2016/2144(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of ~~gender-~~data disaggregated ~~data~~by sex makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of ~~gender- disaggreg~~separated data for men and women respectively makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender- disaggregated data regrettably makes it impossible to achieve correct financial and budgetary accountability with a view to evaluating the gender equality impact of EU policies;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the Gender Equality Index 2015 - Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2012, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2015, provides a detailed assessment of where the European Union and its Member States stand with respect to gender equality in six core domains (work, money, knowledge, time, power and health) and two satellite domains (violence and intersecting inequalities);

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

D a. Recalls the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016, especially articles 20 to 24 on ex-post evaluation of existing legislation as a basis for further action

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas the Gender Equality Index 2015 - Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2012, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2015, provides a sound methodology of measuring gender inequality fully aligned with the principle of gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 17 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

D b. Welcomes efforts done in introducing gender specific indicators and collection of gender-disaggregated data in some EU legislative and policies, like e.g. in the ESF

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Regrets that the implementation of the EU budget does not currently match with the EU's high-level commitment to gender equality;

Amendment 19 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Urmas PAET, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for all budget titles to pursue ~~equally strong~~ambitious and clear gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards, and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender objectives; believes that gender equality should be embedded as a distinct policy objective in all titles of the EU budget;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. having regard to Article 8 TFEU, which states the following: ‘In all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women’;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for ~~all~~ budget titles t~~o pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards,~~hat might relate to gender equality to pursue equally strong gender equality targets and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender equality objectives;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for ~~all~~ budget ~~titles~~ to pursue equally ~~strong~~ gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards, and to specify the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions in order to become more transparent and not to overshadow gender objectives;

Amendment 22 #

Pina PICIERNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants, also with regard to funds from outside the EU budget, such as the EFSI and the future EFSD;

Amendment 23 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants but avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for gender-specific indicators, and criteria when applicable, to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender- disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~gender-specific indicators~~indicators relating specifically to men and women respectively to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, and for the systematic collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement as ~~a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF~~high and sees clear scope for savings;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement as a first step, ~~and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;~~ while the future actions including funding allocation should be guided based on the evaluation of existing legislation as agreed in the Interinstitutional Agreement between the EP, the Council and the European Commission on Better Law- Making ;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this gender-strategic engagement as a first step, and asks for an immediate increase in this amount ~~in the next MFF~~;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of this ~~gender-~~strategic engagement for gender equality as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital Β

Β. whereas the European Parliament, in its report on the revision of the MFF 2014-20201, must give greater supports to effective integration of gender mainstreaming~~; __________________ 1~~ so as to combat all forms of discrimination; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309. Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309.

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that the allocation of EU funding to promote gender equality must, on the basis of Article 8 TFEU, seek to promote equal rights for the biological genders and ‘equality between men and women’;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes, with the aim of determining the following elements: i) identifying the implicit and explicit gender issues; ii) identifying – where possible – the allied resource allocations; and iii) assessing whether the EU funding programmes will continue or change existing inequalities between women and men (and groups of women and men), girls and boys and patterns of gender relations.

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for ~~strong~~a rigorous review of gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming ~~to be taken into account~~ in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 33 #

Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Urmas PAET, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes with a view to increasing EU funding for measures to combat gender discrimination.

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be ~~taken into account in prepar~~incorporated and implemented ing the post- 2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for ~~strong~~effective gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for strong gender equality budgeting and ~~gender~~ mainstreaming to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes.

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for adopting the methodology of the Gender Equality Index 2015 - Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2012, published by the European Institute for Gender Equality in 2015, for measuring gender inequality as a basis for planning and implementing EU funding programmes.

Amendment 4 #

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the European Parliament, in its report on the revision of the MFF 2014-20201 , ~~supports~~recognizes the opportunity offered to make progress towards more effective integration of gender mainstreaming; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309. Texts adopted, P8_TA (2016)0309.

Amendment 5 #

Pina PICIERNO

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the goal of gender equality in Europe still remains far from being achieved, according to the 2015 Gender Equality Index published by the EIGE;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. having regard to the clarification of the term ‘gender mainstreaming’ provided by the Commission in its answer to Parliamentary Question E-102868/2015 of 3 December 2015;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas gender budgeting implies the introduction of the gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and the need to increase EU funding to promote gender equality;

Amendment 8 #

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas gender budgeting implies the introduction of the gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process, from planning and preparation to auditing and evaluation;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas gender equality budgeting implies the introduction of the gender equality perspective at all levels of the budgetary process;

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2016/12/12 FEMM 245 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1

on EU funds for~~gender~~ equality between women and men

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Β

B. whereas the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, published in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support for ~~gender~~ equality between women and men;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds, in order to avoid the downgrading of ~~gender~~ equality between women and men in the implementation phase;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores that despite efforts to create a ‘standard’ in this field, a systematic method for the implementation of gender mainstreaming within the ESF has not yet been established; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase resources for gender equality assessment and to follow consistently the implementation of gender mainstreaming;deleted

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores that despite efforts to create a ‘'standard’' in this field, a systematic method for the implementation of gender mainstreaming within the ESFI Funds has not yet been established as well as targeted actions linked to an overall gender mainstreaming strategy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase resources for gender equality assessment and to follow consistently the implementation of gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores that despite efforts to create a ‘standard’ in this field, a systematic method for the implementation of gender mainstreaming within the ESF has not yet been established; calls on the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the possibility to increase resources for gender equality assessment and to follow consistently the implementation of gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores that despite efforts to create a ‘standard’ in this field, a systematic method for the implementation of gender mainstreaming within the ESF has not yet been established; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase resources for ~~gender equality assess~~the assessment of equality between women and ment and to follow consistently the implementation of gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to increase resources for gender equality assessment and constantly monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming until the sustained added value of that policy has been established;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the creation of permanent gender equality bodies at Member State level, which would provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and strongly welcomes, in this context, national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Sweden;deleted

