2017/2210(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

– having regard to Articles 1, 11 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 10 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the media act as a fourth power, have the capacity to influence and ultimately shape public opinion, and have a duty to ensure freedom of information, diversity of opinion and media pluralism, at the same time taking legal and moral responsibility;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that while any regulatory action ofn sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subject to due considerations of the principle of freedom of expression, editorial freedom should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women; urges the Member States, in safeguarding the aforementioned freedoms, to regulate access to video games with misogynist content, and to pornography on the internet, as well as to take action to combat harassment on social media;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the role of media as agent of social change and its influence in the configuration of public opinion and calls on Member States to promote contents on gender equality in public media; encourages public and private media to mainstream gender equality in all their content and to use non-sexist language; encourages broadcasting organizations to adopt an equality plan for both its internal structure and content production;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that economic arguments cannot be an excuse to perpetuate gender stereotyping in media content;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for ~~support a~~bind in~~centive~~g measures, such as ~~guideline~~quotas for the equal representation of women and men in decision-making posts in media organisations, and for the effective monitoring of such efforts to be given greater prominence in those organisations;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for support and incentive measures, such as guidelines for the equal representation of women and men in decision-making posts in media organisations, and for the effective monitoring of such efforts to be given greater prominence in those organisations; points out that competences and qualifications should not be dependent on gender;

Amendment 105 #

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Given the persuasive, very repetitive nature of the advertising content carried by the media, and the ease with which minors can access it, recommends that a set of minimum standards be drawn up for advertising that depicts women in a stereotypical, humiliating, degrading or discriminatory manner, thereby preventing sexist depictions of women, that are an affront to women’s personal dignity, from becoming normalised among young people;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to promote media literacy and educational initiatives on media with a gender approach to all relevant stakeholders, including children, parents, teachers, social workers, child protection officers, civil organisations and national authorities;

Amendment 107 #

Biljana BORZAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision making through the media and new technologies of communication;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers that gender equality should be a compulsory module at universities of communication and journalism studies in order to ensure a long term impact; calls on national and European institutions to promote and fund gender trainings for media professionals, including the use of non- sexist language and avoiding gender stereotypes in the media; stresses that special attention needs to be paid to training on how media reports on cases of violence against women;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Considers that gender equality in education must include a range of issues, such as literacy including media-literacy, bullying including cyber-bullying, violence against LGBTI, hate speech, human rights and civic education; underlines that prevention measures should cover technology related aspects in particular, with a view to ensuring a safer internet and digital literacy as well as media literacy; calls upon Member States to adopt provisions to apply measures of protection, such as encryption and parental control;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the relationship between women and media is one of the major areas of concern in achieving gender equality in contemporary societies; whereas the eroticisation of violence and objectification of women in the media have a negative effect on the fight for the eradication of violence against women;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that regulations issued by media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria ~~to ensure stereotype-free portrayals of women and girls and~~serving to determine those cases in which freedom of expression and editorial freedom have to be forgone in order to ensure that no stereotypical portrayals of women, girls, and LGBTI people will be broadcast and that the dignity of persons in those categories is properly protected by includeing the possibility of ~~removing offensive content~~ordering the removal of offensive content and of penalising any failure to comply, for instance by imposing fines; recommends that specialist organisations, such as national equality bodies and women’s and LGBTI NGOs, are involved in monitoring the implementation of these regulations;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that regulations issued by media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria to ensure ~~stereotype-free~~dignified and respectful portrayals of women and girls and include the possibility of removing offensive content; recommends that specialist organisations~~, such as national equality bodies and women’s NGOs, ar~~ be involved in monitoring the implementation of these regulations;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that regulations issued by ~~media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria to ensure stereotype-free portrayals~~authorities competent for media and communication set out the criteria guaranteeing a fair and non-stereotyped representation of women and girls ~~and~~, include the possibility of ~~removing~~suspension of offen~~sive~~ding content~~; recomme~~ ands that specialist organiszations, such as national equality bodies and women’s NGOs, are involved in monitoring ~~the~~of implementation of these regulations;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that regulations issued by Member State media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria to ensure ~~stereotype-free~~respectful portrayals of women and girls and include the possibility of removing offensive content; recommends that specialist organisations, such as national equality bodies ~~and women’s NGOs~~, are involved in monitoring the implementation of theose regulations;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Rrecommends that regulations issued by media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria to ensure stereotype-free portrayals of women and girls ~~and~~in particular concerning those from under-represented groups, as well as gender non-conforming persons. These regulations should also include the possibility of removing offensive content; recommends that specialist organisations, such as national equality bodies and women’s NGOs, are involved in monitoring the implementation of these regulations;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Draws attention to the fact that the inclusion of gender stereotypes in advertising during children’s television programmes, as well as in these programmes, is a particular problem, in view of its potential impact on gender socialisation and, subsequently, children’s views of themselves, their family members and the outside world; stresses the importance of providing critical media education in schools;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Points out that advertising can be an effective tool in challenging and confronting stereotypes and racism, sexism and discrimination, calls on the Commission, the Member States and advertising professionals to strengthen training and education activities as a way to overcome stereotypes, combat discrimination and promote gender equality;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recommends to the Commission and the Member States to pay attention on online and social media contents and cyber VAWG; underlines the need to review existing policies and legislations, to collect gender-segregated data at the EU level and to conduct quantitative and qualitative research in this aspect, in order to better respond to cyber violence, online sexual harassment, threats, sexist remarks and hate speech against women and girls;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote self- regulation and co-regulation in the media through codes of conduct adopted at regional, national, and EU level in the spheres of gender, gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Encourages the media and advertising sectors to safeguard the dignity of minor and adult women in their productions, through co-regulatory mechanisms, internal codes of conduct and other actions;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas movies and television programs are not random products of society, but commissioned by organs and institutions determining the content and the teams in front of and behind the camera and thus have sovereignty over the power of images and therefore have to be sensitized;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Points to the need for greater coordination among regulators, at both national and European level, in order to allow scope for preventive action; believes that those authorities should have specific powers to make the media comply with national and European legislation on gender equality and discrimination, and to censure, and impose appropriate clear penalties on, offenders; believes that regulatory authorities should invest in greater transparency by implementing a public communication policy easily accessible to citizens;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls for a code of conduct to be drawn up on gender equality in the media and for a gender equality monitoring system to be implemented on a Europe- wide basis in the media sector, including online content and advertising, for the purposes of encouraging and rewarding best practice, laying down penalties, and, in addition, reporting regularly on the current state of play and developments;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Suggests that public corporations in the media sector should be obliged to have an independent ombudsman to receive complaints, examine content from the point of view of gender equality, and fine media outlets that convey sexist content or gender stereotypes; calls for private sector companies to adopt the same procedure;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes with enthusiasm the various examples of good practice that can be observed in all Member States, including: media campaigns, specific legislation, ~~awards or anti-awards for stereotypical and sexist advertising,~~ databases of ~~women~~ experts, training courses for industry professionals, and media organisations’ equality plans, codes of conduct and equal opportunity and diversity policies and penalisation for degrading advertisements;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes with enthusiasm the various examples of good practice that can be observed in all Member States, including: media campaigns, specific legislation, awards or anti-awards for stereotypical and sexist advertising, databases of women experts, training courses for industry professionals, and media organisations’ equality plans, codes of conduct and equal opportunity and diversity policies, and the minimum thresholds set for representation of the sexes in the governing bodies of media regulators;

