Barbara MATERA
Constituencies
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Italy
Il Popolo della Libertà
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Groups
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PPE
Member
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Vice-Chair of | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | 2012/01/25 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Budgets | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Fisheries | 2012/03/15 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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Rapporteur
| Opinion | 2012/2263(INI) | Situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU |
| Shadow | 2012/2261(INI) | Strategy for fisheries in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas |
| Shadow | 2012/2235(INI) | For a comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific region |
| Opinion | 2012/2150(INI) | European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2012 priorities |
| Responsible | 2012/2023(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in construction of buildings in Spain |
| Opinion | 2011/2292(INI) | Small scale and artisanal fisheries and the CFP reform |
| Responsible | 2011/2279(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in construction of buildings in Italy |
| Opinion | 2011/2264(DEC) | 2010 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) |
| Responsible | 2011/2262(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive sector in Portugal |
| Responsible | 2011/2254(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland |
| Responsible | 2011/2253(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in specialised construction activities in Ireland |
| Responsible | 2011/2252(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in construction of buildings in Ireland |
| Opinion | 2011/2201(DEC) | 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission |
| Responsible | 2011/2200(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the retail sector in Greece |
| Responsible | 2011/2199(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the transport sector in Austria |
| Responsible | 2011/2167(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in footwear industry in Portugal |
| Responsible | 2011/2163(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in automotive industry in Germany |
| Responsible | 2011/2159(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the wind turbine manufacturing industry in Denmark |
| Responsible | 2011/2158(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive sector in France |
| Responsible | 2011/2139(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the graphic media industry in the Netherlands (Noord-Holland and Flevoland) |
| Responsible | 2011/2138(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the graphic media industry in the Netherlands (Overijssel) |
| Responsible | 2011/2137(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the graphic media industry in the Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) |
| Responsible | 2011/2136(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the graphic media industry in the Netherlands (Zuid-Holland and Utrecht) |
| Responsible | 2011/2130(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: technical assistance by the Commission |
| Responsible | 2011/2125(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in printed circuit board manufacturing in Austria |
| Responsible | 2011/2124(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the metal sector in Austria |
| Responsible | 2011/2093(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the shilbuilding sector in Denmark |
| Responsible | 2011/2092(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the wind turbine manufacturing industry in Denmark |
| Responsible | 2011/2074(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive industry in Belgium |
| Responsible | 2011/2049(INI) | Situation of single mothers |
| Responsible | 2011/2045(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in machinery production in Poland |
| Responsible | 2011/2044(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the food industry in the Czech Republic |
| Opinion | 2011/2019(BUD) | 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue |
| Opinion | 2011/0436(APP) | Programme "Europe for Citizens" 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0412(COD) | Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0370(COD) | Creative Europe Programme 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0369(COD) | Justice Programme 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0344(COD) | Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 |
| Opinion | 2011/0270(COD) | EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation 2014-2020 |
| Responsible | 2010/2279(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in ICT wholesale trade in the Netherlands |
| Responsible | 2010/2266(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in diesel engine manufacturing in Poland |
| Responsible | 2010/2265(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive industry in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2253(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive industry in Poland |
| Responsible | 2010/2252(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in retail trade in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2251(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the textile sector in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2250(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the manufacture of natural stone products in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2243(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the textile sector in Slovenia |
| Responsible | 2010/2241(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the manufacturing of printing machinery in Germany |
| Opinion | 2010/2239(INI) | Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems |
| Responsible | 2010/2230(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the printing and publishing sector in the Netherlands (Noord Holland and Zuid Holland) |
| Responsible | 2010/2229(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the printing and publishing sector in the Netherlands (Noord Holland and Utrecht) |
| Responsible | 2010/2228(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the printing and publishing sector in the Netherlands (Gelderland and Overijssel) |
| Responsible | 2010/2227(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the printing and publishing sector in the Netherlands (Limburg) |
| Responsible | 2010/2226(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the printing and publishing sector in the Netherlands (Drenthe) |
| Responsible | 2010/2225(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the printing and publishing sector in the Netherlands (Noord Brabant and Zuid Holland) |
| Responsible | 2010/2214(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services in Ireland |
| Responsible | 2010/2165(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive sector in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2164(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the electrotechnical industry in Portugal |
| Responsible | 2010/2163(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in manufacture of machinery and equipment in Denmark |
| Responsible | 2010/2141(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in semiconductor manufacturing in the Netherlands |
| Responsible | 2010/2136(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in textiles sector in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2134(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in machinery sector (Danfoss) in Denmark |
| Responsible | 2010/2133(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in machinery sector (Linak) in Denmark |
| Responsible | 2010/2068(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the manufacturing of wooden products in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2067(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in crystal production in Ireland |
| Responsible | 2010/2066(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the ceramics industry in Spain |
| Responsible | 2010/2060(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: technical assistance |
| Responsible | 2010/2035(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in furniture manufactoring sector in Lithuania |
| Responsible | 2010/2031(BUD) | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in clothing sector in Lithuania |
| Opinion | 2009/0072(CNS) | European Year of Volunteering 2011 |
Born
1981/12/09 Foggia- Secondary school-leaving certificate from the 'A. Rosmini' high school
- (Lucera - Foggia), specialising in educational psychology; graduate in educational sciences and training from 'La Sapienza' University, Rome.
- Worked as a programme presenter on Rai Uno for five years.
- Activist in the Forza Italia party; participation with Forza Italia youth in various election campaigns (2001) and political events (2002-2008). Refrained from standing in the Italian general election as a member of parliament for the PDL party (2008). Stood in the European Parliament elections for the PDL party, fourth constituency (southern Italy) and was elected by 130 615 votes, coming second only to Silvio Berlusconi (2009).
- Topic of thesis for degree in educational sciences and training: 'Reform of secondary schools in Italy'.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 1 |
2008/0193(COD) Health and safety at work: workers who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
2009/12/15
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 92/85/EEC Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least six weeks after childbirth, without prejudice to existing national laws which provide for a period of compulsory maternity leave before childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth.
source: PE-431.025
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| 4 |
2009/0105(COD) European Regional Development Fund ERDF: eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities (amend. Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006)
2009/10/22
REGI
4 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 1 (1) With the view to enhance the economic and social cohesion of the Community, it is necessary to support limited interventions for the renovation of existing buildings serving housing purposes in Member States
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 3 (3) In
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 Regulation (EC) N°1080/2006 Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. Expenditure on housing, except for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy as set out in paragraph 1a, shall be eligible
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article 1 Regulation (EC) N°1080/2006 Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4 The Commission
source: PE-430.334
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| 1 |
2009/2101(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2009
2009/09/12
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 source: PE-430.929
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| 15 |
2009/2204(INI) Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis
2010/03/26
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Asks the European institutions and the Member States
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that women are under- represented in financial decision-making,
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to set up a financial reserve within each Fund for equal opportunity activities
source: PE-439.983
2010/04/21
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas quality full-time employment with
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
source: PE-441.029
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2009/2205(INI) Role of women in an ageing society
2010/01/07
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Asks the Member States to conduct fully fledged campaigns to raise awareness of the fundamental role that older people play in society and the need to enable older women to play an active role, inter alia by promoting small trades and crafts;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to promote forms of mutual assistance that bridge the gap between young and older people, harnessing the enthusiasm of the former and the experience of the latter;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises that public and private services shall be easily accessible for older people and that the structure of public and private services shall support the
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Points out that the quality of care shall be ensured in order to improve the quality of old age and also in order to avoid the physical, psychological and economic abuse that elderly often suffer from;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Member States to offer incentives for the provision of training in psychological and physical assistance for older people and of appropriate facilities to accommodate them;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission to seek to ensure that Community funding is earmarked for projects involving, among others, socially disadvantaged single and older women;
source: PE-445.637
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| 1 |
2010/0065(COD) Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims (repeal. Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA)
2010/07/29
LIBE, FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 a (new) (11a) All the measures taken to protect victims of trafficking by one Member State shall, through the European Protection Order, apply across the whole of the European Union as well.
source: PE-445.701
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| 8 |
2010/0101(COD) EIB loans: EU guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the EU (repeal. Decision No 633/2009/EC)
2010/10/29
BUDG
8 amendments...
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Moreover, EIB financing operations should contribute to the general principles guiding the EU's external action, as referred to in Article 21 of the Treaty on the European Union, of promoting and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to the implementation of international environmental agreements to which the EU is a party. In relation to developing countries9 in particular, EIB financing operations should foster: sustainable economic, social and environmental development of these countries, particularly in the most disadvantaged amongst them; their smooth and gradual integration into the world economy; the campaign against poverty; as well as compliance with objectives approved by the EU in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 25 (25) The Co
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The Council, the Commission and the EIB, based on the experience accumulated, shall establish an appropriate platform to maximise the effectiveness of EU financing, in support of EU development and cooperation objectives in the countries eligible for EIB financing.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 a (new) Article 10a The EIB, in its financing operations, shall ensure that its policies towards weakly regulated or uncooperative jurisdictions, including tax havens, contribute to the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 b (new) Article 10b The Commission and the EIB shall provide recommendations, by mid-2012, to the European Parliament and the Council on the way forward for the EU development financing architecture. For this purpose a working party shall be created including representatives of the Commission, EIB, European Parliament and Member States and shall consult other European financial institutions, the private sector, NGOs and experts from developing countries.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision Annex I – point D – paragraph 1 Within the
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision Annex II – point B – point 2 – paragraph 1 Eastern Europe: Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus (*);
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision Annex II – point C – point 2 – paragraph 1 Asia (excluding Central Asia): Afghanistan (*), Bangladesh, Bhutan (*), Brunei, Cambodia (*), China (including Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions), India, Indonesia, Iraq (*), South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (*), Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen.
source: PE-452.617
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2010/0802(COD) European Protection Order. Initiative Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Finland and Sweden
2010/07/19
LIBE, FEMM, LIBE, FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 143 #
Draft directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall, on adoption of this Directive, inform the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission which judicial authority or authorities are competent under its national law to issue a European protection order and to recognise such an order, in accordance with this Directive
Amendment 174 #
Draft directive Article 7 – paragraph 2 2. If the competent authority of either the executing State or the issuing State or States is not known to the competent authority of the other State, the latter authority shall make all the relevant enquiries
Amendment 187 #
Draft directive Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The competent authority of the executing State shall inform immediately the person causing danger, the competent authority of the issuing State and the protected person about the measures adopted in accordance with this
source: PE-445.751
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| 3 |
2010/2002(BUD) 2011 budget: draft mandate for the draft budget conciliation procedure before the first reading
2010/12/05
BUDG
3 amendments...
