6. Considers that the current effects of the crisis will have long-term impacts for women due to the highly gender-segregated nature of the labour market, with the concentration of women in sectors that are characterised by low pay and informal and part-time patterns of work which have a direct impact on women’s pension contributions; underlines the importance of addressing labour market segmentation and the root causes of the feminisation of poverty by providing both adequate social protection in periods of transition and in cases of temporary or part-time employment contracts, and access to training, career development and full-time work opportunities ...[+++]; calls for the identification of best practices and recommendations for Member States with regard to their national measures to integrate or reintegrate women into the labour force and, more generally, to eradicate poverty and the social exclusion of women and children;

These provisions have created important future career opportunities for veterans but, along with my colleague, Senator Percy Downe in the other house, we are concerned about the low participation levels of most federal government departments in the program, participation that is vital in making these opportunities a reality for our v ...[+++]eterans.

The Commission will work with the Member States to make full use of the co-financing opportunities offered by the Structural Funds, including the future programming period, in order to promote women’s access to employment and career progression and to improve the work-life balance, in particular through the provision of affordable and quality childcare facilities.

They are here as part of a program I call a “Capital Experience”, where two student leaders from each of the seven high schools in my riding come to Ottawa for three days each October to learn about career opportunities in public life.

Consequently, immigrants have difficulty making informed decisions about career and employment opportunities in their new communities (0925) Addressing these impediments to employment and career opportunities is a challenge that will require more investment in improving programs and services aimed at the specific needs of the immigrant community.

Ensure inclusive labour markets for job-seekers and disadvantaged people, women, young people and older people through: active and preventive labour market measures including early identification of needs, job search assistance, guidance through judicious and diversified career choices, inter alia towards the new employment opportunities in the care and environmental protection sectors, and training as part of personalised action p ...[+++]lans, provision of social services necessary to support the labour market inclusion of disadvantaged people and contribute to social and territorial cohesion and to the eradication of poverty; and continuous review of tax and benefit systems, including the management and conditionality of benefits and reduction of high marginal effective tax rates, with a view to making work pay and to ensuring adequate levels of social security (Integrated guideline No 18).