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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Representation of women among the social partners2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020924.13.2-298"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-24-Speech-2-2992
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, although the European institutions have in various documents highlighted the need for a more balanced and proportional representation of women in the various decision-making structures and political and social bodies, also where the social partners are concerned, the fact is that profound imbalances and enormous inequalities still remain, as Mrs Smet’s report points out, and as Commissioner Diamantopoulou confirmed a short while ago. And although where the social partners are concerned only incomplete information is available, the meagre data available on the participation of women demonstrate that at executive level, the percentage of women is low, with women being clearly under-represented in the upper echelons of organisations, which weakens democracy and makes it difficult to achieve real equality of rights and opportunities, which we incorporated into the Treaties and into various Directives to which we refer on a daily basis. We therefore support the initiatives proposed in this report, both those that seek to obtain a greater knowledge of the current situation (and the need for data collection has already been mentioned here), and those intended to achieve a more balanced representation of men and women among the social partners. We call for timetabled performance targets to be established – on the quantitative and qualitative representation of women, both in internal decision-making structures and in collective bargaining, including at the forthcoming trilateral social summit – and I now wish to draw the Commissioner’s attention to this matter – and also for reports to be drafted on the progress made and the impact of the measures adopted. Objective conditions must be established, however, to ensure that the participation of women in the social and political bodies becomes a reality. The Commission must also create a database and good practices must be disseminated, including in the joint report on employment, sharing information on the participation of women, and specifically in collective bargaining, and also on the progress made in the field of equal opportunities. This information, this analysis and this approach must be formalised in the various reports on the social sphere and on employment."@en1

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