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Notes, for the first time, the inclusion of payment appropriations for the European Globalisation Fund, and considers this as an important element in the overall reflexion on the management and visibility of this fund; reiterates its demand not to finance EGF applications exclusively through transfers from ESF lines and calls on the Commission to identify and use without further delay different budget lines for this purpose. Underlines, according to the Commission's Evaluation Report on the IIA, the necessity to shorten and simplify the procedure for the mobilization of the fund;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Takes note, in this respect, of the Commission's communication on an Action Plan to implement the Stockholm Programme, and welcomes, in the field of immigration and support for the integration of immigrants, the proposed increase in CA for the External Borders Fund (254 million, +22 %) and the European Return Fund (114 million, + 29 %); this requires the Commission to reinforce all programmes aimed at dealing with migration issues in the countries of origin;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 a new 50a. Stresses the need to increase the Community budget for funding measures designed to address migration phenomena, with a view to improving the management of legal migration, slowing down illegal migration and optimising the impact of migration on development;
source: PE-441.198
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| 7 |
2010/2004(BUD) 2011 budget, section III, Commission: guidelines
2010/02/26
BUDG
7 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses that youth is tremendously important both now and for the future of the EU, and that it should be given particular attention in the course of defining our mid-and long-term priorities; points out that youth, in all its related aspects, represents a key resource
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses that youth polic
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11a new 11a. Believes that instruments promoting the study of languages and intercultural dialogue must be introduced and form the centrepiece of public sector youth measures; these could generate an increase in awareness of European issues among the public, aimed at the acquisition of an increasingly rooted European identity;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that mobility, as a freedom enshrined in the treaties and an essential condition for the functioning of a genuine internal market within the EU, must be regarded as
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Is of the opinion that support for entrepreneurship and SMEs is a cornerstone of EU policy on youth
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a new 32a. Emphasises that the continuing process of ageing in agriculture dictates that efforts be made towards generational turnover, with a view to keeping agriculture competitive and able to meet the new environmental challenges post-Copenhagen;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a new 35a. Believes it essential, as part of furthering an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, to strengthen the policy on immigration and support for the integration of immigrants. To that end, considers that action to harmonise the immigration policies of individual Member States must be viewed as a political priority for EU action, with a view to firmly balancing security demands and the defence of fundamental human rights;
source: PE-439.297
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| 7 |
2010/2041(INI) Social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups
2010/05/14
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes the importance of role models in integration and supports the exchange of good practice; urges the Commission and the Member States to propose measures to promote the
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on Member States to respect the fundamental rights of all women, including ethnic minority and immigrant women, whether or not their status is regular, and in particular access to health care, justice, legal aid
source: PE-441.285
2010/07/15
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that advertising
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the existence of certain advertisements which promote either various types of violence or stereotypes of individuals, men and women, a
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes and deplores the fact that advertising and marketing
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen training and education activities as a way to overcome stereotypes, combat discrimination and promote gender equality
source: PE-445.763
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| 5 |
2010/2054(INI) Role of women in agriculture and rural areas
2010/11/17
AGRI
5 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that efforts are needed to create living conditions in rural areas which correspond to those in urban areas while reflecting the realities of the countryside, in order to offer women the prospect of staying and
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to refrain from further reducing the impact of agricultural expenditure on the total budget in the negotiations on the next financial perspective;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls, in this regard, for further efforts to be undertaken to equip all rural areas with the most up-to-date IT infrastructure (e.g. broadband) and appropriate training;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls for women’s entrepreneurial spirit to be encouraged, also for the purpose of buying land, for support to be given to networks of female entrepreneurs, and also for provision to be made in the financial sector for affording rural businesswomen, including individually self-employed or part-time self-employed women with low earnings, access to investment – thus empowering them more effectively in the marketplace and enabling them to develop businesses from which they can make a stable living;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Points out that the percentage of foreign female labour in farming is rising, in parallel with the number of mixed families, and that it is therefore necessary to guarantee rights and training, and accordingly, access to services, to foreign women too;
source: PE-452.683
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| 19 |
2010/2072(INI) Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
2010/06/25
BUDG
19 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital 1 A. whereas, with a view to countering the adverse impact of globalisation on workers affected by collective redundancies and to showing its solidarity towards such workers, as well as helping them to find work again, the European Union set up a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (hereinafter 'EGF') to provide financial support for personalised programmes to re- integrate redundant workers into the labour market; whereas the EGF has a maximum annual amount of EUR 500 million, drawn either from any margin existing under the global expenditure ceiling of the previous year or from cancelled commitment appropriations for the two previous years, excluding those relating to heading 1b of the financial framework,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in response to the increase in unemployment resulting from the economic and financial crisis and to the lessons learned from the experience gained in 2007 and 2008, the European Union amended the rules governing the use of the EGF in June 2009; whereas that amendment con
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas an analysis of the funds mobilised under the EGF between 2007 and the end of the first half of 2009 highlights
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the raising of the co-financing rate from 50% to 65% during the 2009 revision would appear to be one of the factors behind the increase in the number of applications
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas it should be possible for Member States to play a greater role in identifying final beneficiaries' status, according to national labour law and practice, in line with the subsidiarity principle,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the limited use made of the EGF
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas, according to the Commission's interim report on the functioning of the IAA
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the 27 decisions taken between 2007 and April 2010 were all favourable and the amounts authorised were the same as those proposed by the Commission,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that the EGF's added value as an EU social policy instrument lies in the fact that it provides specific and targeted financial support for personalised programmes for the reskilling and re- integration into employment of workers affected by collective redundancies in sectors or regions undergoing severe economic and social disruption; stresses that EGF was established as a flexible, one-off support instrument that was meant to respond more quickly and effectively to extraordinary and urgent circumstances when mass-redundancies occur in a Member State;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Takes the view that the
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Takes the view that the time required to mobilise the EGF could be halved and that, to this end, applications for mobilisation of the EGF should be drawn up by Member States as soon as a collective redundancy has been announced, and not after it has taken place, so as to reduce the 10-week period Member States have in which to forward their applications once the intervention criteria have been fulfilled; considers that Member States should forward their applications in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages, so that the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications may do so without delay
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Requests that the Commission indicate clearly the financing from other community sources (e.g. from the ERDF or the ESF) in the same geographical area where EGF assistance is also provided, in order to ensure more transparency on the complementarity between the different funds;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Undertakes, for its part, to simplify its decision-making process by stipulating that
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Notes the inclusion, for the first time, in the Commission's Draft Budget 2011 of payment appropriations for the EGF and considers this an important element in the overall reflection on the management and visibility of this fund; considers, however, that these payment appropriations might not be sufficient to cover the amounts necessary for EGF applications in 2011; reiterates, therefore, its demand not to finance EGF applications exclusively through transfers from ESF lines and calls on the Commission to identify and use without further delay different budget lines for this purpose;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Takes the view that, over and above these improvements to the procedure, the period of validity of the derogation inserted in 2009 with a view to assisting workers who lose their jobs as a result of the economic and financial crisis should be extended until the end of the current multiannual financial framework and that the co-financing rate should
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses that
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Considers that, despite a recent increase in the applications for EGF assistance, the EGF remains largely unknown in many Member States; urges the Commission, therefore, to launch an information campaign and promote success stories and best practices from the operation of EGF assistance on the ground; believes that further action needs to be taken to increase the visibility of the EGF across the Union;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to improve its reporting on the use of the EGF by substantially fleshing out its annual reports and regularly forwarding to Parliament information on Member States' implementation of financial contributions;
source: PE-443.137
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2010/2089(INI) Reducing health inequalities in the EU
2010/11/11
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the EU and the Member States to adopt strategies tailored to specific aspects of women's daily lives in order to reduce economic and social inequalities, offering a wider range of high-quality and accessible services and thereby also helping to reduce health inequalities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU and the Member States to introduce more targeted health campaigns to encourage and improve access, without age limits, to the early detection of diseases specifically affecting women, such as breast, cervical and ovarian cancer;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to implement social policies aimed at ensuring access to guaranteed minimum healthcare services for all, irrespective of gender or ethnic origin;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that access to healthcare should be open
source: PE-452.646
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2010/2112(INI) Recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security
2010/09/11
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) has a major role to play in the assessment and notification of all risks associated with the food chain as part of a set of measures designed to protect the health and wellbeing of the public; hopes that all Member States will set up corresponding national bodies to collaborate with the European Food Safety Authority;
source: PE-452.663
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2010/2115(INI) Women and business leadership
2011/03/28
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the initiatives of Member States such as France, Spain
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c a (new) ca. introducing special tax policies to assist those companies which adopt the innovative measures needed to reconcile working and family life,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Invites the Commission to draw up a road map setting specific, measurable, appropriate and realistic targets, even if gradual, with a timetable, for the achievement of balanced representation by 2020 at the latest;
source: PE-460.987
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2010/2138(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2010
2010/12/17
FEMM
10 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas women are at a disadvantage on the labour market on account of being more likely to be employed on part-time or involuntary short-term contracts or at lower rates of pay than men; whereas this dis
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that the emergence of new sectors with a strong potential for job creation, such as ecology, the environment or new technologies, needs to be taken into consideration when employment policies are being formulated; stresses in this connection that women have an important role to play in these sectors; calls on the Member States to encourage girls
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that eliminating the pay gap is a priority, and therefore
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new) Calls on the Member States to apply the principle of gender equality to national pension systems as concerns both age and pay;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that education plays a key role in inculcating in children the notion of gender equality as early as possible; calls on the Member States to establish education programmes, but also information and awareness-raising programmes on the values of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, particularly Article 23 thereof, for pupils throughout their school career;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses the need for young people to be free to make their own career choices; points out, therefore, that teachers should not automatically guide pupils towards specific sectors for purposes of conforming to sexist stereotypes and that the full range of job opportunities should be highlighted;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Points out that only 3% of major companies are chaired by a woman; calls on the Member States to take effective measures to ensure greater representation for women in major listed companies and on the management boards of companies in general, especially those with public participation;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Member States to provide better training for staff in the health sector, social services, the police and judiciary and to set up structures capable of dealing with all forms of violence against women, including rare forms of serious physical and psychological violence such as acid attacks;
source: PE-454.717
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2010/2162(INI) Face of female poverty in the European Union
2010/12/16
FEMM
9 amendments...