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. CRecalls for the creation of permanent gender equality bodies at Member State level, which would provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and strongly welcomes, in this context,that ESI Funds are subject to an ex-ante conditionality on gender that requires arrangements for training and for the involvement of bodies responsible for gender equality throughout the preparation and implementation of the programmes; calls on the Commission to ensure that this requirement is fulfilled and to promote the exchange of national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Sweden;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, published in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support for gender equality; whereas no EU institution has consistently implemented gender budgeting;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the ~~creation of~~effective use of the existing permanent gender equality bodies at Member State level, which wshould provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and strongly welcomes, in this context, national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Sweden; urges MS to guarantee the complete independence, effectiveness, sufficient powers and adequate resources for equality bodies so they can fulfill their principle tasks;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the creation of permanent ~~gende~~bodies for equality b~~odies~~etween women and men at Member State level, which would provide technical support for gender mainstreaming at the planning and implementation stages, and ~~strongly welcomes, in this context, national best practices such as the Gender CoP network in Sweden~~welcomes the existence of national best practices;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Highlights the importance of~~Proposes that the Member States giv~~ing~~e special attention and priority to ~~ESIF measures supporting investments in~~ educational, social and healthcare services~~, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level~~;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the importance of giving special attention and priority to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local levelfact that responsibility for those policy approaches lies with the Member States and that the EU should not influence national governments' priorities through its fiscal policy;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the importance of giving special attention and priority to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services~~, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level~~;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the importance of giving special attention and priority to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, in addition to childcare facilities, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level and that it would increase the number of jobs;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Suggests ~~increased~~to assess financial allocations in the MFF for social infrastructures and services for the care of children and the elderly in order to address the challenges of working parents;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Suggests that the Member States increased financial allocations in the ~~MFF~~ir national budgets for social infrastructures and services for the care of children and the elderly;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

EU funding for~~gender~~ equality between women and men in the area of fundamental rights, equality and citizenship via the Rights, Equality and Citizenship 2014-2020 Programme (REC)

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas spending and revenue decisions impact women and men differently;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Regrets that the budget lines under REC do not specify the resources allocated to each of the objectives of the programme, making it very difficult to analyse the spending dedicated to gender equality and combating violence against women;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that, according to the European Commission Staff Working Document for the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, the two objectives related to gender equality and to the Daphne programme for combating violence against women ~~currently~~ account for around 35 % of the REC funds; points out that a majority of funds ~~have~~will been allocated under the Daphne objective compared to the gender equality objective;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that the two objectives related to ~~gender~~ equality between women and men and to the Daphne programme for combating violence against women currently account for around 35 % of the REC funds; points out that a majority of funds have been allocated under the Daphne objective compared to the gender equality objective;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that the two objectives related to gender equality and to the Daphne programme for combating violence against women currently account for around 35 % of the REC funds; points out that a majority of funds have been allocated under the Daphne objective compared to the gender equality objective; nonetheless finds it regrettable that Daphne has no separate budget line, given that it is currently one of the specific objectives of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme; emphasises the need for Daphne to be provided with sufficient financial support and for its visibility and highly successful profile to be maintained;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against men and women;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that under the ~~gender equality objective~~objective on equality between women and men, the following priorities were addressed: equal economic independence of women and men and work-life balance (44 % of resources earmarked); promoting good practices regarding gender roles and overcoming gender stereotypes in education and training and in the workplace (44 %) and support for EU-level networks on ~~gender equality themes~~themes relating to equality between women and men (12 %);

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that under the ~~gender equality objective~~objective of equality between women and men, the following priorities were addressed: equal economic independence of women and men and work-life balance (44 % of resources earmarked); promoting good practices regarding ~~gender~~the roles of women and men and overcoming gender stereotypes in education and training and in the workplace (44 %) and support for EU-level networks on ~~gender~~themes of equality ~~themes~~between women and men (12 %);

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses that citizenship-building should be associated not only with the defence and extension of rights, but also with welfare and well-being, with education and training free from gender stereotypes and with access to social and health services, including sexual and reproductive health;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas the EP in its report on the Revision of the MFF 2014-2020, supports effective integration of gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Deplores, however the decrease in the funds available for the Daphne specific objective, pointing out that Daphne budget appropriations stood at EUR 18 million in commitments in 2013 by comparison with EUR 19.5 million in 2012 and more than EUR 20 million in 2011; further notes that in 2016 the REC work programme has foreseen little more than EUR 14 million for the objective;deleted

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on the Commission to increase support for European networks on gender equality themes; thereby reinforcing opportunities for greater peer- to-peer learning, notably amongst subnational authorities; in particular, specific support is needed to increase women's participation in decision- making;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for more clarity on how the objective on combating violence is pursued under the REC programme; highlights the importance of funds reaching grassroots organisations and local and regional governments in order to ensure effective implementation;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for more clarity on how the objective on combating violence is pursued under the REC programme; highlights the importance of funds reaching grassroots organisations in order to ensure effective implementation; priority should be given to those organizations dealing with prevention of violence and supporting victims of all forms of violence;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Recognises the need to ensure support for implementation of existing local and regional gender equality initiatives such as the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the requirement regarding the collection of gender-disaggregated data in the implementation of this programme, as an essential tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis;deleted

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to st~~rengthen the requirement regarding the collection of gender-disaggregated data in the implementation of this programme, as an essen~~ep up data collection, when implementing this programme, as an essential tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis; states that the data collected must be broken down by the grounds for discrimination referred to in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political ~~tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis~~or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the requirement regarding the collection ~~of gender-~~, where possible, of data disaggregated ~~data~~by sex in the implementation of this programme, as an ~~essential~~important tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Urges the Member States to take measures to guarantee women in disadvantaged circumstances equal access to public health systems, in particular basic health services as defined by the World Health Organisation, encompassing the protection of mother and child and gynaecological and obstetric care;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

EU funding for ~~gender~~ equality between women and men in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas gender issues are usually more addressed in "soft" policy areas, such as human resources development, than in "hard" ones, like infrastructures, ICT, which receive the higher financial support;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

EU funding for ~~gender~~ equality of opportunity between men and women in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

EU funding for~~gender~~ equality between women and men in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams ~~gender~~ equality ~~and the gender dimensio~~between women and men in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams ~~gender~~ equality ~~and the gender dimensio~~of opportunity between men and women in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams ~~gender~~ equality between women and men and the gender dimension in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Strongly reiterates that combating inequality between women and men in the area of research and innovation cannot be carried out using measures such as gender quotas, which lead to a questioning of the scientific competence of women and as a result are counterproductive;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Draws attention to the three mainstreaming objectives under this programme, namely: to foster equal opportunities and gender balance in project teams; to ensure gender balance in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in research content;deleted

