24 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2014/2250(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 29 May 2008 on how marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas only states are able to provide free compulsory universal education, a sine qua non for guaranteeing equal opportunities for both sexes;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas education – especially that of girls and women – saves lives, reduces inequality and transforms communities;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a good quality, public education should be available to all children, without any discrimination;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas education can transform a society and contribute to social, economic, political and gender equality;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas a good quality, public education should be free and available to all children regardless of their residence status;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement measures to apply gender equality at all levels of the education system and in teacher training, but also all categories of school professionals e.g. school doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers and pedagogues and the creation of mechanisms, throughout the education system, to facilitate the promotion, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of gender equality in educational institutions;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to encourage the promotion of public networks of nurseries and crèches, the preschool education system, and public leisure services for children;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to promote the democratisation of education and the other conditions necessary in order to ensure that education, provided through schools and by other means of instruction, helps to bring about gender equality and equal opportunities, overcome economic, social, and cultural inequalities, foster personal development and a spirit of tolerance, solidarity, and responsibility, and facilitate social progress and democratic participation in the life of the community;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU and the international community to take strong actions to promote girls' rights by highlighting the violations, inequalities, discrimination and exclusion they are suffering across the world;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to increase the essential investment in education in order that everyone may benefit from free public education of high quality;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that all EU countries, and the EU itself as an institution, sign the Istanbul Convention and work together for gender equality in countries outside the EU, on a trans-European basis; stresses that the Istanbul Convention calls for signatories to include teaching material on issues such as non-stereotyped gender roles, mutual respect, non-violent conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships, gender-based violence and the right to personal integrity, adapted to evolving the capacity of learners, in formal curricula and at all levels of education;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a good quality, public, and non-discriminatory education system, underlining the importance of education being free at the primary, secondary and higher levels, and free from profit making ventures;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to introduce gender-sensitive educational programmes as well as actions on girl´s and women's rights, gender equality, gender identities and gender relations at all levels of educational systems; calls also for the necessity of peace, anti- discrimination and anti-racism education for both girls and boys in schools at an early stage;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to provide the active support necessary to ensure that migrant women and their families can be taught the language of their host country in locally based free public education services;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on giving special attention to the gender dimension in all its forms, in curricula, which should explicitly spell out the principle of equality, content, school programmes and lesson plans, as well as the need to assess the place of women in school curricula in various disciplines, highlighting their role in the content taught;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recommends the introduction of feminist self-defence and assertiveness training programmes into the school curricula in order to prevent sexual assault and other acts of interpersonal violence aimed at girls;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recognises that sensitive, age- appropriate, and scientifically accurate sex and relationship education is an essential tool in the empowerment of girls and boys, helping them to make well- informed choices and contributing to wider public health priorities such as the reduction in unplanned pregnancies, reduced maternal and infant mortality, prevention and earlier treatment of sexually transmitted infections and reduced gap in health inequality;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to introduce into the school curriculum a compulsory subject entitled 'quality comprehensive sexuality education';
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Member States to make age appropriate quality comprehensive sexuality education classes compulsory for all primary and secondary school children and to ensure that space is made available for this subject in school curricula; stresses the importance of regularly reviewing and updating the teaching of sex education and of placing special emphasis on respect for girls, women and on gender equality;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the teachers and educational bodies in the Member States to strive for achieving a right balance between the concerns about the sexualisation of girls and its negative consequences on one hand, and ensuring a positive view on sexuality and sexual and reproductive health and rights for girls, on the other hand, when defining the contents and objectives of their quality comprehensive sexuality education programmes;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Stresses that sexuality education must include the fight against stereotypes, prejudices, all forms of gender violence and violence against women and girls, shed light on and denounce any discrimination on the grounds of gender and, sexual orientation, and structural barriers to substantive equality, in particular equality between women and men, as well as emphasise mutual respect and shared responsibility;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Underlines that sexual education must include non-discriminatory information and convey a positive view of LGBTI persons, in order to underpin and protect in an effective manner the rights of young LGBTI people;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the needCalls on the Member States to prepare and disseminate guidelines for schools, teachers and those responsible for setting the curriculum in order to embrace a gender perspective and gender equality, and asks teachers to analyse andthe eliminateion of stereotypes and sexist distortions that the teaching materials may include in their content, language and illustrations, encouraging them also to combat this sexism in literature, film, music, games and other areas that contribute decisively to changing the attitudes, behaviour and identity of boys and girls;