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Activities of Angelika MLINAR related to 2018/2162(INI)

Plenary speeches (2)

Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2162(INI)
Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2162(INI)

Reports (1)

REPORT on gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament PDF (402 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: FEMM
Dossiers: 2018/2162(INI)
Documents: PDF(402 KB) DOC(67 KB)

Amendments (22)

Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the population of the European Union consists half of women and half of men, but the composition of the European Parliament does not mirror this balance as only 36.1 % of MEPs are female; whereas this imbalance is further emphasised by the composition of Parliament’s Bureau, which is made up of 7 women and 2013 men; whereas gender balance and diversity in Parliament increase the level of democratic representation of EU citizens and the legitimacy of Parliament's decisions;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas of the Parliament's senior management appointments (Directors- general and Directors) in 2016 , only 11% were women in 2016 and in 2017 only 33%;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas according to the latest available data, 1a,women constitute 559 % of Parliament staff, but are still under- represented atin all ranks of management, although; whereas the number of women in middle and seniorsenior management even decreased since June 2017 and the number of women in middle management roles increased only slightly in 2017; ; _________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/p ublications/2018/0001/P8_PUB%282018 %290001_EN.pdf
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas gender equality contributes to more comprehensive debate and better decision-making as it can bring to the table all-inclusive points of view;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas the European Parliament has long years of commitment in promoting gender equality and whereas the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee has the responsibility to implement and further develop gender mainstreaming in all policy sectors;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas the European Parliament has a number of different bodies that are in charge of developing and implementing gender mainstreaming and promoting gender equality and diversity both at the political and the administrative level such as the High-Level Groupon Gender Equality and Diversity, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the gender mainstreaming network, the Equality and Diversity Unit, the Committee for Equality of opportunity between men and women and diversity (COPEC), égalité, the Advisory Committee for prevention and protection at work and The Group of Equality and Diversity Coordinators , but whereas there is no clear coordination or coherence between these bodies;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Ld. whereas the European Parliament has committed itself already in 2003 to adopting and implementing a policy plan for gender mainstreaming with the priority to integrate the gender perspective in the work of the committees and delegations with concrete tools for the promotion, awareness and implementation of the gender mainstreaming principle in their daily work;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L e (new)
Le. whereas gender budgeting is one of the key tools that could be used by policy-makers to promote gender equality, but nevertheless is still not systematically applied by any of the EU institutions;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that achieving gender equality is not a women’s issue but should involve the whole of society;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the progress made over the last years in adopting gender action plans in most of the Parliament’s committees;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates its call for mandatory training on respect and dignity to be organized for all MEPs and staff and in any case at the start of the new mandate;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates the importance of the application of gender budgeting at all levels of the budgetary process and therefore calls on the responsible bodies of the European Parliament to incorporate the gender perspective when drawing up the estimates of the European Parliament, adopting them and granting discharge;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that stronger inter- institutional relations in the field of gender mainstreaming can help develop gender sensitive EU policies; regrets that no structured cooperation on gender mainstreaming has yet been established with other institutional partners, such as the Commission, the Council and EIGE;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on EIGE to submit information to relevant committees in order to underline the gender perspective in all policy areas and to make available the data and tools it has developed, including on gender budgeting, as placed on the gender mainstreaming platform, as part of a broader capacity-building exercise, addressed also to staff and parliamentary assistants
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Suggests exploring ways to establish a women’s network within the European Parliament, integrating the national networks, since formal or informal networks not only improve work processes, but are also a key element to provide information, mutual support, coaching as well as delivering role models.
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses its full support for developing targeted and regular gender mainstreaming training, especially training programmes for women with leadership potential; calls for gender mainstreaming training to be made available for parliamentarians, parliamentary assistants and political group staff;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Welcomes the availability of professional trainings on unconscious bias and harassment, stresses that such trainings should pay particular attention to gender equality and LGBTI issues and be made mandatory for managers and selection board members, and strongly encouraged for all other staff;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Commends the European Commission’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy published in 2017, urges the European Parliament to use this good example, to fully embrace Diversity Management and to recognize, value and include staff if different sexual orientation or gender identities;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Is concerned that despite strong institutional and political statements, gender equality objectives are not explicitly stated in EP budget documents nor taken into account in all stages of the budget process;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Suggests DG PERS to undertake a questionnaire to be filled out by women, especially middle management managers on a voluntary basis, enquiring on the motivation, obstacles and opportunities with a view to better understand the barriers to apply for senior management posts;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Welcomes the yearly report on human resources drawn up by the Parliament;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recommends that Parliament’s Directorate-General for Communication include a stronger and more active gender perspective in its reporting of Parliament’s policy-making and especially in preparing the campaign of the European Parliament elections in 2019;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM