Activities of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2014/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) FR
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013 PDF (175 KB) DOC (130 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, although women account for almost 60% of graduates in the EU, the proportion of EU scientists and engineers who are female is less than 33% while women make up almost 80% of the workforce in the health, education and welfare sectors;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings will end in 2016, and the vast majority 1 a of victims of trafficking in the Union are women and girls; __________________ 1a 80% of registered victims, according to the 2014 Eurostat report on trafficking in human beings
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the media can play a role, on the one hand, in spreading stereotypes, degrading the image of women and over- sexualising young girls and, on the other, in overcoming gender stereotypes, encouraging women’s participation in decision making and promoting gender equality;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement proactive policies to promote good jobs for women in order to meet the Europe 2020 targets by combating stereotypes and vertical and horizontal occupational segregation, encouraging the transition from part- to full-time working, and focusing on the NEET27 category in particular; urges the Member States and the Commission to promote, through information and awareness-raising campaigns in particular, entry by women into sectors traditionally viewed as ʽmaleʼ, notably the sciences and new technologies, with a view to benefiting fully from the human capital represented by European women; stresses particularly that ICT offers new opportunities for greater flexibility in the organisation of work and calls upon the Commission to ensure gender is fully mainstreamed in the priority accorded to the digital agenda in the forthcoming five years; __________________ 27 Not in education, employment or training.
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates that the economic potential of female entrepreneurship for European growth and competitiveness is underestimated and under-exploited; asks the European Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to collect as quickly as possible more and better information on female entrepreneurship, and in particular access to financing and economic networks; notes that institutions such as chambers of commerce and industry could play a far more significant role in promoting female entrepreneurship through information campaigns, training courses and business support activities, and in combating gender stereotypes in economic circles, including within banks; calls on the Member States to include, as part of secondary education, projects which can encourage entrepreneurship by young people irrespective of gender; notes that female entrepreneurship also constitutes an opportunity to restructure the labour market in a way that benefits the family and gender equality;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points to the decisive role education plays in combating gender stereotypes and ending gender-based discrimination; stresses that young boys and men need to be included in promoting womenʼs rights and gender equality;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points to the need for specific proposals making for better balance in terms of working, family, and personal life by encouraging men and women to share occupational, family, and social responsibilities more evenly, especially where assistance to dependants and childcare is concerned; notes that more comprehensive day care and nursery facilities depend not only on the necessary public policies, but also on incentives to businesses to offer such solutions; urges (regional) chambers of commerce and industry, in addition, to facilitate networking of entrepreneurs, especially female entrepreneurs, with a view to working out solidarity-based joint approaches to work-life balance; notes that flexibility in working hours and the way work is organised, as well as part- time work, may constitute one solution to a better work-life balance;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States, and their media regulators, to consider the place accorded – in both quantitative and qualitative terms – to women in the media and television in particular, not least in order to avert insults to the dignity of women, avoid conveying gender stereotypes, and curb any tendency to hypersexualise little girls;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine whether gender clauses might be included in public procurement tender notices in order to encourage businesses to strive towards gender equality in their ranks; acknowledges that EU legislation on competition has to be complied with in developing this idea;