Activities of Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN related to 2014/2250(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Empowering girls through education in the EU (short presentation) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on empowering girls through education in the EU
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of formal and informal education when it comes to tackling the issue of beliefs and, traditional practices and social norms imposing limitations on girls in education, and calls on the Member States to ensure equal access to education of the same quality for boys and girls regardless of their economic, social, ethnic, national, cultural or religious framework, including actions to reduce drop-out rates among girls, in order to achieve real gender equality in education;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the importance of learning about child rights in schools, with special attention to gender equality, non-discrimination and European Citizenship; highlights that child rights education aims to foster learning among both girls and boys about equal opportunities, empowering them in taking action as adults to advocate for principles in line with Article 3 of the Lisbon Treaty and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that poverty and low economic status have a strong impact on gender equality in education, that disproportionally affect girls’ access to schools and universities; therefore, encourages Member States’ initiatives aiming to reduce direct and indirect educational costs for families in need;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the need of a school-based sensitive sexuality education as an essential tool to promote gender equality and sexual knowledge, especially among girls;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that teachers play a major role in the formation of educational identities and have a significant impact on aspects of gendered behaviour in school; recalls that much has still to be done to empower teachers on how to promote gender equality; insists, therefore, on the need to ensure comprehensive initial and ongoing equality training to teachers at all levels of formal and informal education to build awareness on the impact of gender roles and stereotypes on their students’ self-confidence and their subject choices during their studies; stresses that girls need to have positive female role models in schools and universities;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the need to ensure access to vocational education and training and adult education, both formal and non-formal, for women who have been obliged to stop their education or quit their jobs in order to take care of family members, regardless of their level of competence (referring to both high- and low-skilled women); insists that such training should be attractive and flexible; and encourages any measure that concretely helps women to conciliate family and work or training.