2015/2007(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH, Anne SANDER, David CASA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote real gender equality especially in the digital economy including in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made;

Amendment 11 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Emilian PAVEL, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made; calls on the Commission to update current data regarding female workers in the ICT sector and to assess the economic impact of incorporating more women into the sector;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Points out that digitalisation has a substantial impact on the labour market by modifying job dynamism, creating new job opportunities and more flexible working conditions such as telecommuting or teleworking which could serve as a an effective tool for better reconciliation of professional and domestic duties for both women and men;

Amendment 13 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Points out that only 20% of 2.7 million people working in the ICT sector are women, they are underrepresented at all levels in the ICT sector, especially in decision-making positions;

Amendment 14 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Highlights the fact that the Commission's estimations show that allowing more women to enter the digital jobs market can create an annual € 9 billion GDP boost in the EU area;

Amendment 15 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Georges BACH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. Stresses the importance of improving digital skills and IT-literacy among women and boosting their inclusion into ICT, which is one of the highest paying sectors, which could contribute to women's financial empowerment and independence resulting in the reduction of the total gender wage gap and future pension gap;

Amendment 16 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Ádám KÓSA, David CASA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that low participation of women and girls in ICT-related education and later in employment is a result of a complex interplay of gender stereotyping that starts at early stages of life and education and continues to professional career; takes note of the fact that factors limiting women and girls from participating in the ICT education and employment include: lifelong stereotyping, segregation into "typically female and male" activities, hobbies and toys that starts at the earliest levels of education, a relative lack of female role models in the ICT sector as well as the limited visibility of women in this sector especially in leadership position;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Strongly supports efforts to increase the proportion of women managers in the EU;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that State intervention is necessary when a gender is structurally disadvantaged and is denied the chance of self-realisation; emphasises that the aim must not be gender parity, but rather equal opportunities;

Amendment 19 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Emphasises that diversity is a sign of economic success;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)

B. having regard to the in-depth analysis Women in ICT, 2012 (Directorate general for Internal Policies; Policy department, Gender Equality),

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Calls on~~Encourages the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive, stresses in this regard the Barcelona Objectives and the importance of quality and affordable childcare for the female employment rate, stresses that equal opportunities for men and women are the heart of equality policy;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to ~~address~~investigate the gender gap in the ICT sector ~~by creating mor~~and what processes occur with regard to women’s participation in higher education, and what solutions are available to create incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; urges the Commission and the Member States to ~~unblock~~seek to reach agreement on the Women on Boards Directive;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; ~~urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Wo~~calls on the Member States to create better conditions for employment o~~n Boards Directive~~f women on boards;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; ~~urges the Commission~~calls on the Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe ~~Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive~~matics) in general and for female students in particular; takes note of the most recent Council discussion on the Women on Boards Directive and the concerns regarding a possible violation of the subsidiarity principle and its questionable legal basis;

Amendment 24 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Emilian PAVEL, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives and support structures for women, such as role models, mentoring programmes and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; ~~urges the Commission~~calls therefore on the Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in the so called STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe ~~Member States to unblock the W~~matics) in general and for female students in particular; points out the necessity to start endowed professorships for women oin ~~Boards Directive~~ICT, to establish role models for girls and women in this field;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by use of positive action, by stressing the business case for diversity and by creating ~~more~~stronger incentives for both companies and women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility and empowerment of women; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive; welcomes existing initiatives from the Commission to foster network structures and mentoring programs promoting an inclusive digital arena, however, highlights the importance to intensify its efforts and urges to make better use of the Digital Single Market Strategy to promote an open, safe and inclusive internet;

Amendment 27 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)

(a) urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive improving the gender balance among non-executive managers of companies listed on stock exchanges and expand its scope to all directors; Member States should furthermore introduce measures to promote women's career progression at all levels of leadership within companies through positive actions;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises that quotas for female managers cannot apply to microenterprises and small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), as they simply do not have sufficient employees;

Amendment 29 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to organise digital literacy courses to facilitate the entry into ICT companies of women who, for various reasons, do not possess these specific skills; points out that failure to implement this policy adequately would result in further discrimination regarding access for women to this sector;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)

C. having regard to the in-depth analysis Empowering Women on the Internet, 2015 (Directorate general for Internal Policies; Policy department, Gender Equality),

