8 Amendments of Karen MELCHIOR related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is founded on, inter alia, the value of equality between men and women, and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union providstates that the elimination of inequalities, and the promotion of such equality, between men and women is a fundamental principle of the Union; whereas ensuring coherence between their internal budgetary and discharge procedures and their external actions in the field of promotion of gender equality is essential to the credibility of Parliament and the other Union institutions;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its strong request to promote equality between women and men, by supporting gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting where possible withinat all levels of the budgetary procedure, including when finalising the negotiations of the next MFF, and to use budgetary expenditure as an effective tool for combatting existing inequalities and promoting equality between women and men; recalls that gender budgeting is a methodology that must be applied to all Union budget lines and not only to programmes in which the implication of gender seems more relevant;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its request to increase resources for the Daphne-specific objective within the current REC programme and that such an increase is maintained in the Rights and Values programme; calls to ensure that adequate funding is made available for actions aimed at combating violence against women and trafficking in the framework of the effective implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for specific funding to support the most vulnerable women and girls in our society, in particular women with disabilities, women refugees and victims of trafficking and abuses; supports in this regard increasing both commitment and payment appropriations of the two strands of the REC programme;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for budgetary allocations to support women’s entrepreneurship and women’s economic independence and to ensure and encourage access for women to loans and equity finance through Union programmes and funds, such as COSME, Horizon 2020 and the European Social Fund in order to fully maximise women’s participation in the labour market;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the continuation of funding for the Youth Employment Initiative; calls for equal participation of girls and young women in the measures covered by that initiative to be ensured and that special attention is paid to quality offers of training and employment for them, includingparticularly in the digitalised economy, ICT and STEM sectors where women are significantly underrepresented both in terms of education and training as well as employment;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to use the European Structural and Investment Funds (ERDF and ESF) to promote women’s employment, including by financing high-quality, affordable care facilities;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the important role of the European Institute for Gender Equality and calls for the Institute’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be maintainadequately resourced.