7 Amendments of Pina PICIERNO related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas economic independence is a key factor to women’s emancipation; whereas the employment rate of women in the EU is still at unacceptable low levels and women and girls’ potential must be further increased, in particular in the field of digitalised economy and in the STEM and ICT sectors in order to achieve true gender equality, overcome gender stereotypes and to contribute to the growth and innovation of the economy;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to make use of the funds available under the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund to promote gender equality through education, care and health services, notably SRHR services, and to invest in high- quality public care services and to support as well women entrepreneurship and their access to the labour market, thus promoting women’s economic independence and emancipation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need to attract more women into the STEM and ICT sectors; underlines the need to finance programmes that provide quality education and training to women and girls and raise their awareness about the possibilities offered in the STEM and ICT sectors, as part of Horizon 2020, Erasmus +, the European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote women’s organisations, women’s rights, the empowerment of girls and women’s representation in decision-making through EU development aid; recalls the urgent need to increase EU funding for SRHR and involve Member States in order to counter the impact of the financing gap left by the US after the reinstatement and expansion of its ‘global gag rule’;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the important role of the European Institute for Gender Equality inand the need of consolidated budget for collecting data and acquiring expertise in the area of gender equality, including combating violence against women and girls; calls for the Institute’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be kept stable.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Repeats its call for each specific objective of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme, also with a view to preparing the next MFF, to have a separate budget line in order to increase transparency, to ensure the necessary funding for each of the specific objectives, especially to what concern the fight against gender-based violence, sexual harassment and discrimination, and for their visibility;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls the necessity to foresee financial instruments in order to encourage the application of the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which involve measures to protect the victims and prosecute the perpetrators and supporting agencies and institutions.