40 Amendments of Isabel CARVALHAIS related to 2020/2040(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, to principles 2, 3 and 9 thereof,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to ‘The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship report’, published by the OECD and the European Commission on10 December 2019,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Discussion Paper 129 of 24 July 2020 entitled ‘Gender Smart Financing Investing In & With Women: Opportunities for Europe’,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
Citation 31 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 18 September 2020 entitled ‘A Union of equality: EU anti- racism action plan 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0565),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 c (new)
Citation 31 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0698),
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas gender equality in the EU has improved horizontally to many dimensions, the available indicators still show a large gender gap in the labor market, in the socio-economic and in the political sphere;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cohesion policy is as an important policy tool to supportthe promotion of gender equality is a horizontal objective for all cohesion policy funds; the European Structural and Investments Funds (ESIF) are a very important resource to support the Member States to achieve progress in the gender equality field;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cCohesion pPolicy is as an important policy tooltool not only to support gender equality, but also to reduce disparities affecting groups still suffering from discrimination, including that linked to their sexual orientation;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the involvement of local and regional authorities, gender equality institutions and non-governmental organisationEuropean Court of Auditors is currently assessing the gender mainstreaming in the European budget; whereas this audit report, due to be published in the first quarter of 2021, will give useful insights ion partnership agreements and monitoring committees is still insufficienthow to implement the gender dimension in the Cohesion Policy actions under the MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas, during the programming period 2014-2020, the main critical elements to promote gender equality through Cohesion Policy have been, among others, the gap between formal statements in Partnership Agreements (PAs) and Operational Programmes (OPs) and the actual implementation as well as the weak political commitment in this domain;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas, during the programming period 2014-2020, gender-related issues have been mainly tackled through the European Social Fund (ESF) OPs; whereas, during the same period, the European Regional and Development Fund (ERDF) has contributed to the promotion of gender equality in a very limited manner;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas women represent only 34.4 % of the self-employed and 30 % of start-up entrepreneurs in the European Union and still face difficulties to access finance; whereas Cohesion Policy has a key role in addressing this gap;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas there is still a gender digital divide that needs to be tackled; whereas Cohesion Policy should help bridge this gap, that often affects in a harder way women living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender-disaggregated data and the adoption of appropriate selection procedures areis considered useful for promoting gender equality;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the use of gender- disaggregated data and gender-relevant indicators is crucial to improve the decision-making process and to assess the outcome of the Cohesion Policy’s direct and indirect actions aiming at reducing gender inequality;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas during the COVID-19 pandemic the number of cases of domestic violence against women and girls has worryingly increased; whereas this phenomenon has shown the need for more innovative solutions, including digital ones; whereas Cohesion Policy, and more specifically the upcoming ESF Plus, can help in this regard;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU Recovery Fund focuses on economic stimuli for sectors with a high share of male employment, which risks increasingwomen and men do not have the same resources, needs and preferences and that many policies are not gender inequalities in employmentutral, taking often into account the male perspective as the ‘norm’;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy, and of the ESIF, in promoting gender equality and the EU Gender Equality Strategy; recalls that all policy goals need appropriate resources dedicated to their implementation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that gender equality is still mainly addressed in a general manner and limited to the policy domains of the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as in the context analysis and programming phase, while more attention is needed in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases; recalls that is necessary for each programming phase, strategic actions to identify the priority areas that contribute to gender equality and sustainable development;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that gender equality is still mainly addressed in a general manner and limited to the policy domains of the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as in the context analysis and programming phase, while more attention is needed in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases on a regular basis;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that EU rules should be written in a clear and explicit way, and be binding in relation to gender equality; underlines that the lack of suitable resources is a major cause of discrimination;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a strong political commitment on the importance of gender equality for the entire population and for economic growth and territorial development; stresses the necessity of a stronger work-life balance strategy for the EU as away to promote gender equality; considers that a good work-life balance is essential to reduce the pressure on women during family-related leave, decreasing the lack of free time due to the unequal distribution of caring responsibilities in the personal sphere;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the necessity of investment in the social-economic protection for housewives, due to the fact that women assume most of the times the responsibility