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13 Amendments of Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES related to 2020/2135(INI)

Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a (new) Recalls that the digital gender gap is an economic, societal and cultural issue, to be addressed with multi- level and holistic policies, as it leads to growing gender inequality; reminds that digital gender gap slows down the growth of the European economy of the future, characterised by digitalisation; calls on the Commission to incorporate an institutional horizontal strategy in its Digital Education Action plan to combat gender inequality;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
4https://eige.europa.eu/news/education-key-breaking-15 a (new) Points out that all-inclusive digital society is a pre-requisite for a successful digital transformation and full implementation of the EU digital agender-a; stereotypes , https://eige.europa.eu/publications/study-and-work-eu-set-apart-gender-report sses that strong stimulus towards uptake of young girls and women into digital education and ICT labour market greatly contributes to the formation of an all-inclusive society;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a (new) Recalls that increasing the number of women in the ICT sector, is a method that will contribute to boosting of the European global competitiveness; stresses the need to implement tools that encourage girls and women to engage with the various forms of digital education; recalls that women from an early age face discrimination and prejudice in regards to their digital skills and potential to participate in digital education and ICT labour market;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
17 a (new) Insists that the next Digital Education Action plan is fully gender mainstreamed; stresses the need to build on the best practices of the Digital Education action plan and to utilize it to encourage women’s participation in digital entrepreneurship, STEM and ICT education and employment to narrow the existing digital gender gap;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a (new) Recognizes the role of teachers and caretakers at every stage of education in the process of forming expectations and biases towards digital skills and ICT career; stresses the need for awareness raising, in order to confront discrimination and prejudice against women participation in decision making and acquisition of digital skills; stresses the need for a bottom up approach and an inclusive dialogue with the relevant stakeholders;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a (new). Underlines that women and young girls also face hostility and prejudice throughout their participation in the ICT sector or digital education; stresses the need to promote policies that contribute to the creation of an inclusive environment in order to maintain the highest possible number of women within the system, once engaged;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a (new). Emphasizes the need for Member States to take note of best practices in addressing digital gender gap and incorporate such practices and recommendations into the national education and labour market policies by including targeted measures in national action plans;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
. 21 a (new). Stresses that sufficient resources are to be dedicated towards investing into promotion of women in digital education both at EU level and in the MS; underlines that most efficient use of resources is to create a dedicated funding instrument to address digital gender gap. Access to such instrument could be conditional upon implementation of projects within national policies for digital learning; emphasizes, also the need to invest into re-skilling and up- skilling programmes for women in digital literacy and relevant digital skills; recalls that the digital sector is changing at an increasingly fast pace, therefore, it is only prudent to implement policies leading to lifelong learning for women and young girls;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a (new). Stresses that women undertake majority of unpaid household chores and care work at home, which has been increased by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, women are less likely to spend sufficient time with digital tools and participate in digital education; recommends to strengthen the efforts to boost women’s participation and gender equality in the labour market and education by promoting equal sharing of care and household responsibilities between women and men and by supporting the equal take-up of parental and carers’ leave by women and men;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a (new). Recognizes that courses and learning opportunities often coincide with household chores; calls on the Commission to incorporate flexible learning methods. Specifically designed for women caretakers and others who are unable to attend classes but are able to participate in distance learning;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a (new). Emphasizes that new and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, robotics, virtual and augmented reality offer exciting new prospects to intrigue young women to participate in the development and implementation of these technologies;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a (new). Recalls that an important obstacle women face in participation in online activities and social networks is cyber violence; notes that the Digital Education Action plan should aim to provide skills and tools to girls, young women and men to react to cyber violence and bullying; stresses that the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence should be ratified and applied;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a (new). Stresses the importance of the "Women in Digital" Task Force and the "Digital4Her" initiative; reminds the importance of developing European networks of women in the digital field promoting the participation of girls and women in digital studies and careers across the EU; reminds that it is essential to promote women role models in the ICT sectors in order to motivate and inspire young girls in pursuing digital education;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT