Activities of Predrag Fred MATIĆ related to 2021/2254(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas – towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women are more likely than men to work have a multilevel role in rural development, namely as workers, farmers and business owners, but also carrying the informal economy anddisproportionate burden of the responsibility of welfare for family members, whereas their importance for the rural economy and growth is not acknowledged, whereas reliable data on rural women's situation and challenges is still lacking;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women are more likely than men to work in the informal economy and face many challenges in full access to the labour market, whereas the gap in employment in rural areas stands at 13 percentage points, rising also to 20 points in certain Member States1a _________________ 1a https://europeanevaluation.org/2021/11/2 9/women-in-rural-development- integrating-a-gender-dimension-into- policies-for-rural-areas-in-europe/
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas rural women face many challenges in accessing affordable and adequate healthcare (e.g. clinics, hospitals, reproductive health/family planning and counselling); whereas these challenges include affordability, restrictions on mobility and a lack of access to transport or means for contacting transport2a _________________ 2a https://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/r uralwomen/overview-health.html
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women perform more than one function; whereas women are enablers of the transition to a greener society and economy; whereas the green transition must be gender sensitive and acknowledge that women are powerful agents of change in this shift to a greener society, whereas the position of rural women does not reflect that as they have lower levels of ownership and control of assets, less access to paid employment and lower access to public services;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas rural women face more obstacles in accessing education than men3a, whereas it is crucial to promote and advocate for more rural women to have full access to all levels of education, including but not limited to STEM; _________________ 3a https://www.un.org/development/desa/dsp d/2021/06/poverty-and-inequality-rural- areas/
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural regions; , whereas women receive proportionately less support from both pillars (pillar 1 being direct income support and pillar 2 focusing in rural development support) of the Common Agricultural Policy than men4a; _________________ 4a https://europeanevaluation.org/2021/11/2 9/women-in-rural-development- integrating-a-gender-dimension-into- policies-for-rural-areas-in-europe/
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures have had a significant impact on rural areas and there is evidence of rising inequalities5a; _________________ 5a https://www.un.org/development/desa/dsp d/2021/06/poverty-and-inequality-rural- areas/
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in rural development policy; calls for the exchange of best practices between Member States, in particular as regards the professional status of assisting spouses and partners in agriculture, and research and gender- disaggregated data collection in order to ensure a full overview of the socio- economic position of rural women;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for effective and long-term policies in the area of employment and access to the labour market for rural women; stresses the need to develop targeted measures which will contribute to overcoming specific challenges rural women face in the labour market, such as the employment and pension gap, informal economy participation and lower levels of ownership;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate – and where necessary peripatetic – healthcare, childcare and care for the elderly, thereby with a focus on ensuring full access to all services including SRHR, as well as childcare and care for the elderly by ensuring accessible and affordable care outside the home, emphasizes the need to guarantee and promotinge women’s social security and rights, including maternityparental leave or pension rights, and women’s access to available EU funds, Stresses the need for specific interventions for women through CAP, as well as giving priority to women in the selection criteria for support;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote digital and hybrid education, reskilling and upskilling of women in rural areas and to further develop access to specific education programmes and quality jobs in order to enhance their potential, Stresses the need to overcome the infrastructural and practical challenges rural women face in accessing education such as restrictions of mobility or inadequate digital infrastructure;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to create a ubiquitous and seamless broadband infrastructure, as well as creative housing and work opportunities, and quality jobs that facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life and thus ensure equal opportunities for participation on rural economy and work.