13 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include gender mainstreaming and intersectionality approach1a in transport-related legislation, policy, programmes and action, to support cooperation with stakeholders and the exchange of good practices to increase the number of women in transport professions, and to improve highlights that further progress is needed in transport research on gender and further collection and analysis of sex- disaggregated data on behaviour, needs and concerns in mobility; __________________ 1aPirra M., et al. (2021). A preliminary analysis on gender aspects in transport systems and mobility services: presentation of a survey design. Sustainability, 13(5), 2676.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that women transport workers encounter significantly higher number of barriers, such as male- dominated workplace and gender stereotypes, discrimination and unequal treatment at work, lack of work-life balance, deficiencies in provision for women’s health and safety at work, including access to decent sanitary facilities, high levels of violence and harassment at the workplace; regrets that these barriers create a working environment that fails to attract women to the transport professions and to retain them in the sector; calls on the Commission to issue recommendations to tackle this problem;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission’s sustainable and smart mobility strategy and supports its priorities, calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise the importance of integrating knowledge on gender and diversity while proposing and implementing targeted transport legislation; highlights that proposals for transport legislation should be compliant with the Commission’s Gender Equality Strategy and Disability Strategy.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that mobility is experienced in different ways by women and men; stresses that women tend to use new mobility services like car ride-sharing: e- scooters or bike rental less often, as their daily travel patterns are very different to and more complex than men’s1 ; stresses that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be designed fairly to improve mobility and accessibility for all; , they carry bigger travel burden relating to cost, time, stress; points out that women are more likely to be exposed to dangerous and life or health-threatening situations; stresses that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be designed fairly to improve mobility and accessibility for all; stresses that safety should be one of key concerns while designing new strategy for mobility; emphasizes possible customization of public means of transport for vulnerable groups; __________________ 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 50 #
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, connectivity between services, security, safety (particularly during the pandemic) and comfort, and prioritising adequate investment accordinglyin sustainable transport modes and infrastructures;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to issue recommendation on possible ways to tackle the issue of underrepresentation of women in all modes of transport, and services related thereto; stresses the need to strengthen women’s employment and equal opportunities in general through better connectivity, especially in suburban areas;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and local authorities to improve quality of roads, bicycle paths as well as to adjust public spaces such as bus stops (landscape architecture) in the predominantly rural areas in order to advance the feeling of security among female part of rural population;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and local authorities to consider the introduction of 'telecare' system1b (combination of multiple services in one building such as community based organisations, shops, transport hubs, health related institutions) which could tackle service-related problems and lead to increase in women's independency in the rural areas; __________________ 1bManthorpe, J., & Livsey, L. (2009). European challenges in delivering social services in rural regions: a scoping review: Les services sociaux des régions rurales de l'Europe: une étude des recherches. European Journal of Social Work, 12(1), 5-24.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Highlights that smart, sustainable and affordable public transport connectivity within rural and to urban and peripheral areas is a key for women's independence and their personal development;
Amendment 70 #
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, with a particular focus on innovation and digitalisation in transport, the shift towards sustainable and greener mobility, attracting and retaining talent, and improving working conditions and environment through flexibility and reduce atypical contracts and hours; stresses the importance of achieving and maintaining diversity and inclusion-based approach in order to secure fairer transportation model.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that due to the fact that transport is a traditionally male- dominated sector, the Covid-19 pandemic has had specific, additional adverse effects on women transport workers and is threatening to reverse gender equality gains and thus to add to existing inequalities; calls therefore all stakeholders to strengthen social dialogue in order to eliminate discrimination and unequal treatment;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on Commission to continue to support and strengthen stakeholder cooperation and exchange of good practices on the “More Women in Transport –Platform for Change”, in order to help increase the number of women in transport professions and ensure equal opportunities for women and men in the transport sector; as well as to present the first outcome of functioning of the platform;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Highlights that in the transport workforce, women are dramatically underrepresented. Only 22% of transport employees in the European Union are women.