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Draws attention to the three mainstreaming~~Notes that one of the objectives under this programme~~, namely:~~ is to foster equal opportunities ~~and gender balance in project teams; to ensure gender balance in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in~~for men and women in the field of research ~~content~~;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Draws attention to the ~~three~~principal mainstreaming objectives under this programme, ~~namely:~~which should be to foster equal opportunities ~~and gender balance~~for women and men in project teams; and to ensure ~~gender balance in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in research content~~that both women and men are represented in decision-making;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Draws attention to the three mainstreaming objectives under this programme, namely: to foster equal opportunities and ~~gender~~a balance between women and men in project teams; to ensure ~~gender~~a balance between women and men in decision-making; and to integrate a gender dimension in research content;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life not only must affordable and accessible public care facilities ~~have to~~ be provided, but mothera and fathers must also be free to choose to educate their children fully or partly at home without suffering discrimination as a result, and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these services and the freedom to make such a choice without suffering discrimination are a preconditions for women’s and men's participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research and thus for ~~gender~~ equality of opportunity between men and women;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes the fact that this programme provides support for research bodies in implementing gender equality plans; also welcomes the joint project of the Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality for creating an on-line tool for gender equality plans, as a means of identifying and sharing best practices with relevant stakeholders;deleted

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes the fact that this programme provides support for research bodies in implementing ~~gende~~plans for equality ~~plans; also welcomes the joint project~~between women and men; also refers to the endeavour of the Commission and the European Institute ~~for~~ with the joint project of "Gender Equality" for creating an on-line tool for ~~gende~~plans for equality ~~plans~~between women and men, as a means of identifying and sharing best practices with relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes the fact that this programme provides support for research bodies in implementing ~~gende~~plans for equality ~~plans~~between women and men; also welcomes the joint project of the Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality for creating an on-line tool for ~~gende~~plans for equality ~~plans~~between women and men, as a means of identifying and sharing best practices with relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Welcomes the fact that applicants have the possibility to include training and specific studies on gender as eligible costs in their proposals;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27 b. Welcomes that gender balance in staff is one of the ranking factors in the evaluation criteria in Horizon 2020 and that the way sex and/or gender analysis is taken into account in a proposal is assessed by the evaluators alongside the other relevant aspects of the proposal;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)

27 c. Deplores, however, that the criteria to evaluate the grants is oriented in promoting gender equality and not in ensuring gender equality; calls on this regard for a gender equality ex-ante conditionality to apply to all grants under Horizon 2020;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a ~~gender~~male-female equality perspective in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding ~~gender~~the balance between men and women in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a ~~gender equality perspective~~perspective for equality between women and men in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding ~~gender~~the balance between women and men in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a gender equality perspective in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding gender balance in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; calls for special support measures for women to be halted, in the light of that figure, and for men to be supported instead, since they are clearly underrepresented (48%-52%); _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that a ~~further~~ review is needed in order to assess the results~~, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020,~~ and to propose adjustments to the specific actions if required;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life, a well thought-out system of care-related leave together with high-quality, easily affordable and accessible ~~public~~ care facilities have to be provided and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these ~~service~~two factors are a precondition for women’s participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research ~~and thus for gender equality~~and can help to bring an end to the demographic crisis in Europe;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, and to propose ~~adjustments to~~halting the specific actions if required;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, as is consideration of how gender parity affects perception of the prestige connected with being a professional scientist, and to propose adjustments to the specific actions if required;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened under all pillars of Horizon 2020, and for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;deleted

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened under all pillars of Horizon 2020, and for the development of ~~gende~~targets for equality ~~targets~~of opportunity between men and women in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened ~~under all pillars of~~within Horizon 2020, and for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened under all pillars of Horizon 2020, and for the development of ~~gende~~targets for equality ~~targets~~between women and men in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for ~~the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other~~reasonable funding for projects relating to gender equality ~~topics~~ in research and innovation;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other ~~gender equality topics~~topics relating to equality of opportunity between men and women in research and innovation;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other ~~gender equality topics~~issues relating to equality between women and men in research and innovation;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Γ

C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life affordable and accessible public care facilities have to be provided and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these services are a precondition for women’s participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research and thus for ~~gender~~ equality between women and men;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31 a. Welcomes that one of the objectives in 'Science with and for Society' is to ensure gender equality, in both the research process and research content; further welcomes the grants 'Support to research organisations to implement gender equality plans' and 'Promoting Gender equality in H2020 and the European Research Area'; deplores, however, that there are no specific lines in the budget for the specific objectives of this programme;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Opposes the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018-2020’ subsuming gender equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for gender equality in the Horizon 2020 regulation;deleted

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Opposes~~To this end, the changes envisaged in the ~~‘New~~ draft paper on "Science wWith and fFor Society Scoping ~~Paper~~ 2018-2020’" that subsum~~ing~~e gender equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (R– responsible Rresearch and Iinnovation~~), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for gender equality in the Horizon 2020 regulation~~ – should be avoided;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Opposes the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018-2020’ subsuming ~~gender~~male-female equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for ~~gender~~male-female equality in the Horizon 2020 regulation;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Opposes~~Calls for a re-examination of the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018- 2020’ subsuming gender equality funding under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for ~~gender~~ equality between women and men in the Horizon 2020 regulation;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Oppos~~Welcomes the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018-2020’ ~~subsuming~~, because gender equality funding is subsumed there under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the ~~specific and distinct requirements for gender equality in the Horizon 2020 regul~~Horizon 2020 regulation and with the principles of better and more efficient administration;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Other programmes and funds including specific objectives on ~~gender equality~~equal opportunities for men and women

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Other programmes and funds including specific objectives on ~~gender~~ equality between women and men

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Other programmes and funds including specific objectives on~~gender~~ equality between women and men

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Deplores that the European Fund for Strategic Investments does not include a gender perspective and stresses that a successful process of recovery is not possible without addressing the impact of the crises on women;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)

32 b. Stresses that natural disasters have a big impact on infrastructures linked to public services and, therefore, women are particularly affected; calls on the Commission to introduce in the EU Solidarity Fund a requirement for a gender sensitive analysis while evaluating the impact on population;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Notes that in the field of external actions and development cooperation, the Gender Action Plan (GAP) established for the period 2016-2020 covers the EU’s activities in third countries, and that there are several external assistance instruments that support ~~gender~~male-female equality objectives;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Stresses that girls and women victims of armed conflict have the right to necessary medical care, including access to contraception, emergency contraception and abortion services; recalls that EU humanitarian aid must uphold the rights of girls and women under international humanitarian law and should not be subject to restrictions imposed by other partner donors as noted in EU's 2016 budget; welcomes EU's approach on this regard and encourages the Commission to maintain its position;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve the documentation of discrimination against and violent attacks on female Christian refugees;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Highlights that gender mainstreaming is also among the founding principles of the recent Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), and that eligible actions under this funding should ensure that special attention is paid to the specific needs of vulnerable persons, in particular women, unaccompanied minors and other groups at risk;deleted

