7 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2009/2002(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reaffirms its commitment to gender equality policies and mainstreaming and recalls that the promotion of both should be a key element of the external action of the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the communications budget has no instruments enabling DG Communications to give a general budgetary focus to gender questions; stresses the importance and role of EU communications policy in increasing awareness of gender issues and calls for adequate financial resources to be made available for measures of this kind;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to launch pilot projects in fields such as inter- generational solidarity, recognising the economic value of work done by carers, who are mainly women, the contribution made by men to child-rearing, the reconciliation of family and working life, etc.;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that special attention should be paid to trafficking in human beings, in particular women and girls,, adolescents and children when examining strengthening of internal and international security;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the maintenance of budget lines to develop policies to assist persons suffering from ‘DYS’ problems (dysphasia, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia or attention deficit disorder, etc.) and people with disabilities, particularly as regards better support for parents whose children suffer from disabilities and ‘DYS’ problems, and to assist the transition from school to working life for persons with ‘DYS’ problems and disabilities;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to make greater use of the structural funds, within the framework of the European Social Fund, as a way of promoting equality between men and women;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to continue to provide aid in particular to Kosovo, the Middle East, with special emphasis on Palestine, Afghanistan and Georgia; asks the Commission, however, to take into account the necessity of women’s participation in establishing and maintaining peace and in securing democracy; stresses, therefore, the importance of ensuring the reinsertion and participation of women in the restoration of social, economic and political life in those areas.