11 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas budgetary expenditure is not gender-neutral and caninevitably haves a different impact on women, and men, and persons of diverse gender identities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2017 budget will be affected by the evolving migration and refugee crisis, as 55% of refugees arriving in Europe are women and children, according to UNHCR; whereas it is also important to take into account the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers, who have specific protection needs and concerns;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there is an urgent need for facilitating the entrance of women and girls into fields such as entrepreneurship, ICT, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), in order to achieve true gender equality, overcome gender stereotypes, and meet increased economic productivity and innovation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the 'Budget for Results' agenda to be used as an opportunity for budget spending to deliver integrated benefits of gender equality with every euro spent;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the Budget Committee to use the mid-term review of the MFF as an opportunity to measure how the previous spending decisions have made progress on furthering gender equality; calls on the Budget Committee to work with the FEMM Committee to identify and amend budget lines which have gender- differentiating effects for men and women; calls for current gender budgeting actions to be measured so that future budgets can be more informed and work towards further gender equality;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it important to sufficiently finance measures that work towards achieving the gender-related Europe2020 Strategy targets such as increasing female employment to 75%, achieving equal pay between women and men, reaching gender-equal members of national parliaments and an equal number of women on large company boards, all of which we are a long way from reaching; suggests that this is done by promoting and supporting good-quality education, entrepreneurship, employability and job creation for women and girls under the European Structural and Investment Funds; calls for the allocation of specific resources to fund incentives for areas where there is a shortage of childcare facilities and the female employment rate is extremely low;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges greater investment in education, training, labour market, and regional development programmes intended to support, enable, and facilitate the entry of women and girls into growing dynamic sectors that have traditionally been male dominated, particularly in the fields of entrepreneurship, ICT, STEM, and the Green Economy;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes the need to provide funding for programmes that create synergies between ICT and STEM sectors, and the arts and creative industries, making STEM into STEAM, as this is a pathway to increasing women's participation in these fields;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; Highlights the need for funding for training of immigration, border control, and asylum staff on the gender-specific needs and circumstances of female and LGBTI refugees, as well as adequate facilities to accommodate gender-specific needs at reception centres;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and for funds to be assigned for providing assistance to, and promoting inclusion and monitoring the situation of, female refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; calls for funds to be specifically assigned to help integrate women and children into their host country such as financing flexible language training, education and childcare;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the need to address the situation of female refugees in makeshift conditions within the EU and on its borders;