Amendment 30 #

Claude ROLIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that the study entitled ‘Women active in the ICT sector’ estimated there would be 900 000 unfilled positions in the ICT sector in Europe; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate measures to attract far more women into careers in the digital sector;

Amendment 31 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Georges BACH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the fact that the ICT sector is characterised by both vertical and horizontal segregation which is even higher that the other sectors, as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas the majority (54 per cent) of women employed in ICT sector occupy lower paid and lower skill-level positions and only a small minority of them (8 per cent) are in the high skill software engineer positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in the decision-making within this sector with only 19,2 per cent of ICT sector workers having female bosses compared to 45,2 per cent of non-ICT sector workers;

Amendment 32 #

Deirdre CLUNE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Whereas women tend to be second earners with ICT jobs featuring heavily in this field, encourages Member States to have tax and benefit systems that are free of disincentives for second earners to work or work more;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that appropriate training courses are organised so as to provide women with suitable skills in the IT sector;

Amendment 34 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Emphasises that the subsidiarity principle must be strictly applied in connection with quotas;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that the ICT sector is rapidly growing, creating around 120,000 new jobs every year, however skills shortage in ICT and related services might cause up to 900,000 unfilled vacancies by 2020, due to a skills mismatch, stresses therefore the importance to make a full use of women's potential and talents to fill up those vacancies and include women to the ICT sector in order to boost economy in the EU and women's employment opportunities as well as offer a level of protection against exclusion from the labour market;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any EU funding for women’s digital literacy is closely, constantly and continually monitored so as to prevent any misuse thereof and ensure that it is effectively deployed;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls, in the context of all measures taken in this area, for the bureaucratic burden on firms to be kept to a minimum; points out that excessive amounts of red tape can jeopardise acceptance and lead to job losses and job relocations; welcomes the workable, consensus-based compromises reached by the two sides of industry in Member States with a strong tradition of codetermination; regards codetermination as a best-practice model for European economies;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relev~~Welcomes the many opportunities and the great flexibility the digital age offer employees antd stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’elf-employed persons, including opportunities for a better work- lift balance, working from home, entrepreneurship etc., calls on the Commission to analyse what measures are needed for the EU to realise the full potential of the digital age;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, in~~cluding~~ particular social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’;;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’; welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; regrets that the Digital Agenda as well as the Digital Single Market Strategy largely neglects the impact that the digitalisation has on the labour market; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘'New start for working parents’';

Amendment 43 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners and civil society, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 45 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Georges BACH, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the potential of new forms of work and increased mobility in reconciling professional and family life, in particular with regard to the situation on the labour market of parents of young children and persons with disabilities;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the fact that some Member States (Germany, Spain, Sweden) initiated policies to encourage a positive gender balance within Europe's ICT professions, and these policies are primarily aimed at promoting ICT-related studies and career paths for girls and women from an early age;

Amendment 47 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Points out that digitalisation in the labour market changes nature of work and relations between employer and employee as well as creates new possibilities of organisation of work; stresses that these new opportunities require rethinking and redefying terms such as place and boundaries of work time; stresses that employees labour rights guaranteed by Member States' labour law, should be safeguarded independently of new forms and organisation of work brought by digitalisation;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Calls on the Commission and the Member States~~Believes it is only the Member States who have the right to identify new forms of employment ~~especially for women~~ and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify ~~new~~suitable forms of employment especially for women that reconcile work and family life and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees ~~in order to combat precarious working conditions~~;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on ~~the Commission,~~ the Member States and the social partners to ~~promot~~encourage gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to ~~closely monitor and follow up on the progress made~~share best practices within and between Member States;

Amendment 50 #

Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States ~~to identify new forms of employment especially for women and to~~, in a bid to combat the crisis and rampant unemployment, particularly among young people, to identify new forms of employment in the ICT sector also, guaranteeing access for all interested parties, while safeguarding fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment, especially for women so a full and proper work-life balance may be possible and guaranteed, and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~identify new forms of employment especially for~~carefully assess and identify the opportunities and risks of new forms of employment and the gender dimension of this, especially as regards the impact on employment and working conditions of women and to safeguard fundamental workers’' rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions; stresses that new forms of social protection need to be found to underline new forms of work; and that women have already experienced gaps in social security as regards new forms of work and this experience needs to be taken on board in finding adequate solutions;