Amendment 125 #

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights the divergences in legislation among the Member States and calls on the Commission to consider whether it would be appropriate to draw up uniform rules to prohibit sexist advertising across the board, regardless of the type of media used;

Amendment 126 #

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Recommends that media regulators, in conjunction with the European Institute for Gender Equality, should encourage advice to be sought prior to the creation of advertising campaigns, so as to prevent the use of stereotypical and sexist approaches that have an impact on the dignity and equality of women;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recommends that public and private media organisations adopt internal polices which include anti-harassment measures, maternity, paternity or non- transferable parental leave schemes, and employee-oriented flexible working arrangements ~~and mentorship and management training programmes for women~~which ensure an equal distribution of childcare, as well as mentorship and management training programmes for women; deplores that the Commission has not submitted yet a reform of the Maternity Leave Directive dating from 1992;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recommends that public and private media organisations adopt internal polices which include anti-harassment measures, maternity~~, paternity~~ or parental leave schemes, flexible working arrangements ~~and~~that support family life, mentorship and management training programmes for women and the popularisation of teleworking, which could be a useful option – especially for young mothers;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Recommend~~Urges that public and private media organisations adopt internal polices which include anti-harassment measures, maternity, paternity or parental leave schemes, flexible working arrangements and mentorship and management training programmes for women;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the media have a significant impact on how social and cultural gender norms governing both women and men are formed and evolve, and ~~constitute an important industry of economic value, directly employing over one milli~~have a strong influence in the configuration of the subjectivity of the audience by perpetuating unequal and unhealthy corporal paradigms and ideas of masculinity and femininity; whereas media has a crucial role to play in portraying LGBTI individuals in a non- p~~eople in~~rejudiced way and in promoting acceptance towards the EUm;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the media to respect the right of women and men to benefit from maternity, paternity, or parental leave; points out that no pregnant woman should be discriminated against on account of her condition and no woman should be refused employment because she might decide to become pregnant;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Urges that media content, including advertising, related to family planning, sexual and reproductive rights, maternal and child health, and education be aimed at both men and women;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Points to the need to implement active policies to promote work-life balance, in particular by introducing flexible working hours for both women and men, on a voluntary basis and without prejudice to career advancement, and by investing in affordable high- quality public support services to make private life easier;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10d. Reiterates that the media must, as a matter of urgency, implement the policy of equal pay for equal work through binding measures, including pay transparency obligations, while enabling women to enjoy the same promotion and training opportunities and any other additional benefits on equal terms with men;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10e. Maintains that the media must be required to have a policy to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at work, including awareness raising, legal penalties for offenders, and psychological and/or legal support to victims of these practices;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)

10f. Points out that Member States must ensure by all appropriate means that the media, including online media and advertising, do not contain any incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, or gender or gender expression;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 g (new)

10g. Suggests that continuing training activities on gender depictions in media content be made compulsory for media professionals, including those in leadership positions, and that manuals/guides be compiled so as to give practical examples to assist them with gender mainstreaming in their work;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 h (new)

10h. Recommends that gender equality be mainstreamed into undergraduate and postgraduate journalism and communication courses and included in their teaching modules; believes that the object should be to make teachers and trainers aware of these issues and emphasise the importance of more inclusive language, to promote gender balance among teaching staff, to stimulate debate on gender depictions with a view to calling them into question, and to encourage studies recording the paths that students follow after they have completed their education;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 i (new)

10i. Suggest that media literacy be fostered at the various levels of education so as to make young people aware of the limiting and damaging character of stereotypes and sexist behaviour, encourage them to develop critical thinking, and help them to identify, combat, and speak out against flagrant cases of sexist portrayal and discrimination in the media and advertising;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 j (new)

10j. Urges civil society organisations to draw up communication strategies, not just for traditional media, but also for online media, in order to widen the scope for influencing and monitoring the media agenda;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the media have a significant impact on how social ~~and cultural norms governing bo~~images associated with women and men are formed and evolve, and constitute an important industry of economic value, directly employing over one million people in the EU;

Amendment 140 #

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 k (new)

10k. Believes that it might be appropriate to consider whether European funding for the media should be made subject to compliance with minimum standards and to proof of good practice in promoting gender equality;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Encourages the Member States to initiate campaigns such as the Belgian Expertalia tool, the Czech ‘Sexist Piggy’ awards or the Swedish #TackaNej (‘No, thanks’) initiative, among others;~~deleted

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Encourages the Member States to initiate campaigns such as the Belgian Expertalia tool, the Czech ‘Sexist Piggy’ awards or the Swedish #TackaNej (‘No, thanks’) initiative, among others; calls on the Commission to establish a European award for students in the media field for work related to gender equality;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Member States to carry out regular information and awareness campaigns aimed at pinpointing gender-based discriminatory content conveyed by advertising and the media, and to report regularly on gender equality trends in the media;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research on the participation of women in senior positions in the media; c~~ommends~~alls on the EIGE ~~for its work in the field and invites it~~ to continue to monitor the relevant set of indicators and to take measures to promote equal opportunities in this field;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research on the participation of women in senior positions in the media; calls for the improvement of the collection of disaggregated data, in cooperation with EIGE, especially concerning the new social media technologies in order to develop methodologies to prevent gender-based violence and harassment in social media, commends the EIGE for its work in the field and invites it to continue to monitor the relevant set of indicators;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research on the participation of women in senior positions in the media; commends the EIGE for its work in the field and invites it to continue to develop and monitor the relevant set of indicators, including but not limited to women’s presence in decision-making, working conditions of women journalists, and gender equality in media content;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support to women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to earmark special funding for sub- programmes focusing on advancement of women in media industry and to support media associations and networks in putting in place public and sectorial awareness raising campaigns;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the media are central to democracy and bear special responsibility in promoting respect for human dignity and combating all forms of gender-related discrimination and inequality, as well as in creating models and bringing about a diversified approach to social roles;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on sexism in advertising which ensures that the image of women is not used in a stereotypical, degrading or discriminatory way;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Recommends to national regulatory bodies and the media organizations to follow the Commission recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women1a, to set up the guidance on fair selection procedures, to establish comprehensive equality policies, covering media content and providing for women's advancement indecision-making bodies, as well as to set up internal procedures dealing with harassment at workplace; 1a. http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/gender_pay_gap/c_2014_14 05_en.pdf