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) (6a) Calls on the Member States to ensure that gender policies and Community principles are applied at all levels, locally and nationally;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) (9a) Calls on the Member States to set up counselling centres to identify and combat the exploitation of women workers, which is one of the main causes of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to consider granting individualised rights in pensions and social security schemes as a tool to combat the risk of poverty, whilst respecting the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Emphasises the importance of the structural funds, in particular the European Social Fund, as a key tool for assisting Member States to combat poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Member States for more co-funded actions to give greater support to services such as care facilities for children and for elderly and dependent persons; calls on the Member States to ensure that the resources allocated are used fairly and properly;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) (19a) Urges the Member States to ensure that all individuals, especially the young and the elderly, have access to basic care;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) (20a) Urges the Member States to ensure that elderly women with diseases typical of their age have access to preventive and diagnostic medicine, as a tool for combating social exclusion and poverty;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) (21a) Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to medical care for immigrant women for diseases resulting from different eating habits and ritual practices. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, accordingly, to frame health policies with a view to combating and preventing practices that are hazardous to women's health and are also a cause of social exclusion and poverty;
source: PE-454.545
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2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
2011/03/30
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) B. whereas the Europe 2020 strategy should help Europe recover from the crisis and come out stronger, through job creation and smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; whereas this strategy is based on five headline targets on promoting employment, improving the conditions for innovation, research and development, meeting climate change and energy objectives, improving education levels and promoting social inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty and gender inequalities,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 (new) 1. The challenge of demography Insists that the Union must tackle its demographic challenge; notes that the combination of a smaller working population and a higher share of retired people will place additional strains on its welfare systems and its economic competitiveness, raising increasingly significant problems in relation to gender poverty, given the high number of elderly women and current welfare disparities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 (new) 8. Calls for SMEs and entrepreneurs, with particular focus on women entrepreneurs, who are statistically less risk-averse but are strongly discriminated against with regard to access to financing, to be placed at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy; demands, accordingly, enhanced support in the next MFF for all programmes and instruments aimed at fostering SMEs, in particular the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP); stresses, further, the need for greater accessibility to financing instruments, without any distinction of gender, and adaptation of those instruments to the needs of SMEs, inter alia through the extension and expansion of the CIP’s guarantee instruments and the Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) under the Research Framework Programme;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 (new) 13. Calls for SMEs and entrepreneurs, with particular focus on women entrepreneurs, who are statistically less risk-averse but are strongly discriminated against with regard to access to financing, to be placed at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy; demands, accordingly, enhanced support in the next MFF for all programmes and instruments aimed at fostering SMEs, in particular the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP); stresses, further, the need for greater accessibility to financing instruments, without any distinction of gender, and adaptation of those instruments to the needs of SMEs, inter alia through the extension and expansion of the CIP’s guarantee instruments and the Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) under the Research Framework Programme;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 (new) 15. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union’s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation, thereby enabling rural areas to recover and develop;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 (new) 16. Encourages intergenerational and intercultural exchanges by strengthening European and national policies and, accordingly, by financing current programmes; regards differences as an opportunity for growth and for the development of the various parts of the EU and their respective levels of competitiveness;
source: PE-462.597
2011/04/13
SURE
2 amendments...
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Calls on the EIB, in reference to its financing, which includes the European budget funds, to assure full and transparent reporting to the European Parliament on the management of funds, fees applied and results obtained. The reporting could be part of a more structured cooperation and communication between the EIB and the European Parliament.
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Requests that, in the implementation framework of the EU budget to achieve the adequate financing for Europe2020 targets via the EIB and other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions , the same rules and compliance with the EU policies and standards must be applied.
source: PE-462.729
2011/04/27
SURE
4 amendments...
Amendment 985 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 105 105. Considers it crucial to maintain and enhance the current system of flexibility mechanisms (Flexibility Instrument,
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 105 d (new) 105d. Considers that the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF) has been successful in providing EU solidarity and support to workers made redundant because of the adverse effects of globalisation and the global financial and economic crisis; stresses that such support should be maintained and improved under the new MFF;
Amendment 991 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 105 e (new) 105e. Acknowledges, however, that the procedures for implementing the support from the EGF are too time-consuming and cumbersome, so that EU aid often reaches the affected workers a year or more after they are made redundant; believes that a significant improvement to this situation can only occur if the EGF is integrated in the EU budget, thereby avoiding the current need for an ad hoc mobilisation of the Fund for each application;
Amendment 992 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 105 f (new) 105f. Proposes, therefore, an integration of the EGF into the European Social Fund (ESF) in the form of a community reserve, which should be managed by the Commission to substantially decrease the time spent before disbursement of the funds in support of the workers; underlines, however, the importance for the European Parliament to be kept adequately informed on the granting of this assistance in a timely and consistent manner and before decisions in approving applications to the Fund are taken;
source: PE-462.732
2011/05/04
SURE
1 amendments...
Amendment 829 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 a (new) 81a. Recalls that, in the framework of increasing the coherence of EU external actions, the cooperation on policy and strategy should be further strengthened between the Commission, the EEAS and the EIB.
source: PE-462.731
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2010/2234(INI) European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy
2011/01/18
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to develop incentives for employers to facilitate the provision of cost-effective and flexible training in micro and small enterprises, adapted to the needs of women, specially mothers or those who assist ill and elderly people and including home-based workers.
source: PE-456.775
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2010/2272(INI) Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
2011/05/05
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes the advances made through the work of parents’ or disabled people’s associations, which are often led by women; calls for their commitment to such organisations to be taken into account in an accreditation of their professional experience, and calls on Member States to exchange best practice;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that public service recruitment competitions reserve a minimum percentage of posts for differently-abled applicants;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Points out that disabled women are often victims of violence; calls for Member States to introduce support mechanisms and more severe penalties for the culprits;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to promote campaigns to raise awareness of the situation of the differently-abled, and of differently-abled women in particular;
source: PE-464.810
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2010/2273(INI) Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union
2011/05/05
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Urges Member States, in those instances where workers move with a spouse or partner and children, to provide adequate services for the family unit, for example, childcare facilities, pre- schools, schools and medical services, as well as free access to public employment services to help spouses or partners moving to another Member State to find a job;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges Member States to provide comprehensive information and the possibility to participate in social networks for workers and their families so that they can be informed of their rights and potential benefits available to them in the host Member State, such as access to public employment services, in particular about rights and benefits linked to social security, childcare, healthcare, training opportunities, such as language courses, and local community activities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Member States to remove obstacles to workers’ mobility by offering women who follow their husbands or partners to another Member State appropriate services such as courses to facilitate their integration into their new social and cultural environment, for example language courses and vocational courses;
source: PE-464.769
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2010/2275(INI) Women entrepreneurship in small and medium sized enterprises
2011/03/30
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas many businesses, predominantly those run by women, have sprung up within ‘Objective 1’ regions which will soon be displaced from their status as disadvantaged regions by the accession of new countries,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas many of the regions which will cease to receive support include rural areas which are not yet adequately developed, while regions in recent accession countries often do not possess the cultural, social and organisational resources to make the best use of European funding;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the exchange of best practice between regions ceasing to qualify for Objective 1 status and regions in countries which have just acceded so as to ensure the involvement of female entrepreneurs, particularly in the small-scale agriculture sector, both to enable them to pass on the experience they have gained, and thereby avoid the abrupt withdrawal of financial support, and with a view to training and creating a new class of women in management positions in the most recent accession countries;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks Member States to take account of, and publicise, the European entrepreneur exchange programme ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’, the specific objective of which is to contribute to enhancing entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-up entrepreneurs in the EU and newly established micro and small enterprises, and which offers new entrepreneurs the possibility to work for up to 6 months with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her SME in another EU country; recommends specific scholarships to be provided for female students with outstanding potential, culminating in ‘best practice’ award ceremonies for successful graduates;
source: PE-462.558
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2010/2309(INI) Organised crime in the European Union
2011/04/05
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Member States to
source: PE-464.799
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2011/0000(INI)
2011/09/20
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Asks that the issue of impunity be a principal factor in peace negotiations, as there should be no peace without justice, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice and face the penal consequences of their actions; emphasises that impunity must not be negotiable; deplores the fact that judicial proceedings against the perpetrators of violence against women in war are often too slow, creating further distress for the victims, and hence calls for reliable and equitable justice to be delivered within reasonable time limits and with respect for the dignity of women who are victims of war;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for an analysis of the possibility of adequate compensation for the victims, bearing in mind also the psychological repercussions on families and victims' children, in accordance with the applicable international and national law;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote training courses in the Member States and third countries aimed at involving women more closely in peace processes; women are more in tune with the needs of society, and their sensitivity can help in peace-building projects and, in particular, in meeting the needs of children and educational and health establishments;
source: PE-472.060
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2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
2012/07/09
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph (v) (v) Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure continued earmarked funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality, without any decrease, in order to allow the Institute to become fully operational and provide statistics and researches on gender policy in the EU to Member States and the rotating Presidencies of the Council of the European Union;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph (vi) (vi) Stresses that the Commission’s strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015 and the strategy for the following five years after 2015, as well as the annual reports on gender equality, should serve as a fundamental indication as regards in what areas and how the spending should be targeted taking into account in particular the high risk of poverty and social exclusion of the most vulnerable categories such as elderly women and single mothers;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph (vii) a (new) (vii a) Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that all budget allocated under the MFF 2014-2020 will respect the principle of gender equality and promote gender mainstreaming in all European Union policies;
source: PE-494.838
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2011/0269(COD) European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) 2014-2020
2012/04/16
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 a (new) (7a) In order to protect the gender dimension of the EGF, special attention should be paid to women who are forced to accept casual, part-time and temporary jobs due to the numerous breaks they have to take for maternity reasons and to look after children and elderly members of the family.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c (c) measures to stimulate in particular disadvantaged workers and those who are at higher risk of poverty, such as women – especially single mothers – or older workers to remain in or return to the labour market.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) financial measures, for instance instruments such as micro-credit, to support workers who are in a particularly vulnerable condition, such as people with disabilities, single mothers and the elderly.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 No later than 15 months after the date of the application pursuant to Article 8(1) or by the date laid down in the delegated act taken in accordance with Article 4(3) the Member State shall present an interim report to the Commission on the implementation of the financial contribution, including on the funding, timing and type of actions already carried out and on the rate of reintegration into employment, with particular reference to the gender dimension, or new activities achieved 12 months after the date of the application.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. By 1 August of every second year, and for the first time in 2015, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council a quantitative and qualitative report on the activities under this Regulation and Regulation 1927/2006 in the previous two years. The report shall focus mainly on the results achieved by the EGF and shall in particular contain information relating to applications submitted, decisions adopted, actions funded, including their complementarity with actions funded by other Union Funds, notably the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), information and statistics on the reintegration rate for workers with particular reference to the more vulnerable categories such as women and the elderly, and the winding-up of financial contributions made. It should also document those applications that have been rejected or reduced owing to a lack of sufficient appropriations or to non- eligibility.
