44 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2016/2144(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on creating labour market conditions favourable for work- life balance (2016/2017(INI))1a, _________________ 1a P8_TA-PROV(2016)0338.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas equality between women and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming equality between women and men, stating that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, published in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support for gender equalityof equality between women and men;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life, a well thought-out system of care-related leave together with high-quality, easily affordable and accessible public care facilities have to be provided and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these servicetwo factors are a precondition for women’s participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research and thus for gender equalityand can help to bring an end to the demographic crisis in Europe;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality and ensures gender mainstreamingbetween women and men and ensures that account is taken of the demographic crisis, which is an EU-wide problem;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas since the 2008 crisis a downgrading of gender equalitythe issue of equality between women and men in the public debate and policy agenda is evident both at EU and national level; whereas the fiscal consolidation and budget constraints imposed by the crisis are likely to further reduce the available resources for gender equality strategies and bodies;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, at a time when there is a crisis of confidence in the EU, ensuring that its finances are fully transparent should be a priority for all the European institutions, and is something they must not ignore;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intendedPoints out that mainstreaming of gender equality as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmesbetween women and men can be useful in connection with budget management and use if it helps to address the real problems facing women in Europe;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that some EU programmes (e.g. ESF, REC, Horizon 2020, IPA II, Humanitarian aid, DCI and EIDHR) include specific actions related to gender equality between women and men, while others (e.g. EaSI, FEAD, EMFF, and EGF) contain references to the general principles, of gender equality between women and men, but very few programmes lay down clear targets and dedicated resources or provide for systematic implementation and monitoring;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that gender equality is not recognised as a policy objective in all EU budget titles, and that several of those titles are not fully transparent in the sense that they do not specify the amount allocated to individual policy objectives and actionalways possible or appropriate to mainstream equality between women and men in all EU budget titles;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that tools for gender mainstreaming such as gender indicators, gender impact assessment (GIA) and gender budgeting (GB)equality between women and men, such as relevant indicators, are very rarely used in policy design and implementation, whether at EU level or by national institutions; highlights the fact that the lack of specific gender indicators regarding women and men and of collection of gender-data that are disaggregated dataon that basis makes it impossible to estimate the gender equality impact of EU policies have on equality between women and men;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the fact that no clear gender equality strategy withPoints out that no clear strategy for equality between women and men with balanced political priorities, specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations, has emerged from the MFF 2014-2020;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Commission’s communication on the MFF midterm review published in September 2016 makes no reference to the implementation of gender mainstreamingthe principle of mainstreaming equality between women and men;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
EU funding for gender equality between women and men in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)
Amendment 75 #
9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policythe policy on equality between women and men in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that ensuring the necessary infrastructure funding for quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and the elderly will support female participation in the labour market and women’s economic independence, and thus foster gender equality between women and men;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that unpaid work is an important element of economic efficiency, and that the traditional approach fails to take into account unpaid work such as childcare and caring for the elderly in the payment of social benefits;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that EUR 5.85 billion EUR will be spent in 2014-2020 on measures promoting gender equality between women and men, of which 1.6% under the ESF for the specific investment priority ‘Equality between men and women in all areas including access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work’;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that ERDF funding should also support investment in childcare, caring for the elderly and other social infrastructure to promote a better work-life balance in the Member States;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds, in order to avoid the downgrading of gender equality between women and men in the implementation phase;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the two objectives related to gender equality between women and men and to the Daphne programme for combating violence against women currently account for around 35 % of the REC funds; points out that a majority of funds have been allocated under the Daphne objective compared to the gender equality objective;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that under the gender equality objectiveobjective on equality between women and men, the following priorities were addressed: equal economic independence of women and men and work-life balance (44 % of resources earmarked); promoting good practices regarding gender roles and overcoming gender stereotypes in education and training and in the workplace (44 %) and support for EU-level networks on gender equality themesthemes relating to equality between women and men (12 %);
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
EU funding for gender equality between women and men in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams gender equality and the gender dimensiobetween women and men in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Strongly reiterates that combating inequality between women and men in the area of research and innovation cannot be carried out using measures such as gender quotas, which lead to a questioning of the scientific competence of women and as a result are counterproductive;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Draws attention to the three mainstreaming objectives under this programme, namely: to foster equal opportunities and gendera balance between women and men in project teams; to ensure gendera balance between women and men in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in research content;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the fact that this programme provides support for research bodies in implementing gendeplans for equality plansbetween women and men; also welcomes the joint project of the Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality for creating an on-line tool for gendeplans for equality plansbetween women and men, as a means of identifying and sharing best practices with relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a gendermale-female equality perspective in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding genderthe balance between men and women in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, as is consideration of how gender parity affects perception of the prestige connected with being a professional scientist, and to propose adjustments to the specific actions if required;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other gender equality topicsissues relating to equality between women and men in research and innovation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Opposes the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018-2020’ subsuming gendermale-female equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for gendermale-female equality in the Horizon 2020 regulation;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Other programmes and funds including specific objectives on gender equality between women and men
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes that in the field of external actions and development cooperation, the Gender Action Plan (GAP) established for the period 2016-2020 covers the EU’s activities in third countries, and that there are several external assistance instruments that support gendermale-female equality objectives;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that there are other funds, such as the Internal Security Fund, special financial instruments like the Emergency Support Instrument. and other ad hoc instruments and grants, that have been mobilised to address needs in the context of the present refugee crisis; points out the difficulty in monitoring the use of these funds, in particular from a gender perspective, and calls for the use of EU funding in this area to be coordinated, effective, and transparent and gender-sensitivetake account of the risk of sexual violence against women and girls that is posed by the refugee crisis;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedurCalls for account to be taken of the gender perspective only in those areas of EU activity where not doing so could have serious consequences for Member State citizens - in the fight against violence against women, or in efforts to make it easier to establish a good work-family life balance in order to promote motherhood, for example;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender- strategic engageequality between men and woment as a first step, and asks fortakes the view that an increase in this amount in the next MFF is worth considering;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Strongly recommends that gender- disaggregated data showing the differences between the situation of men and women in the relevant areas should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;