Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment

Reference A9-0096/2022Committee FEMMGender equality Workers’ rights

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How the groups voted

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The Left39

3222389%

S&D145

1350010100%

Greens/EFA71

The European Parliament adopted by 542 votes to 43 with 52 abstentions a resolution on reaching women’s economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment.Women entrepreneurs and self-employed workers represent an under-exploited source of sustainable economic growth, job creation and innovation potential. Yet women represent only 34.4% of the self-employed in the EU and 30% of its young entrepreneurs. Furthermore, less than 8% of CEOs of large companies are women and only 10% of the top positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally are held by women.The resolution underlined that women’s entrepreneurship contributes to increasing women’s economic independence and their empowerment, which is an essential…