source: PE-487.736
2012/07/20
BUDG
10 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) In order to reduce the time required to assess the applications by the Commission, the Member States should submit the applications in their own language and one of the European institutions' working language.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 a (new) (11a) The EGF financial support should be provided as swiftly and effectively as possible through the necessary procedural and budgetary arrangements. The Commission should complete its assessment of each EGF application within twelve weeks of the date of receipt of a complete application or - in case of an incomplete application - six moths after the date of the initial application. The Budgetary Authority should decide on the mobilisation of EGF assistance as soon as possible upon receipt of the relevant Commission proposal and in full accordance to the timetable set out for the transfers related to the EGF in Article 24 of the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) In order to ensure that the Union's expression of solidarity with workers is not hampered by a lack of Member State co- funding resources, the co-funding rate should be
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 a (new) (16a) In order to cover the needs arising especially during the first months of each year, where the possibilities for transfers from other budget lines are particularly difficult, an adequate amount of payment appropriations should be made available on the EGF budget line in the annual budgetary procedure.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d (new) (d) Time limited allowances to stimulate in particular young workers to obtain higher education.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Member State shall submit a complete application in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages to the Commission within a period of 12 weeks from the date on which the criteria set in Article 4(1) or (2) are met or, where applicable, before the deadline set by the Commission in accordance with Article 4(3). In exceptional and duly justified circumstances the application may be supplemented with additional information by the applicant Member State within six months from the date of application, following which the Commission shall assess the application on the basis of the available information. The Commission shall complete its assessment of the application within twelve weeks of the date of receipt of a complete application or (in the case of an incomplete application) six months after the date of the initial application, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 1. At the initiative of the Commission, subject to a ceiling of 0,
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall, on the basis of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8(3), particularly taking into account the number of targeted workers, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, evaluate and propose as quickly as possible the amount of a financial contribution, if any, that may be made within the limits of the resources available. The amount may not exceed 65
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. Following the entry into force of a Decision on a financial contribution in accordance with Article 15(4) the Commission shall pay the financial contribution to the Member State in form of a pre-financing of at least
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 2. No later than
source: PE-492.901
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2011/0344(COD) Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020
2012/07/18
FEMM
12 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) The European Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, respect for women’s rights, equality between men and women and non-discrimination, principles which are common to the Member States. Every citizen of the Union has the rights provided for in the Treaty. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty became legally binding across the Union, reflects the fundamental rights and freedoms to which persons are entitled in the Union. Those rights should be promoted and respected if they are to become a reality. The full enjoyment of those rights should be guaranteed and any obstacles should be dismantled.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) The Treaty requires the Union to promote the protection of the rights of the child pursuant to Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, while combating discrimination. Children are vulnerable, in particular in a situation of poverty, social exclusion, disability or specific situations putting them at risk. Action should be taken to promote the rights of the child and contribute to the protection of children from harm and violence, which pose a danger to their physical or mental health. Special attention should be paid to the situation of young girls and their living conditions as they are particularly vulnerable.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The Communication from the Commission on Europe 2020 sets out a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Supporting and promoting the rights of persons within the Union, promoting equality between men and women and the empowerment of women, tackling discrimination and inequalities and promoting citizenship contribute to the promotion of the specific objectives and flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) to promote equality between men and women and the empowerment of women;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) to en
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The indicators and quantitative data used to assess achievement of the objectives of this Regulation shall be broken down by gender.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) enhancing public awareness and knowledge of Union law and policies, with a view in particular to strengthening citizens’ knowledge of their rights and empowering them to act thereupon, notably as regards equality between men and women and non-discrimination;
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a (a)
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) Training activities, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the- trainers events, development of online/other training modules, taking care to ensure that these include a global, cross-cutting gender dimension providing training in equality between men and women and in non-discrimination; care shall also be taken to ensure that the training and skills-building activities help empower women through training courses, workshops, seminars, information sessions, training modules and other specific informative methods all aimed at women;
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) Mutual learning, cooperation, awareness raising and dissemination activities, such as identification of, and exchanges on, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences, organisation of peer review and mutual learning; organisation of conferences and seminars; organisation of awareness-raising and information campaigns, media campaigns and events, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union; compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information as well as results of the Programme; development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies. Care should be taken to ensure that these activities include a global, cross-cutting gender approach which focuses on promoting equality between men and women, non- discrimination and the empowerment of women;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Care shall be taken to include a global, cross-cutting gender approach in the interim evaluation report and the ex- post evaluation report and to base the evaluation’s conclusions on indicators and data that are broken down by gender and gender specific.
source: PE-494.499
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/06/27
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The Union is committed to achieving the Europe 2020 strategy, which has set the objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, highlighting the role of research and innovation as key drivers of social and economic prosperity and of environmental sustainability and setting itself the goal to increase spending on Research and Development to reach 3 % of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020 while developing an innovation intensity indicator. In this context, the Innovation Union flagship initiative sets out a strategic and integrated approach to research and innovation, setting the framework and objectives to which future Union research and innovation funding should contribute. Research and innovation are also key factors for other Europe 2020 flagship initiatives, notably on resource efficient Europe, an industrial policy for the globalisation era, and a digital agenda for Europe. Moreover, for achieving the Europe 2020 objectives relating to research and innovation, Cohesion policy has a key role to play through building capacity and providing a stairway to excellence, so that Horizon 2020 should promote regional training courses to facilitate women's access to highly specialised posts in the research and innovation sector.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Simplification is a central aim of Horizon 2020 which should be fully reflected in its design, rules, financial management and implementation. Horizon 2020 should aim to attract the strong participation of universities, research centres, industry and specifically SMEs and be open to new participants, with a view to increasing the proportion of women taking part in EU-funded research and innovation programmes, as it brings together the full range of research and innovation support in one common strategic framework, including a streamlined set of forms of support and uses rules for participation with principles applicable to all actions under the programme. Simpler funding rules should reduce the administrative costs for participation and will contribute to a reduction of financial errors.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) The activities developed under Horizon 2020 should aim at promoting equality between men and women in research and innovation, by addressing in particular the underlying causes of gender imbalance, by exploiting the full potential of both female and male researchers, and by integrating the gender dimension into the content of projects in order to improve the quality of research and stimulate innovation and thereby help to make European economies more competitive and dynamic. Activities should also aim at the implementation of the principles relating to the equality between women and men as laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 8 TFEU.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) Horizon 2020 shall have as one of its priority objectives increasing the proportion of women involved in the research and innovation sector through the implementation of information campaigns designed to encourage women to train as scientists and to illustrate the career opportunities available in the R&D sector.
source: PE-487.946
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2011/0405(COD) European Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-2020
2012/08/05
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Gender equality and anti- discrimination should be a cross-cutting objective in all actions undertaken under this Regulation, with reference to the democratic transition processes in the partner countries and with the aim in particular of increasing the involvement of women in political processes at national, regional and local level, in order to enhance the role of women in the political process in the neighbourhood policy countries to be enhanced and to adopt thereby measures to erase the inequalities women suffer.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 a (new) (21a) Training courses should be promoted in European neighbourhood policy partner countries, targeting in particular those classes of people who are most vulnerable and at higher risk of poverty, such as elderly women and single mothers, in order to increase their involvement in all activities of society and thereby strengthen the role of women in political and economic decision-making processes, in education and the labour market thereby contributing towards their genuine emancipation for the benefit of society as a whole, and in relations with major partner countries.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, principles of equality, establishing deep and sustainable democracy, promoting good governance and developing a thriving civil society including
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 5 5. Financial allocations for country and multi-country programmes shall be determined using transparent and objective criteria reflecting the differentiation principle referred to in Article 4(1) and taking due account of progress made on equality between men and women.
source: PE-489.392
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2011/0406(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020
2012/06/26
FEMM
24 amendments...
