Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-27-Speech-4-045"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality between women and men in the EU (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070927.4.4-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-27-Speech-4-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Raül Romeva i Rueda2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; FEMM (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-27--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Iniciativa Per Catalunya Verds - Esquerra Unida í Alternativa (2005-01-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I congratulate the rapporteur on her report. There are many points in it to which I would like to refer, but I shall focus on two that seem to me the most pertinent. First, I welcome the fact that the Commission’s report for 2007 concentrates on employment issues such as the pay gap, conciliation and the directives on equal treatment, given that the economic independence of women is one of the priorities in the Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men. It is quite true – as the Commission’s report says – that six of the eight million jobs created in the European Union since 2000 are occupied by women. This would be a clearly positive development, were it not for the fact that the majority of the new jobs occupied by women are part-time; many are insecure and badly paid, and hold out little prospect of wage increases. The report also points out that there has been no significant progress in reducing the gender pay gap: that must give cause for concern when the average pay for women is 15% lower than that of men, and in some countries as much as 30% lower. The second point I wish to emphasise concerns a particular category of women, those working in agriculture. There is a need to improve the legal situation of such women, both with regard to social security, to which they should be guaranteed direct access, and with regard to their role in agricultural holdings, where a strong stand must be taken on the co-ownership of family holdings, access to credit and succession rights. The Commission should pay special attention to both these issues. In concrete terms, it must redouble its efforts to achieve greater equality between women and men in respect of treatment and opportunities."@en1

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