6 Amendments of Maria da Graça CARVALHO related to 2020/2040(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, promoting gender equality is essential for achieving main goals of the Cohesion Policy, namely, long-term and sustainable regional economic and social development in the EU, and whereas Cohesion Policy promotes and enhances gender equality by targeting horizontal and vertical labour market segregation and persistent gender gaps in employment, social inclusion, education, by promoting business start- ups and entrepreneurship among women, by facilitating women’s access to research and innovation as well as by taking into consideration women’s needs with regards to transport and social infrastructures;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the provision of care is of the utmost importance in enabling women to remain active in the labour market; as they are mostly involved in care responsibilities; whereas in light of emerging demographic trends, such as ageing societies, lower birth rates and consequently the decline of the working age population, the need for formal and informal long-term care services becomes more important than ever; whereas COVID-19 has exposed a long-standing problem in care provision in the EU; whereas care needs to be viewed holistically along a continuum, from childcare to afterschool care, to care for those with disabilities to care for older persons;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Members States and their respective authorities to privilege programmes that aim at preventing, combating violence against women and helping victims of violence, considering that domestic violence increased during the COVID-19 crisis in most Member States; stresses the important role of the Istanbul-Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence; urges all Member States that has still not ratified the Istanbul-Convention to do so;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Urges the Council to conclude the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States and their respective authorities to share good practices in the application of gender mainstreaming through knowledge sharing, technical assistance, training and awareness raising; encourages the decision-making committees to adopt gender-balance within their boards to improve diverse decisions and invites the Member States and their respective authorities to support such a gender- balanced appointment within decision- making committees;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Member States to prioritise available funds within the cohesion policy for provision of care to meet not only growing demand for care infrastructure, but also to effectively address gender gaps in employment, labour market segregation and consequently pay and pension gaps; encourages the Members states to share best practices at European level about the efficient use of EU funds to contribute to the development of quality care services;