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Highlights that gender mainstreaming is also among the founding principles of the recent Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)~~, and that eligible actions under this funding should~~; deplores, however, the lack of targeted actions on gender equality despite Parliament's reiterated calls to take into account the gender dimension also within migration and asylum policies by ensureing that ~~special attention is paid to the specific needs of vulnerable persons, in particular women, unaccompanied minors and other groups at risk~~women have access to safe spaces, specific healthcare linked to sexual and reproductive health and rights and specialised attention in case of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants who have suffered violence against women and sexual violence; calls on the Commission to readdress this situation;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Calls for a comprehensive set of EU-wide gender guidelines to be adopted to migration and asylum policy with adequate funding for comprehensive training programmes for professionals who may come into contact with refugees and asylum seekers; emphasises that these are sensitive to the gender specific needs of refugee women and concomitant gendered harms such as the trafficking of women and girls;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Notes that female and male asylum seekers and economic refugees have particular requirements, so that the Member States are invited as far as possible to satisfy the specific requirements of women, men, children and families seeking asylum;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34 b. Highlights the ongoing issues of overcrowding in refugee reception centres and the impact this has on women's safety; calls for greater use of AMIF to improve reception centres with separate sleeping and sanitation facilities for women and men, and access to gender- sensitive health services including prenatal and postnatal care;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34 b. Notes that Christian refugees in Member State asylum-seeker hostels face attacks by fanatical Muslims living according to Sharia Law, who even subject them to death threats;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)

34 c. Member states should be encouraged to make greater use of cohesion funds and Structural Investment Funds alongside the AMIF in order to promote the integration of refugees in the labour market, with a specific focus on how accessible childcare enables women refugees;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)

34 d. Calls for a review on the increased funding for and wider scope of the Daphne and Odysseus programmes with an assessment on expanding these programmes to address the severe vulnerabilities experienced by women refugees and provide greater support in addressing these gendered harms;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Emphasises that there are other funds, such as the Internal Security Fund, special financial instruments like the Emergency Support Instrument. and other ad hoc instruments and grants, that have been mobilised to address needs in the context of the present ~~refugee~~migrant crisis; points out the difficulty in monitoring the use of these funds, in particular from a gender perspective, and calls for the use of EU funding in this area to be coordinated, effective, transparent and gender- sensitiveat it is impossible to continue with this multi-fund policy due to the excessively high number of migrants and the lack of economic resources in the Member States;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Emphasises that there are other funds, such as the Internal Security Fund, special financial instruments like the Emergency Support Instrument. and other ad hoc instruments and grants, that have been mobilised to address needs in the context of the present refugee crisis; points out the difficulty in monitoring the use of these funds~~, in particular from a gender perspective,~~ and calls for the use of EU funding in this area to be coordinated, effective, and transparent and ~~gender-sensitive~~take account of the risk of sexual violence against women and girls that is posed by the refugee crisis;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Emphasises that there are other funds, such as the Internal Security Fund, special financial instruments like the Emergency Support Instrument. and other ad hoc instruments and grants, that have been mobilised to address needs in the context of the present refugee crisis; points out the difficulty in monitoring the use of these funds, in particular from a gender perspective, and calls for the use of EU funding in this area to be coordinated, effective, and transparent ~~and gender- sensitive~~;

Amendment 2 #

~~on EU funds for gender equality~~(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased ~~gender~~ equality ~~and ensures gender mainstreaming~~between women and men and ensures that account is taken of the demographic crisis, which is an EU-wide problem;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

~~36. Calls for specific funding to support targeted measures involving grassroots organisations for ensuring that the basic rights, safety and security of refugee and migrant women and girls are protec~~deleted;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls for specific funding to support targeted measures involving grassroots organisations for ensuring that the ~~basic~~ rights, safety and security of ~~refugee and migrant women and girls are protected~~women and girls in the Member States are protected, in particular those who are victims of trafficking and sexual assaults;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls for specific funding to support targeted measures involving grassroots organisations, local and regional governments for ensuring that ~~the basic~~human rights, safety and security of asylum seeking, refugee and migrant women and girls are protected;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls for specific funding to support targeted measures involving grassroots organisations for ensuring that the basic ~~right~~needs, safety and security of refugee and migrant pregnant women, elder women and girls are protected;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls for specific funding to support targeted measures involving grassroots organisations for ensuring that the basic rights, safety and security of refugee and migrant women ~~and girls~~, girls and LGBTQI people are protected;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

~~37. Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure;~~deleted

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

~~37. Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure;~~deleted

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. ~~Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedur~~Calls for account to be taken of the gender perspective only in those areas of EU activity where not doing so could have serious consequences for Member State citizens - in the fight against violence against women, or in efforts to make it easier to establish a good work-family life balance in order to promote motherhood, for example;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. ~~Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure;~~Calls for strong gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure and to be taken into account in preparing the post-2020 generation of EU funding programmes, with the aim of determining the following elements:

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be ~~used at all levels of~~reflected within the EU budgetary procedure;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reiterates its request for gender budgeting to be used at all levels of the EU budgetary procedure; calls for consistent use of gender budgeting throughout the budgetary process so that budgetary expenditure can be used as a means of promoting gender equality;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – point i (new)

(i) identifying the implicit and explicit gender issues;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – point ii (new)

(ii) identifying – where possible – the allied resource allocations; and

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – point iii (new)

(iii) assessing whether the EU funding programmes will continue or change existing inequalities between women and men (and groups of women and men), girls and boys and patterns of gender relations;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

~~38. Calls for all EU budget titles to pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards;~~deleted

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

~~38. Calls for all EU budget titles to pursue equally strong gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards;~~deleted

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Calls for ~~all~~the most relevant and women related EU budget titles to pursue ~~equally strong~~ gender targets and gender mainstreaming standards;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

~~39. Calls for the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions dedicated to gender equality to be clearly specified in order to increase transparency and accountability;~~deleted

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions dedicated to ~~gender equality~~equal opportunities for men and women to be clearly specified in order to increase transparency and accountability;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions dedicated to ~~gender~~ equality between women and men to be clearly specified in order to increase transparency and accountability;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Δ