Amendment 53 #

Marian HARKIN, Ulla TØRNÆS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of sustainable and inclusive employment especially for women ~~and~~, providing special forms of protection and security for the most vulnerable groups, such as single mothers, women with disabilities and those living in poverty and therefore at risk of social exclusion; calls on them also to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions and possible forms of exploitation;

Amendment 54 #

Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment especially for women and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions; points out that women are disproportionately affected by the effects of job insecurity;

Amendment 55 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of quality employment especially for women ~~and~~, as well as their effects on work and private life, including family life; urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission's roadmap "New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families", to address the impact of digitalisation on workers with care responsibilities;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment especially for women and to safeguard ~~fundamental~~ workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;

Amendment 57 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~identify~~analyse the new forms of employment ~~especially for women and~~in the digital age and ways to safeguard ~~fundamental~~existing workers’ rights and the social protection of employees ~~in order to combat precarious working conditions~~;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to exploit the potential of new forms of employment such as home working, teleworking or freelance work as a means of reconciling work and family life;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges the potentials digitalisation has for entrepreneurship and highlights the importance to provide for the necessary funding structures for ICT-related businesses and digital start- ups, especially improving the access to funding for female entrepreneurs;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the ~~Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote~~Member States to help create the conditions for gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to ~~closely monitor and follow up on the progress made~~monitor the changes made and trends;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that more flexible working hours make it much easier for men and women to organise their lives in keeping with their circumstances and stage of life;

Amendment 61 #

Deirdre CLUNE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to take action in the area of affordable childcare so as to facilitate equal access for women to the labour market;

Amendment 62 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap ~~continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged~~is the result of different participation of women and men in the labour market throughout their working lives; stresses that the advances in the area of gender equality, the increasing employment participation of women and investments in social inclusion policies will help to reduce this gender pension gap in the future while the current pension situation of women is linked to the past; notes that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace challenges national wage setting mechanisms including the role of the social partners, violates the principle of subsidiarity and is incoherent with EU- treaties;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Points~~ Is concerned about ~~that~~ the gender pay gap ~~continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector~~in some sectors in some countries; stresses ~~that~~ the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace ~~to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged~~;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in ~~the same~~ workplaces covered by the same law to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged;

Amendment 65 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay and career development gap continues for self- employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged; reiterates that inequalities of this kind should not be allowed to take root in these new sectors and that they should on the contrary be key sectors as regards equal pay and career development;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged even though it constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of social justice in employment and should therefore be protected above all else;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; calls on the Member States to regulate accordingly contracts for self-employed workers; stresses also that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses thate importance of the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace ~~to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged~~;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues at an inacceptable high level for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that this fundamentally challenges the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages ~~is being challenged;~~ ; highlights the importance of collective bargaining at all levels especially in branches which are strongly affected by digitalisation in order to ensure the principle of equal pay for equal work as well as safeguard working space quality and working space security in times of digitalisation; points out that necessary general framework conditions have to be found in order to safeguard the protection of personal employee data;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote ~~gender equality~~objective selection procedures based on skills and aptitude, prohibiting discrimination against women, in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made;

Amendment 70 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Emilian PAVEL, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the gender pay gap ~~continues for self-employed women and women working~~, which results in an even higher pension gap, also exists in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages ~~is being challenged~~must be guaranteed as pointed out by Commission President Juncker;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights the need for e-learning to be used more intensively as a means of gaining qualifications and skills by persons with reduced mobility;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 73 #

Mara BIZZOTTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcom~~Stresses the opimport~~unity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for work~~ance of encouraging every means of reconciling different activities, so as to give all workers, including women, the opportunity of achieving a better work-life balance in the digital ersa;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, ~~a ‘right to log off’~~full compliance with the prescribed rest times for workers;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age even if, despite the ways in which society has changed, structures have still not been sufficiently adjusted and do not make it possible for women to fully profit from this option; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises th~~e risks po~~at work-related mental health problems, such as burnout, caused by the constant accessibility ~~(e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers~~present a serious risk;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers, as well as suitable support for the prevention and treatment of risks arising from employment in the digital sector;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcomes the opportunity for~~Notes both the potentials and risks of digitalisation of work; reminds that risks and potentials are both to be assessed when work has no clear start or end date anymore; considers that digitalisation could be an instrument – if well used – to lead toward a better work-life balance for women and men in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘'right to log off’' for workers;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; ~~emphasises~~is aware of the risks posed by constant accessibility ~~(e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers~~;

