Activities of Beatrix von STORCH related to 2015/2007(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age (A8-0048/2016 - Terry Reintke) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age PDF (381 KB) DOC (167 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on gender equality and empoweringensuring the application of the equal opportunities principle for men and women in the digital age
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and LGBTI personsall members of society;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns; whereas women, in particularjust as much as men, face possible negative consequences such as the erosion of workers’ rights and working time boundaries as well as boundaries of professional and non- professional responsibilities, increasing low-paid and less secure types of employment and contributing to the challenge of maintaining a work-life balance;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. reaffirms that not all women are inevitably digitally illiterate because of their sex, notes that there is a significant number of women of all age groups in high profile ICT positions, and invites therefore the Member States to focus on political priority areas for all citizens;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Commission communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’, but regrets its narrow focus, as it underestimates the considerable potential that digitalisation can have with regard to an inclusive, equal and participatory society and fails to give sufficient recognition to the opportunities that targeted support and funding infrastructure can provide for women’s empowerment;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission andInvites the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of womenall members of society in decision- making processes; highlights the major opportunities that digitalisation holds with respect to access to information, transparency and greater government accountability;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the gender pay gap remains one of the major issues in relation to the gender gap in the ICT sector, and calls, therefore, on the Member States to finally start actively implementing the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency and continued positive action, preferably by means of legislation, and to introduce wage transparency measures and gender-neutral job evaluations; calls on the Commission to address equal pay in its 2016 work programme initiativeInvites Member States to implement initiatives based on a ‘New Start for working parents’, a to address the pay gap increases even further when people become parents;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure betterpromoting digital literacy and the participation of all men/boys and women/girls in ICT education and training; highlights, in this connection, the need to ensure improved access to education for all;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the CommissionInvites Member States to promote digital technologies as tools for reducing barriers to entry in the labour market in the framework of lifelong learning and to set EU benchmarks for public and private investment in skills as a percentage of GDP;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Holds that, especially with regard to the objective of the Digital Single Market Strategy of creating the right conditions for an innovative and competitive ICT environment and improvements for finance opportunities for SMEs and start- ups, women’s access to funding needs special consideration gender-independent access to financial assistance for all employers in the free financial market on the basis of economic evaluations should be given special attention, in order to improve finance opportunities for SMEs and start- ups;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 20
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence aInvites political decision-makers in Member States to pursue crimes committed on the internet without, however, negatinst women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properlyg the fundamentally vested right to freedom of expression and information;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission andEmphasises the importance of raising public awareness of the value and benefits of civil liberties and of the advantages of a free society, calls therefore on the Member States to consider the changed realities of women and girlall internet users, on account of digitalisation, in the implementation of future EU data protection legislation; emphasises that data controllers may only use sensitive data for limited purposes and may under no circumstances further share such data;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the CommissionInvites Member States to launch and support e-literacy and training programmes, as well as awareness campaigns, thereby raising awareness of the potential risks of the digital world and how to counter them; calls on the Commission to promote campaigns against stereotypes in social media and digital media;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26