35 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2015/2230(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
Citation 19
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas progress in achieving gender equality in the EU is stagnating and at this pace will not be achieved for some time yetwomen in the European Union have the same political and civil rights as men, but whereas their social or economic situation is often worse than that of men, which should be taken into account in policies and legal acts affecting their situation;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas gender mainstreaming ishould not be a policy goal in itself, but a key means of achieving gender equality, always in combination with other specific actions and policies targeted at advancing gender equalityraising awareness of the needs of women, particularly those in difficult circumstances;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, since the previous parliamentary term, the committee responsible has developed a practice of making focused contributions to the reports of other committees through ‘gender mainstreaming amendments’ (GMAs); whereas according to a study published in 201411 , 85 % of the GMAs tabled between July 2011 and February 2013 have been incorporated in the final reports adopted by lead committees; ___________ 11 ‘Gender Mainstreaming in Committees and Delegations of the European Parliament’, European Parliament Policy Department C.whereas, furthermore, according to the same survey, the majority of those amendments consisted simply of adding the words 'gender', 'feminine' or 'female';
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, following the 2003 resolution on gender mainstreaming, each parliamentary committee appoints one of its members as responsible for gender mainstreaming, thus establishing ‘the gender mainstreaming network’; whereas subsequent resolutions on this topic called for the continuous development of this network and for a similar network to be established in the interparliamentary delegations; whereas the network is supported by a network at staff level in the committee secretariats; whereas the 2014 study makes clear that the network's activities are having no influence on gender mainstreaming in committee work;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas all internal and external EU policies should be designed tso benefit boys and girls, and menas not to discriminate against either gender and, women, as well as all other gender identities equallyhere possible, improve the situation of social groups in a disadvantaged position;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas insufficientthe funds and human resources are being allocated to ensure real progress in gender mainstreaming of Parliament’s activities are proving to be ineffective;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the systematic and periodic collection of gender-disaggregated data and statistics is indispensableuseful for analysing the advancement of gender equality;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas female representation in Parliament’s top positions remains low and there is a clear divergence in legislative influence between committees chaired by men and by women, and whereas the most influential leadership roles remain dominated by men;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that, according to the aforementioned 2014 study on this issue, the most effective tool for including a gender equality perspective in the policy process has been the use of procedures involving cooperation with other committees; emphasises the need for the other committees to support the gender mainstreaming work and to implement it in their activities based on relevant amendments or opinions tabled in connection with the subject of this report;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the services responsible to continue working on specific measures to promote work life balance; regrets that among EP officials women remain in the majority in the assistants’ function group (AST); calls for a yearly analysis of the state of play of gender equality within Parliament, based on gender disaggregated data, at all levels of staff and political bodies, including parliamentary assistants, and for this reporting to be made public;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the High Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity is responsible for adopting an Action Plan for the Promotion of Equality and Diversity in Parliament and ensuring its implementation; calls on the high level group, with the support of the competent services, to submit a comprehensive gender equality roadmap indicating how to increase the representation of women in middle and senior management positions to 40 % by 2020;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the practice of using GMAs has proved to be more effectivesimpler than opinions as they are more concise, can be more rapidly submitted and relate to key, specific and delimited issues; reiterates its call on the competent committee to include this practice of GMAs in the Rules of Procedure, taking into account the specific role of the Committee on Women’s Right and Gender Equality in gender mainstreaming as a horizontal principl, although greater emphasis should be placed on enhancing their substantive value;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. RegretNotes that despite the interinstitutional declaration on ensuring gender mainstreaming annexed to the MFF, no measures concerning gender budgeting have so far been taken; underlines, in this connection, the need to closely monitor how the principles of the joint declaration have been implemented as regards annual budgetary procedures, and calls for the committee responsible to be given a formal role in the MFF revision;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance and positive impact of using gender-neutral language in its activities; reiterates its support for the Bureau guidelines on gender-neutral language and for their continuous updating, based also on the tools developed at interinstitutional levelStresses that the use of gender-neutral language should never result in the coining of terms that make the idea of gender equality look ridiculous;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that stronger interinstitutional relations will improve the gender balance in EU policy making; notes that no structured cooperation on gender mainstreaming has yet been established with other institutional partners, such as the Commission and EIGE; calls on the Commission to propose an appropriate framework for establishing interinstitutional gender mainstreaming cooperation and also involving other stakeholders in this field;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recommends that data be provided annually by the European Ombudsman to Parliament’s High Level group on Gender Equalthe European Ombudsman include data in itys and Diversity,nual report as regards complaints about maladministration relating to gender equality in Parliament, with due respect for the Decision of the European Parliament on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes that the exchange of best practice with other organisations, selected on the basis of objective criteria, will strengthen Parliament’s capacity building and effectiveness in the implementation of gender mainstreaming; calls for exchanges of best practice to be organised at all levels with other institutions and organisations such as UN Women, the Council of Europe, the EU institutions and stakeholders involved in promoting gender equality, such as gender equality bodies, the social partners and NGOs; encourages participation in the specific capacity- building programmes of other international organisations and in gaining their support for organising tailor-made gender mainstreaming programmes;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the need to cooperate also with national parliaments, to establish regular exchanges of views and contacts in order to further develop best practices in advancing gender mainstreaming; recommends organising an interparliamentary meeting on gender mainstreamingalls that the EU has no competence to interfere in the composition of national parliaments, and that gender quotas on electoral lists in elections to the European Parliament have proved to be an ineffective means of ensuring gender equality;