5 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/2144(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. It is regrettable that the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020, the European Commission's communication published in September 2016, makes no reference to the implementation of the gender mainstreaming, so that we don't have a clear gender equality strategy with specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas within the EU's own budgetary oversight institution, the European Court of Auditors, there is a major gender imbalance, an imbalance perpetuated with every new nominee this calendar year;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. having regard also the fact that within the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), approximately €5.85bn will be spent in the period 2014- 20 on measures promoting gender equality, of which 1.6% falls under the European Social Funds (ESF) for 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 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas EU funding for gender equality in the area of fundamental rights, equality and citizenship via the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) 2014- 2020 programme has an overall budget of €439.5m, out of which 35% is earmarked for the two gender equality objectives related to gender equality and to the Daphne programme for combatting violence against women;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Suggests that particular attention should be paid to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, having in mind that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level;