PØU, Alm.del - 2008-09 - Bilag 62: Newsletter, European Parliament, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, April 2009.

NEWSLE TTEREUROPEANPARLIAMENTCOMMITTEE ONWOMEN'SRIGHTS ANDGENDEREQUALITY- April 2009 -Meetings agendas in briefMaternity leave directive - 16 AprilBudget 2010 - Section III - Commission - 16 AprilPublic Hearing on "Women in Turkey" - 30 AprilDetails of the meetings:The FEMM committee will organise a public hearing onthe Role of women in Turkey in the social, economicand political life. This is the third public hearing in thismandate period. FEMM has adopted two initiative re-ports focusing on women in Turkey with Emine Bozkurt(PSE) as Rapporteur. State Minister of Women's andChildren's Affairs in Turkey, Nimet Çubuk§u, has beeninvited. Other speakers are Yakin Ertürk, UN SpecialRapporteur on Violence against women, Yeşim Arat,Bogazixi University, Istanbul, and Nebahat Akko§, Presi-dent of Ka-mer.

Maternity leave directiveFEMM will vote the 136 amendments to the pro-posed Directive on maternity leave. These amend-ments show the FEMM Members' wish to furtherimprove the Commission's proposal in a way toguarantee an optimal situation for mothers and chil-dren, including possibilities for both mothers and fa-thers to reconcile work, private and family life. Manyamendments aim to guarantee an income equivalentto full salary during maternity leave and to adaptmother working patterns to the family situation.Adoption in committee: 16 AprilAdoption in plenary: May

DRAFT OPINIONBudget 2010 - Section III - CommissionRapporteur:EditBauer(EPP–ED)Edit Bauer (EPP-ED) will present her draft opinion.Adoption in committee: 1 September, in plenary 20 OctoberREPORTEqual treatment for self-employed workers & theirspouses (Rapporteur: Astrid Lulling PPE-ED)The amendments to the Commission proposal by theRapporteur, were adopted in FEMM by 23 in favor and 2abstentions. The report aims at ensuring equal treatmentand better maternity protection for independent workersby introducing a mandatory registration of assistingspouses and their affiliation to social security systems.Adoption in plenary: MayPUBLIC HEARING"Role of women in social, economic and politicallife in Turkey" 30 April***For more information, please contactFEMM secretariat: - tel: + 32 (0) 2 28 32058 - e-mail:[email protected]FEMM website:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/femm_home_en.htmLink to committee meeting documents:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/organes/femm/femm_meetinglist.htm