Activities of Constance LE GRIP related to 2015/2007(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age (A8-0048/2016 - Terry Reintke) FR
Amendments (10)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns; whereas women, in particular, face possible negative consequences such as the erosion of workers’ riopportunities for flexible and teleworking work arrangements broughts and working time boundaries as well as boundaries of professional and non- professional responsibilities, increasing low-paid and less secure types of employment andbout by digitalisation may serve as a an effective tool for better reconciliation of professional and domestic duties for both women and men; whereas these flexible working arrangement and digital technologies which facilitate work from home could also contributinge to the challenge of maintaining a work-life balancinclusion into the labour market of disadvantaged groups of women, such as women with disabilities or with caring duties which require presence at home;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas improving digital skills and IT-literacy among women and boosting inclusion of women into the ICT which is one of the highest paying sectors could contribute to their financial empowerment and independence resulting in the reduction of the total gender wage gap;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in the digitalised labour market, responsibility is increasingly shifted away from the company to the individuation offers new opportunities for entrepreneurship for women, including small scale digital entrepreneurship which in many cases does not require significant initial, changapital as well as enterprises pursued withing the termsframework of social security membership of the self-employed and freelancers; whereas digitalisation often uncouples the ponomy which enhance social inclusion; whereas there is need to support female digital entrepreneurship as women constitute only 19 per cent of entrepreneurs in this sector; whereas digitalisation of the labour market is likely to increase micro entrepreneurship, self-employment and freelance of work from the enterprise, challengingwhich in cases of multiple individual contracts within various companies and institutions may render the monitoring of the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same workplace, which is of utmost importance for a truly equal society, more challenging;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas women over 55 are at a particular risk of unemployment and labour market inactivity with the average EU employment rate for women aged 55- 64 being only 42 per cent compared to 58 per cent in case of men; whereas low level of IT literacy and e-skills further amplifies this risk; whereas improving and investing in digital competences of women over 55 would boost their employment opportunities and offer a level of protection against exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in participation of women in the field of ICT, media and information society;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas ICT, like any technology, can be used and abused to threaten women, their rights and freedoms, and ultimately their empowerment, such as in the case of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, trafficking of human beings through the internet, hate speech, incitement to hatred, discrimination and violation of fundamental rights; whereas anonymity the Internet contributes to the proliferation of these forms of violence against women; whereas such new challenges and risks need to be identified and addressed appropriately by policymakers as well as by enterprises, companies and civil society organisations, while providing room for information exchange on the internet;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas new communication and information technologies are used to create channels and platforms which facilitate the expansion of prostitution, also involving minors; whereas universal accessibility and easiness of using these new digital channels as well as anonymity they offer contribute to widening of the spectrum of potential actors involved, in particular among the most vulnerable groups in terms of sexual abuse, such as teenage girls; whereas there is a need for relevant law enforcement professionals to recognize the transformations in the way prostitution is carried out through the digital medium as well as to monitor relevant Internet platforms from this perspective, when there is a justified reason for suspecting a crime; whereas there is also a need to raise awareness among relevant education professionals about these new forms of digital threats in order to safeguard minors;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas low participation of women and girls in ICT related education and later in employment is a result of a complex interplay of gender stereotyping that starts at early stages of life and education and continues to professional career; whereas factors limiting women and girls from participating in the ICT education and employment include: lifelong stereotyping, segregation into "typically female and male" activities, hobbies and toys that starts at the earliest levels of education, a relative lack of female role models in the ICT sector as well as the limited visibility of women in this sector especially in leadership positions;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made as well as share best practices in this area;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the digitalisatEncourages the Commission ofand the labour market requires adaptation of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; callsMember States to recognize the full potential of flexibility offered by digitalisation in the area of work-life balance; on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission’'s roadmap ‘'New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’,' to address the impactidentify the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation oin workers with care responsibthe area of reconciliaties, as regards working conditions and the need for adaptation of the workplace, skills development and lifelong learning opportunitieson of work and family duties for both women and men to ensure that the flexibility sector is used to improve work-life balance;