Amendment 8 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality, to introduce and guarantee career equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress that still needs to be made;

Amendment 80 #

Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; expresses, however, its concern over the danger that new ways of working, such as teleworking, increase women’s double burden of work and home life; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers;

Amendment 81 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age~~; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers~~ through the transformation of traditional working time arrangements into more flexible forms of employment; draws attention to the fact, however, that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to unstable forms of employment; stresses the need to ensure that current standards as regards social security, minimum wages ,where applicable, worker participation and occupational health and safety are maintained;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by potential demand for a constant accessibility of employees (e.g. burnout); ~~advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for worker~~stresses therefore the need for respecting working time arrangements under flexible hours employment contracts in order to maintain the boundaries of working time as defined by the labour law in the individual Member States;

Amendment 83 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)

(a) emphasises that work-related mental health problems, such as burnout, caused by the constant accessibility present a serious risk; advocates, therefore, a 'right to disconnect' for workers;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that distance working also helps women achieve a better work-life balance in the digital era, enabling them to reconcile the demands of the workplace with need to devote due attention to the wellbeing of their families;

Amendment 85 #

Deirdre CLUNE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to positively address the situation regarding flexible work and job security that is prominent in the ICT sector, whereas it has been shown that flexible work can help women gain a foothold in the labour market;

Amendment 86 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; recalls that the European Social Fund may participate in funding such training courses.

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; recommends that digital literacy where needed be added to traditional training courses, thereby bringing essential content into line with new labour market requirements.

Amendment 88 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training, active labour market measures as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates.; highlights the importance of integrating coding, new media and technologies in the educational curricular at all levels and points out the potential of digital skills to reduce access barriers to the entry in the labour market;

Amendment 89 #

Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; points to the importance of constant dialogue with social partners in order to overcome the gender gap in this field.

Amendment 9 #

Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions, to promote gender balance in decision-making teams, and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that there is a pressing need to tackle the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, ~~needs to be tackled~~ through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning~~, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates~~; stresses that there is a pressing need to ensure that educational institutions ensure a better match between the skills of their candidates and the demands on the labour market.

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Highlights the importance of quality childcare and calls on Member States to ensure that working parents have access to accessible and affordable childcare services;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use experiences from the MINT subjects in order to substantially increase the share of female students in ICT related subjects; points out that existing stereotypes strongly promote the existing gender gap in ICT education having a negative impact for the economic development and the competitiveness of the European Union;

Amendment 93 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Georges BACH, Anne SANDER, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out the lack of sufficiently conclusive recommendations and the need to gather data on the new forms of work so as to enable the Member States to take informed decisions when shaping policies for new types of employment in the context of digital technologies;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Takes the view that women over 55 are more likely to have depreciated e-skills due to the lack of life-long learning and that digitalization constitutes an important barrier for older job seekers with limited e-skills, calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or a potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses the importance of learning ICT skills at an early age and calls on Member States to ensure that girls are encouraged to take up ICT classes throughout their education; stresses the importance of accessible ICT learning and calls on Member States to encourage females from all economic backgrounds to develop their ICT skills through fully funded apprenticeships and traineeships;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Urges the Member States in the light of the ongoing digitalisation of society to enable population groups who are at a disadvantage in this respect (such as senior citizens) to supplement their qualifications and update their digital skills;

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1

on ~~gender equality and empowering~~ensuring the application of the equal opportunities principle for men and women in the digital age

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the free and open source software industry has changed the way software is produced, distributed, supported, and used, and has a visible social impact enabling richer digital inclusivity, including for women and girls;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that ICTs can be used in online training programmes, thereby facilitating women’s access to e-learning; enable women to participate in decision- making by means of electronic voting; and increase women’s ability to take part in surveys and discussion forums, and even to submit complaints and report other individuals anonymously;

