The new European Commission and the next term of the European Parliament will start. The work of the coming 5 years will be decisive if Europe can maintain or even increase its level of welfare and its political and social stability.
In this, the second decade of the 21st century, gender inequality remains a defining characteristic of European labor markets. Despite rising participation in the labor force, women’s careers remain concentrated in specific jobs and economic sectors; moreover, their career mobility and advancement though the ranks into management remain limited.
Como presidenta del Comité de Seguimiento UE-Euromed en el Grupo de Empleadores del Comité Económico y Social Europeo he tenido la oportunidad de presidir el proyecto de documento informativo de la sección de Relaciones Exteriores titulado “Educación y formación profesional en la región euromeditereánea”. Cinzia del Rio ha sido la ponente encargada del dictamen, que se debatió el pasado 26 de febrero.
El Comité de Seguimiento Euromed del CESE ha resuelto centrar su atención en la situación de la educación y la formación profesional en la región euromediterránea, y presentar un análisis preliminar de la cuestión que podría utilizarse, en sus futuras actividades, para profundizar el diálogo y el intercambio regional.
Many European countries succeeded in actually increasing the numbers of women in leading positions by introducing Gender Equality laws including gender quota regulations. But there are many different kinds of quotas with different binding character and effectiveness: quotas regulations are only efficient if appropriate sanctions hinder people from omitting the laws. Opponents of the idea of gender quotas doubt the effectiveness and fairness of them, whereas supporters hope that with the help of quotas, barriers and prejudices against women could be removed in the long-term.
La propuesta del Gobierno en relación a los Presupuestos Generales del Estado para 2019, se propone elevar la cuantía del Salario Mínimo en 2019 a 900 euros/mes, 164 euros más al mes que en 2018, con un impacto presupuestario en 2019 de 340 millones de euros. El motivo esgrimido es que los salarios mínimos son una potente herramienta social que pueden contribuir significativamente a prevenir la pobreza en el trabajo y fomentar un crecimiento salarial general más dinámico. Para ello deben ser salarios que garanticen a los trabajadores un nivel de vida digno y la satisfacción de sus necesidades y las de sus familias, como se establece en el Pilar Europeo de Derechos Sociales.
In order to improve gender equality in labour markets, the EESC considers it necessary to draw up an integrated and ambitious European strategy to tackle systemic and structural obstacles and lead to adequate policies, measures and EU funding programmes for improving equality between women and men, thus fostering “more equal economic independence of women and men”. This would also contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
The 10th edition – Meda Women Entrepreneurs Forum, on 2nd-3rd October -Amman- Jordan, is focused in “Women in Tech the way ahead” and from AFAEMME (Federation of Organizations of Businesswomen in the Mediterranean area), the AFAEMME is formed by more than 60 Business organizations of 23 different Mediterranean countries. The main objective of this Forum is to reach as far as possible to the Governments, Institutions, and Businesses in order to sensitize the relevance of Digital gender gap in our European and Mediterranean Societies.
