Activities of Constance LE GRIP related to 2011/2295(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to design and implement effective multifaceted strategies for achieving parity in participation in political decision making and leadership at all levels, especially in the areas ofin all areas including macro- economic policy, trade, labour, budgets, defence and foreign affairs, through indicators, quantified targets, clear action plans and regular monitoring mechanisms followed up with corrective measures where the set targets are not met;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
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 real parity in their internal decision making, in their nominations for elected office and in party electoral lists, paying attention, where applicable, to the position of women candidates on these lists;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the role of political parties as key factors in the promotion of parity; calls in consequence for the Member States to require national parties, where appropriate, to set quotas and apply rank-ordering rules to electoral candidate lists for national and EU elections, and to define and enforce appropriateffective sanctions for non-compliance, such as not funding the campaigns of candidates who do not respect these rules;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to launch parity-targeting campaigns as of 2013 well ahead of the upcoming national and European parliamentary elections;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support parity by proposing a woman and a man as their candidates for the office of European Commissioner; calls on the President of the Commission to aim atchieve parity when forming the Commission;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Council, Commission and Member States to enable women and men to take an active part in political decision making by promoting a balance between family life and working life by means of measures such as sharing the costs of parenthood equally between both parents’ employers, and calls on the Commission to support equal access to services, minimum income and freedom from gender-based violence by appropriate legislative proposals in the form of directives;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the importance of preferential treatment and special measures in promoting the representation of people from different backgrounds and vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities, migrant women and members of ethnic and sexual minorities, in decision- making positions;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take measures to increase their cooperation with other actors at international level, such as UN WOMEN and the Inter-parliamentary Union, in order to promote balanced representation of women at all levels in political life, in governments and in national parliaments, as well as at regional and local level and in local authorities;