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19 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2014/2238(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas creating green jobs for women will help to reach the EU 2020 targets, namely the fight against climate change, 75 % of employment and the fight against poverty and social exclusion;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas women must benefit equally from the creation of green jobs and the glass ceiling in the green economy must be broken;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women and girls are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and entrepreneurship education at all levels, all of which are relevant to advancement in the area of green skills and green jobs; whereas education must be seen as an investment in individuals, and women in particular, at every stage in their lives; whereas women's participation in STEM education fields is often hampered by gender stereotypes and gendered cultures;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas investment in green jobs, including the Commission’s investment plan and the European Structural and Investment Funds, must not benefit only highly qualified workers;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women are disproportionately hit by the crises and green jobs have shown to be more crisis- resistant than others;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the role of women in green employment is underestimated and widely ignoredoften ignored and the absence of a gender perspective in environmental policies increases gender inequality;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas creating green jobs is necessary but not sufficient and there is the need for a transition to a green and sustainable economy;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. Given the disproportionate impact of austerity policies on women;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the role of civil society is crucial in the transition to a green economy as well as in the fight for gender equality;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a gender perspective must be linked with the ILO's decent work agenda.
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the ILO and UNEP definition of green jobs should be taken as a modelbasis by the EU, since green jobs need to pair concerns such as energy efficiency and low emissions with traditional labour concerns, given that women often suffer from lower wages and unfavourable working conditionsfor equal skills and responsibilities and unfavourable working conditions; however, it should not be limited to agriculture, industry, services and administration, but include all areas of work;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission, while providing support to national statistical offices and Public Employment Services (PES) and while reinforcing the use of quantitative modelling tools, to incorporate all green employment sectors (including those that are currently neglected, such as public transport and the retail sector) together with a gender perspective;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to include a gender perspective in its work with Public Employment Services (PES) and the EU Skills Panorama to identify and bridge green skills gaps in labour markets. Emphasis must be placed on identifying and closing gender skills gaps in green sectors;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission, the Member States and regional and local authorities to systematically include a gender equality perspective in the definition, implementation and monitoring of green job creation policies at all levels, taking into account the challenges of green job creation in rural area; asks the Member States to make further efforts to enable women to participate fully in policy formulation, decision-making and the implementation of a green employment strategy that includes green skills;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pursue an active labour market policy for women in the field of green employment and therefore to promote women’s entrepreneurship in the green economy, access to microfinance for women, the creation of green jobs in public services, and the introduction of gender- related quality criteria for companies in the context of public procurement.
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pursue all green employment policies in close consultation with civil society;
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to establish gender mainstreaming mechanisms at international, national and regional levels in environmental policies.
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to promote policies to encourage higher participation of women in education in STEM subjects, and entrepreneurship, and connect the green jobs agenda to the empowerment of women through education; calls for the establishment of clear targets and monitoring for women's recruitment into green jobs through apprenticeship programmes; calls for encouragement of women's participation in vocational education and training (VET) and life- long learning opportunities in green sectors.
2015/03/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Suggests that positive discrimination mechanisms be put in place by those local, regional and national authorities that have fiscal powers to the benefit of firms which implement green economy principles and concepts, in the context of Corporate Social Responsibility, including lower levies and taxes, public procurement and tax deductions;
2015/04/17
Committee: EMPL