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Recalls that gender budgeting is a methodology that needs to be applied in all EU budget lines, and not only for the programmes where the implications for a gender impact seem most relevant;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39 b. Notes that gender mainstreaming is not a once-off exercise and that gender budgeting requires an ongoing commitment to understanding gender, which includes analysis and consultation, and ongoing budget readjustments to take account of the changing needs of women and men, boys and girls;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender- strategic engagement as a first step~~, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF~~;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of ~~gender- strategic engage~~equality between men and woment as a first step, and ~~asks for~~takes the view that an increase in this amount in the next MFF is worth considering;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender- strategic engagement as a ~~first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF~~n appropriate amount which should be used effectively;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender- strategic engagement as a ~~first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF~~substantial sum given the capacities of the Member States;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of ~~gender-~~a strategic engagement for equality between women and men as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFF;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Believes that the mid-term review of the MFF could have been an opportunity to improve the results achieved by the EU budget in the pursuit of gender equality, and to demonstrate those achievements to the public;deleted

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Believes that the mid-term review of the MFF could have been an opportunity to improve the results achieved by the EU budget in the pursuit of ~~gender~~ equality between women and men, and to demonstrate those achievements to the public;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Regrets, therefore, the Commission’s decision to not address the issue of implementation of gender mainstreaming in its mid-term review of the MFF, and calls for more specific action to address this failure;deleted

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality and ensures gender mainstreaming; whereas, despite this fact, there is a need to step up the firm commitment to gender mainstreaming, since there has been minimal implementation of existing policies and insufficient budgetary resources have been earmarked for gender issues;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, for mandatory gender impact assessment, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data with regard to beneficiaries and participants;deleted

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, for mandatory gender impact assessment~~, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data with regard to beneficiaries and participants~~;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls for gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions that receive funding from the EU budget, for mandatory gender impact assessment as a general ex-ante conditionality, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data with regard to beneficiaries and participants;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Strongly recommends that ~~gender- disaggregated data~~data which has been disaggregated according to gender, race, skin colour, ethnic and social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, wealth, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Strongly recommends that ~~gender-~~ disaggregated data showing the differences between the situation of men and women in the relevant areas should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44 a. Recalls, however, that engendering data is more than collecting sex- dissagregated data and calls for the improvement of data collection in order to be able to make a qualitative analysis of women's situation, for example, regarding working conditions;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas since the 2008 crisis a downgrading of gender equality in the public debate and policy agenda is evident both at EU and national level; whereas the fiscal consolidation and budget constraints imposed by the crisis are likely to further reduce the available resources for gender equality strategies and bodies;deleted

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to organise regular training and technical support programmes on gender mainstreaming tools for all staff involved in policymaking and budgetary procedures; calls for the mainstreaming of gender budgeting into both EU and national strategies to be encouraged, so as to promote gender equality more effectively;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45 a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the effectiveness of national complaint bodies and procedures in the implementation of gender equality directives;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)

45 b. Asks the Court of Auditors also to incorporate the gender perspective when assessing the execution of the Union budget; asks Member States similarly to introduce the gender dimension in their budgets in order to analyse government programmes and policies, their impact on the allocation of resources and their contribution to equality between men and women;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)

45 c. Calls for the monitoring and evaluation of the National Action Plan (NAP) for Equal Treatment 2013-2016 in Poland ; expresses its concern that no separate funds were earmarked for gender equality from the central budget for the implementation of the NAP from the side of the public administration; calls for a balance in the setting up of the monitoring body including experts and representatives of women's rights and gender equality NGOs;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 d (new)

45 d. Praises the work of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Poland, which according to the Law on Equal Treatment, is the responsible equality body for the enactment of equal treatment; expresses its deep concern about the recent budget cuts affecting the Commissioner for Human Rights ; recalls that the national equality body should be adequately staffed, funded, and its independence respected and maintained;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas since the 2008 crisis a downgrading of ~~gender equality~~the issue of equality between women and men in the public debate and policy agenda is evident both at EU and national level; whereas the fiscal consolidation and budget constraints imposed by the crisis are likely to further reduce the available resources for gender equality strategies and bodies;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Ε

E. whereas since the 2008 crisis a downgrading of ~~gender~~ equality between women and men in the public debate and policy agenda is evident both at EU and national level; whereas the fiscal consolidation and budget constraints imposed by the crisis are likely to further reduce the available resources for ~~gender equality~~ strategies and bodies that promote equality between women and men;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities commissioned in 2014 by the EP's Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs policy department, which was entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations' and which covered the period from June 2011 to February 2013, produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Rights drew up 33 opinions for only 11 of the 23 committees; of a total of 718 individual proposals and amendments on various topics, only 210, or one-third, were adopted in full or in part; the largest number of FEMM committee proposals were made to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which took over only 39.5%, or not even half, of them; in the other committees the proportion of proposals/amendments accepted was even lower: Foreign Affairs 28%, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11%, and Budgets only 5.5%; whereas in the light of these disappointing findings no recommendations should be made to the Member States;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas, at a time when there is a crisis of confidence in the EU, ensuring that its finances are fully transparent should be a priority for all the European institutions, and is something they must not ignore;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on creating labour market conditions favourable for work- life balance (2016/2017(INI))1a, _________________ 1a P8_TA-PROV(2016)0338.

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas budgetary expenditure is not gender-neutral and can have a different impact on women and men;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas, in the light of the findings of the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities published by one of Parliamemnt's own policy departments under the title 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations', the European Court of Auditors should carry out a cost-benefit analysis of all the gender mainstreaming policies of the EU institutions and bodies in general and of the European Parliament in particular and publish details of the budget resources made available for this purpose, with a view to ensuring that the taxes paid by women are being used properly;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as gender mainstreaming) promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Welcomes the intended mainstreaming of gender equality as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes;~~deleted

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes the intended~~Points out that mainstreaming of ~~gender~~ equality ~~as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes~~between women and men can be useful in connection with budget management and use if it helps to address the real problems facing women in Europe;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the intended ~~mainstreaming of gender equality~~inclusion of equal opportunities for men and women as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the intended mainstreaming of ~~gender~~ equality between women and men as a cross-cutting policy choice objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the intended mainstreaming of gender equality as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes as established in Article 8 TFEU;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the objective of equal opportunities between men and women must find expression in a practical approach which does not lead to women and men being set up in opposition to one another and or to being played off against one another;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores, however, the fact that the EU’s political commitment to gender equality and gender mainstreaming is not yet internalised in the budget allocations and spending decisions of all EU policy areas;deleted

