9 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2014/2217(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)
Citation 35 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 20 May 2014 on Gender Equality in Sport,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 a (new)
Citation 39 a (new)
- having regard to the 2014 Commission report entitled 'Statistical Data on Women Entrepreneurs in Europe',
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which include 99% of European firms, and provide two out of three private sector jobs, is crucial to the attainment of the Europe 2020 Strategy of smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth; Whereas only 31% of entrepreneurs in the EU are women; Whereas the rate of entrepreneurship among women in the EU is 10% as compared with 19% among men; Whereas there is a need to encourage and support the increase of women's entrepreneurship;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas girls and women, especially between the ages of 15 and 24, are less involved than boys and men in physical activity, and whereas sport is a means of self-expression and fulfilment, as well as a force for citizenship and solidarity, and the regular practice of sport improves physical and mental health; whereas violence against women, stereotyping, pay differences and barriers to women’s involvement in management can all be found in sport;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas approximately 42% of those regularly involved in agriculture in the European Union are women, and three in 10 farms in Europe are run by women; whereas promoting equal opportunities for men and women and, at the same time, involving women to a greater extent in business and society, especially in agriculture, must be matters of ongoing concern in Europe;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mainstream a gender perspective into their policies supporting SMEs, and implement innovative policies to promote and support women in entrepreneurship, such as creating of a single multilingual electronic data and exchange platform for female social entrepreneurs, supporting regional and Europe-wide mentoring and peer-to-peer networks, improving gender disaggregation of data on entrepreneurship, and appointing a Women's Enterprise Director within the Commission and Member States' enterprise ministries.
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the Daphne Programme – both its funding and its visibility – in the Rights and Citizenship programme in order that associations working to stop violence against women may continue their work;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Asks the Member States, following the adoption of the Council Conclusions on Gender Equality in Sport, to make full use of the opportunities offered by sport to promote gender equality, notably by defining specific action plans to combat stereotypes and violence, favour equality among professional sportsmen and sportswomen, and promote sport for women;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Asks the Member States to include strategies in rural development programmes to boost the number of jobs for women in rural areas, thereby assuring them of decent pensions, and policies encouraging the presence of women on political, economic and social forums in said sector and furthering the promotion of equal opportunities in rural areas in line with the multifunctionality of agriculture;