Brussels, 16/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 April, the committee on women's rights and equal opportunities adopted the report by Portuguese Socialist Edite Estrela on improving the health and safety of women workers who are pregnant, who have recently given birth or who are breast-feeding. With 18 votes to 6 and 5 abstentions, the committee took a stance in favour of strengthening the provisions of Directive 92/85. The plenary vote on amendments made to the European Commission's...