Activities of Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ related to 2015/2111(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
External factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship (A8-0369/2015 - Barbara Matera) SK
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on external factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship PDF (322 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the availability, quality and affordability of childcare facilities and care facilities for the elderly and people with disabilities remain to be a key driver to enhance female labour force participation;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the sharing of family responsibilities between men and women also impacts on the female labour force participation; whereas a quarter of Member States do not provide paternity leave;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the greater difficulty for female entrepreneurs in accessing financing could in part be related to a difficulty in building sufficient credit history and managerial experience;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas stereotypes on women’s and men’s abilities in the area of entrepreneurship may influence stakeholders’ judgements about new businesses; whereas the mere perception of being discriminated against when trying to access financing could have an impact on women’s decisions to start companies or to do so with smaller loans;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of achieving the Barcelona targets to make work-life balance a reality for all, as well as of using the appropriate European funds to guarantee affordable care for children and, elderly dependents and family members with disabilities taking into consideration the flexible working hours of parents and carers;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates that paternity leave can have a positive impact on the female labour force participation and encourages Member States, if they have not yet done so, to consider the introduction of paid paternity leave;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States’ equality bodies to raise awareness levels among financiers regarding their obligation to ensure equality and to explore possibilities of introducing gender equality into investment mandatein access to capital for free- lancers and SMEs;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to better promote the visiavailability of financing entrepreneurial activity through microfinance under the European Progress Microfinance Facility and to look into collaboration with the private sector for investment in ‘female’ sectors, such as government loan guaranteesunding under the European Progress Microfinance Facility;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Member States to promote an entrepreneurial culture in education and training curricula; highlights the importance of financial, entrepreneurship and new business development courses in secondary education, especially in subject areas mostly attended by girls, such as health care and other services;