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on Member States to create a special body that will be available to give advice on how to avoid sexism in advertisement campaigns;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas new technologies are transforming traditional media business models; whereas the audiovisual sector is a highly important industry of economic value, alone directly employing over one million people in the EU;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the representation of women in advertising and the way products target potential consumers tend to perpetuate traditional gender norms;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing of 1995 recognised the relationship between women and the media as important to achieve equality between women and men and has incorporated two strategic aims into the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA): (a) to increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through media and new technologies of communication and (b) to promote a balanced and non- stereotyped portrayal of women in the media;

Amendment 19 #

Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI, André ELISSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~the~~gender perspective ~~of both women and men~~s should be taken into account equally in order to achieve a complete ~~picture and not to lose out on women’s potential and skills in communicating information about the challenges faced by women in the media~~and diversified picture in communicating information, facts, and opinions about every facet of social reality;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

– having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) study of 2013 entitled ‘Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Women and the Media – Advancing gender equality in decision-making in media organisations’,deleted

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the perspective of both women and men should be taken into account equally in order to achieve a complete picture and not to lose out on women’s potential and skills in communicating information about the challenges faced by women in the media and in tackling the challenges faced by women in the media;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the media are continuing on the whole to present stereotyped images of women and men, with the result that perceptions of the world are being undermined and people very often come to view the relationships involved and the forms of depiction as legitimate, thus making it difficult or impossible to call these into question;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas by conveying a distorted image of either one of the genders, advertising has served to legitimise sexism in everyday life and caused discriminatory practices to be replicated, thus creating a barrier to gender equality;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the media must properly reflect the pluralism of images, debates, and opinions generated by society and in that way promote justice and gender equality; whereas they can do much to change attitudes and behaviour within society;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas in order to cope with the new online communication and multimedia systems, the necessary adjustments have to be made to oversight arrangements at both European and national level, as well as to self-regulation schemes;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas in modern-day societies the advertising industry plays a major role within the media landscape, as it provides a potent way to communicate drawing on a fund of images and ideas that appeal to our emotions and hence can shape our values, attitudes, and perceptions of the world; whereas combating gender discrimination in advertising is essential in order to achieve equality;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)

Df. whereas an advertisement is discriminatory and sexist if: one gender is portrayed in a derogatory or insulting way; the human body is displayed in a manner that is unflattering or insulting to either one of the genders; the advertisement conveys the idea that one gender is less capable or intelligent or not as able to perform given tasks that it can accomplish as effectively as the other genders; or it conveys the pejorative or offensive idea that one gender is socially, culturally, or financially inferior to the other;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas women constituted 68 % of journalism and information graduates in the EU-28 in 2015, while employment data for the EU-28 over 2008-2015 show that the percentage of women employed in the media sector on average is continuously languishing at around 40 %, which could be a result of women’s personal choices; __________________ 7 UNESCO OECD Eurostat (UOE) joint data collection, available from: http://eige.europa.eu/gender- statistics/dgs/indicator/ta_educ_part_grad_ _educ_uoe_grad02

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in EU-28, the share of women in decision-making in media is 32%,which is still below the gender balance zone (40%-60%); whereas the share of women as board presidents is 22% ;1a __________________ 1a EIGE, Gender Equality Index 2017

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas gender pay and pension gaps ~~are a persistent problem in the EU, and are evident~~ in different economic sectors, including the media, are a persistent problem in the EU;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for action and its annexes, adopted in the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas gender pay and pension gaps are a persistent ~~problem~~challenge in the EU~~, and are evid~~ which arises from the fact that women naturally participate in family life, as is seent in different economic sectors, including the media;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas gender pay and pension gaps are a persistent problem in the EU, and are evident in different economic sectors, including the media; whereas the gender pay gap in the media sector is of 17%;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas women continue to face a glass ceiling in the media owing to a variety of factors, in~~cluding the procedures of an organisational culture which is often uncongenial to a work-life balance~~ particular the fact that it is impossible for them to strike a work-life balance that is beneficial for them and for their families;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas women continue to face a glass ceiling in the media owing to a variety of factors, including the procedures of an organisational culture which is often uncongenial to a work-life balance; with competitive environment, ridden with stress, inflexible deadlines and long working hours;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas women continue to face a glass ceiling in the media owing to a variety of factors, including the procedures of an organisational culture which is often uncongenial to a work-life balance;~~(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas significant female underrepresentation in the highest levels of the industry structures speaks to the fact that women continue to face the glass ceiling barriers in media industry and might not have equal opportunities for promotion and career advancement;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas public media organisations in the Member States are able to establish their own equality policies, which leads to a wide spectrum of practices in the EU: from very comprehensive policy frameworks covering media content and providing for a balanced representation of men and women in decision-making bodies, to there being no such policy in place;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas public media organisations in the Member States are able to establish their own equal opportunity policies, which leads to a wide spectrum of practices in the EU: from very comprehensive policy frameworks covering media content and providing for a balanced representation of men and women in decision-making bodies, to there being no such policy in place;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~public~~ media organisations in the Member States ~~are able to~~can establish their own equality policies, which leads to a wide spectrum of practices in the EU: from very comprehensive policy frameworks covering media content and providing for a balanced representation of men and women in decision-making bodies, to there being no such policy in place;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the continued projection of negative and degrading images of women in media communications - electronic, print, visual and audio - must be changed;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

– having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020), adopted by the European Council in March 2011,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas gender roles are shaped and imposed through a variety of social influences, notably the media and education, and are formed during the socialisation phases of childhood and adolescence, therefore influencing people throughout their lives;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

Hc. whereas gender stereotypes are often combined with other stereotypes, such as stereotypes discriminating on the basis of age, migration status, sexual orientation, disability, which can be observed in the media sector as well;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas research has shown that only around 37 % of stories from both online and offline news sources are reported by women, a situation which has demonstrated no prospect of improvement in the past ten years8; whereas women are mostly asked to provide a popular opinion (41 %) or personal experience (38 %) and are seldom quoted as experts (just 17 % of stories); whereas research has also shown that less than one in five experts or commentators are women (18 %)9; __________________ 8 hearing ‘Gender equality in the media sector in the EU’, 26 June 2017, recording available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep- live/en/committees/video?event=20170626 -1500-COMMITTEE-FEMM 9 Global Media Monitoring project, regional report for Europe (2015), available at http://cdn.agilitycms.com/who-makes-the- news/Imported/reports_2015/regional/Eur ope.pdfdeleted Lenka Vochocová, FEMM public