Amendment 101 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote digitalisation in politics in order to ensure proper direct democracy and the direct involvement of women and citizens, thereby overcoming out-dated schemes and obstacles that cause difficulties for women attempting to establish themselves in electoral and institutional environments;

Amendment 102 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on Member States to adopt online voting methods for electoral consultations, in order to eliminate logistical barriers which remain even today, particularly for women, and to reduce the costs of building polling stations, thereby furthermore circumventing the need to use public facilities and interrupt the services provided therein, such as school activities;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme to specifically target civil society and women’s organisations working in relation to digitalisation and ICT, in order to improve conditions for civic and democratic participation of women and to pay special attention to the gender-specific objectives in the upcoming evaluations of implementation;deleted

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Highlights the importance new media can play in strengthening women´s participation in democratic processes; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote women´s full participation in the media, including management as well as regulatory or monitory bodies; more specifically calls on the Commission to create a European Media Monitoring group with a specific gender equality branch in order to strive for a more gender equal media realm fighting gender stereotyping and misrepresentation of women; furthermore urges the Commission to foster the creation of networks among civil society organisations and professional media organisation in order to empower women to take an active part and recognize the specific need of women in media;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Stresses the key role of international civil society in internet governance, through such forums as the Global Internet Forum; Calls on the Commission and Member States to engage with and support digital civil society organisations at grassroots and an international level, and advance the participation and representation of women and girls in all of these forums and networks;

Amendment 108 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on Member States to consult their citizens directly on legislative decisions by means of digital solutions, thereby enabling women to promote the public’s interests with greater energy and in the process overcome the gap that exists between men and women in relation to public administration;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance of extending its Digital Agenda to rural areas so that all citizens, in particular women, are not excluded and isolated and can utilise all digital opportunities;

Amendment 11 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Constance LE GRIP, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. Whereas the advent of the digital world has fundamentally changed how societies work and interact; and how the digital world impacts not just markets but society, and impacts women not just as consumers, but as citizens and workers;

Amendment 110 #

Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, including for positions of responsibility, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;

Amendment 111 #

Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies and other relevant industries, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made as well as share best practices in this area;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote ~~gender~~ equality between men and women in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, in particular those in higher positions and on boards; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive on Equal Representation of Women on Executive Boards; urgently reminds the Commission of its responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in the Council as regards EU legislation addressing transparency and greater balance in recruitment for decision- making positions;deleted

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, in particular those in higher positions and on boards; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directionsiders that the introduction of corporate gender quotas has proved to have oan Equal Representation of Women on Executive Boards; urgently reminds the Commission of its responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in the Council as regards EU legislation addressing transparency and greater balance in recruitment for decision- making positionadverse impact in terms of public perceptions of women's skills;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, in particular those in higher positions and on boards; urges the Commission and the Member States to ~~unblock~~recognise that the Directive on Equal Representation of Women on Executive Boards provides a real opportunity to change the culture inside companies which would lead to an impact across all levels of hierarchy, and therefore urges the unblocking of the Directive in the Council; urgently reminds the Commission of its responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in the Council as regards EU legislation addressing transparency and greater balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector~~, in particular those in higher positions and on boards~~; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive on Equal Representation of Women on Executive Boards; urgently reminds the Commission of its responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in the Council as regards EU legislation addressing transparency and greater balance in recruitment for decision- making positions;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Underlines the importance of ensuring that women employed in the ICT sector are adequately qualified to occupy senior positions; emphasises the need to provide high-quality education to ensure that women entering the labour market have an appropriate level of digital skills;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the information society, driven by information and communication technologies (ICTs), brings with it huge opportunities for generating and distributing wealth and knowledge, for diversifying uses of time and space and making them more flexible, and for moving towards more inclusive and equitable models for society; whereas, likewise, these opportunities bring with them the risk of economic, social, cultural and gender segregation and fracturing between the territories, groups and persons of which they are comprised or where they live;

