10 Amendments of Clare MOODY related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Daphne programme played a fundamental role in combating violence against children, young people and women in the EU by funding awareness-raising campaigns and projects that reach out to those most at risk, and Parliament repeatedly asked to ensure that the Daphne programmes’ profile is kept as high as possible;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the 2008 economic recession saw a rise in austerity measures being applied across Member States in an attempt to stabilise the economy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of gender-equality as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes; urges, however, the consistent use of gender budgeting, including quantifiable budget allocations and results indicators in order to rectify the imbalances between men and women; , gender impact assessments on the different consequences that spending decisions have on women and men and results indicators in order to rectify the imbalances between men and women; also calls for the highest level of transparency to be used for funds allocated to gender equality;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the 'Budget for Results' agenda to be used as an opportunity for budget spending to deliver integrated benefits of gender equality with every euro spent;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that jobs, growth and investments remain the overarching priority of the 2017 EU budget; draws attention to the existing gender-related targets in the Europe 2020 strategy, namely increasing female employment to 75 % and achieving equal pay between women and men, gender equality in the membership of national parliaments and an equal number of women on large company boards, all of which we are a long way from reaching; therefore considers it important to sufficiently finance measures promoting and supporting good-quality education, entrepreneurship, employability and job creation for women and girls under the European Structural and Investment Funds;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the 2017 budget to use EFSI and the ESF to finance good- quality, accessible and affordable care facilities in areas where there is a shortage to help reach the Barcelona targets and also contribute to the reconciliation of the work-life balance;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that gender segregation is a large contributor to the EU gender pay gap (16 %) and consequently the pension gap (40 %); therefore calls for more investment to be delivered for promoting girls and women in sectors where they are currently underrepresented such as science, technology, engineering, maths and entrepreneurship as a tool to close the pay gap, increase the economic independence of women and elevate their position in the labour market;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the rise in austerity following the financial crisis has led to cutbacks in public services and benefits in Member States; notes that those cuts fall heaviest on women as benefits often constitute an important source of their income and because they use public services more than men; highlights the increased insecurity due to more part-time and temporary contracts, more old women and single mothers in poverty and the fact that a lack of sufficient Union legislation in relation to maternity leave further compromised women's socio- economic situation; therefore calls for the 2017 budget to mobilise the ESF to protect women across all Member States by investing in work-life balance reconciliation in order to help more women into work and improve their socio- economic situation;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the 2017 budget tries to provide an effective European response to the migration challenge; stresses the need to assign funds for providing specific assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU including skills training, flexible language training, education, health and good-quality childcare facilities to help women refugees intergrate into their host countries;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that the Daphne programme is no longer considered to be an expenditure area in its own right; welcomes the small increase in the planned allocations of the Daphne specific objective within the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme; recalls that the planned allocations do not reach the level of the previous programming period; emphasises its call for sufficient financial support and visibility for Daphne and for the assigned funds to be used fully and effectively; highlights the importance of Daphne Programme funds reaching, in a transparent manner, grass-roots organisations in Member States with expertise in dealing with victims and those at risk as well as proactive awareness- raising campaigns;