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EQUALITY PAYS
EMPLOYMENT GENDER EQUALITY IN SPAIN
Luis Simó Moreno
March 2011
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EQUALITY
SECRETARY OF STATE OF EQUALITY
GOVERNMENT DELEGATION AGAINST
GENDER VIOLENCE
DIRECTION GENERAL FOR EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT &
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
DEPUTY DG OF PLANNING AND INSTITUTIONAL
COORDINATION
DEPUTY DG OF PREVENTION AND KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT ABOUT GENDER VIOLENCE
DEPUTY DG OF SUPPORT FOR EQUALITY IN
COMPANIES, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING & REGULATION
DEPUTY DG OF PROMOTION OF EQUALITY IN
EMPLOYMENT & SUPPORT TO ENTREPRENEUR WOMEN
DEPUTY DG OF PROGRAMMES, REGULATION
& SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN
LEGAL FRAMEWORK:
Constitutional Act 1/2004 on complete protection against Gender Violence.
Plan Concilia since 2006: for more than 500.000 public employees at State Level; improvements in licenses, working-hours reduction and flexibility, and parental leave.
Law 39/2006 on the promotion of personal autonomy and care for dependent persons: the 4th pillar of the Welfare State
Constitutional Act 3/2007 for effective equality between women and men: 13 days parental leave (4 weeks since 1st January 2011)
Strategic Plan for Equal Opportunities (2008-2011)
1 POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
2 ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION
3 CORRESPONSABILITY
4 EDUCATION
5 INNOVATION
6 KNOWLEDGE
7 HEALTH
8 IMAGE
9 DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
10 VIOLENCE
11 FOREIGN AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION POLICIES
12 GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT TO EQUALITY
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES
2008- 2011
MAIN LINES OF ACTION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK (2):
PEIO 2008-2011 - Line 2: Economic Participation
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
•Objective 1: Further women’s employability, quality employment and equal pay.
•Objective 2: Ensure equal opportunities for women and men and foster corporate social responsibility among employers.
•Objective 3: Promote women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment.
•Objective 4: Analyze and measure women’s and men’s economic participation, to work towards a feminine model of equality.
• Lower activity and employment ratesLower activity and employment rates• Concentration in temporary contracts and part-time jobsConcentration in temporary contracts and part-time jobs• More responsability on the care of children and dependent More responsability on the care of children and dependent personspersons• More leaves and quits of jobsMore leaves and quits of jobs• Horizontal and vertical occupational segregationHorizontal and vertical occupational segregation• Gender pay-gap: Gender pay-gap: •Other differencies: lower payments to the social security Other differencies: lower payments to the social security system, higher risk of poverty, low presence in Board of system, higher risk of poverty, low presence in Board of Directors, low participation in collective bargaining processes, Directors, low participation in collective bargaining processes, double work in the house & outside …double work in the house & outside …
STILL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES
EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT
COMPARISON BETWEEN MATERNITY / PATERNITY LEAVES
2008-2010
2008 2009 2010
Maternity 359.160 Maternity 340.512 Maternity 332.557
Paternity 279.756 Paternity 273.024 Paternity 275.637
% 77,89 de H % 80,18 de H % 82,88 de H
COMPANIES
WOMEN
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¿How?
EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT
• Equality Plans:Equality Plans:Economic supportEconomic supportConsulting ServiceConsulting ServiceInformation and awarness raisingInformation and awarness raising
• ““Equalit in the enterprise” SealEqualit in the enterprise” Seal
• Collaboration with the Work and Social Security InspectionCollaboration with the Work and Social Security Inspection
COMPANIES
EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT
• Promotion of the social corporate responsability Promotion of the social corporate responsability
WOMEN
• Collaboration agreements with other AdministrationsCollaboration agreements with other Administrations::Special Plans (Teruel, Soria, Northwest, Jaén Special Plans (Teruel, Soria, Northwest, Jaén Extremadura & Canary Islands), Balearic Islands……Extremadura & Canary Islands), Balearic Islands……
• Actions for most vulnerable groupsActions for most vulnerable groups : :Immigrants economic initiatives consolidationImmigrants economic initiatives consolidationWork initiatives for gypsy womenWork initiatives for gypsy womenLabour actions for gender violence victims & trafficked Labour actions for gender violence victims & trafficked women for sexual exploitationwomen for sexual exploitation
• Promotion of self-employment and women entepreneurshipPromotion of self-employment and women entepreneurship::Microcredits Microcredits On-line and personal assistance in collaboration with On-line and personal assistance in collaboration with
the Council of Chambers of Trade and Commercethe Council of Chambers of Trade and Commerce
•Professional promotion and access to management positions:Professional promotion and access to management positions:Universities, Institutions, EntitiesUniversities, Institutions, Entities
EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT
• Women in emerging sectorsWomen in emerging sectors
•Employability in small citiesEmployability in small cities
•Promotion to the women's incorporation to Boards of DirectorsPromotion to the women's incorporation to Boards of Directors
•Equality in companiesEquality in companies
•Special Groups: Roma WomenSpecial Groups: Roma Women
•Corresponsability: A step forwardCorresponsability: A step forward
•Non Employment ProjectsNon Employment Projects
POSSIBLE COLLABORATION IN EMPLOYMENT
SOME POINTS TO REMEMBERSOME POINTS TO REMEMBER
• Crisis = opportunity for a more inclusive society, socially, Crisis = opportunity for a more inclusive society, socially, environmentally sustainable and knowledge based. environmentally sustainable and knowledge based.
• Gender MAINSTREAMING is of key importance to Gender MAINSTREAMING is of key importance to Europe's success in a global world and should be at the Europe's success in a global world and should be at the heart of the EUROPE 2020 reform agenda. heart of the EUROPE 2020 reform agenda.
• Gender sensitive-budgets.Gender sensitive-budgets.
EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT ONE WAY MORE EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT ONE WAY MORE TOWARDS SOLUTION TO THE CRISISTOWARDS SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS
