16 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2015/2228(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas governments have committed, in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to ensuring that all boys and girls complete a full elementprimary education;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Europe 2020 targets include a reduction in early school leaving rates to below 10%;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Europe 2020 target is to ensure that 40% of 30-34 year-olds have received a university education, compared with the current average of 37.9 %; whereas the average figure for women has exceeded 42.3 %, compared with 33.6% for men;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas average participation in adult learning in the EU is 11 %, compared with the Europe 2020 target of 15 %, with lower participation among women, mainly due to the difficulty of combining such activities with the need to balance the demands of work and family life;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas poverty is a major factor when it comes to equal access to education, given the direct and indirect costs involved;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the economic crisis has affected women in particular, increasing their risk of poverty;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas bullying has profound effects on educational achievement, with differences between boys and girls regarding its psychological impact and its effect on their performance;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas vocational and top-up training are helpful when it comes to entering employment;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that gender discrimination is an even more relevant factor, making things harder for girls regarding not only access to education but also the purpose thereof, which must be to encourage the development of their personalities, abilities and self-esteem, as well as their mental and physical aptitudes, through enhancement of their potential;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of training teachers to be aware of the impact of gender roles and gender stereotyping and the importance of preventing this; whereas boys and girls must receive instruction designed to prevent gender stereotyping in line with the messages to be sent regarding equal educational opportunities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the importance of ensuring support and investment for learning activities and opportunities in addition to those offered by formal education, especially for girls, giving them the opportunity to acquire soft skills and cross-cutting qualifications with a view to facilitating the development of European citizenship; emphasises also the importance of non-formal education in drawing people with low skills and at risk of poverty into the world of education and work;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses the need to extend vocational, top-up and other forms of training and guidance to adults, especially women, in order to enhance their integration or reintegration into the labour market and thereby reduce the risk of poverty;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2. Asks the Commission to provide a breakdown by gender and age regarding participation in European educational mobility programmes, such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls in particular the right of migrant and refugee children, both boys and girls, to have access to education; points out that access to education, in both refugee camps and host municipalities, meeting requisite quality standards and accompanied by linguistic and psychological support, must not be undermined by bureaucratic and administrative issues relating to recognition of refugee status;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the contribution of voluntary organisations and the tertiary sector in this area and urges the Member States to support their efforts; recalls the high level of participation by women in voluntary educational and other activities, supporting and improving educational opportunities for refugee and deprived children for example;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Maintains that the participation of girls in school life is a prerequisite in efforts to prevent early school leaving, given that girls acquire confidence through being given the opportunity to actively change for the better their own lives or those of others; notes that the involvement of girls may also help to change public perceptions of what they are able to do and ensure that they are perceived as citizens and as active members of society when it comes to upholding individual rights;