Activities of Clare MOODY related to 2016/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas gender issues are usually more addressed in "soft" policy areas, such as human resources development, than in "hard" ones, like infrastructures, ICT, which receive the higher financial support;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Deplores that several programs include gender equality only as a transversal objective which not only leads to lower support for gender-specific actions but also makes it almost impossible to estimate the amounts that are allocated to gender issues 1a _________________ 1aCommission working document on Programme Statements of operational expenditure for draft budget 2017, p.15

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls for gender equality strategy and its mainstreaming to become part of the EU semester;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Underlines that transparency and access to information on real achievements in gender equality not just implementation should be real priority for the European Union;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8 c. Calls for gender mainstreaming provisions to be adopted as well in policy fields that are not considered as immediately related to gender equality, such as ICT, transport, business and investment support or climate change;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8 d. Considers that a network of external experts and organisations should be involved in all stages of the budgetary process to increase the transparency and democratic quality, in particular when it regards applying a gender budgeting approach;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the ~~creation of~~effective use of the existing permanent gender equality bodies at Member State level, which wshould provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and strongly welcomes, in this context, national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Sweden; urges MS to guarantee the complete independence, effectiveness, sufficient powers and adequate resources for equality bodies so they can fulfill their principle tasks;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Opposes~~To this end, the changes envisaged in the ~~‘New~~ draft paper on "Science wWith and fFor Society Scoping ~~Paper~~ 2018-2020’" that subsum~~ing~~e gender equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (R– responsible Rresearch and Iinnovation~~), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for gender equality in the Horizon 2020 regulation~~ – should be avoided;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Calls for a comprehensive set of EU-wide gender guidelines to be adopted to migration and asylum policy with adequate funding for comprehensive training programmes for professionals who may come into contact with refugees and asylum seekers; emphasises that these are sensitive to the gender specific needs of refugee women and concomitant gendered harms such as the trafficking of women and girls;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34 b. Highlights the ongoing issues of overcrowding in refugee reception centres and the impact this has on women's safety; calls for greater use of AMIF to improve reception centres with separate sleeping and sanitation facilities for women and men, and access to gender- sensitive health services including prenatal and postnatal care;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)

34 c. Member states should be encouraged to make greater use of cohesion funds and Structural Investment Funds alongside the AMIF in order to promote the integration of refugees in the labour market, with a specific focus on how accessible childcare enables women refugees;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)

34 d. Calls for a review on the increased funding for and wider scope of the Daphne and Odysseus programmes with an assessment on expanding these programmes to address the severe vulnerabilities experienced by women refugees and provide greater support in addressing these gendered harms;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45 a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the effectiveness of national complaint bodies and procedures in the implementation of gender equality directives;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)

45 b. Asks the Court of Auditors also to incorporate the gender perspective when assessing the execution of the Union budget; asks Member States similarly to introduce the gender dimension in their budgets in order to analyse government programmes and policies, their impact on the allocation of resources and their contribution to equality between men and women;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)

45 c. Calls for the monitoring and evaluation of the National Action Plan (NAP) for Equal Treatment 2013-2016 in Poland ; expresses its concern that no separate funds were earmarked for gender equality from the central budget for the implementation of the NAP from the side of the public administration; calls for a balance in the setting up of the monitoring body including experts and representatives of women's rights and gender equality NGOs;

2016/12/12
Committee: FEMM