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The fight against poverty, extreme poverty and social exclusion, while recognising that women, children and older people are particularly vulnerable, remains the primary objective of the development policy of the European Union, as laid down in Title V, Chapter 1 of the Treaty on European Union and Title III, Chapter 1 of Part Five of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), or other objectives accepted by the Union and its Member States.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The Union is founded on the values and principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity,
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) The Union
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) The Union should promote a comprehensive approach in response to crisis and disaster and to conflict-affected and fragile situations, including those of transition. This should include, whenever necessary, a cross-cutting gender dimension that not only addresses the particular vulnerability of women and girls but also promotes the image of women as agents of social change who possess valuable resources and capacities that are able to influence and steer the process of pacification, stabilisation, reconstruction and development. This should also in particular build on the conclusions on Security and Development on an EU response to situations of fragility on conflict prevention as well as any relevant subsequent conclusions. This should provide the necessary mix of approaches, responses and instruments in particular by ensuring an appropriate balance between the security-oriented, development and humanitarian approaches, and by linking short-term reaction with the long term support.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Union assistance should focus where it has more impact, having regard to its capacity to act on a global scale and respond to global challenges such as poverty eradication, sustainable and inclusive development and worldwide promotion of democracy, good governance,
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) thematic programmes to address global public goods and challenges and support
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the primary objective of cooperation under this Regulation shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, extreme poverty and social exclusion, while recognising that women, children and older people are particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new) (bb) while promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment through the promotion of women’s rights and the principle of non-discrimination;
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. The Union seeks to promote, develop and consolidate the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, women’s rights and the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination on which it is founded, through dialogue and cooperation with partner countries and regions.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 3. The following cross-cutting issues shall be mainstreamed in all programmes: the promotion of human rights, gender equality, women empowerment, non- discrimination, democracy, good governance, the rights of the child and indigenous peoples
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 3. The following cross-cutting issues shall be mainstreamed in all programmes: the promotion of human rights, gender equality, women empowerment, improvement of working conditions, promotion of a better work-life balance, access to highly qualified positions via equal access training courses and equal pay at work, non-
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 4 4. Particular attention shall be given to strengthening the rule of law, improving access to justice and supporting civil society, trade and sustainable development, access to ICTs, health and food security, as well as promoting dialogue, participation and reconciliation, and institution-building, while recognising the added value of adopting the gender perspective and promoting the role of women as equal agents of social change.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 10 10. The Commission shall seek regular exchanges of information with civil society, especially local groups, women’s organisations and organisations dealing with matters concerning women’s empowerment, gender equality and non- discrimination.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. The objective of Union assistance under the programme ‘Global public goods and challenges’ shall be to support actions in areas such as the environment and climate change, sustainable energy, human development, food security, and migration and asylum. Any future actions that are taken within this framework shall adopt the gender perspective and promote non- discrimination.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The objective of the programme on civil society organisations and local authorities in development shall be to finance initiatives in the area of development by or for civil society organisations, especially local groups and women’s organisations and organisations dealing with gender equality, women’s empowerment and non- discrimination, and local authorities originating from partner countries, the Union, candidate countries and potential candidates.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 2. The Union and its Member States shall consult each other, and other donors and development actors including representatives of civil society, including local groups and women’s organisations, and organisations dealing with matters of gender equality, women’s empowerment and non-discrimination, and regional and local authorities, at an early stage of the programming process in order to promote complementarity and consistency among their cooperation activities. This consultation may lead to joint programming between the Union and its Member States.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The European Commission should adopt rigid compliance criteria linked to the respecting of fundamental rights and in particular the rights of women when assessing and allocating funds for cooperation and development.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new) Strategy papers should include, whenever necessary, a cross-cutting approach on gender and non-discrimination during the stages of development, implementation and evaluation.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. Strategy papers may be reviewed at their mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary, in accordance, as appropriate, with the principles and procedures laid down in the partnership and cooperation agreements concluded with the partner countries and regions. These reviews should include a gender dimension for the purposes of non-discrimination and respect the breakdown by gender of information and data.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 Multiannual indicative programmes shall set out the priority areas selected for Union financing, the specific objectives, the expected results, the performance indicators, while respecting the breakdown by gender of data and information, and the indicative financial allocation, both overall and per priority area. Where appropriate, this allocation may be given in the form of a range and/or some funds may be left unallocated.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5 Pursuant to the principle of mutual accountability in the pursuit and fulfilment of agreed objectives, including those referring to good governance, democracy
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) When drawing up the programming documents for countries in crisis, post- crisis or fragile situations, it is vital to take into account the implications for the situation of women and girls because they are the main victims of atrocities and crimes such as violence and sexual abuse.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Proper attention should be given to conflict prevention, state and peace building, post- conflict reconciliation and reconstruction measures. It is therefore vital to include women so that they can benefit from equal participation in negotiations and initiatives aimed at the pacification, stabilisation and reconstruction of countries and institutions. It is therefore essential to complement the image of women as vulnerable victims with an image of women as a highly differentiated group of social actors who possess valuable resources and capacities, who have their own priorities, and who can influence and steer the process of conflict resolution. Moreover, it is important to stress that the understanding of the role of women in post-war societies and of their contributions to post-war reconstruction must entail a global approach to promoting the key role of education in the empowerment of women and girls, in order to combat stereotypes and to change mentalities.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 In cases of crises, post crisis and fragility situations or threats to democracy, the rule of law, human rights
source: PE-492.650
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2011/0455(COD) Staff Regulations of European Union officials: amendment of the Regulations
2012/03/04
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) Flexible working-time arrangements, such as flexi-time and telework, are an essential element of a modern and efficient public administration allowing for family- friendly working conditions, particularly in the case of single-parent familes, and enabling a suitable gender balance within the institutions. It is therefore necessary to introduce an explicit reference to these arrangements in the Staff Regulations.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 22 – point b a (new) Staff Regulations Article 55a – paragraph 2 (ba) to introduce forms of part-time work for single-parent families with dependent children in order better to combine work and family commitments;
source: PE-486.090
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2011/2009(INI) Role of property rights, property ownership and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development in developing countries
2011/06/23
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph B a (new) Ba. whereas more than 60 % of chronically hungry people are women and girls and, in the developing countries, 60- 80% of food is produced by women;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that the strengthening of policies to increase women’s access to property in developing countries needs to be accompanied by the requisite financial support mechanisms (such as savings, credit including grants, microcredits and insurance) and by the empowerment of women and NGOs, which includes improving women’s legal and financial literacy, increasing the dissemination and accessibility of information, and establishing supporting legal services;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls for the European Union’s Delegations in the developing countries to monitor women’s property rights to ensure they are not breached, thereby protecting women from the risk of falling into poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that 15 October is the International Day of Rural Women and calls on the European Union and the Member States to promote awareness- raising campaigns in the developing countries;
source: PE-467.232
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2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
2011/05/24
BUDG
6 amendments...
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Regrets, however, that most of the increases foreseen under this heading for 2012 do not go beyond the mere yearly breakdown of multiannual global amounts agreed to by both Parliament and Council when these programmes and actions were adopted; underlines therefore that the Commission does not generally propose to boost – beyond what was originally planned – the support for investments urgently needed to implement the seven flagship initiatives, and notes that it is regrettably inclined to postpone the necessary big leap in terms of common financial effort to the post-2013 MFF; is convinced that this attitude will seriously endanger the achievement of the headline goals by 2020; stresses the importance of keeping PROGRESS programme funding at the same level as in 2011 in order to be able to guarantee implementation of the gender budgeting strategy;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Regrets that with the limited increase foreseen for the PROGRESS programme in the DB 2012 as compared to Budget 2011, the Commission will not be able to reinstate the amount of EUR 20 million for the period 2011-2013 to which it had committed itself in 2010 in order to compensate partially for the redeployment of PROGRESS in favour of the Microfinance Facility; recalls that the PROGRESS programme is an essential pillar of the Europe 2020 strategy, owing in particular to its contribution to the two flagship initiatives ‘European Platform against Poverty’ and ‘Youth on the Move’; points out that Member States, local and regional authorities and national and regional bodies receive PROGRESS programme funding to implement gender budgeting measures; considers, accordingly, that budget appropriations should be specifically earmarked for gender policies in various areas;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to include in the DB for the second consecutive year payment appropriations (EUR 50 million) for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF); underlines the fact that this not only gives higher visibility to the fund but also avoids transfers from other budget lines pursuing different aims and covering different needs; eagerly awaits the presentation of the mid-term review of the EGF Regulation by the Commission as a means of identifying ways to speed up the procedure for mobilising the fund and of simplifying its management rules; maintains, nonetheless, that in view of the steady increase in the number of applications for support received from the Member States the only way of substantially reducing the time taken to release employment funding is to include the EFG in the EU budget;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Very much wonders, therefore, whether the DB presented by the Commission constitutes an appropriate and updated answer to the current challenges facing the EU, not least in the context of the ongoing events in the Southern Mediterranean; recalls its strong call for an appropriate and balanced answer to these challenges,
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 56. Is firmly convinced that a particular and concrete effort must be made to make optimal, coordinated use of all European instruments available (not only financial envelopes within the EU budget, but also instruments managed by the EIB, EBRD etc.) and Member State actions; emphasises that flexibility in the programming and implementation of the EU instruments must be further improved to allow an adequate and effective response to political and humanitarian crises in third countries without, however, jeopardising long-term political commitments and priorities; calls, to this end, for the Commission, the European External Action Service and the European Investment Bank to coordinate their efforts with a view to ensuring that the objectives of EU external action are as targeted and effective as possible;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 57 57. Believes it to be the EU's duty to respond adequately and comprehensively to recent political developments in Mediterranean neighbouring countries and to provide support and assistance to movements fighting for democratic values and the establishment of the rule of law, including by setting up the Euro- Mediterranean Bank and implementing financial instruments and facilities in cooperation with the European and international financial institutions operating in the area; reiterates that reinforcement of financial assistance to these countries must not be detrimental to priorities and instruments for the benefit of neighbouring Eastern European countries;
source: PE-465.029
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2011/2024(INI) Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
2011/09/22
IMCO
11 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the recognition process under the general system and the automatic system based on professional experience is overly cumbersome and time-consuming for both competent authorities and those who pursue certain profession
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on Member States, therefore, preferably to use modern communication technologies, including databases and online registration procedures, in order to ensure that the deadlines set under the general recognition system are met and that significant improvements are made in terms of access to information and transparency of decision-making for professionals;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for further clarification of the concept of temporary and occasional provision of services; argues that competent authorities face difficulties applying the regime and, therefore, calls on the Commission to evaluate the current provisions set out in Article 7 of the directive, specifically those concerning public health and safety, and to evaluate the option of supplementing the above- mentioned provisions of Article 7(1) with a requirement to supply all information on the service provision that is relevant and necessary in order to assess its temporary and occasional nature, providing evidence that the service provider has no criminal convictions, and to present its conclusions to Parliament
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission, moreover, to evaluate the option of supplementing the provisions laid down in the second paragraph of Article 5(2) of the directive with the establishment for all professions of a benchmark proportionate to the number of times a service is provided (or number of days’ work) by local professionals in the host state;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that compensation measures, which allow competent authorities to impose an aptitude test or an adaptation period of up to three years and play an invaluable role in ensuring consumer and patient safety, can be applied in a disproportionate manner; calls for enhanced transparency of
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that Member States should regulate professions in a more proportionate manner, with a view to reducing the total number of regulated professions in the EU, setting aside the healthcare sector and the tourism professions, owing to their specific, distinctive and atypical features;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 bis (new) 8a. Underlines, however, the importance of ensuring that the intellectual professions continue to be regulated, also in order to increase consumer protection;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Argues that the protection of consumer and patient safety is a vital objective in the context of the revision of the directive; draws attention to the special status of healthcare professionals and calls on the Commission to take into account also all other professions involving citizens and recipients of services;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Considers that the concept of a voluntary Professional Card, which must be linked to an electronic database such as the IMI, could be a useful tool to aid mobility for some professions, excluding those (professions) for which the application of compensatory measures is required; stresses that any card introduced must meet specific conditions and that the necessary safeguards must be established;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission, prior to the introduction of any card solely at the request of the representatives of the respective professions, to provide evidence, through a thorough impact assessment, of the possible added value for the recognition process, beyond that provided by an enhanced IMI, of a voluntary card for certain professionals and competent authorities; argues that the impact assessment must address the concerns raised in the consultation and by numerous other stakeholders, assess the merits of an ‘e-card’, provide a cost-benefit analysis, specify its potential features and explain exactly how data protection and consumer safety would be ensured;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission, prior to the introduction of any card, to provide evidence, through a thorough impact assessment, of the possible added value for the recognition process, beyond that provided by an enhanced IMI, of a voluntary card for certain professionals and competent authorities; argues that the impact assessment must address the concerns raised in the consultation and by numerous other stakeholders, assess the merits of an ‘e-card’, provide a cost-benefit analysis, specify its potential features and explain exactly how data protection and completeness and consumer safety would be ensured, without prejudice to respect for the country of establishment principle;
source: PE-472.324
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2011/2032(INI) EU external policies in favour of democratisation
2011/04/20
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the crucial role of the European Union in the realisation of equality between women and men in its Member States and in its relations with third countries, by mainstreaming and reinforcing gender equality issues in thematic priorities and through the use of participatory approaches in programme design and development, with an emphasis on combating gender stereotypes and all forms of discrimination and violence against women
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Promotes, for women, the role of ‘peace-maker’ to prevent and resolve conflicts, and seeks their active involvement for the benefit of society;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Supports regional programmes to protect the most vulnerable individuals, particularly for the benefit of children, women and older people;
source: PE-462.902
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2011/2036(INI) European Schools' system
2011/05/26
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that giving each of the European Schools a greater degree of budgetary autonomy may be an effective way of improving the management of the resources allocated to them; this must only be implemented following an assessment by the Commission to ensure that a greater degree of autonomy would benefit the schools.
