Activities of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2014/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) ES
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) ES
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular Article 6, Women with disabilities,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (Women on Board Directive,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the female employment rate is 63%, whereas the gender pay gap stands at 16.4%, whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and whereas women make up 17.8% of the membership of large company boards and every week spend three times as long as men on household chores; whereas 73% of the members serving in national parliaments are men, and only 37% of Members of the new European Parliament and 9 out of 28 new Commissioners are women
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities and facilities for the elderly and people requiring special care in particular pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights and should be taken into account in the EU’s action programme in the field of healthfully integrated in the next EU Health Strategy;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender and women’s rights into their policy-making and budget procedures, with positive action measures, especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses in every case;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that poverty among women, and older women and, single mothers and disabled women in particular, needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency; calls on the Member States, therefore, to implement more effective inclusion strategies and make more efficient use of social policy resources, not least the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that poverty among women, and older women and single mothers in particular, needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency; calls on the Member States, therefore, to implement more effective inclusion strategies and make more efficient use of social policy resources, not least the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds;, and calls on the Member States to set specific employment targets in the framework of their National Reform Programmes to ensure that women have equal access with men to enter and stay in the labour-market.
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the imperative need to reduce gender pay and pension gaps; these targets must address the persistent concentration of women in part-time, low pay and precarious work and ensure sufficient quality care facilities for children and other dependents; urges the Member States to give full effect to the rights related to Directive 2006/54/EC, including the principle of equal pay and pay transparency, and to revise their national laws on equal treatment with a view to their simplification and modernisation; calls on the Commission to keep the transposition of gender equality directives under regular review;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement proactive policiolicies to provide incentives for training for women in scientific careers, as well as proactive measures to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes and vertical and horizontal occupational segregation, encouraging the transition from part- to full-time working, and focusing on the NEET1 category in particular; __________________ 1 Not in education, employment, or training.
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to establish affordable, flexible, high-quality and easily accessible services for the care of people who are unable to cope with everyday tasks by themselves as they do not have the functional autonomy they need to strike a balance between their personal, family and working lives;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that women's underrepresentation in political decision- making is a question of fundamental rights and democracy, welcomes the legislated parity systems and gender quotas introduced in some member states and calls on the Council to state its position on the directive on gender balance among non-executive director of listed companies so as to enable the legislative process as soon as possible.
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to take the necessary steps to encourage the Member States to make it possible for women and men to participate on an equal footing in the various spheres of decision-making;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks the Council and the Commission to take steps to make sure that social media use language in a non- sexist way, ensure that women participate actively and are represented in a balanced way, and ensure that there are diverse images of both sexes, going beyond general concepts of beauty and sexist stereotypes of roles carried out in different areas of life, in particular where content aimed at children and young people is concerned;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Asks the Council and the Commission to foster action among the Member States to harmonise legislation on gender violence and promote the setting-up of a public equality institute in each Member State as a key instrument for the collection of data;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the European Institute for Gender Equality and Eurostat to keep collecting comparable data, in particular harmonised data on violence, in order to provide Member States and supporting the Member States, in order to ensure that they and the Commission withhave the tools needed for effective policy-making as regards the need for gender violence to be brought out of the private sphere;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission to strongly condemn media campaigns or other communications depicting victims of sexual violence as responsible for these acts, as such assumptions go against all basic principles of gender-equality.
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Maintains that women must have control over their sexual and reproductive health and rights, not least by having ready access to contraception and abortion; accordingly supports measures and actions to improve women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and inform them more fully about their rights and the services available; calls on the Member States and the Commission to implement measures and actions to make men aware of their responsibilities for sexual and reproductive matters;