Amendment 120 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the ICT sector tackles the lack of qualifications of migrant women in this field, and offers work and training programmes;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ~~safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the soc~~monitor changing work patterns and potential pro~~tec~~liferation of ~~employees and to combat precarious~~atypical work~~ing~~ con~~ditions; urges the Commission to propose, and the Member States to further develop, new protection mechanisms adapted to the~~tracts that accompanies digitalisation to ensure that types of contracts applied correspond to the nature of performed work~~ing~~ and ~~career patterns shaped by digitalisation, paying particular attention to the situation of women~~includes appropriate measures of social protection, as defined by the labour law in the individual Member States;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Urges the Commission and~~Insists that only the Member States have the right to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees and to combat precarious working conditions; urges the Commission to propose, and the Member States to further develop, new protection mechanisms adapted to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation, paying particular attention to the situation of women;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees and to combat precarious working conditions; urges the Commission to propose, and the Member States to further develop, new protection mechanisms adapted to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation, paying particular attention to the situation of women; highlights the importance of collective bargaining at all levels especially in branches which are strongly effected by digitalisation in order to ensure the principle of equal pay for equal work as well as safeguard working space quality and working space security in times of digitalisation; points out that necessary general framework conditions have to be found in order to safeguard the protection of personal employee data;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers’' rights and the social protection of employees and to combat precarious working conditions; urges the Commission to propose, and the Member States to further develop, new protection mechanisms adapted to the working and career patterns shaped by liberal market policies in the field of digitalisation, paying particular attention to the situation of women;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Highlights to the Commission the evidence that shows girls moving away from science, engineering, maths and technology subjects at school due to gender stereotypes surrounding these subjects and a lack of role models, thus leaving an underrepresentation of females in these subjects at University and extending into the work place; therefore urges the Commission and Member States to promote STEM education to girls from a young age;

Amendment 126 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Considers that access to free broadband for all would grant increased possibilities for women to access the labour market, in addition to a series of further advantages with regards to environmental, economic and social matters, and would contribute to social inclusion for persons with low and very low income;

Amendment 127 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Constance LE GRIP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that the digitalisation of the labour market requires adaptation of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission’s roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’, to address the impact of digitalisation on workers with care responsibilities, as regards working conditions and the need for adaptation of the workplace, skills development and lifelong learning opportunities;deleted

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Notes that the digitalisat~~Encourages the Commission ofand the ~~labour market requires adaptation of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; calls~~Member States to recognize the full potential of flexibility offered by digitalisation in the area of work-life balance; on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission’'s roadmap ‘'New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’,' to ~~address the impact~~identify the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation oin ~~workers with care responsib~~the area of reconciliati~~es, as regards working conditions and the need for adaptation of the workplace, skills development and lifelong learning opportunities~~on of work and family duties for both women and men to ensure that the flexibility sector is used to improve work-life balance;

Amendment 129 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that the digitalisation of the labour market requires adaptation of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission’s roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’, to address the impact of digitalisation on workers with care responsibilities and parents on parental leave, as regards working conditions and the need for adaptation of the workplace, skills development and lifelong learning opportunities;

Amendment 13 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas a recent study authorised by the European Commission has revealed that less than 30 % of the ICT sector workforce is female, and that only 3 % of female graduates have a degree in ICT, with respect to 10 % of male graduates1 a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/women-active-ict-sector

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;

Amendment 131 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the gender pay gap remains one of the major issues in relation to the gender gap in the ICT sector, and calls, therefore, on the Member States to finally start actively implementing the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency and continued positive action, preferably by means of legislation, and to introduce wage transparency measures and gender-neutral job evaluations; calls on the Commission to address equal pay in its 2016 work programme initiativeInvites Member States to implement initiatives based on a ‘New Start for working parents’~~, a~~ to address the pay gap increase~~s even further~~ when people become parents;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. points out, that the gender pay gap results in an even higher pension gap; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages must be guaranteed as pointed out by Commission President Juncker;

Amendment 133 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on Member States to invest in digital working practices that would enable women to more readily and effectively reconcile their private life with their working life and more smartly manage their time, thanks to teleworking;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all;deleted

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the importance of ~~ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting~~ digital literacy and the participation of ~~women and girls~~school children in ICT education ~~and training~~ through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps, and to encourage girls and young women to embark on careers in the sciences and ICTs; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all, and of the exchanging of best practices for incorporating gender mainstreaming into the ICT field;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels, as well as extra-curricular, informal and non-formal education, and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all;

