11 Amendments of Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that the promotion of equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of the EU, requiring gender equality to be incorporated into all policies and addressed at all levels of the budgetary process via gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality is a growing problem in the EUdiscrimination needs to be eradicated and effectively addressed by the Member States within the EU and national legislation, and whereas the Union budget must increasingly be designed to make a significant contribution to safeguarding and developing social rights, access to public welfare services and housing, and deccreate new opportunities in the EU labour market and to improve working and living conditions as well as to facilitate access to services, this way allowing reconciliation betweent working conditions, with a specific focus on improving gender equality and the situation of women and family life as well as, delivering equality between women and men in practice;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas stereotypes continue to constitute a barrier for women especially in the labour market; whereas promoting work-life balance is beneficial both for women’s empowerment and the development of the EU economy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas women’s empowerment will lead to economic growth and women entrepreneurial potential represents an untapped source of economic development and jobs to be created; whereas women in the rural area are facing particular challenges in developing their own business, the Union budget must be tailored to make a substantial contribution on improving equal access to information, training and financing;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas despite the growing demand of ICT specialists and digital profiles the number of women working in the digital fields is decreasing1a; whereas according to the new Commission’s study more women in digital jobs could create an annual €16 billion GDP boost in the EU; whereas the lack of digital skills and women role models in STEM field discourage women and girls to engage in the Tech sector; whereas the ICT sector has significant potential in achieving work-life balance by enabling women to combine work with childcare due to the facilitated possibility of remote work; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission: Women in the digital age, final report, March 2018.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in the EU could amount to €109 billion per year1a and whereas violence against women is a human rights violation that affects all levels of the society; whereas it is essential that in the implementation of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme the Daphne’s profile is kept as high as possible and whereas the Commission shall take into consideration the need to maintain sufficient funding levels as well as to ensure continuity of actions and predictability of funding in all areas covered by the specific objectives; __________________ 1aEuropean Institute for Gender Equality (2014). Estimating the costs of gender- based violence in the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Union and its Member States collectively are the world’s leading donor, providing over 50 % of all global development aid; whereas the reduction of aid from other donorsit is important to assess current funding in those field of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and women’s reproductive health requires the Union and its Member States to increase current funding, especially in those fields with a particular gender dimensions with a particular gender dimension in the EU external relations with a view to advance equality between women and men in a more comprehensive way, through an adequate mix of programmes and modalities;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its request for increased resources to uphold women’s economic rights and reduce gender inequalityusing gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting with gender impact assessments to advance women’s rights and eradicate discrimination, including through the use of existing instruments at EU and Member State level, such as gender impact assessments; calls on the Commission and the Council to use gender budgeting for publicthe EU expenditure systematically, especially, also when negotiating the next mMultiannual fFinancial fFramework (MFF);
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to make use of the existing funds available under the European Social Fund and, the European Regional Development Fund to promote gender equality through education and health servi, EAFRD, Leader+, Horizon2020 as well as for greater synergies between available instruments to advance gender equality, improve work-life balances, notably SRHR services, and to invest in high-quality public care servicecreate better living and working conditions for parents as well as to pursue specific tailored policies aimed at empowerment of women and girls;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need of attracting more women and girls into STEM and ICT sectors; recalls for funding the programs that focus on addressing the challenges women face in adapting to the digital era, as well as on addressing the digital gender gap through developing their digital skills, as part of Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote women’s organisations, women’s rights, the and empowerment of girls and women’s representation in decision-making through EU development aid; recalls the urgent need to increase EU funding for SRHR in order to counter the impact of the financing gap left by the US after the reinstatement and expansion of its ‘global gag rule’women and girls through EU development aid;