INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WORKER   
 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND PENSIONS    March 8 
 The CCOO manifest on the occasion of International Women 
 Working stresses the need to strengthen public policies and social 
 to remove barriers that prevent or hinder 
 real equality between men and women 
. Barriers related to social and professional position held by women 
, major differences persist 
 in the labor market 
 both quantitative and qualitative comparison to men. 
 In 2010, female unemployment increased, and women 
 unemployment rate reached 20% (over two million of unemployed 
). If three years ago 
 female unemployment rate was twice that of men, in the last year the men have located a few 
 tenths of women, as the crisis has affected 
 more forceful than male-dominated sectors and collateral 
 the feminized. This situation highlights the precariousness and segregation 
 structural and historical work 
 of women in situations of cyclical unemployment of men 
. In addition, women 
 double male rates to remain on the job search because of the double 
 discrimination by sex and age, having more difficulty 
 access and promote job retention and increased 
 in the long-term unemployment .   
 social protection and pensions   CCOO still reported differences 
 remuneration and temporality experienced by women, which directly affects 
 social protection. Of the total of unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits 
, only 40% are women, 
 with a daily average amount 15% lower than men 
 unemployed. 
 also more precarious working conditions of women 
 Every March 8, International Women's Day 
 Workers, CCOO claimed 
 Equal Opportunities between women and men with 
 order to eradicate the discrimination that women still  
 in different areas of life, but a more marked is reflected 
 in the world of work and social protection 
. A March 8 this year 
 takes place in a context of economic crisis and 
 which coincides with the recent signing of 
 pensions, an agreement that strengthens the contributory, 
 and both equity and fairness of the system, and 
 introduce new initiatives to improve race 
 short listing, which mostly affect women 
 (part-time work, temporary, long-term unemployment, 
 difficulty of access to employment in middle age, etc.) 
 added to interruptions in their career to the care 
 daughters and sons and family, affect access of the 
 women to social protection and pensions. 
 In that sense, CCOO assesses the social and economic agreement for the 
 growth, employment and pension security, because 
 improves contributory pension for women, 
 to keep 15 as a minimum period 
 access a contributory pension, the time considered priced 
 three years of leave to care for sons and daughters 
, and award up to two years of trading for the White 
 periods in working life caused by the care of sons and daughters 
, for the calculation of futuras.pensiones. These measures 
 positive action is needed to correct discrimination 
 suffered by women in the labor market. 
 Moreover, CCOO reiterates its rejection of the labor reform 
 approved by the Government, far from creating jobs, is contributing 
 to devalue further, limited job guarantees. 
 The union denounces the decline of public investment-related measures 
 equality between women and men 
 as the abolition of the aid of 2,500 euros for the birth or adoption 
 and the postponement of the expansion to four weeks 
 paternity leave. Finally, CCOO complaint 
 the unwillingness of political parties and governments to promote structural changes that favor  
 real equality between women and men. Proof of this is the disappearance of 
 some public bodies and institutions related to the 
 equal treatment and opportunities between women and men, both 
 state and regional level. In this sense, the abolition of the Ministry of Equal 
 set back 
 gender policy and a break with the commitments that mandated 
 governments to addressing the issues of equality. Carmen Bravo  
 Sueskun. Confederal Secretary 
 CS CCOO 
 WOMEN "Women are the most vulnerable to the crisis"  
 "Women are the most vulnerable the economic crisis, not having the same opportunities, both economic and labor than men. 
 More women are unemployed and for longer, and they have an insufficient social protection due to the inequality experienced in employment, both in their access, such as promotion and tenure (women mostly take jobs 
 temporary, part-time) and who earn lower wages than men for equal work. 
 Today, of more than 4.2 million people are unemployed, nearly half are women, who, besides having a higher unemployment rate than men, they have the same coverage by unemployment than men. 
 Coverage female unemployment protection is more than 21 points below the male 
, and this is the result of who have not contributed or have generated less tax 
 rights because of the insecurity and suffering employment discrimination. " CCOO   
 WORKS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION   CCOO is not limited only to the complaint and demand for more equality, but that works to combat distriminación against women in all areas, with proposals and actions directed mainly to 
 boost the use of quality in a more egalitarian model of production (in access to employment, promotion, training and retention, and salaries) and to improve their working conditions. CCOO 
's commitment to promote equality between men and women, leading to different trading desks duty to negotiate plans and measures in the companies, giving effect to the provisions of the Equality Act, and ensuring 
 in union elections a more women as candidates, as well as in the areas of representation and negotiation. CCOO 
 continues to promote measures, both at work and socially, for the life and times of work are shared, while reconciling work and family life of women and men. 
 also CCOO combating gender violence and sexual harassment against women, and to move towards a more just, equitable and democratic to remove areas of discrimination, poverty and violence in different parts of the world 
. Women still missing out on all labor market indicators.  
 Participate in events and demonstrations that will be convened on the occasion of March 8 
 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WORKER  
 As every year, CCOO commemorates the International Day of Working Women with meetings, events, exhibitions, lectures, rallies and demonstrations throughout the State denouncing the discrimination and obstacles to real equality between men and women, claiming more empleoy highest quality to create a more just and egalitarian society. 
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