Amendment 14 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas various studies conducted into the information society and gender highlight that, despite progress, there are still significant gender gaps relating to the participation of women in spaces for innovation and technology, whether as leaders, creators or users, and in relation both to access to information and communication technologies and to computer skills;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Encourages Member States to introduce age appropriate ICT education at early stages with a particular focus on inspiring girls to develop interest and talent in the digital field and to safeguard them from constraining and negative stereotypes as well as segregation of activities and toys whereby digital-related themes are associated with "natural predispositions of boys" which discourage girls to advance their e-skills;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Underlines that both gender stereotypes and digital training should be addressed starting within the primary education system, and moving all the way to adult learning and training for people who have been out of the work force;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to facilitate education and lifelong learning aimed specifically at older women for the duration of their working life and beyond, in particular, to those with caring responsibilities and women who have taken a break from their career or are re-entering the workplace. This is to ensure they are not left behind in the increasingly rapid shift towards digitalisation;

Amendment 143 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Notes that education in digital technologies, ICT, and coding at an early age is especially important in empowering girls, encouraging them into the field and overcoming gender stereotypes; Emphasises that increasing the representation of women in subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in higher education is key to increasing their representation in the digital sector;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives and support structures for women, such as role models, mentoring programmes and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; calls therefore on the Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in the so called STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in general and for female students in particular;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Underlines that gender stereotypes and digital education should be tackled at all stages of learning, from primary education up to adult learning and training for persons who have been excluded from the labour market;

Amendment 146 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Emphasises the value of women being able to access online training courses to improve their personal qualifications, in light of logistical travel issues and/or economic difficulties in accessing more expensive classroom courses, with the same results being achieved;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Notes the important role and enormous potential that arts and design education, formal informal and non- formal, the creative industries, and the cultural sector have in empowering women and girls and propelling them into the digital sector; Emphasises therefore the importance of connecting between STEM and economic sectors education and the arts, transforming STEM into STEAM;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Stresses the importance of ICTs for providing girls and women, persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, and the inhabitants of rural areas and remote areas cut off from urban centres access to education and training, and even to teleworking, in order to achieve education of these groups that successfully enables them to enjoy financial independence in adult life;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 15 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas only 9 % of developers in Europe are women, only 19 % of bosses in the ICT and communications sectors are female (with respect to 45 % in other services sectors) and women represent just 19 % of entrepreneurs (with respect to 54 % in other services sectors)2 a ; __________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/women-active-ict-sector

Amendment 150 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Calls on the Commission~~Invites Member States to promote digital technologies as tools for reducing barriers to entry in the labour market in the framework of lifelong learning and to set EU benchmarks for public and private investment in skills as a percentage of GDP;

Amendment 151 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to promote digital technologies as tools for reducing barriers to entry in the labour market in the framework of lifelong learning and to set EU benchmarks for public and private investment in skills as a percentage of GDP; stresses the need to organise awareness-raising, training and gender mainstreaming campaigns for all involved in digitalisation policy;

Amendment 152 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Encourages Member States and the Commission to promote, in particular by means of information and awareness- raising campaigns, the participation of women in business sectors that are stereotypically considered ‘male,’ as is digitalisation; stresses the need to organise awareness-raising, training and gender mainstreaming campaigns for all the actors involved in digitalisation policy;

Amendment 153 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the Commission to empower and resource the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to establish an Internet platform, the purpose of which would be to help women entrepreneurs to fully benefit from the Single Market and Digital Agenda. This platform should facilitate women entrepreneurs in networking, and especially encourage and empower marginalised groups of women, for example refugees and immigrants, to access and benefit from the opportunities of digitalisation and self-employment by means of online services;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the further development of digital skills, in particular during parental leave, and to make these easy to understand in order to facilitate parents’ reintegration into work;

Amendment 156 #

Daniela AIUTO, Marco ZULLO, Laura AGEA, Tiziana BEGHIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement programmes targeted at parents in order to familiarise them with the ICT technologies used by their children, thereby improving adults’ awareness of the potential encounters and relationships that can occur online, and reducing the generational gap that exists with regards to the ICT sector;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Commission, within the scope of the Digital Single Market Strategy, and more specifically with regard to the reference to building an inclusive e-society, to increase the visibility of women in technology by starting an endowed professorship for women in ICT, setting up a pilot project on a European online university specifically focused on ICT and technical engineering and introducing a tailored scholarship programme for women in the area of ICT and new media;deleted

