13 Amendments of Sylvie BRUNET related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include gender mainstreaming in transport-related legislation, policy, programmes and action, to include a definition of gender criteria in the design of mobility planning, to support cooperation with stakeholders and the exchange of good practices to increase the number of women in transport professions, and to improve the collection and analysis of sex-disaggregategender-sensitive statistics and data on behaviour, needs and concerns in mobility, and to develop open data to support transport innovation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply concerned with the underrepresentation of women in the transport sector, considering women occupy only 22% of the total workforce in the transport sector,1a and is among the EU economy’s most male-dominated sectors, in all likelihood due to gender biases, persisting stereotypes and lack of female role models. __________________ 1aBusiness case to increase female employment in transport - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu), 2019. https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/6f833428-54f9-11e9- a8ed-01aa75ed71a1
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to invest in programmes that reduce the gender gap in smart mobility, to increase the number of women in transport professions and to raise awareness on equality issues, such the Transport Innovation Gender Observatory (TInnGO), the European Observatory for Gender Smart Transport or the “More Women in Transport – Platform for Change” initiative, and to implement their Gender Action Plans and best practices; calls for further funding to be made available to such projects;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to further facilitate women’s use of sustainable transport through gender-sensitive design and incentives, as women currently use low- carbon transport more than men1a __________________ 1aCivitas Smart choices for cities Gender equality and mobility: mind the gap!, 2020, p.15 https://civitas.eu/sites/default/files/civ_pol -an2_m_web.pdf
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Highlights that the under- representation of women who work in STEM related positions within the transport sector, such as artificial intelligence (AI), is a matter of concern, as it can negatively affect the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes and the development of ‘gender-biased algorithms’ in new mobility products. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that Artificial Intelligence respects the principles and values of gender equality and non-discrimination as enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that women tend to use new mobility services like car sharing and service-based transport options such as leasing less often, as their daily travel patterns are very different to and more complex than men’s1a ; stresses that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be designed fairly to improve mobility and accessibility for all and taking into account the special situation of carers in the transport system; __________________ 1Kawgan-Kagan, I., Popp, M., ‘Sustainability and Gender: a mixed- method analysis of urban women’s mode choice with particular consideration of e- carsharing’, Transportation Research Procedia, Vol 31, 2018, pp. 146-159.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that limited access to transport solutions for women can be a barrier to employment and reduce access to education and training, healthcare, as well as leading to social isolation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that mobility is heavily shaped by the gender roles performed by women and men. Highlights that women spend on average, 42% of their total commuting time in a typical week on the mobility of care and account for 80% of people in charge of mobility of care.1a Recalls that most of these caring trips are made by women using sustainable modes of transport, such as walking and using public transport, and tend to involve shorter, local and more frequent trips within a short time span. Urges transport planners to find a balance between the supply of transport systems designed for work- related trips and the unmet mobility needs for care giving purposes; __________________ 1aOECD Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development A Gender Perspective (2021), P.17, https://www.itf- oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/transport- innovation-sustainable-development- gender.pdf
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, local authorities and the relevant stakeholders to provide a transport system that is tailored to women’s needs and their favoured modes of transport by improving accessibility, safety (particularly during the pandemic) and comfort, andwhile prioritising adequate investment accordingly and addressing the intersectional discrimination to cover the specific needs of vulnerable groups, including women in rural areas, women with disabilities, women of colour, migrant, ethnic minority and Roma women, older women, single mothers, LGBTIQ+ people, women with caring responsibilities, and women with socio- economic disadvantages;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that women are 47% more likely than males to sustain a serious to fatal injuries in a car collision as a consequence of a data bias,1a whereby cars were designed and tested with ‘male crash dummies and not with ‘female’ dummies. Recalls that female dummies ,added in the early 2000s, represents a 5th-percentile woman — under 152cm tall and 49 kg— and thus doesn't consider the other 95% of women; __________________ 1a J. Forman et al, Automobile injury trends in the contemporary fleet: Belted occupants in frontal collisions (2019) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1 080/15389588.2019.1630825?utm_source =newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_c ampaign=newsletter_axiosautonomousve hicles&stream=autonomous-vehicles
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Commission to approve new standardized safety and dummy systems, to take into account the different muscle strength, fat distribution and bone density of females;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers women’s mobility to be more likely impacted by unsafe experiences and concerns for personal safety, as a result, women are exposed to greater levels of “travel burden” than men relating mostly to cost, stress, time poverty, lack of accessibility and above all, safety. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take initiatives to make public spaces in European cities safe and free of harassment by sharing best practices and improving legislation, developing gender based metrics and indicators, management, policies, infrastructure and security technology;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to issue recommendations to increase women’s participation in mobility-related consultation, planning and decision- making processes and to encourage companies to improve equal opportunities for women and to tackle the underrepresentation of women in mobility-related jobs, with a particular focus on innovation in transport, the shift towards sustainable mobility, attracting and retaining talent, and improving working conditions.