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas research has shown that only 4% of news coverage is against stereotypical portrayal; whereas women account for only 23% of the people we hear or read about in the news; whereas around 37 % of stories from both online and offline news sources are reported by women, a situation which has demonstrated no prospect of improvement in the past ten years8 ; whereas women are mostly asked to provide a popular opinion (41 %) or personal experience (38 %) and are seldom quoted as experts (just 17 % of stories); whereas research has also shown that less than one in five experts or commentators are women (18 %)9 ; __________________ 8 Lenka Vochocová, FEMM public hearing ‘Gender equality in the media sector in the EU’, 26 June 2017, recording available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep- live/en/committees/video?event=20170626 -1500-COMMITTEE-FEMM 9 Global Media Monitoring project, regional report for Europe (2015), available at http://cdn.agilitycms.com/who- makes-the- news/Imported/reports_2015/regional/Euro pe.pdf

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas there are many women in the media working at a top professional level who are just as appreciated by society as their male counterparts and who include renowned film makers, journalists and reporters; ~~whereas although they perform equally well as men, they may be more vulnerable and exposed to risks and dangers;~~

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas there are ~~many~~ women in the media working ~~at a top~~in top jobs at professional level ~~who are just as appreciated by society as their male counterparts and~~, who include renowned film makers, journalists and reporters; whereas although they perform ~~equally~~as well as men, they ~~may be more vulnerable and exposed to risks and dangers~~are not equally appreciated;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas there are many women in the media working at a top professional level who are just as appreciated by society as their male counterparts and who include renowned film makers, journalists and reporters; whereas although they perform equally well as men, they ~~may b~~are more ~~vulnerable and exposed to risks and dangers~~exposed to gender-based violence and workplace discrimination;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas gender inequality continues to exist both as regards access to senior management positions in European media organisations and hence when it comes to deciding who sets the news agenda; whereas the media have to be made aware that they need to take measures making for better representation of women in leadership positions;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas women are ~~not highly~~ disproportionately under-represented in the news and information media and are even less visible in the domains of sport, politics, the economy and finances, notwithstanding the variety of media outlets across the Member States; whereas historical women are almost not present in related media content such as biographic documentaries;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas women in some Member States are not highly present in the news and information media and are even less visible in the domains of sport, politics, the economy and finances, notwithstanding the variety of media outlets across the Member States, and whereas this fact could be a result of psychophysical differences between women and men and their natural predispositions;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~equality between women and men~~Article 8 TFEU states that in all its a ~~core principle of the European Union, as enshrined in the Trea~~ctivities the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and ~~must be~~to promote~~d in all its activities~~ equality between women and men, which is a core principle of the European Union;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas women are ~~not highly~~less present in the news and information media ~~and are even less visible~~, especially in the domains of sport, politics, ~~the~~ economyics and finances, notwithstanding the variety of media outlets across the Member States;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the way in which women and men are mostly represented in the media is serving to reinforce gender stereotypes, since what it conveys is unequal representation in political, economic, social, academic, religious, cultural, and sporting walks of life; whereas men appear chiefly in active social roles, but women, by contrast, are confined to a more passive attitude, harking back to traditional gender roles; whereas the depiction of women and men associated with such discriminatory social roles is ‘normalising’ these and contributing to their social reproduction;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas female participation on an equal level with men in the reporting the content and serving as information sources is crucial not only from reasons of representation and necessity to include a woman point of view, but also because it gives an opportunity and an example to follow for young women to see that their expertise and knowledge will be taken seriously;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas women writing in social media meet increasing levels of harassment; whereas this harassment has the potential of silencing women´s voice and weakens their participation in society;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas children are confronted with gender stereotypes at a very young age through role models promoted by television series and programmes, discussions, games, video games and advertisements;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas within the European media – to a large extent – financial constraints and working conditions, including job insecurity and the degrees of professional experience, combined with the growing speed of information and the overriding commercial considerations, are obstacles to engaging in responsible specialised gender-sensitive journalism;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas according to the study by the European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA)1a only one in five films in the seven European countries studied is directed by a woman and the vast majority of the funding resources go into films that are not directed by women, even though approximately half of film school graduates are women; __________________ 1a Where are the women directors in European films? Gender equality report on female directors (2006-2013) with best practice and policy recommendations http://www.ewawomen.com/en/research- .html

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas gender inequalities are also created and replicated through the language and images disseminated by the media; whereas these are not neutral or innocent representations of reality;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)

Kd. whereas among the stereotypes affecting the image of women and men, the prime example is the sexualisation of the female body, which can be seen most clearly in the ‘yellow press’ and in advertising and which is continuing to project sexist images for purely commercial ends and limiting the role of women in society;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)

Ke. whereas education and training of media professionals are powerful tools in combating and eradicating gender stereotyping and in raising awareness of the need to promote equality;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas equality between women and men is a core principle of the European Union, as enshrined in the Treaties and in natural law, and must be promoted in all its activities;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K f (new)

Kf. whereas media companies should adopt self-regulation systems and codes of conduct setting out procedural rules and criteria on careers and media coverage to safeguard and promote gender equality; whereas self-regulation and conduct systems of this kind, which should be drawn up in collaboration with the industry’s trade unions, need to be standardised at European level;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K g (new)

Kg. whereas trade unions in the media sector need to be made aware and should have a clear policy on all points related to gender equality;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K h (new)

Kh. whereas mobbing and sexual harassment are crimes and whereas the media and national and international regulators should lay down procedural rules and clear-cut penalties in order to deal with them;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. ~~whereas female investigative journalists in particular are often subjected to violence and th~~pays tribute to Veronica Guerin and Daphne tCar~~get of deadly attacks, as evidenced by the cases of Veronica Guerin or Daphne Caruana Galizia~~uana Galizia, who, as investigative journalists, fought so brilliantly for truth and justice;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas female investigative journalists in particular amay more often be subjected to violence and the target of deadly attacks, as evidenced by the cases of Veronica Guerin or Daphne Caruana Galizia;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas data shows that half of women media workers have experienced sexual abuse, one quarter of them have experienced acts of physical violence and three quarters have experienced intimidation, threats or abuse1a; 1a. International Federation of Journalists’(IFJ) campaign on gender- based violence at work https://www.ifj- stop-gender-based-violence.org/

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas there is an increasing concern on cyber violence against women and girls (VAWG) and it is estimated that one in ten women have experienced a form of cyber violence since the age of 15 in the EU1a; whereas there is a lack of data and research on cyber VAWG in the EU level; __________________ 1a EIGE, Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls, 2017