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 16 #

Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the growing demand for ICT skills and qualifications throughout the world presents a unique opportunity for correctly positioning girls, women and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, in the labour market and providing them with the tools necessary for them to succeed;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Commission, within the scope of the Digital Single Market Strategy, and more specifically with regard to the reference to building an inclusive e- society, to increase the visibility of women in technology by ~~starting an endowed professorship for women in ICT,~~ setting up a pilot project on a European online university specifically focused on ICT and technical engineering and introducing a tailored scholarship programme for women in the area of ICT and new media;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, as well as businesses, to promote gender equality in ICT by collecting gender-aggregated data on the use of ICT, developing targets, indicators and benchmarks to track the progress of women's access to ICT and promote best practice examples of ICT companies;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Highlights the need for targeted policies to address and remove the specific barriers and multiple discrimination faced by women and girls from vulnerable marginalised communities, such as disabled women, ethnic minority women, LGBTI, rural, refugee, and Roma women, women carers, and women and girls with learning disabilities;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase their support for the empowerment of women in digital sectors and ICT in development cooperation and EU external relations, through promoting digital education and enabling women's entrepreneurship through various tools including micro- finance schemes and support networks;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 166 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make funds available and to improve access to funds for female entrepreneurs to create ICT-related businesses and digital start-ups, fostering innovation and investment within the EU, and encourages Member States to offer appropriate financial support and training to women intending to build a career in the digitalisation field, in order to encourage female entrepreneurship in this sector as well;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Holds that, especially with regard to the objective of the Digital Single Market Strategy of creating the right conditions for an innovative and competitive ICT environment and improvements for finance opportunities for SMEs and start- ups, women’s access to funding needs special consideration gender-independent access to financial assistance for all employers in the free financial market on the basis of economic evaluations should be given special attention, in order to improve finance opportunities for SMEs and start- ups;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Holds that, especially with regard to the objective of the Digital Single Market Strategy of creating the right conditions for an innovative and competitive ICT environment and improvements for finance opportunities for SMEs and start-ups, women’'s access to funding, and financial services needs special consideration; Notes the importance of women's access to micro-finance in women's entrepreneurship;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, ~~thereby~~while also opening up new opportunities ~~to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and LGBTI persons~~for women to reconcile work and family life;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission in relation to the Digital Agenda to thoroughly monitor and evaluate the application of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting within the framework of EU funds in accordance with Article 7 of the Common Provisions Regulation on European funds, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the involvement of women’s organisations in the monitoring committees of funding programmes in order to guarantee that targeted actions strengthening the role of women in ICT are implemented; recalls the Commission’s commitment to gender budgeting;deleted

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission in relation to the Digital Agenda to thoroughly monitor and evaluate the application of gender ~~mainstreaming and gender~~ budgeting within the framework of EU funds in accordance with Article 7 of the Common Provisions Regulation on European funds, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the involvement of women’s organisations in the monitoring committees of funding programmes in order to guarantee that targeted actions strengthening the role of women in ICT are implemented; recalls the Commission’s commitment to gender budgeting;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission to take into account the gender dimension when analysing and reporting on the partnership involvement also in relation to the Digital Agenda;~~deleted

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank, to set up support programmes in relation to investing in ICT through the European Structural and Investment Funds, including favourable credit conditions and loans for firms, civil society organisations and start-ups in the ICT sector in which 40 % of the workforce are female;deleted

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 176 #

Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to support and promote a digital entrepreneurial culture for women, promote and financially support a European networking and mentoring platform for women and further strengthen the role of women in existing programmes; encourages Member States but also companies to create diversity policies that go beyond focusing on the recruitment of women in order to promote sustainable economic development and leadership;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women ~~and~~, girls, LGBTI persons and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Highlights the role of social enterprise, and alternative business models such as mutuals and cooperatives in empowering women in digital entrepreneurship, and increasing the representation of women in digital sectors; Calls on the commission and Member States to promote social enterprise initiatives aimed at empowering women and girls in ICT;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and all stakeholders to make more use of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to support measures aimed at improving digital skills amongst women and girls, promoting female employment in the ICT sector, and increasing dissemination of the various education and vocational training options available;

Amendment 182 #