27 Amendments of Simona BALDASSARRE related to 2019/2169(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcoming these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies, and as a decisive, clear and ambitious policy framework to counter attacks on women’s rights and gender equality; underlines the importance of the chosen dual approach, consisting of targeted measures and the consistent application of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as cross-cutting principles, and welcomes the strong link between the areas of work and the elimination of stereotypes, gender biases andall kinds of discrimination;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the announcement of several complementary strategies and calls for a strategic framework to connect them, and for an intersectional approach to be adopted in all of themstrategies to promote the concept of merit in the workplace and respect for human dignity, promoting engagement for the support of family and birth-rate policies;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establishdetermine concrete timeframes and additionalfurther targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectivelyin cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for parity between men and women and gender equality to be essential, core aspects of the Union's policies, while fully respecting the differences between men and women and their mutual complementarity; calls, in this regard, for the use of EU funds to be targeted at concrete measures to support citizens rather than at promoting purely ideological campaigns, the sole aim of which is to create new gender models;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul ConventionCondemns female genital mutilation and calls on the Member States to impose the mandatory reporting of any such cases by the healthcare system, teachers, law enforcement authorities and social service professionals, ifn the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issuesame way as for other types of abuse, such as child abuse, and to systematically pursue those responsible for such acts; welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the main purposes of gender equality policies are: - to combat violence and inequality; - equal pay for men and women and equal work and skills; - financial support for single mothers and pregnant women; - payment of specific parental allowances and registration of credits for pension rights; - to curb domestic violence;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender- based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basi, without imposing any EU budget increases;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out, for men and women; stresses that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to assist and support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focusfocus on violence against women, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposevictims of sexual exploitation and organ trafficking; insists on the vital importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demandcompletely eradicate these crimes;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets, paying particular attention to the 'demographic challenge'; calls for financial support for andand for the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet reachieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the promotion of uncontrolled migration flows leads to serious infringements of the rights of women, who are often exploited and discriminated against by transnational and transcontinental criminal organisations operating in the human trafficking sector;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomNotes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value across different occupational sectors still needs to be addressed; strongly recommends the inclusion of, by promoting theat principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men, which could be defined as follows: ‘Work shall be deemed of equal value if, based on a comparison of two groups of workers which have not been formed in an arbitrary manner, the work performed iscouraging a merit-based system for comparable jobs, taking into account factors such as the working conditions, the degree of responsibility conferred on the workers, and the physical or mental requirements of the work’; points out that gender-neutral job evaluation tools and classification criteria need to be developed for this purposeconsiders it important to encourage a culture of job evaluation and sexually-equal tools for enhancing the status of work;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to campaign for moresupport the role of women in economic decision-making positions and employment by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Affirms that equal pay must be based on merit-based criteria, without discrimination on grounds of sex, and must be promoted through incentive and reward mechanisms that facilitate the integration of women into the labour market, without imposing sanctions and binding measures on companies and employers, which lead to additional burdens and costs in the private sector;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, and points out the risk of this reinforcing and reproducing stereotypes and gender bias through the programming of AI and other programs; calls for technologies and AI to be transformed into tools in the fight to eradicate gender stereotypes and to empowercalls for technologies and artificial intelligence to be tools in support of the individual, while maintaining the key role of people and the human factor, and supporting girls and women to enterin science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study and to stay on theseheir career paths;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises women's contribution and their vital role in raising children, particularly minors, by recognising the role of mothers who decide to devote themselves to the well-being and protection of the family unit;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. ReiteratUnderlines the importance of gender mainstreaming as a systematic approach to achieving gender equality; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s newly established task force on equalitytransparency and of the involvement of women and civil society; notes the Commission’s newly established task force and calls on the Commission to report to Parliament on the activities carried out and results achieved; underlines the importance of transparency and of the involvement of women’s rights and civil society organisations; urges the Commission to incorporate provisions making the consideration of inputs from the task force compulsory for Directorates- Generalorganisations and organisations in civil society;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges that gender mainstreaming be incorporawomen's rights and their role be protected into EU environmental and climate policies, such as the Green Dealpolicies, that financial and institutional support, gender expertise and strong policy measures to encourage the equal participation of women in decision-making bodies and national- and local-level climate policy authorities be guaranteed, and that recognition and support be given to women and girls as agents for change, on a par with the male gender;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that tax policies have varyingdifferent impacts on different types of households; stressnotes that individual taxation is instrumental in terms of achieving tax fairness for womea tax policy based on a 'flat tax', with a single tax rate, could absorb all forms of tax relief and would have a largely positive economic impact on households and taxpayers in terms of home economics for child education;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. DemandsHighlights the importance of support foring women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EUnion and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks and counter-narrativethe institutions to pay continuous attention to the state of play in relation to women’s rights;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of gender mainstreamingprotection of women's rights and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, throughincluding in the field of external relations;