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to the adoption, on 8 March 2016, of the report on 'Gender Mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament' (P8_TA(2016)0072),

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplores, however, the fact~~Notes that the EU’s political commitment to gender equality and gender mainstreaming is not yet internalised in the budget allocations and spending decisions of all EU policy areas because universal and compulsory mainstreaming would be counterproductive, ineffective and mainly inappropriate for a large share of spending;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplor~~Notes, however, the fact that the EU’s political commitment to gender equality and gender mainstreaming is not yet ~~internalis~~fully reflected in the budget allocations and spending decisions of ~~all~~ EU policy areas;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores, however, the fact that the EU’'s political commitment to gender equality and gender mainstreaming is not yet internalised in the budget allocations and spending decisions of all EU policy areas as part of a gender budgeting methodology;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes that gender budgeting is part of an overall strategy on gender equality and stresses, therefore, that the commitment of EU institutions on that area is fundamental; regrets in this context that no EU gender equality strategy 2016-2020 was adopted and, echoing the Council Conclusions on Gender Equality of the 16th of June 2016, calls on the Commission to enhance the status of its Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 by adopting it as a Communication;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Acknowledges that not all EU policy areas can be gender mainstreamed, as for example the EU policy on honey bees, because there is only one female bee queen per colony and not two;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Stresses the importance of the structures and processes involved in budget-making and the need to change the ones which have been shown to underpin, or unintentionally promote gender inequality;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Notes that awareness raising and training on gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting is necessary to develop gender sensitive structures and procedures;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that some EU programmes (e.g. ESF, REC, Horizon 2020, IPA II, Humanitarian aid, DCI and EIDHR) include specific actions related to ~~gender~~ equality between women and men, while others (e.g. EaSI, FEAD, EMFF, and EGF) contain references to the general principles, of ~~gender~~ equality between women and men, but very few programmes lay down clear targets and dedicated resources or provide for systematic implementation and monitoring;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down ~~the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating~~ that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Deplores that several programs include gender equality only as a transversal objective which not only leads to lower support for gender-specific actions but also makes it almost impossible to estimate the amounts that are allocated to gender issues 1a _________________ 1aCommission working document on Programme Statements of operational expenditure for draft budget 2017, p.15

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that ~~gender equal~~ity is not recognised as a policy objective in all EU budget titles, and that several of those titles are not fully transparent in the sense that they do not specify the amount allocated to individual policy objectives and actionalways possible or appropriate to mainstream equality between women and men in all EU budget titles;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that gender equality ~~is not~~should be recognised as a policy objective in ~~all~~pertinent EU budget titles, and ~~that several of those titles are not fully transparent in the sense that they do not~~in doing so specify the amount allocated to individual policy objectives and actions;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Not~~Deplores that gender equality is not recognised as a policy objective in all EU budget titles~~, and that several of those~~ and, therefore, most of the programmes do not have specific targeted actions with specific budget allocations; regrets that even if targeted actions have been established, several budget titles are not fully transparent in the sense that they do not specify the amount allocated to individual policy objectives and actions;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that ~~gender~~ equality between women and men is not recognised as a policy objective in all EU budget titles, and that several of those titles are not fully transparent in the sense that they do not specify the amount allocated to individual policy objectives and actions;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets that tools for ~~gender~~ mainstreaming ~~such as gender indicators, gender impact assessment (GIA) and gender budgeting (GB)~~equality between women and men, such as relevant indicators, are very rarely used in policy design and implementation, whether at EU level or by national institutions; highlights the fact that the lack of specific ~~gender~~ indicators regarding women and men and of collection of ~~gender-~~data that are disaggregated ~~data~~on that basis makes it impossible to estimate the ~~gender equality~~ impact of EU policies have on equality between women and men;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets that tools for gender mainstreaming such as gender indicators, gender impact assessment (GIA) and gender budgeting (GB) are very rarely used in policy design and implementation, whether at EU level or by national institutions; highlights the fact that ~~the lack of specific~~EIGE should gather all gender indicators and of collect~~ion of~~ gender-disaggregated data ~~makes it impossible to estimate the~~in order to make possible a consistent gender equality impact of EU policies;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Regret~~Notes that tools for gender mainstreaming such as gender indicators, gender impact assessment (GIA) and gender budgeting (GB) are very rarely used in policy design and implementation, whether at EU level or by national institutions; highlights the fact that the lack of ~~specific gender indicators and of~~ collection of gender-disaggregated data makes it ~~impossible~~difficult to estimate the ~~gender equality~~ impact of EU policies on equality between women and men;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets that tools for gender mainstreaming such as gender indicators, gender impact assessment (GIA) and gender budgeting (GB) are very rarely used in policy design and implementation, whether at EU level or by national institutions; highlights the fact that the lack of specific gender indicators and of collection of gender-disaggregated data makes it impossible to estimate the gender equality impact of EU policies; therefore repeats its call for indicators and statistics on gender issues to be further developed in order to permit assessment of the EU budget from a gender perspective and the monitoring of gender budgeting;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes that collaboration is needed between statisticians and policy makers to understand the type of data policy makers need and for policy makers to be aware of the challenges in collecting sensitive data; stresses the fundamental role of EIGE in closing this gap;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas equality between women and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of ~~gender~~ mainstreaming equality between women and men, stating that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets that despite the joint declaration attached to the MFF on gender mainstreaming there has been ~~no significant~~little progress in this field;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets that despite the joint declaration attached to the MFF on gender mainstreaming there has been no significant progress in this field; calls, in keeping with the principle of the responsible use of EU budget resources, for a detailed cost-benefit analysis with the aim of doing away with appropriations for gender mainstreaming in those policy areas in which it has been shown to be ineffective;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Highlights the fact that no clear gender equality strategy with~~Points out that no clear strategy for equality between women and men with balanced political priorities, specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations, has emerged from the MFF 2014-2020;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Highligh~~Strongly regrets the fact that no clear gender equality strategy with specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations, has emerged from the MFF 2014-2020;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Highlights the fact that no clear ~~gender equality strategy~~strategy for equality between women and men with specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations, has emerged from the MFF 2014-2020;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that the Commission’s communication on the MFF midterm review published in September 2016 makes no reference to the implementation of ~~gender mainstreaming~~the principle of mainstreaming equality between women and men;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Not~~Deplores that the Commission’'s communication on the MFF midterm review published in September 2016 makes no reference to the implementation of gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls for gender equality strategy and its mainstreaming to become part of the EU semester;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Underlines that transparency and access to information on real achievements in gender equality not just implementation should be real priority for the European Union;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8 c. Calls for gender mainstreaming provisions to be adopted as well in policy fields that are not considered as immediately related to gender equality, such as ICT, transport, business and investment support or climate change;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas equal~~ity between~~ opportunities for men and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8 d. Considers that a network of external experts and organisations should be involved in all stages of the budgetary process to increase the transparency and democratic quality, in particular when it regards applying a gender budgeting approach;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

