Activities of Hiltrud BREYER related to 2007/2206(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Women and science (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the percentage of women in the top grades of academia rarely exceeds 20% and men are three times more likely than women to obtain professorships or their equivalent,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas highly gifted and talented girls are often not recognised as such, and therefore cannot realise their full potential in science and education; whereas the promotion of highly gifted girls is an important element in reaching the goal of 700,000 additional researchers as part of the Lisbon strategy,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages universities, research institutes and private businesses to adopt and enforce equality strategies in their organisations and to conduct gender impact evaluation in their decision making processes,;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Criticises the unambitious and insufficient EU target of 25% of women in leading positions in public sector research;, reminds the Commission and the Member States that gender parity means at least 40% women;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for positive actions to be taken to encourage female researchers and for further development of support and mentoring schemes, as well as targeted promotion policies with the goal of reaching gender parity; notes that simple measures like a sentence encouraging women in particular to apply has shown very positive results; however, also notes that measures such as obligatory targets for women researchers and professors are essential to achieve gender balance for women in science,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up programmes of coaching and supporting young women scientists in participating in research programmes and grant applications in order to help them to stay in academia and research;