Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2015/2007(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
Amendments (26)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas a recent study authorised by the European Commission has revealed that less than 30 % of the ICT sector workforce is female, and that only 3 % of female graduates have a degree in ICT, with respect to 10 % of male graduates1 a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/women-active-ict-sector
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas only 9 % of developers in Europe are women, only 19 % of bosses in the ICT and communications sectors are female (with respect to 45 % in other services sectors) and women represent just 19 % of entrepreneurs (with respect to 54 % in other services sectors)2 a ; __________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/women-active-ict-sector
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to organise digital literacy courses to facilitate the entry into ICT companies of women who, for various reasons, do not possess these specific skills; points out that failure to implement this policy adequately would result in further discrimination regarding access for women to this sector;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that appropriate training courses are organised so as to provide women with suitable skills in the IT sector;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any EU funding for women’s digital literacy is closely, constantly and continually monitored so as to prevent any misuse thereof and ensure that it is effectively deployed;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including particular social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’;;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas women face numerous difficulties in integrating in the ICT sector, causing them greater levels of stress and contributing increasingly to the so-called ‘leaky pipeline’ phenomenon in which they leave the sector mid-career;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas digitalisation favours the promotion of direct democracy via the web, thereby permitting women to be more involved in politics and improving their access to information;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of sustainable and inclusive employment especially for women and, providing special forms of protection and security for the most vulnerable groups, such as single mothers, women with disabilities and those living in poverty and therefore at risk of social exclusion; calls on them also to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions and possible forms of exploitation;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas the partnership of digitalisation and direct democracy provides women with more opportunities to get involved directly, outside of traditional political schemes, and participate fully and in a comprehensive manner;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas 18 % of women in Europe have suffered some form of ill-treatment since adolescence as a result of knowledge made public on the internet, and there have been nine million victims of online violence in Europe;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; calls on the Member States to regulate accordingly contracts for self-employed workers; stresses also that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers, as well as suitable support for the prevention and treatment of risks arising from employment in the digital sector;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that distance working also helps women achieve a better work-life balance in the digital era, enabling them to reconcile the demands of the workplace with need to devote due attention to the wellbeing of their families;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; recommends that digital literacy where needed be added to traditional training courses, thereby bringing essential content into line with new labour market requirements.
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of women in decision- making processes; highlights the major opportunities that digitalisation holds with respect to access to information, decision-making processes, transparency and greater government accountability;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote digitalisation in politics in order to ensure proper direct democracy and the direct involvement of women and citizens, thereby overcoming out-dated schemes and obstacles that cause difficulties for women attempting to establish themselves in electoral and institutional environments;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on Member States to adopt online voting methods for electoral consultations, in order to eliminate logistical barriers which remain even today, particularly for women, and to reduce the costs of building polling stations, thereby furthermore circumventing the need to use public facilities and interrupt the services provided therein, such as school activities;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on Member States to consult their citizens directly on legislative decisions by means of digital solutions, thereby enabling women to promote the public’s interests with greater energy and in the process overcome the gap that exists between men and women in relation to public administration;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Considers that access to free broadband for all would grant increased possibilities for women to access the labour market, in addition to a series of further advantages with regards to environmental, economic and social matters, and would contribute to social inclusion for persons with low and very low income;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to invest in digital working practices that would enable women to more readily and effectively reconcile their private life with their working life and more smartly manage their time, thanks to teleworking;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Emphasises the value of women being able to access online training courses to improve their personal qualifications, in light of logistical travel issues and/or economic difficulties in accessing more expensive classroom courses, with the same results being achieved;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement programmes targeted at parents in order to familiarise them with the ICT technologies used by their children, thereby improving adults’ awareness of the potential encounters and relationships that can occur online, and reducing the generational gap that exists with regards to the ICT sector;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Emphasises the fact that the rapid diffusion of smartphones and increasing internet access amongst children, girls and women represents, on the one hand, an optimum source of emancipation and knowledge, but on the other hand poses the risk that these tools will be used to expose girls to harmful sexist insults (that are, in some cases, difficult to erase) and blackmail, with so-called revenge porn being one outcome of this; highlights therefore the need to increase measures to protect women and girls from cyber abuse;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote free and anonymous support services with female staff that can be accessed via the internet and/or by telephone, available to women who become trapped in a web of online grooming and are blackmailed and forced to suffer violence and abuse, scarring them for the rest of their lives;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to tighten monitoring of internet grooming by terrorist groups which recruit young women and force them into marriage or prostitution in third countries;