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the fact that although women ~~are overrepresented~~ in this field at a graduate level ~~and~~ constitute a substantial workforce, they are underrepresented in management, content editing, and top- level positions;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the fact that although women are overrepresented in this field at a graduate level and constitute a substantial workforce, they are underrepresented in management and top-level positions; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to unlock the Directive on Women on Boards, which has been on hold in the Council since 2013;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the fact that although women are overrepresented in this field at a graduate level and constitute a substantial workforce, they are underrepresented in management and top-level positions, which could be a result of women’s personal choices;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas EU policies to promote gender equality have helped to make life better for many European citizens;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States to develop policy incentives to reduce the barriers of women’s access to management posts and leadership in media organisations, such as encouraging media organisations to respect gender equality in the promotion process, providing on-the-job training and mentoring for women, introducing gender equality assessment inside the organisation and promoting work-life balance;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that both public and private media services have the responsibility to ensure equality between women and men and prevent any discrimination;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Regrets the fact that the representation of women in ~~public service~~ media in the EU is low on average, in both strategic and operational high-level posts and on boards ~~(in 2017: 35.8 % for executive posts, 37.7 % for non-executive posts and 33.3 % as board members)10 ;~~ ; __________________ 10 Gender Equality in Power and Decision- Making. Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States, 2017 (Source: EIGE Gender Statistics Database – Women and Men in Decision-Making).

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Regrets the fact that the representation of women in public service media in the EU is low on average, in both strategic and operational high-level posts and on boards (in 2017: 35.8 % for executive posts, 37.7 % for non-executive posts and 33.3 % as board members)10, but points out that high qualifications and experience are more important considerations than gender; __________________ 10 Gender Equality in Power and Decision- Making. Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States, 2017 (Source: EIGE Gender Statistics Database – Women and Men in Decision-Making).

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reminds that in view of the monitoring of critical area of the BPfA referring to women in media, EIGE developed the indicators: – the proportion of women and men in decision-making posts in media organisations and on the boards of media organisations in the EU; – the proportion of women and men on the boards of media organizations in the EU; – policies to promote gender equality in media organisations;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recalls that the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) states that the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can be better achieved at Union level, but does not contain any reference to equal representation in media organizations;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that despite being insufficiently represented in them at present in some Member States, women are still more likely to be recruited or promoted to high-level positions in public service media than in private media organisations11; __________________ 11 European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE): Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Women and the Media – Advancing gender equality in decision- making in media organisations (2013).

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Maintains that Member States should increase investment in the media within their remit to enable these effectively to perform their public service role in making society more balanced and democratic in gender terms;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with equality bodies, to f~~ocus on the~~ully implement~~ation of~~ the existing legislation addressing equality between women and men, and to ~~encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to women’s presence and advance~~develop, in case it has not been done yet, legislation focusing on non- stereotypical media content which also ensures equal presence of woment in the media sector ~~and to non-stereotypical media content~~, including in management positions;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with equality bodies, to focus on the implementation of existing legislation addressing equal~~ity between~~ opportunities for women and men, and to encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to ~~women’s~~the presence and advancement of women who choose to work in the media sector and to non-stereotypical media content;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the media act as a fourth power, and have the capacity to influence and ultimately shape public opinion~~, and have a duty to ensure freedom of information, diversity of opinion a~~; whereas they are thus obliged to guarantee access to good-quality information, avoiding unsubstantiated reports, and to uphold the right to the freedom to hold opinions and the freedom to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority, as enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter of Fund ame~~dia pluralism;~~ ntal Rights of the European Union;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States~~, in conjunction with equality bodies,~~ to focus on the implementation of existing national legislation addressing equality between women and men, and to encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to women’s presence and advancement in the media sector ~~and to non-stereotypical media content~~, as well as to media and advertising content that is offensive to human dignity;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with equality bodies, to focus on the implementation of existing legislation addressing gender equality ~~between women and men~~, and to encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to ~~women’s~~the presence and advancement of women and LGBTI people in the media sector and to non-stereotypical media content;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with equality bodies, to focus on the implementation of existing legislation addressing equality between women and men, and to encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to women’s presence and advancement in the media sector and to non-stereotypical media content; Encourages the Member States to carry out regular evaluation on the abovementioned areas;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Urges the Member States to introduce and develop close cooperation with existing schools of marketing, communication and advertising, so as to help to provide sound training and raise awareness of the negative influence of gender-discriminatory images on television, the internet and in marketing and advertising campaigns;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for the adoption of a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender parity measures;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that media organisations are at liberty to determine roles for their employees, both men and women, but urges them to do so with the utmost respect for personal dignity and professional quality; observes, in this context, worrying instances of female reporters deemed more suitable for television journalism for their perceived attractiveness to the audience, and being subsequently replaced by younger colleagues as they get oldertaking account of their psychophysical capabilities, education and specialism; urges them to do so with clear respect for personal dignity and professional quality;

Amendment 86 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Recalls~~Points out that media organisations are at liberty to determine roles for their employees, both men and women, but urges them to do so with the utmost respect for ~~personal~~human dignity and for the quality of their employees’ environment and professional ~~quality~~development; observes, in this context, worrying instances of female reporters deemed more suitable for television journalism for their perceived attractiveness to the audience, and being subsequently replaced by younger colleagues as they get older;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Expresses concern at the commercial audiovisual content that is causing psychological or physical damage to children and young people; urges the Commission to address the issue by establishing a framework that makes it possible to penalise advertising that encourages eating disorders such as anorexia, and by taking other steps to protect particularly vulnerable sections of the population, including girls and young women, against such content;

