Activities of Sylwia SPUREK 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 (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 23 #
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;
Amendment 66 #
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 partnerswomen in agriculture;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the unequal access of women to farmland ownership and calls on the Member States to ensure ownership rights for women;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to ensure that rural development includes a holistic approach that goes beyond agriculture development and puts people's support at the centre;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that the situation of women in rural areas needs to be addressed with an intersectional approach by focusing on the particular situation of specific groups such as migrant women, LBTIQ women, women with disabilities or older women;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Strongly supports to increase the institutional support to ensure political participation and power or representation for rural women;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate public services – and where necessary peripatetic – in the area of healthcare, childcare and care for the elderly, thereby promoting women’s employment rates and their social security rights, including maternity leave or pension rights, andpension rights; stresses the importance of ensuring women’s access to available EU funds;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that women are more dependent on public transports; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that rural areas are not deprived of equal access to essential infrastructure in that area;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Condemns all forms of gender- based violence; notes that free of charge, specialised and accessible support services for victims plays a crucial role in ensuring their fundamental human rights; calls therefore on the Member States, regional and local governments to ensure that victims living in rural and remote areas are not deprived of equal access to support services; reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to create a ubiquitous and seamless broadband infrastructure, as well as creativto establish measures to ensure adequate housing and work opportunities, and quality jobs that facilitate the recon, as well as policies that facilitation of work and family life work-life balance.