for gender equality, dealing amongst other matters with employment and with reducing the pay gap. I commend Mrs Estrela’s report to him and to Commissioner Michel as a good basis for progress in this area.
The present emphasis on achieving growth at the expense of social inclusion, of working conditions and of environmental protection will not in any way lead us in the direction of greater gender equality. That needs to be addressed through positive action and not simply lip service."@en1
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