Activities of Monika VANA related to 2020/2216(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on shaping the digital future of Europe: removing barriers to the functioning of the digital single market and improving the use of AI for European consumers
Amendments (3)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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3. Reiteratesthat harmful gender stereotypes, structural discrimination and negative workingand learning environments contribute to the exclusion of women and girls fromthe digital sector; Calls on the Commission to continue addressing the gender gap within the ICT sector and to establish policies to increase the participation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and to advocate measures in education and employment in the digital sector in order to achieve this;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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4. Considers that AI can significantly contribute to promoting gender equality, provided that an appropriate legal framework is developed, conscious and unconscious biases are eliminated and the principles of gender equality are respected; stresses the lack of diversity in the AI sector within teams of developers and engineers, emphasises the need of having diverse teams of developers and engineers working alongside key societal actors to prevent gender and cultural biases being inadvertently included in AI algorithms, systems and applications; and the importance of using sex- gender-disaggregated data when developing products, AI standards, algorithms and applications;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls for special attention to be paid to women as vulnerable consumerstargets of harassment and to the rise in cyber violence against women in the digital world, impeding their ability to fully participate in digital markets and welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the digital services act (COM(2020)0825), which is addressing these issues.