Amendment 88 #

Biljana BORZAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights that print and electronic media in most countries do not provide a balanced picture of women’s diverse lives and contributions to society in a changing world. Stresses that violent and degrading media products are negatively affecting women and their participation in society;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Condemns the widespread occurrence of sexual harassment and other type of abuse especially in online gaming and social media and encourages the industries to create safe environments where companies are responsive to any instances of harassment;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the media act as a fourth power, have the capacity to influence and ultimately shape public opinion~~, and~~ whereas media is a cornerstone of democratic societies and as such it haves a duty to ensure freedom of information, diversity of opinion and media pluralism;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for gender equality to be promoted as a cross-cutting human resources policy within the media with a view to guaranteeing full equality in terms of access, working conditions, and pay and promotion;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Strongly condemns attacks against female journalists fearlessly reporting on major political and criminal issues and calls for maximum efforts to ensure protection and safety of all journalists;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Recommends that soft measures such as gender equality plans or guidelines which prove to be an effective tool in addressing equality between women and men shall be given even more prominence in media organizations and advises that these protocols lay out the standards in positive portrayal of women in advertising, news, reporting, production or broadcasting and cover all sensitive content areas such as depiction of power and authority, expertise, decision-making, sexuality, violence, diversity of roles and the use of anti-sexist language;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls for broadly based media coverage to be promoted, and for this to reflect the diversity of social situations, giving comparable exposure to women and men and encouraging investigative journalism likely to spark debate on gender equality issues;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Suggests that databases be compiled, both of female specialists, listed by subject field, including those fields in which women are underrepresented, and of gender-oriented civil society organisations; believes that sex- disaggregated data should be used in news content relevant to gender issues;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Recognizes that equal opportunities and diversity policies may often contain a whole array of measures which a media organization recognizes as necessary for its female staff to enjoy equal opportunities at workplace;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses th~~at while any regulatory action of sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subject~~e Commission’s obligation to gender mainstreaming each EU policy and programme related to duthe co~~nsider~~mmunications ~~of the principle of freedom of expression, editorial freedom should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women~~sector; recalls the prohibition of sex-based discrimination in media under the Audiovisual Services Directive; recalls that editorial freedom should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women and LGBTI individuals and that efforts should be made to promote positive role models that challenge traditional gender norms;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses th~~at while any regulatory action of sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subject to due consider~~e need to fight the objectification of women in media content, negative portrayals of women and the commercialisations of the ~~principle of freedom of expression, editorial freedom should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women~~female body, which robs it of its value and personal dignity;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that ~~while any regulatory action of sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subject to due considerations of the principle of~~ freedom of expression, which is linked to editorial freedom, should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that while any regulatory action of sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subject to due considerations of the principle of freedom of expression, editorial freedom should not, under any circumstances, serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women, which often arise for purely commercial reasons or for comic effect;

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2017/12/13 EMPL 87 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

1a. having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on Creating Labour Market Conditions favourable for work- life balance,

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU at 68%1a, they are still significantly under-represented at ~~the~~all decision-making level~~; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the~~ resulting in a waste of human capital; notes that across all management levels women averaged 32% of senior staff in decision making positions with female positions at the highest strategic level of CEO etc. even lower at 16%; further notes that female board membership is also low at 25%1b; notes that an increased presence of women in decision making roles in the media is likely to lead to more balanced and realistic media content and combat negative and stereotypical portrayals of women in the media in the EU; __________________ 1a Advancing gender equality in decision- making in media organisations, EIGE Report, 2013, p. 17. 1bAdvancing gender equality in decision- making in media organisations, EIGE Report, 2013, p. 29-33.

Amendment 11 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that, while more women ~~make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU~~study journalism, they are still ~~significantly~~ under- represented in the media in the EU, especially at the decision-making level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making level, for example on boards of directors; notes that this under- representation ~~is a major contributing factor~~contributes to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making level; notes that this under-representation ~~is a maj~~may be one of the factors contributing ~~factor~~ to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;

Amendment 14 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making and leadership level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Not~~Deplores that while women make up a clear majority of journalism and media graduates in the EU, they are still significantly under-represented at the decision-making level; notes that this under-representation is a major contributing factor to the negative and stereotypical portrayal of women in the media in the EU;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of existing European regulations on equal treatment in employment and on non- discrimination;

Amendment 17 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises that an increase in the proportion of women in leadership roles in the media sector is an important step and calls on media sector organisations to introduce best practice measures to increase the proportion of women in leadership roles; encourages such organisations to actively consider measures such as those incorporated by the Nordic Public Services Broadcasters1c, including making workforce gender balance in staff composition, including by pay grade, transparent and comparable over time in yearly corporate reports; setting clear and realisable yearly targets; incorporating gender sensitive training and establishing mentor and role model programmes for staff; __________________ 1c http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/fil es/mediefakta- dokument/Gender_Media/Making_Chang e/1-12_makingchange_lr.pdf

Amendment 18 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes with concern the continued systemic and pervasive nature of gender- based harassment in all walks of life, including at the workplace: the scale of which has been brought to light by the recent #metoo movement; notes that, according to a 2014 Fundamental Rights Agency Study1a, one in three women in the EU have experienced physical or sexual violence during their adult lives and that for 32% of these victims, the perpetrator was someone encountered at the workplace (notably a boss, colleague or customer); __________________ 1a http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2014/v iolence-against-women-eu-wide-survey- main-results-report

Amendment 19 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes in particular the disturbing scale of harassment suffered by female journalists; notes that according to a recent IFJ study1b, 50% of female journalists have experienced one form of harassment; that 44% of female journalists have suffered online abuse; that 37% have been sexually harassed and that in 38% of these cases, the perpetrator was a boss or supervisor; __________________ 1bhttp://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single- view/backpid/1/article/ifj-survey-one-in- two-women-journalists-suffer-gender- based-violence-at-work/

Amendment 2 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Evelyn REGNER, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

1a. having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2016 on Application of the Employment Equality Directive,

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Condemns the fact that women are portrayed in a way that diminishes their human dignity, for instance, through the inappropriate use of female nudity in broadcasting and advertising, as well as the deliberate reduction of women’s role to that of sex objects;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that gender stereotypes reproduced by media result in segregation in the labour market which in turn enforces the gender pay gap and subsequently the gender pension gap.

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that economic arguments cannot be an excuse to perpetuate gender stereotyping in media content;

Amendment 23 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes a recent Eurofound study highlighting the growth of precarious forms of work such as fixed-term, temporary, atypical, freelance and discontinuous in the media sector further notes that, as is true across the labour market, women are overrepresented in these precarious forms of work1d; notes that the increasing pressures on the media sector to maintain economic viability due to digitalisation is likely to aggravate this trend; further notes that women on these more precarious contracts may be more vulnerable to workplace harassment due to the relative ease with which they can be dismissed from the organisation; __________________ 1d http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2016/587285/IPOL_STU%28 2016%29587285_EN.pdf

Amendment 24 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop, fund and encourage training on workplace policy related to anti-harassment, equality and diversity in order to combat harassment at the workplace;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers that these stereotypes can lead to a negative social environment for women and can contribute to gender discrimination in the workplace; notes the importance of a positive social environment in helping workers to deal with high levels of work intensity.