EU funding for ~~gender equality~~equal opportunities for men and women in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

EU funding for ~~gender~~ equality between women and men in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

EU funding for~~gender~~ equality between women and men in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policy in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; emphasises that this Regulation does not guarantee mothers and fathers the freedom to choose without suffering discrimination as a result;

Amendment 75 #

9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of ~~gender equality policy~~the policy on equality between women and men in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of ~~gender equality policy~~the policy for equality between women and men in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policy in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming ~~a compulsory~~ part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Stresses that ensuring the necessary infrastructure funding for quality, affordable and accessible care services~~Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reflect in their policy making the importance of achieving the Barcelona targets in order to make work- life balance a reality for all, as well as using the appropriate tools and incentives, including European funds such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, to guarantee the provision of affordable quality care for children and othe ~~elderly will support~~r dependent persons, including elderly dependents and family members with disabilities; this will result in enhancing female participation in the labour market and women’s economic independence, and thus foster gender equality;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses th~~at ensuring the necessary~~e important role of public services in promoting gender equality and the impact of ESI funds in ensuring the necessary funding for essential social infrastructure ~~fun~~, including ~~for~~ quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and the elderly w~~ill~~hich support female participation in the labour market and women’'s economic independence~~, and thus foster gender equality~~;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, to be achieved by 2030, No 5 is gender equality, which applies to all 17 goals;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that ensuring the necessary infrastructure funding for quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and the elderly will support female participation in the labour market and women’s economic independence, and thus foster gender equality; emphasises that by taking this approach the EU will actively discriminate against some mothers and fathers if they are not at the same time offered freedom to choose which does not lay them open to discrimination;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Deplores that women still suffer from inequalities at work such as lower participation rates in employment, pay gap, greater incidence of atypical or part- time employment, poorer pension entitlements, career segregation and poorer levels of progression; stresses the importance of ESF in providing funding opportunities to combat discrimination and promoting gender equality at work;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes that unpaid work is an important element of economic efficiency, and that the traditional approach fails to take into account unpaid work such as childcare and caring for the elderly in the payment of social benefits;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that it is difficult to have a figure on the spending dedicated to promote gender equality and that, according to the European Commission Staff Working Document for the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016- 2019, EUR 5.85 billion ~~EUR~~ will be spent in 2014-2020 on measures promoting gender equality, of which 1.6% under the ESF for the specific investment priority ‘'Equality between men and women in all areas including access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work’'; deplores, however, the lack of transparency in the budget lines associated to this spending that prevent an accountable planning of the resources dedicated to gender equality;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that EUR 5.85 billion EUR will be spent in 2014-2020 on measures promoting ~~gender~~ equality between women and men, of which 1.6% under the ESF for the specific investment priority ‘Equality between men and women in all areas including access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work’;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that ERDF funding should also support investment in childcare, caring for the elderly and other social infrastructure to promote a better work-life balance in the Member States;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Commission’s Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019, published in December 2015, highlights the key role of EU funding in support ~~for gender equality~~of equality between women and men;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that ERDF funding should ~~also~~keep supporting investment in childcare and other social infrastructure;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that ERDF funding should also support investment in childcare and other social infrastructure and in child benefits for fathers and mothers who choose to keep their children at home;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that ERDF funding should also support investment in childcare and other social infrastructure supporting public services;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses the important role of EAFRD in ensuring the necessary funding to support public services and social infrastructure in rural areas and promoting access to land and investment for women;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Calls on the Commission to propose new targeted actions addressed to encourage women's participation in the labour market such as a specific programme financed by the EAFRD in order to support female entrepreneurship;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, regional and local governments to make use of the potential of cross cutting financing opportunities under ESI funds to support projects aimed at promoting gender equality; highlights the importance of the partnership principle applied within the ESI funds, which contributes positively to gender mainstreaming at the local level;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds~~, in order to avoid the downgrading of gender equality in the implementation phase~~;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls the importance of ~~close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of~~the requirement to include gender- disaggregated indicators in the monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes as foreseen in Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 laying down common provisions on the ESI Funds, in order to avoid the downgrading of gender equality in the implementation phase;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds, in order to ~~avoid the downgrading of gender equality~~ensure that programmes which offer no proven value added are not funded and are then rightly downgraded in the implementation phase;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

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2016/12/15 CONT 49 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental value of the EU enshrined in the Treaties, whereas the Commission's Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2020 highlights the importance of EU funding in support for gender equality; whereas the EUs strategy for equality between women and men 2010- 2015 is about to come to an end, providing an opportunity for a stocktaking exercise;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

D a. having regard also the fact that within the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), approximately €5.85bn will be spent in the period 2014- 20 on measures promoting gender equality, of which 1.6% falls under the European Social Funds (ESF) for specific investment priority "Equality between men and women in all areas including access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work";

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

D a. recalls the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 that supports establishing monitoring requirements including measurable indicators as a basis on which to collect evidence of the effects of legislation on the ground and to support further action while avoiding administrative burdens;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas EU funding for gender equality in the area of fundamental rights, equality and citizenship via the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) 2014- 2020 programme has an overall budget of €439.5m, out of which 35% is earmarked for the two gender equality objectives related to gender equality and to the Daphne programme for combatting violence against women;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that gender budgeting should be an instrument of democratic governance that will help to ensure that gender equality becomes a reality; considers, likewise, that budgetary control tasks should indicate to what extent the EU budget and its implementation favour or hinder equality policies; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same work is totally unacceptable;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that gender budgeting should be an instrument of democratic governance that will help to ensure that gender equality becomes a reality; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same work is totally unacceptable; and must be eliminated immediately;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that ~~gender~~ budgeting which takes account of equal opportunities for men and women should be an instrument of democratic governance that will help to ensure that ~~gender equality becomes a reality; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same work is totally unacceptable~~equal opportunities for men and women becomes a reality;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that gender budgeting should be an suitable instrument ~~of democratic governance that will help to ensure that gender equality~~to ensure that equality between men and women becomes a reality; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same ~~work is totally unacceptable~~and equivalent work cannot be justified;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the objective of equal opportunities for men and women must find expression in a practical approach which does not lead to women and men being set up in opposition to one another and or to being played off against one another;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Acknowledges that not all EU policy areas can be gender mainstreamed, as for example the EU policy on honey bees, because there is only one female bee queen per colony and not two;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that gender budgeting is considered in certain policy areas (employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it should be included in all policy areas and that it should help to guarantee access to both the labour market and positions of responsibility and decision-making positions on the same terms as men, as well as helping to eliminate the gap in pay for the same work;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. It is regrettable that the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020, the European Commission's communication published in September 2016, makes no reference to the implementation of the gender mainstreaming, so that we don't have a clear gender equality strategy with specific objectives, concrete targets and allocations;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that ~~gender~~ budgeting to foster equal opportunities for men and women is considered in certain policy areas (employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it should be included in ~~all~~those policy areas in which it makes sense;

