7 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Parliament has repeatedly urged the Commission to promote and implement the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments in all the Union policy areas; whereas it strongly requested to implement gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting throughout the budgetary procedure; whereas the recommendations of the Court of Auditors report of 2021 on Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget found that gender has not been adequately mainstreamed thus far;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that with the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)1 being the only programme with gender-related spending targets, including on preventing and combating gender-based violence (GBV), it is imperative to increase its budget to combat inequalities that have been exacerbated by the crises; of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the backlash against women’s rights, specifically SRHR, in several Member States; _________________ 1 Established by Regulation (EU) 2021/692.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support actions ensuring the gender aspect of health through the facilitation of exchange between Member States including on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission to allocate additional resources to the EU4Health Programme in order for the Member States to ensure adequate provision of accessible SRHR services and for research and treatment of gender- specific conditions such as fibroids, premenstrual syndrome and endometriosis with an intersectional perspective, in particular regarding diagnosis and treatment of black and minority ethnic women;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the crucial work of EIGE, which has been reflected in an increase of tasks allocated, and is particularly important in the light of ongoing crises facing Europe such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the backlash against women’s rights, and specifically access to SRHR, in Europe and globally; therefore requests the allocation for 8 Contract Agents to enable EIGE to effectively fulfil its mandate;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term care facilities, particularly in the light of the Union’s 14% average gender pay gap;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to increase budget allocations to civil society organisations that promote women’s rights, includingespecially those working on promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), such as the global initiative SheDecides, and LGBTI+ rights in the context of the backlash against women’s rights, especially in terms of SRHR. and to ensure that Union funds cannot be accessed by anti-gender and anti-choice organisations;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the Union budget to encourage women’s participation in the digital economy and STEM sectors and careers through Union programmes, for example in research, innovation and technology;