Activities of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT related to 2014/2250(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Empowering girls through education in the EU (A8-0206/2015 - Liliana Rodrigues)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas education and training of girls and women is an important European value, a fundamental human right and an essential element for the empowerment of girls and women at social, cultural and professional level, as well as for the full enjoyment of all other social, economic, cultural and political rights;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas poverty has a strong influence on equal access to education due to both direct and indirect costs of sending children to school, and access to education, in particular higher education, is especially difficult for young people from low-income families, which leads to a reinforcement of the traditional preference for education for boys;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas according to a study conducted by the Directorate General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament, 30 million females of primary school age are globally out of the education system;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the impact of gender stereotypes on education and training has strong implications for the labour market, where women still face both horizontal and vertical segregation, and whereas this contributes to certain sectors still being considered 'male' (with more than 85% men) and their pay levels consequently being higher than those of sectors considered 'female' (with more than 70% women);
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas violence against women is the main impediment to equality between men and women and can be combatted through education; whereas not all EU countries have ratified the Istanbul Convention and the EU has responsibilities in the initiative and funding of projects that promote gender equality;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission that this recommendation be taken to the politicnational institutions responsible for implementing central, regional and local education policies, school management bodies and regional and local authorities;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that all EU countries, and the EU itself as an institution, signReiterates its call on the Commission to initiate as soon as possible the procedure for EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, and work together for gender equality in countries outside the EU, on a trans-European basiss well as to encourage Member States to ratify it; underlines the close links between gender stereotypes, bullying, cyber bullying and violence against women, and the need to fight these from an early age;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls forEncourages all EU countries to invest consistently in the production of information and motivational campaigns for girls and boys to choose non- stereotyped professions, as well as reflecting on the influence of gender identities and perceptions on girls' life plansinformation and awareness raising campaigns in order to address gender stereotypes in the process of professional orientation, notably on sciences and new technologies, with a view to fully benefitting from the human capital represented by European girls and women, promoting discussion of educational and career choices in the classroom;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that girls who are not allowed to attend school are more exposed to domestic violence;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on giving special attention to the gender dimensionequality in all its forms, in curricula, content, school programmes and lesson plans, as well as the need to assess the place of women in school curricula in various disciplines, highlighting their role in the content taught;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages girls and boys to try new roles, activities and educational areas,in the education process to take an equal interest in all subjects, in particular as regards scientific and technical subjects, also encouraging their equal participation of girls and boys in collective decision-making and school management, as well as in all extracurricular activities;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for every effort to be made to ensure that employment in the area of early childhood education, primary education and care is promoted as validuable work for both women and men, reflecting on the relevance of using a system of quotas for men in these areas in the transitional arrangements;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. RCalls on the EIGE to continue its work on putting together gender specific data and scoreboards in all policy areas and reiterates the importance of conducting impact studies for educational policies on gender, providing qualitative and quantitative instruments for the assessment of this impact, and using a budgetary strategy based on gender to promote both access and the right to educational resources;