6 Amendments of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2010/2013(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a continuous effort is required to ensure that women have equal access to education at all levels and that educational choices are not predetermined by gender stereotypes,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the Commission Communication on EU 2020 underlines that the "employment rate of women is particularly low" (only 63% of women are in work compared to 76% of men) and that "policies to promote gender equality will be needed to increase labour force participation"; consequently education and training policy needs to be targeted to close this gap in the labour market, thereby contributing to the achievement of sustainable growth and social cohesion;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
1 7a. Recalls in this context the Council Conclusions1 of May 2007 on the indicators developed for the follow-up of Council Document 9152/07 the Beijing Platform for Action in the areas of education and training of women, in particular higher education and research; regrets, however, that these indicators are not entirely taken into account in the monitoring of the implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work-programme; encourages in this respect their use as a tool for monitoring progress towards gender equality in education and training;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that while progress has been made regarding women's access to higher education, women are still under - represented in the disciplines of mathematics, sciences and technology (only 32% of graduates are female, and 68% are male); points out that reducing gender imbalances in these fields would contribute to a decrease in the skills shortages experienced by the EU in those sectors;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Supports the objective to raise adult participation in lifelong learning from 12.5% to 15% by 2020, and calls for appropriate action; calls for the gender perspective to be taken into account, and promoted, in the implementation of lifelong learning strategies;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Encourages the European Institute for Gender Equality to take steps with a view to improving the collection and analysis of comparable data on gender equality in the field of education and training, and ensure that statistics on the relevant indicators relating to the Beijing Platform for Action are made readily available and are regularly updated;