Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-19-Speech-3-143"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-09-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal pay for work of equal value2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010919.10.3-143"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-19-Speech-3-1442
lpv:speaker	lp:María Antonia Avilés Perea2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to congratulate Mrs Smet on this own-initiative report, which was so necessary and which she has produced in a very professional way, because she has a profound knowledge of the problem and has done a lot of work on it. But despite the fact that it is a very good report which attempts to study each of the points relating to inequality of pay between men and women, today we are facing a deep-seated problem to which we see no solution. It is more difficult for women to find work than it is for men, they have more difficulties in terms of training and professional promotion and they have lower salaries than men. But this does not only affect women who have been in the labour market for some time, but it also affects young women who are very well prepared, in many cases better prepared than men, who do brilliant work and who receive lower salaries than their male colleagues. There is no justification for it whatsoever, there is no legislation which allows it in any of the countries of the European Union but, despite all this, it is a reality which we are facing and which we have no idea how to solve. Social partners, both company organisations and unions, probably have a large role to play in resolving this problem. I am sure that, if there were more women in the leadership of these organisations, the issue would probably have been dealt with a long time ago. It is very regrettable that, while we are combating many other types of discrimination which are sometimes difficult to demonstrate, we have still not been able to resolve this one which is so obvious, which is reflected in the figures which appear on everybody’s payslips every month. I believe that the fact that women’s work is undervalued, that their work has always been considered subordinate to men’s work, that it has always been thought that they are not capable of holding top positions, are prejudices which are still present in society’s mentality, which hinder equality, professional access and greater promotion for women. I would ask the Commissioner, Mrs Diamantopoulou, to seek some initiative which will contribute to resolving this problem. If in a Member State of the European Union somebody suffering discrimination presents a case and wins it, if they work in the public sector, their greatest problem will be confronting the dirty looks of their colleagues, but if they work in the private sector, sooner or later it will lead to them leaving their job. This means that many women do not even use the legal resources available to them."@en1

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