10 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the TEU, equality between women and men is a founding value of the EU and one of its aims, and according to Article 8 of the TFEU, the European Union shall promote equality between women and men in all its activities; whereas gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting are important tools in the integration of this principle into EU policies, measures and actions with a view to promoting the active involvement of women in the labour market and economic and social activities, as well as to combating discrimination;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is essential that, in the implementation of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme, Daphne retains as high a profile as possible; whereas the Commission must take into consideration the need to maintain sufficient funding levels and ensure the continuity of actions and predictability of funding in all areas covered by the specific objectives; whereas more budget should be available for combating violence against marginalised and refugee women, including access to sexual and reproductive health services; whereas the individual security of each woman is the biggest security challenge the EU faces, as 1 in 3 women in the EU has experienced gender based violence;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas enhancing the competitiveness of the EU economy, infrastructure, well-funded research, support for developing skills and the continued commitment of the EU to strengthening investment are key to ensuring economicsustainable growth and quality job creation; whereas women’s potential must be increased in the world of the digitalised economy and in the STEM and ICT sectors in order to contribute to the growth of the economy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas access to public services is crucial for women's economic independence and empowerment, while public services remain an important employment sector for women;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its request to useminds that gender mainstreaming is a legal obligation stemming directly from the Treaties; Calls for the enforcement of gender budgeting within the budgetary procedure and to use budgetary expenditure as an effective tool for promoting equality between women and men; recommends developing a budget plan for implementing gender mainstreaming in the EU institutions, as per the adopted pilot project, and include in the future a specific budget line for managing the coordination of gender mainstreaming throughout the EU institutions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Repeats its call for each specific objective of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme, also with a view to preparing the next MFF, to have a separate budget line in order to increase transparency regarding use of the funds and to ensure sufficient funding for each of the specific objectives; recommends that parts of the EU security budget is allocated for the individual security of women and directed towards funding capacity building and training of professionals for combating violence against women and gender based violence;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores that the European Fund for Strategic Investments does not include a gender perspective and stresses that a successful process of recovery is not possible without addressing the impact of the crises on women;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the important role of the European Institute for Gender Equality in collecting relevant data and expertise in the area of equality between women and men, including combating violence against women; calls for its budget and staff establishment plan to be kept stableaugmented.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20