6 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concernRecalls that special report 10/2021, published by the ECA1 , confirmed that the Union’s budget cycle does not yet adequately take gender equality into account and that the Commission hasd not yet fully implemented its commitment to include gender mainstreaming in the Union budget; _________________ 1 European Court of Auditors, Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action. Special report No 10, 2021, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission's work on a new classification to measurewhen evaluating the gender impact of Union spending; calls on the Commission to ensure that this classification focuses on an accurate and comprehensive representation of the impact of programmes on gender equality;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities and affected women’s employment disproportionally, in particular women working in the informal economy and in precarious working conditions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term care facilities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the importance of strengthening the specifically dedicated Daphne initiative by increasing its resources, in particular measures that aim to combat all levels and all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls and domestic violence in line with Article7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/692 and to properly support victims;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regretcalls the lack of specific budget lines forsignificance of measures dedicated to gender equality, especially within the Daphne programme, leading to a lack of transparency and accountability.