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the importance of ensuring equal opportunities between men and women so that talent is rewarded regardless of gender, race, age, religion, disability, state of health or economic status;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in media organisations, representative bodies and training institutions, especially in their boards, and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Condemns the fact that men and women are portrayed in ways that are sexist, discriminatory, offensive or degrading and that uncritically reinforce stereotypes;

Amendment 29 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Notes that only a few Member States have systematically ensured that existing legal texts are in line with the principle of equal treatment, and that even fewer implement them systematically; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full implementation of Equal Treatment and Employment Equality Directives in order to address this situation;

Amendment 3 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

1b. having regard to its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap,

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the media sector, in particular those in decision-making positions and on boards; urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive on Equal Representation of Women on Executive Boards as in its absence the under- representation of women on boards continues at a shockingly high level; urgently reminds the Commission of its responsibility to take any action that could help break the deadlock in the Council as regards EU legislation addressing transparency and greater balance in recruitment for decision-making positions;

Amendment 31 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Insists that flexible working arrangements should be employee- oriented and voluntary, accompanied by adequate social protection, and believes that workers` rights and the right to secure employment must come before any increase in flexibility in the labour market, so as to ensure that flexibility does not increase precarious, undesirable and insecure forms of work and employment does not undermine employment standards;

Amendment 32 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle precarious employment, including undeclared work and bogus self-employment, in order to ensure that all types of work contracts offer decent working conditions with proper social security coverage, in line with the ILO Decent Work Agenda, Article 9 TFEU, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter; calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat all practices, which might lead to an increase of precarious employment;

Amendment 33 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Calls on media organisations to, where not previously present, establish internal bodies to assist victims of harassment throughout the process of speaking out; further calls on these organisations to ensure the existence of clear and specific internal policies and structures, including a process for whistleblowing, that specifically aim to tackle a workplace culture which allows the fostering of gender-based discrimination and harassment;

Amendment 34 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Calls on the Member States to increase job quality in non-standard jobs by providing, at the least, set of minimum standards as regards social protection, minimum wage levels and access to training and development; stresses that this should be done while maintaining entry opportunities;

Amendment 35 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that ~~women working in the media~~all media workers will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and ~~boosting~~care for dependent persons as well as other measures such as voluntary flexible working agreements that make it easier to achieve a work-life balance and the promotion of collective bargaining rights;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace~~, including end~~; considers, however, that this improvement is not sufficient and that inequalities remain; stresses the need to promote the principle of equal pay, including by combating the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work, ~~ensuring affordable and accessi~~increasing the accessibility of affordable childcare and ~~boost~~ensuring collective bargaining rights;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay and pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights; while also noting that the advancement of gender equality for female employees in all sectors will also benefit from increased female representation in media coverage.

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay and pension gaps, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and b~~oost~~etter work life balance policies and safeguarding collective bargaining rights;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap, reducing involuntarily precarious work, and ensuring ~~affordable and~~ accessible childcare ~~and boosting collective bargaining rights~~;

Amendment 4 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

1c. having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on working conditions and precarious employment,

Amendment 40 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap and pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable ~~and~~ accessible and quality childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work2a, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights; __________________ 2a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=- //EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2017- 0290+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN , European Parliament resolution of 4 July 2017 on working conditions and precarious employment

Amendment 43 #

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that women working in the media will benefit from the general advancement of conditions for women in the workplace, including ending the gender pay gap, reducing precarious work, ensuring affordable and accessible childcare and boosting collective bargaining rights; notes that working in the media often makes reconciling work and family life difficult, given the impact of strict deadlines, the need to be on the move and the enormous pressure; feels, therefore, that it is desirable for employers in the media sector to make more flexible forms of working available, including teleworking and accommodating the needs of women and parents in general;

Amendment 44 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women`s pay and welfare entitlements, including pensions, are in line with the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or for work of equal value, in accordance with Article 157 TFEU;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes the long tradition of both freelance and permanent staff which exists in the media sector; notes that continued digitisation of the sector has led to reduced traditional circulation and advertising revenue which impacts on the type of employment contracts offered in the sector;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recommends that media organisations respect the right of women and men to benefit equally from parental leave; encourages in particular men to take paternity leave;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that ~~achieving equality for~~improving the position of women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media may requires the introduction of transparen~~cy in~~t pay systems~~, gender-neutral classification,~~ and, where necessary, more effective measures to endliminate sexual harassment~~, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce~~;

Amendment 48 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassment~~, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace,~~ and desegregation of the workforce;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires ~~transparency in pay systems, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassment~~pro-active andeffective measures to end sexual harassment, the full implementation in the Member States of the European directives, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination ~~in the workplace~~, and desegregation of the workforce;

Amendment 5 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)

1d. having regard to its resolution of 3 October 2017 on women’s economic empowerment in the private and public sectors in the EU,

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires gender disaggregated transparency in pay systems, gender- neutral ~~classification, effective measures to end sexual harassment, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace~~job evaluation and classification criteria for promotion and recruitment, effective measures to end sexual harassment, and desegregation of the workforce;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that achieving equality for women at all levels, and particularly decision-making levels, in the media requires ~~transparency in pay systems,~~ an employee-centred organisational culture, a gender-sensitive senior management team, transparency in pay systems, recruitment and promotion policies, gender-neutral classification, effective measures to end sexual harassment, reversing the onus of proof in challenging gender discrimination in the workplace, and desegregation of the workforce;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that gender equality should be a compulsory module for education and training in the media sector in order to ensure a long-term impact; calls on national and European institutions to promote and fund gender- awareness trainings for media professionals, including the use of non- sexist language and avoiding gender stereotypes in the media; stresses that special attention needs to be paid to training on how the media report on cases of violence against women;

Amendment 53 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes in particular that the pattern of informal or casual recruitment in this sector can have the effect of disproportionately disadvantaging women due to their existing underrepresentation in sector; calls on media organisations to establish open and transparent recruitment procedures as part of their gender equality strategy;

Amendment 54 #

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that there are far fewer women than men in the media covering the most important topics of political and economic affairs; notes, furthermore, that it is unacceptable for age and attractiveness to be the main factors determining whether a particular presenter will appear on screen or not;

Amendment 55 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes initiatives such as the #MeToo movement that aim to report cases of sexual harassment and violence against women; strongly supports all the women and girls who have participated in the campaign, including those who denounced their perpetrators.

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Insists that it is important to ensure that women enjoy a work-life balance, especially in view of the irregular working hours in the media sector, for example;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers that gender equality in education must include a range of issues, such as literacy including media-literacy, bullying including cyber-bullying, violence against LGBTI, hate speech, human rights and civic education; underlines that prevention measures should cover technology-related aspects, particularly with a view to ensuring a safer internet and digital literacy as well as media literacy; calls upon the Member States to adopt provisions to apply measures of protection, such as encryption and parental control;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Having regard to Eurofound's forthcoming report on 'Pay transparency in Europe: First movers' experiences with gender pay reports and audits', notes that only one third of Member States have at least some gender pay transparency measures implemented as per the European Commission Recommendation (C(2014) 1405 final), some have only recently changed legislation or have mature plans, while more than half of the Member States have not implemented any of the 4 pay transparency measures to date.