source: PE-465.042
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2011/2042(BUD) 2012 budget: general guidelines for the preparation
2011/09/03
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that the impact of the EU Budget can be magnified the more it can be used to leverage both funding and financing to support strategic investments with the highest European added value. Financial instruments like the EU project bonds, developed by the EU Commission and the EIB, can represent a major contribution to the European response to the economic crisis giving sufficient confidence to allow major investment projects to attract the support they need;
source: PE-460.801
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2011/2049(INI) Situation of single mothers
2011/07/06
FEMM
17 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) – having regard to the Gender Equality Strategy 2010-2015,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to the Commission Report ‘Active Inclusion’ Recommendation 2008,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the predominant two-parent model is becoming less frequent, and single mothers are becoming increasingly significant as a group in all advanced and industrialised countries, whether as a result of divorce, separation or never having been married, and whereas there is therefore a need to respond to this new reality by adapting policies, whereas there are many different categories of single mothers, this report focuses exclusively on single mothers in vulnerable situations,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas attitudes to single mothers and the policies pursued in this area vary from one region to the next throughout Europe, creating a geographical imbalance whereby northern regions have stronger welfare systems, southern regions depend on the role of the extended family and eastern regions are marked by a mixture of the two,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, as a result of different legal statuses (divorced, separated, unmarried or widowed), single mothers experience different situations and benefit from different types of allocation, depending on the country in which they live,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the average salary gap between men and women in Europe is 18% and whereas this has more of an impact on single mothers with dependent children,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the factors which lead to health inequalities between and within the various Member States are: living conditions; health-related behaviour; education, occupation and income; healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion services; and public policies influencing the quantity, quality and distribution of these factors,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Encourages the work of all organisations and informal networks working for single mothers, especially in countries where there is little or no specific support for single-parents families; this support should not replace welfare state support in protecting single mothers in Member States. Taking into consideration geographic and cultural differences existing in the Member States regarding State support to single mothers no one model can fit all;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Encourages associations working in support of single mothers to provide training courses aimed at facilitating employment for single mothers and to help raise their self-esteem; in this connection, calls on the Member States to encourage the setting up of family centres providing temporary accommodation, where single mothers can obtain advice and education;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Member States to identify common policies based on exchange of best practice in Europe;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the need to facilitate access to training for single mothers, especially young mothers, who often stop their education when pregnant; this would enable them to obtain qualifications and maximise their chances of
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the importance of pursuing employment policies to encourage the recruitment of single mothers and prevent unjustified dismissals;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the Member States to take actions and measures designed to prevent single mothers from being at permanent risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new) Single mothers should benefit from housing support; priority should be given to single mothers concerning wait lists for renting houses;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to eliminate the health inequalities existing in the EU, as provided for in the health strategy 2008- 2013, in particular by recognising the priority need for the treatment and prevention of illnesses which frequently affect vulnerable categories such as women, children and the elderly;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that in order to facilitate work- life balance for single mothers, greater involvement of fathers is necessary; notes in this regard that shared c
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that in order to facilitate work- life balance for single mothers, greater involvement of fathers is necessary; notes in this regard that shared custody is almost non-existent in some Member States; further involvement of fathers is requested for the well being of the children;
source: PE-467.009
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2011/2066(INI) 2020 perspective for women in Turkey
2011/10/20
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Welcomes the campaigns of the Turkish Government to eradicate illiteracy among three million women (that being the present figure; in 1999 as many as a third of the female population were illiterate) by means of measures aimed at removing the barriers to women’s access to primary education and calls on the Turkish Government to pay specific attention to eliminating illiteracy in rural areas;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Turkish Government, in order to increase participation of women in the labour market and in the different economic sectors, bearing in mind that women today are still employed mostly in rural areas as farm labourers, to institute a fully fledged part-time work regime, utilisation of which is left up to the employee and not the employer, does not require surrender of the right to seniority indemnity and other social security rights and upholds the principle of equal pay for equal work;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Turkish Government to do its utmost to combat and reduce the gender pay gap; notes that in the Global Gender Gap Report 2010, Turkey was ranked among the worst – 126th out of 134 countries – according to the size of the gender pay gap;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Is concerned about the very low percentage of female political participation at local level and invites all political parties to make sure that this situation changes in the 2014 local elections; in view of the fact that only 1% of Turkish municipalities have a woman mayor and of the consequent need to encourage women’s involvement in politics, not least at local level, calls for a quota system to be introduced for women on lists of candidates for election;
source: PE-474.015
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2011/2067(INI) Agenda for new skills and jobs
2011/06/23
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Member States to make employment offices work more efficiently and to make job offers, in particular, more visible in order to make it easier for women to return to work after parental or maternity leave;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Invites the Member States to include in their structural labour market reforms instruments such as the European Social Fund (ESF) to combat professional segregation of women in both the horizontal and the vertical sense through effective measures against stereotypes, measures to improve the work-life balance and exchange of good practice and benchmarking indicators between the Member States;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to support, and invest in, women’s labour market participation through the promotion of diversity management, professional encouragement of women, and the promotion of the creation of new posts that allow a balance between professional and family life,
source: PE-467.254
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2011/2069(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011)
2011/07/09
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Invites Member States, civic bodies and non-governmental organisations to increase efforts at communicating the scope of the Charter of Fundamental Rights guaranteeing equal treatment between women and men; calls on Member States to protect equality between men and women especially related to job opportunities, labour conditions and equal salary;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 source: PE-472.025
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2011/2087(INI) European dimension in sport
2011/08/31
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) (1a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States, and also on the relevant interested parties and sporting associations and federations, to ensure parity in membership of sporting decision- making organs and in access to the positions of trainer and administrator in sporting associations;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to co-finance projects through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support sport infrastructure adapted to the needs of women and through the European Social Fund (ESF) to support the development of skills and employability of women in the sport sector
source: PE-470.067
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2011/2091(INI) Situation of women approaching retirement age
2011/07/06
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take effective measures to promote the principle of equal pay for equal work
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the
source: PE-467.034
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2011/2107(INI) Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding
2011/06/20
BUDG
1 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission's proposals on extending the use of innovative financial instruments to strengthen the leverage of the EU budget while fully respecting the rights of the budgetary and discharge authorities; asks the Commission to improve access for primary target groups such as SMEs
source: PE-467.184
2011/06/21
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to step up international cooperation and to promote the role of women in this connection;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote merit-based criteria that help women to pursue a successful career in the R&D&I field on an equal footing with men;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for intangible assets and social accounting to be promoted with a view to fostering a business culture;
source: PE-467.228
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2011/2116(INI) Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees
2011/10/19
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Regrets that some Member States still do not comply with Directive 2003/72/EC in terms of promoting gender balance in the method used for electing or appointing the members of the special negotiating body (SNB) of the SCE and calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure that this Directive is transposed as swiftly as possible;
source: PE-474.033
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2011/2185(INI) Annual report on human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy
2012/02/17
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas, unacceptably, sexual violence in the form of mass rapes, human trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse of women and children is still used as a war tactic in conflict regions around the world, and whereas rape in wartime has been recognised by the United Nations as a crime against humanity, and since 2008 the United Nations Security Council has been committed to combating the use of sexual violence as a war tactic;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) Da. whereas various forms of abuse of women continue to occur, but often go unreported because they are perpetrated by members of the victim’s immediate family;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to endorse the United Nation’s initiative establishing an International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation, which was introduced in 2003 with a view to raising public awareness of this abuse of women’s and girls’ fundamental right to health and physical integrity;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Strongly supports the DAPHNE programme, which aims to combat violence against women through the 500 projects implemented since 1997 in the various Member States of the European Union and aimed, in particular, at eliminating all forms of sexual, psychological and physical violence against women at work, at school and in the home;
source: PE-480.809
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2011/2197(INI) Women and climate change
2012/11/01
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises that targeted policies are needed to avoid gender-segregation and discrimination in the green economy, where new technology and science jobs are already almost exclusively male- dominated; therefore calls on Member States to introduce quotas for women in these technical and scientific jobs so as to ensure greater awareness regarding women’s needs in defining climate change policies;
source: PE-478.628
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2011/2244(INI) Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011
2012/09/01
FEMM
10 amendments...