for the care of the personal sphere and have no social protection rights under the law of many Member States;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Member States to coordinate closely with local and regional authorities and civil society partners, in particular in the framework of the partnership agreement and when drafting the partnership principle, to take into account challenges related to effective equality policies at local and regional level; encourages the Member States to carry on campaigns to promote equality policies, namely in the field of the reconciliation of work and private live, elimination of gender stereotypes in career choices and improving women economic independence;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that programme stakeholders and monitoring committees still lack expertise on the implementation of a gender perspective in concrete projects, especially in European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) interventions; considers there to be a lack of guidelines, training programmes and concrete examples of good practice to address this; underlines, in this regard, the potential of the ERDF/CF to bridge the gap women are still facing, with particular reference to female entrepreneurship and the digital sector;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the necessity for more investment to address equal opportunities and anti-discrimination strategies, as the active inclusion, the fight against all forms of discrimination, promotion of equal access to affordable, sustainable and quality services and reducing and preventing early school leaving; considers essential more investment in promoting equal access to primary, secondary and university studies, and in live-learning strategies;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. BelievStresses that all programmes implemented under cCohesion pPolicy should ensure gender equality throughout their evaluation, preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation; is of the opinion that the composition of expert groups in the different phases of the policy cycle should be gender balanced;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that the actions aiming at bridging the gender gap under Cohesion Policy should adopt an intersectional approach that also takes into consideration age, race and disabilities;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Believes that the beneficiaries of the Cohesion Policy should not adopt any discriminatory policy, in particular against those minorities that still suffer from discrimination, such as the LGBTI community; encourages the rejection of applications from potential beneficiaries, including from regional or local authorities, which have adopted discriminatory policies against members of the LGBTI community such as the declaration of ‘LGBT-free zones’;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that cohesion policy needs to support equal access to training for women in order to bridge the digital gender gap and to support the green and digital transitions; for instance through the increase of the share of female graduates in STEM subjects as well as their involvement in sectors that are crucial for the environmental transition, such as the energy one;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the crucial role of cohesion policy in investing in high-quality public services and social infrastructure, both for combating gender inequalities and for building social resilience and coping with economic, social and health crises;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the crucial role of cohesion policy in investing in high-quality public services, including healthcare, both for combating gender inequalities and for building social resilience and coping with economic, social and health crises;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes that one of the horizontal priorities of the new Multiannual Financial Framework regards gender equality and mainstreaming; stresses that the monitoring of the programmes should not only aim at measuring the relevant expenditure, but, even more importantly, at assessing the outcome of the EU budget on improving gender equality, which goes beyond the mere measurement of how amounts are earmarked;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the role of European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in the promotion of gender equality and in the fight against discrimination based on gender; underlines its positive contribution to gender mainstreaming, including in the domain of Cohesion Policy; calls for the adequate funding of this body;
Amendment 163 #
17. Strongly supports the ex ante requirement of developing a nationEuropean, national, regional and local gender equality strategy to underpin cohesion policy interventions;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that an ex ante and ex post gender impact assessment should be a mandatory part of Member States’ evaluations on how the funds are spent and whether compliance with gender equality targets is effectively respected;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that gender mainstreaming must be applied in all stages of the budgetary process; stresses the need to track spending on gender equality in all budget lines, not just in targeted measures, and to assess the final impactoutcome of the budgetary lines on gender equality; requests that the Commission, in cooperation with the European Court of Auditors, propose a methodology to that end; recommends the use of criteria such athat do not only assess the national median wage and the median annual gross income in purchasing power parity, but also non- economic indicators, such as those measuring subjective well-being, the elimination of gender-based violence, civil engagement, work-life balance, social connections; underlines that the assessment of the outcome is only possible if gender-disaggregated data is available;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all institutions to provide guidance documents and training sess, on a regular basis, hands-on training at all levels of the administrations, so as to disseminate and embed concrete examples of good practices on gender mainstreaming; stresses, moreover, that at the project selection stage the criteria for gender mainstreaming should be strengthened through higher scoring and requirements for more practical actions; recommends making use of the existing tools developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) such as its toolkit for gender budgeting in the ESI Funds;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses the importance of evaluating the training output to assess its effectiveness in improving the implementation of gender mainstreaming;