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses the role of the media as agents of social change and its influence in the configuration of public opinion, and calls on Member States to promote contents on gender equality in public media; encourages public and private media to mainstream gender equality in all their contents and to use non-sexist language; encourages broadcasting organisations to adopt an equality plan for both their internal structures and content production;

Amendment 6 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)

1e. having regard to its resolution of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU,

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Notes that objectification of women in media coverage, precarious employment and lack of female representation in decision making roles all contribute to a workplace environment where women are vulnerable to sexual exploitation, harassment and violence.

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls on media organisations to make gender-awareness trainings obligatory for recruitment specialists and managers as well as for career advancement;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Calls on the Member States to implement action programmes which ensure women’s involvement in the design and implementation of effective and efficient gender-sensitive policies and programmes within media organisations;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the adoption of a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision- making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;deleted

Amendment 64 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the adoption of a quota system for decision-making positions in both public and ~~priva~~large listed media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation ~~at the decision- making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures~~; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;

Amendment 65 #

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the adoption of a voluntary quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to help ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; ~~calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures; notes the positive role of women’s council~~notes the positive role of internal measures and women’s equality officers ~~in workplaces~~;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the adoption ofand implementation of the directive on women on boards of directors, which sets up a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; ~~calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures;~~ notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for thefforts to be mad~~option of a quota system~~e to achieve equality of access and promotion in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; calls for Member State governments to ~~link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measure~~encourage measures to avoid discrimination between men and women in companies that obtain public concessions; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls urgently for the adoption of a quota system in both public and private media organisations in order to ensure women’s equal representation at the decision-making level; calls for Member State governments to link the award of public contracts in the media to obligatory gender-equality measures; notes the positive role of women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces;

Amendment 69 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for media organisations to put in place all possible positive discrimination measures to ensure women’s equal representation in all levels of the media sector, particularly in leadership roles; notes the positive role of unions, women’s councils and women’s equality officers in workplaces; considers these organisations should continue to work alongside employers in delivering appropriate measures to deliver gender balance within media organisations;

Amendment 7 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)

1f. having regard to the proposal of the European Commission of 26 April 2017 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work- life balance for parents and carers repealing the Council Directive 2010/18/EU,

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that media organisations should significantly strengthen their internal policy frameworks to promote gender equality through measures such as codes of conduct, equality audits, gender equality plans, reporting mechanisms and training on harassment and gender stereotypes and that such actions should be reinforced with monitoring mechanisms; believes that such measures could contribute to a higher proportion of women in strategic decision making positions;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reiterates the European Parliament's call on the Council for a swift adoption of the Women on Boards Directive as an important first step towards equal representation in the public and private sectors.

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Member States to reduce barriers to women's access to senior and management positions by developing policy incentives for media organisations to respect gender equality and gender neutrality in the recruitment process; to promote a consistent concept of work-life balance and to provide training and mentoring for female colleagues, who according to Eurofound are less likely to receive employer-paid training than their male colleagues in the media sector.

Amendment 73 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes a recent Eurofound study1d stating that high level of poor work-life balance was reported by media workers in printing and publishing sectors, with highest levels in small and medium-sized workplaces in the media and communications sector; __________________ 1d https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/information-sheet/2014/working- conditions/media-and-communications- working-conditions-and-job-quality

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Recommends that public and private media organisations adopt internal policies on gender pay transparency (company pay reports or pay audits) also where there is no legal obligation; Evidence from evaluation studies point to the reports or audits becoming more meaningful and effective, when they are compiled with a certain degree of detail, both in terms of what parts of the pay are reported on separately, and what kind of breakdowns are provided. Only in those cases where sufficiently detailed information is available, and where they are further discussed with employee representatives, scrutinized and followed up, the reports and audits move from being a mere formality towards becoming an effective instrument.

Amendment 75 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Stresses in this context the importance of ensuring that women and men are equal earners and equal carers by eliminating gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work, and to promote equal sharing of responsibilities, costs and care; therefore welcomes the Commission`s proposal on work-life balance, as response to repeated calls of the European Parliament, and insists that the outcome of inter-institutional negotiations result in an ambitious legislation;

Amendment 76 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Calls for Member States to develop programmes in order to improve women’s skills in STEM subjects that are important for careers in the media sector with a more technical focus, such as sound and audiovisual technicians; stresses the importance of vocational education and training in diversifying career choices and introducing women and men to non- traditional career opportunities to overcome horizontal and vertical exclusion;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support to women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media;~~deleted

Amendment 78 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to provide financial support to women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media; including organisations which support women and girls that are victims of male violence and sexual harassment in the work place; including organisations which provide free legal aid and represent women working outside their country of origin and represent women of minority cultural and ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations and transgender women.

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the Commission and Member States to ~~provide financial support to~~support and promote women’s organisations which are active in the sphere of promoting gender equality in the media;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is a burden for the democratic and economic development and the success of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in the field of ICT, media and information society;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. NoAppreciates the positive role of media workers’ unions and professional associations inwhich promot~~ing~~e gender equality ~~more effectively~~ within their internal structures ~~than has been achieved in the workplace; considers that such professional associations should play a key role in developing strategies for gender equality.~~;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes the positive role of media workers’ unions and professional associations in promoting gender equality ~~more effectively~~ within their internal structures ~~than has been achieved in the workplace~~; considers that such professional associations should play a key role in developing strategies for gender equality.; notes also the pro-active role that can be played by national equality bodies and national media regulatory bodies to monitor and address gender inequality in the sector;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the use of the indicators developed by EIGE to monitor the Beijing Platform for Action´s critical area of concern regarding the role of women in the media; encourages the Commission and Member States to follow up on these indicators and other data for the systematic monitoring of progress in the area of gender equality and to use the information to input into national action plans and labour market measures.

Amendment 83 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Acknowledges that women cannot be treated as one homogenous group but that women of different ethnicity, religion, gender alignment, sexual orientation and women with disability face specific gender-based obstacles and sources of stress at the workplace, including harassment, exclusion, discrimination or gender stereotypes;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is of the opinion that the most appropriate place for the position of women in the media to be adapted and improved is at the level of Member States;

Amendment 85 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to combat all forms of multiple discrimination and to ensure proper application of the principle of non- discrimination and equal treatment in access to employment;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Supports the establishment of national bodies for the ethical self- regulation of the advertising sector.

Amendment 87 #

Rory PALMER, Javi LÓPEZ, Emilian PAVEL, Siôn SIMON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Regrets the under-reporting of all forms of discrimination at the workplace and highlights that the lack of objective data makes it more difficult to prove the existence of discrimination; calls on the Commission and Member States to collect equality data within the scope of the Employment Equality Directive in an accurate and systemic way and with the involvement of social partners, national equality bodies and national courts; further recommends that national, regional and local authorities, law enforcement bodies, including labour inspectors, national equality bodies and civil society organisations, increase their monitoring of the intersectionality between gender and other grounds in cases of discrimination and practices;

Amendment 9 #