Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-09-11-Speech-2-469-421"
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"en.20120911.32.2-469-421"2
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"The service sector accounts for almost 70% of all jobs in the EU and is predominantly female. There is a tendency to stereotype jobs which associate women’s work with the more caring jobs e.g. nursing, caring, teaching, etc. These positions are often less well remunerated than traditional ‘men’s’ work. Women are disproportionately represented in the public sector and therefore can suffer disproportionately from budgetary cuts in the efforts to ensure fiscal consolidation. Therefore, it is important to have a strong gender dimension to Europe’s emerging growth and jobs strategies, including as regards ESF spending. I support efforts for a European Equal Pay Target to reduce the gender pay gap by 10% in each Member State. Gender pay differentials, currently at 16%, are transmitted into later generations in the form of lower pensions and higher poverty rates amongst older women. I look forward to the Commission proposal, due in November, on ratification of the ILO’s 2011 Domestic Workers Convention. This convention is also important in the context of the EU’s strategy to combat people trafficking."@en1
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