Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-08-Speech-2-462-000"
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"en.20110308.22.2-462-000"2
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"The EU is confronted with a major economic, financial and social crisis that affects us all, men and women. But it particularly harms women in the labour market and in their personal lives, since they are more likely to be in insecure jobs, more likely to be made redundant and less likely to have social security. The austerity measures implemented across the EU have a particularly damaging impact on women, who dominate the public sector both as employees and as beneficiaries of services. Preventing and reducing women’s poverty is an important component of the fundamental principle of social solidarity to which the EU is committed by Article 3 of the Treaty on EU. This implies equality between women and men, social justice and protection and combating social exclusion and discrimination. The Commission and the Member States should take the necessary measures to eliminate gender inequalities in employment as part of the EU 2020 strategy. I strongly encourage establishing as an objective the reduction of the gender pay gap by 1% each year in order to achieve a target of a 10% reduction by 2020. I would also stress the need for positive action to increase women’s representation in political, economic and corporate decision-making bodies."@en1
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