Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-18-Speech-1-076"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding - Precarious women workers (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101018.13.1-076"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-18-Speech-1-0772
lpv:speaker	lp:Iratxe García Pérez2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-24--2011-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I think that we are all aware of the responsibility that Parliament has to exercise today in revising the directive on working conditions for women; a directive that we have been discussing since the previous legislature and on which, due to various points of view and difficulties, we have not been able to progress. This is why I am saying that today, we need to take responsibility, within the different points of view that we may have, in order to move forward on equal rights between men and women and improve the living conditions of women in the labour market. This directive goes beyond the number of weeks of maternity leave, as I am sure we are all agreed that 14 weeks is not enough and we need to increase the length. However, aside from the number of weeks, we are talking about the dismissal of a woman who has become a mother being considered to be an unfair dismissal, or paternity leave being granted for the benefit of a working mother’s health. I do not understand why people say that paternity leave does not benefit the health of working mothers. Of course it does. Enabling the mother and father to share the work of caring for their children in the first few days after they are born is essential and fundamental for making progress in terms of equality between men and women. There are countries such as Spain that have already implemented independent and transferable paternity leave. We have to make it possible for men to take responsibility along with women in order to improve on the path that we have on the table at the moment. I think this is important. I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Estrela, for the work she has done and for the responsibility for Parliament to …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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