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas on average 3 in 10 households in the European Union are single person households
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their marriage and divorce laws do not directly or indirectly constitute a financial ‘trap’ for the spouses
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to include
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for human rights for women to be given the highest priority in the EU’s external policies and encourages EU delegations therefore to promote information and awareness campaigns aimed at countering discrimination against women’s human rights;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Urges
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive Communication on the s
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 source: PE-478.674
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2011/2273(INI) Daphne programme: achievements and future prospects
2011/11/30
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Hopes that Daphne awareness and information campaigns will help encourage new national and local authority partners to take part more widely in projects drawing on the participation of all Member States in order to fight violence against women;
source: PE-478.328
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2011/2285(INI) Application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value
2012/03/13
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas women are at greater risk of poverty in their old age owing to the direct effect the gender pay gap has on the gender gap in pensions, and also to their having a longer life expectancy than men;
source: PE-483.791
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2011/2294(INI) Modernising Europe's higher education systems
2012/08/02
FEMM
1 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on secondary schools and on universities to offer specific orientation courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in order to inform and encourage women to study and embark on careers in fields in which men are overrepresented;
source: PE-480.849
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2011/2295(INI) Women in political decision making - quality and equality
2012/05/01
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a pledge whereby political parties at European and national level will take measures to achieve parity in their internal decision making, in their nominations for elected office and in party electoral lists through the introduction of quotas for women in electoral lists at local, regional and national levels, paying attention, where applicable, to the position of women candidates on these lists;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to launch parity-targeting campaigns well ahead of the upcoming
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls the importance of preferential treatment and special measures in promoting the representation of
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Calls on the European Union Delegations to promote education and training to increase women’s participation in national, regional and local political decision making;
source: PE-478.535
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2012/2000(BUD) 2013 budget: priorities - section III, Commission
2012/02/16
BUDG
2 amendments...
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that under Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union the promotion of equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the European Union; underlines therefore that gender equality should be incorporated in all policies and at all levels of the budgetary procedures;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that, 2013 being the last year of the current programming period, catching up will be necessary in terms of payments, as has always been the case at the end of financial perspectives, owing to the start of the completion process of 2007- 2013 programmes, and, in terms of commitments, in order to respect the financial programming amounts; repeats that any artificial cut made to the level of payments will delay meeting both contractual obligations and past EU commitments, and could also result in late interest being due and loss of confidence in European policies and EU Institutions credibility; underlines, therefore, that contractual debts should be paid as soon as possible as a matter of budgetary discipline;
source: PE-480.884
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2012/2009(DEC) Special report 12/2011 (2011 discharge): Have EU measures contributed to adapting the capacity of the fishing fleets to available fishing opportunities?
2012/04/06
PECH
1 amendments...
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point c (c) encouraging additional, complementary sources of income for fishermen in order to improve their living and working conditions while ensuring the sustainability of resources;
source: PE-491.084
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/05/31
BUDG
3 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Is convinced that, particularly in a period of crisis, financial responsibility is of utmost importance; believes, therefore, that resources must be concentrated on those areas, where the EU budget can deliver an added value whilst they can be decreased in sectors which are experiencing unjustified delays, low absorption and under-implementation; on this basis, it intends to identify, together with its specialised committees, both positive and negative priorities for 2013; for this purpose asks the Commission to provide both arms of the budgetary authority with a prompt, regular and complete information on the implementation of the various programmes and initiatives together with an adequate performance framework based on targets and indicators;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that Europe is not on track to meet its 2020 Energy saving targets, however moving towards a green economy represents an important goal to exit the crisis, deliver a stronger European economy, create jobs, maximizing economic opportunities in every European region, reducing energy costs and improving energy security. Stresses that an adequate financial effort should be considered as a priority within the next year's budget;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47.
source: PE-489.697
2012/10/05
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the need to earmark increased funding for the fight against all forms of discrimination against women; calls on the Commission to earmark financial resources
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Urges the Commission to draw up and implement the relevant budget headings in its legislative proposals to increase the number of women on company boards;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Reaffirms the importance of appropriate funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality to enable it to achieve in full its general objectives of promoting gender equality and supporting the activity of the EU institutions, the rotating EU Council presidencies and the Member States by providing important studies, data and statistics relating to gender policies in Europe;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Highlights the need for appropriate funding, with the conditionality of respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the promotion of democracy, for measures to promote gender equality in third countries;
source: PE-489.426
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2012/2035(INI) Role of women in the green economy
2012/08/06
FEMM
6 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the role of women in the green economy in several Member States continues to be underestimated and ignored, creating numerous discriminations in terms of lost benefits, such as social protection, healthcare insurance, adequate salaries and pension rights;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the transition to a green economy often raises particular issues of professional reinstatement for women, due to lack of adequate technological training required to undertake specialist roles in the green economy;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. observes that renewable energy can be used in remote and isolated areas where there is no electricity and contributes to producing non-polluting energy; notes that renewable energy can create new job opportunities for women entrepreneurs in areas where female unemployment is particularly high and therefore encourages Member States to develop facilities to exploit renewable energy through the use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF;)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Member States to ensure women’s equal representation
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Invites Member States to develop training courses, through European Union programmes such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF), designed to facilitate women’s access to new job opportunities created by the transition to the green economy; observes that men have easier access to advanced agricultural production and business technologies required for access to highly skilled positions in the green economy;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to the fact that in many developing countries, the opportunities for women in green economy positions are still severely limited by social conditioning and patriarchal patterns, and that women fail to acquire access to information, training and technologies needed to access this sector;
source: PE-491.104
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2012/2046(INI) Women's working conditions in the service sector
2012/07/06
FEMM
13 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. Whereas women tend to be disproportionately represented in the flexible
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. Whereas women have greater recourse to flexible and part-time employment in order to reconcile professional and family obligations even though there is a difference in pay in terms of hourly rate between part-time workers and full-time workers; and whereas women have more career breaks and fewer working hours than men, which can affect their career development and their prospects for social promotion, which also translates into a less remunerative career;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. Whereas women are just as qualified as men but their skills are often less well- regarded and their career advances slower;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. Whereas women make up around 60 % of university graduates, yet their representation in decision-making positions in the service sector
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. Whereas
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. Whereas domestic, marital, economic and sexual violence against women is an infringement of human rights that affects all social, cultural and economic strata;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. Whereas women’s economic independence is a condition sine qua non for them to take charge of their personal and professional trajectories and to be given real choice.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the importance of combating stereotypes and gender-based discrimination in the service sector, where there is an assumption that there are male and female jobs, and that the latter are associated with the work that women do in the home and are considered as an extension of these (clothing and textiles, teaching, nursing, cleaning, etc.);
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that the economic crisis
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses the need to combat all forms of violence against women in the service sector, including economic violence, psychological and sexual workplace harassment, sexual abuse and human trafficking;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to ensure that women’s working conditions (the strenuousness and risks of the work carried out as well as the working environment) in the service sector comply with the International Labour Organisation Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted in June 1998 and with its specific fundamental conventions;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that, although there are increasing numbers of women using computers and surfing the
source: PE-491.103
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2012/2047(INI) Sexualisation of girls
2012/07/20
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Alerts parents not to heighten the self- objectification of girls through their behaviour by encouraging girls to participate in beauty contests
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Encourages Member States to establish cooperation with manufacturers of goods intended for children, including clothing and toys, in order to develop a code of
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to prepare statistical data in the context of sexualisation covering areas such as: the saturation with erotic content of television programmes and song lyrics that are potentially accessible to children, the level of sexual violence in schools, the level of violence and of content derogatory to women’s dignity in computer games and music clips, children’s access to the internet, beginning with the youngest age groups, trends in the use of new media and the exploitation of images of girls in advertising;
source: PE-494.518
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2012/2063(INI) EU 2011 report on policy coherence for development
2012/07/18
FEMM
11 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for Policy Coherence for Development to favour a participative approach that promotes the empowerment and self-determination of local people and, first of all, of women;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses the importance of taking account of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable social groups, notably women and girls, and paying particular attention to them to avoid any further increase in inequality; experience has shown that ‘neutral’ measures entrench the existing power structure and it is essential to take positive, informed, systematic action in the form of measures that improve the situation of women, so as to ensure that such measures benefit the most disadvantaged;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes that the unequal relationship between the sexes is the first stumbling block to be overcome by measures to improve the living conditions of people (women and men) in developing countries and women’s access to participative development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Stresses the need for CPD to incorporate a global approach which extends beyond the family and microsocial level and takes gender relations into account; this cross-cutting approach to gender issues needs to be incorporated in every development project and every analysis of a society; the approach must apply not only to all sectors but also in all political, economic, social, environmental, cultural and other fields; such an approach, which systematically takes account of the situation and role of women and gender relations in a society, is more comprehensive, humanistic and democratic than an approach which sets women apart; it avoids marginalising women in ‘women’s projects’ or projects which add to women’s workloads or responsibilities without increasing their power or control over the benefits generated by the projects in question;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Stresses the role of women in leveraging development policies by participating in the formulation and implementation of such policies, thereby ensuring that political and economic negotiations take women’s interests into account and creating a virtuous circle in which women are the driving force behind development policies which, in turn, set up the structures whereby women can be empowered; highlights the importance of supporting civil society organisations and groups which take on the task of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. Notes that women play an essential part in development, since, in their role as mothers and carers for children and other dependent members of the family, they assume responsibility for the family’s general well-being; for example, women play a crucial role in the field of nutrition and food security, particularly in the context of subsistance farming;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Stresses that the situation of women is, in many cases, deteriorating more than that of men both in relative and absolute terms; there has been an increase in poverty over the last twenty years or so, which has primarily affected women;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1h. Stresses that, although the important role played by women in development policies and development cooperation is very widely recognised, the statistics and quantitative data which specifically relate to women are still inadequate and fail to meet the objective of reporting the situation of women in developing countries, particularly in fields such as health, education, prevention and meeting basic needs; care must be taken to ensure, therefore, that in all PCD objectives, analyses, documents and assessments the quantitative data is broken down by gender, and gender-specific indicators are included, in order to take account of women’s real living conditions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 source: PE-494.513
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2012/2092(BUD) 2013 general budget: all sections
2012/08/10
BUDG
4 amendments...
