Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-23-Speech-2-245"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment for men and women in employment2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.11.2-245"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-2462
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Karamanou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2002-01-16)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the amendment to the 1976 directive is a very important move and illustrates the Commission's sensitivity on the question of equal treatment for men and women. For its part, the Committee on Women's Rights, thanks to the sterling efforts of our rapporteur, Mrs Hautala, and other honourable Members, has helped to produce an improved text today which attracts a broader consensus. That is why we expect it to be warmly supported by both the Commission and the Council. The new directive certainly responds to the change in the situation which has taken place over the last twenty-five years as regards women's employment and vocational training and replaces an outdated legislative framework which has done what it can to combat discrimination against women, serious infringements of the principle of equality, higher unemployment rates, the exclusion of women from numerous professions and the general division of the job market along gender lines. I should like to inform the House that the Greek Parliament recently voted almost unanimously to replace a similar article in the Constitution allowing derogations from the principle of sexual equality on the labour market. The Hautala report suggests a new, better, framework and introduces new types of measures, such as measures to prevent and combat sexual harassment in the workplace, efficient protection for workers from unequal treatment related to pregnancy and maternity, judicial protection, positive measures to apply equality in practice, as other Members have pointed out, and sanctions to punish infringements of the directive. However, I feel that the directive could be clearer in defining purely objective selection criteria for all jobs and should not leave loopholes for gender-based exceptions and exclusions."@en1

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