Amendment 21 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that gender budgeting is considered in ~~certain~~many policy areas ~~(employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it should be included in all policy areas~~; however, it could be further explored also for the other policy areas where possible;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that gender budgeting is considered in certain policy areas, such as (employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it should be included in all policy areas;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 24 #

Miroslav POCHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses the importance of including mainstreaming gender as a category of analysis in the budgetary process by ensuring qualitative analysis available to monitor and ultimately close the gender pay gap, moving towards complete gender equality;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against men and women;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Believes that properly implemented gender budgeting has a positive effect, improving employment prospects and remuneration for women generally, while also broadening the labour base;~~deleted

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that properly implemented gender budgeting has a positive effect, improving employment prospects and remuneration for women generally, while ~~also~~ broadening the labour base accordingly;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Joint Declaration calls for the annual budgetary procedure applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender- responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality and ensures gender mainstreaming;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Suggests that particular attention should be paid to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, having in mind that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level;

Amendment 31 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Notes that gender equality goals are too often subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;~~deleted

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Notes that gender equality goals are too often~~Welcomes the fact that equal opportunities policy is subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Notes~~Deplores the fact that gender equality goals are too often subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that gender equality goals are ~~too often~~ subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Regrets the lack of gender- aggregated data and gender-specific indicators required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality;~~deleted

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the lack of gender- aggregated data and gender-specific indicators required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality; welcomes efforts done in introducing gender specific indicators and collection of gender-dissaggreated data in some EU legislative and policies, like e.g. in the ESF; believes it is important to intensify efforts to develop those indicators to monitor all key areas of EU of gender- equality policy; welcomes and supports committment in the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 2016 to improve data collection with the support of Eurostat, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Eurofound, the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA);

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the lack of gender- disaggregated data and gender-specific indicators required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality; calls on the Commission to introduce these indicators in all sectors where they are relevant for these purposes;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the lack of ~~gender- aggregated data and gender-specific indicators~~data and indicators for males and females respectively that are required to monitor and evaluate the action receiving funding from the EU budget to tackle gender equality;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Reiterates its concern at the huge lack of gender balance – with the widest gap of all the EU institutions – among Members of the European Court of Auditors, which currently comprises 28 men and only three women (two fewer than at the start of this year); calls on the Council, from now on and until an acceptable balance has been reached, to propose two candidates to Parliament, a woman and a man, for each future appointment;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019 published in December 2015 reaffirmed commitment to continue work to promote equality between men and women;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Strongly recommends that data which has been disaggregated according to gender, race, skin colour, ethnic, geographic and social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, wealth, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the European Court of Auditors, with a view to the EU's new budgeting for results procedure, to provide data on the impact of the budget and European programmes in relation to both the specific objectives of the EU’s equality policies and horizontal aspects of those policies, in both its recommendations and its special reports;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Asks the Commission and the Member States to promote a holistic debate on policies and budgetary choices with a view to strengthening the policies contributing to gender equality and eventually achieving the ultimate goal of equal pay for equal work for all.deleted

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Asks the Commission and the Member States to promote a holistic debate on policies and budgetary choices with a view to strengthening the policies contributing to ~~gender~~ equality between men and women and eventually achieving the ultimate goal of equal pay for equal work ~~for all~~.

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities commissioned in 2014 by the EP's Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs policy department, which was entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations' and which covered the period from June 2011 to February 2013, produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Rights drew up 33 opinions for only 11 of the 23 committees; of a total of 718 individual proposals and amendments on various topics, only 210, or one-third, were adopted in full or in part; the largest number of FEMM committee proposals were made to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which took over only 39.5%, or not even half, of them; in the other committees the proportion of proposals/amendments accepted was even lower: Foreign Affairs 28%, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11%, and Budgets only 5.5%; considers, in the light of these disappointing findings, that the Committee on Women's Rights should not make recommendations to the Member States, because it has no legitimacy to do so;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as "gender mainstreaming") promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Takes the view, in the light of the findings of the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities published by one of Parliament's own policy departments under the title 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations', the European Court of Auditors should carry out a cost-benefit analysis of all the gender mainstreaming policies implemented by the EU institutions and bodies in general and by the European Parliament in particular and publish details of the budget resources made available for physical resources and staff, with a view to ensuring that the taxes paid by women are being used properly;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls, in keeping with the principle of the responsible use of EU budget resources, for a detailed cost-benefit analysis with the aim of doing away with appropriations for gender mainstreaming which have been shown to be ineffective;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to increase budget resources for 'gender equality' and to constantly monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming until the sustained added value of that policy has been established;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Highlights the fact that responsibility for those policy approaches lies with the Member States and that the EU should not influence national governments' priorities through its fiscal policy;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas within the EU's own budgetary oversight institution, the European Court of Auditors, there is a major gender imbalance, an imbalance perpetuated with every new nominee this calendar year;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas one of the most telling measures of gender equality is equal pay; but equally important are EU efforts and their results in increasing female labour- market participation and the equal economic independence of women and men; in promoting equality between women and men in decision-making; combating gender-based violence and protecting and supporting victims; and promoting gender equality and women's rights across the world;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital Γ

C. whereas one of the most telling measures of gender equality is equal pay, which should be implemented directly in all Member States of the Union;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital Γ

C. whereas one of the most telling measures of ~~gender~~ equality between men and women is equal pay;

Amendment 9 #