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Chooses to restore DB payments for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF); highlights the fact that restoring payment appropriations will avoid transfers from other budget lines and that the amount appropriated represents the minimum amount consumed by the EGF in the first few months of the year;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses the substantial added value of the Lifelong Learning and Erasmus programmes, which, against modest financial envelopes, provide great returns in terms of effective implementation and positive image of the Union vis-à-vis its citizens; underlines that particularly the Erasmus programme has successfully exposed students to cross-cultural interaction for 25 years, helping to make it the most successful exchange program in the world; in line with its established position in the last budgetary procedures, decides to increase appropriations both in CA and in PA for these programme above DB, considering their high absorption capacity;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Stresses that measures aimed at combating gender violence must be sufficiently funded; emphasises the important role that the programme for preventing and combating all forms of violence (DAPHNE) has played in eliminating violence against women
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Reiterates that fostering youth employment and activity are essential for Europe to be able to exploit the talents of the best-educated generation in history; emphasizes the need to encourage cross- cultural communication and EU citizenship within the next generation; has therefore decided to increase funding for the Youth in Action programme compared to DB, especially considering the sound implementation of the programme for many years running;
source: PE-497.798
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2012/2102(INI) Situation of women in North Africa
2013/01/16
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and sexual harassment; welcomes the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that micro-finance is a very useful tool to empower women, and recalls that investing in women often means investing in families and in communities and helps to eradicate poverty and give women greater economic independence; recalls that micro-finance goes beyond credit and also implies management, financial and commercial advice;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Maintains that the media in the countries concerned have to stop promoting gender stereotypes, since these damage the image of women and increase discrimination against them;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Highlights the importance of encouraging the participation of women in the electoral process and calls on the authorities of the countries concerned, therefore, to adopt constitutional provisions entitling women to participate and removing the obstacles preventing them from participating in the true sense; recalls that this should be done throughout the electoral cycle through assistance programmes and should be closely monitored by the EU EOM, if need be;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Welcomes the fact that UN Women, a United Nations agency, has set up offices in North Africa and calls on the EU delegations in the countries concerned to work with the UN offices to produce measures to guarantee gender equality and promote women’s rights in the wake of the Arab Spring;
source: PE-504.009
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2012/2129(INI) Prevention of age-related diseases of women
2012/09/20
FEMM
4 amendments...
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R a (new) Ra. whereas around 600 000 Europeans suffer from multiple sclerosis, most of them being women; whereas this is the most common form of neurovegetative disorder and one of the main causes on non-traumatic disability among elderly women;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with concern that the suicide rate in the EU is highest among the over-65s and the numbers of suicide attempts are higher for women than for men and are increasing because of the greater impact of the economic crisis on elderly women;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Regrets the fact that 97% of health budgets is earmarked for the treatment of non-communicable diseases and only 3% for investment in prevention at a time when the cost of therapies and diagnosis is continuing to rise; therefore urges Member States to earmark larger health budget appropriations for prevention activities;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage within the framework of Horizon 2020 closer scientific collaboration and comparative research on multiple sclerosis within the European Union so as to make it easier to provide suitable treatment for the prevention of this disease, which causes serious disruption of motor functions particularly in elderly women;
source: PE-496.309
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2012/2131(INI) Integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination
2012/10/16
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement measures to promote the smooth and equitable integration of migrant women, including acquisition of legal status, recognition of qualifications and educational levels, inclusion in social security schemes, access to healthcare, education, training and social security benefits and protection under labour legislation, and to involve trade unions, NGOs and civil society in the development of such measures;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to develop efficient systems for the recognition of educational and professional qualifications obtained in third countries so as to ensure that migrant women are not obliged to take jobs for which they are over-qualified, to make training opportunities available for those lacking skills, and to ensure access for migrant women to vocational and lifelong training, a
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) (6a). Calls on Member States to ensure that pension contributions paid in the country of origin are duly recognised and that pension entitlements accrued in a Member State may be transferred to migrant women’s countries of origin.
source: PE-497.938
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2012/2145(INI) Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter
2012/09/25
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of the role of women, and their full participation, in political and economical decision-making, especially in post-war peace building processes, democratic transition negotiations and conflict resolution, reconciliation and stabilisation processes, for the purpose of increasing awareness and attention, with a view to eliminating the discrimination suffered by women in the democratisation process under way in many third countries;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) (6a) Stresses the importance of greater equality between men and women in the composition of EU election observation missions, since this helps to raise awareness of women's participation in the election process and in public life by promoting gender equality and women's rights in third countries in which a democratisation process is under way;
source: PE-496.510
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2012/2206(DEC) 2011 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
2012/12/20
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the unique initiative, in coordination with the other EU Institutions in Vilnius (the Commission and European Parliament Information Office), to identify and select common premises; notes that the newly established "EU House" proved necessary and will benefit synergies, increase the EU's visibility, cost saving and sharing;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the Institute's establishment of the Resource and Documentation Centre as a unique European source of institutional and methodological gender equality knowledge;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasizes the importance of the Gender Equality Index developed by the Institute as a powerful tool to monitor the progress of gender equality in Europe, based on a unique reality of the EU context;
source: PE-502.106
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2012/2255(INI) Women's rights in the Balkan accession countries
2013/01/30
FEMM
2 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the EU delegations in the Balkan countries to keep progress in the sphere of women’s rights and gender equality under careful review in anticipation of future accession to the EU and calls on each delegation to appoint a member of staff to deal with gender policies with a view to facilitating the exchange of good practice within the Balkan region;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Albanian Government to improve coordination between national and local authorities, especially for the purpose of combating domestic violence, and believes in addition that women should be involved more widely in local and national decision-making in Albania;
source: PE-504.178
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2012/2261(INI) Strategy for fisheries in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas
2013/04/16
PECH
8 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the principal geo-physical feature of the Adriatic sea basin, especially in the northern part, is a shallow and sandy seabed which only becomes deeper many miles out from the shore,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas a number of valuable regional schemes to promote scientific cooperation aimed at securing responsible fishing in the Adriatic Sea are already in progress, such as Adriamed1
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas many Member States
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 3 December 2012 as an important step towards the adoption of a
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to submit at the earliest opportunity a
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 source: PE-508.018
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2012/2301(INI) Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights
2013/09/01
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the fact that, despite unemployment rates for men and women being comparable, the crisis affects the latter differently: working conditions for women have become considerably more insecure, especially with the increasing prevalence of atypical forms of contracts, their income has dropped significantly because of factors such as the persistent gap of nearly 17% between salaries for men and women and the resultant inequality in their unemployment benefits, the rise in imposed part-time working and the rise in the number of temporary or fixed-term jobs to the detriment of more stable employment;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Asks Member States to introduce policies on extensive training for employees to prepare them for job changes and new jobs bearing in mind the specific place of women
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on Member States to promote female entrepreneurship in the green economy, which is a source of new jobs; notes that renewable energy can create new job opportunities for female entrepreneurs in
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Stresses the fact that decisions taken by some Member States to cut their budgets for childcare, education and extracurricular activities, and carers have direct implications for women, and single mothers in particular, who take on the majority of the additional tasks entailed, and that women will as a result be placed at greater risk of poverty;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality, in the absence of reliable data,
source: PE-502.223
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2013/2009(INI) Educational and occupational mobility of women in the EU
2013/01/29
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas multidimensional policy solutions incorporating lifelong learning, working time and work-life balance (particularly for single mothers), health and safety and work organisation practices are needed in order to improve the integration of women into the labour market;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out that women moving abroad for jobs involving child or elderly care are often employed without a contract or work illegally, and consequently have no rights or entitlement to social security, healthcare and other benefits or in relation to pension contributions;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the Commission to support the Grundtvig, Comenius and Leonardo da Vinci programmes so as to facilitate educational and occupational mobility for women in the EU and also to enable teachers to spend part of their working lives in another EU Member State, thereby helping to foster a sense of European citizenship and identity;
source: PE-504.182
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2013/2017(BUD) 2014 budget: mandate for trilogue
2013/04/30
FEMM
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Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – indent 1 measures aimed at facilitating the exchange of good practices and access of women in the new technologies sector, including information and communication technology;
source: PE-510.610
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2013/2044(INI) Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups
2013/04/30
FEMM
3 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas approximately 10% of births a year in Europe are premature (gestational age under 37 weeks) and whereas mothers of preterm babies often do not have access to the necessary health services of the requisite standard, a fact which makes itself felt even more strongly in terms of work-life balance;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to treat maternity and neonatal care, especially in cases of premature birth, as a public health priority and incorporate it in European and national public health strategies;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to organise the necessary education and continuing training courses for all health professionals working in preconception, maternity, and neonatal care units, the aim being to prevent premature births and reduce the number of chronic diseases affecting those born preterm.
source: PE-510.609
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2013/2045(INI) Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out
2013/04/30
FEMM
5 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph D a (new) Da. whereas maternity often hampers access to the labour market for young mothers and thus contributes to the widening of the gender employment gap,
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States to make it easier for young women to have access to credit, in order to encourage them to set up businesses;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to achieve a greater impact with policies in support of young families and single mothers, as the development and greater accessibility of childcare services not only makes it easier for young mothers to take employment but also reduces the risk of poverty and social exclusion of children;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish a tax incentive scheme to promote youth employment and support under-35 undertakings, by means of incentives for undertakings, particularly SMEs, to recruit young people on permanent contracts; to this end, proposes that, as suggested by the Commission in the employment package, the Member States could use the instrument of employment subsidies and reduction of the tax wedge, particularly to meet the cost to employers of social security and health insurance contributions;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on Member States, in agreement with the Commission, to establish measures and concessions for apprenticeship contracts and bonuses for business start-ups by young people aged under 35; considers, in particular, that Member States should provide greater and better support services for start-ups, organise awareness-raising campaigns concerning the opportunities and prospects involved in self-employment, arrange more cooperation between employment services, and provide support for businesses, including with the aid of (micro-) financing;
source: PE-510.608
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